• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2003년도 하계학술대회 논문집 Vol.4 No.1
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• pp.304-307
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• 2003

Replacement of aluminum by copper for interconnections in the semiconductor industry has raised a number of important issues. The integration of copper interconnection can be carried out by CMP(chemical mechanical polishing) is used to planarize the surface topography. In this experiments, we evaluated the optimization of several conditions for chemical additives during Cu CMP process. It was presented that the main cause of grown particle size is tartaric acid. The particle size was in inverse propotion to a quantity of bead and the time of milling process. The slurry stabilizer and oxidizer have been shown to have very good effect by addition in later milling process.

• 한국빅데이터학회지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.61-71
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• 2019

반도체 웨이퍼의 표면을 연마하여 평탄화하는 Chemical Mechanical Planarization(CMP) 공정은 다양한 화학물질과 물리적인 기계장치에 의한 작용을 받기 때문에 공정을 안정적으로 관리하기 힘들다. CMP 공정에서 품질 지표로는 Material Removal Rate(MRR)를 많이 사용하고, CMP 공정의 안정적 관리를 위해서는 MRR을 예측하는 것이 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 머신러닝 기법들을 이용하여 CMP 공정에서 수집된 시계열 센서 데이터를 분석하여 MRR을 예측하는 모형과 공정 품질을 해석하기 위한 분류 모형을 개발한다. 나아가 분류 결과를 분석하여, CMP 공정 품질에 영향을 미치는 유의미한 변수를 파악하고 고품질을 유지하기 위한 공정 조건을 설명한다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2007년도 하계학술대회 논문집 Vol.8
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• pp.79-80
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• 2007

Copper has been used as an interconnect material in the fabrication of semiconductor devices, because of its higher electrical conductivity and superior electro-migration resistance. Chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) technique is required to planarize the overburden Cu film in an interconnect process. Various problems such as dishing, erosion, and delamination are caused by the high pressure and chemical effects in the Cu CMP process. But these problems have to be solved for the fabrication of the next generation semiconductor devices. Therefore, new process which is electro-chemical mechanical planarization/polishing (ECMP) or electro-chemical mechanical planarization was introduced to solve the. technical difficulties and problems in CMP process. In the ECMP process, Cu ions are dissolved electrochemically by the applying an anodic potential energy on the Cu surface in an electrolyte. And then, Cu complex layer are mechanically removed by the mechanical effects between pad and abrasive. This paper focuses on the manufacturing of ECMP system and its process. ECMP equipment which has better performance and stability was manufactured for the planarization process.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.67-71
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• 2016

This study investigates the characteristics of the sapphire wafer chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process. The material removal rate is one of the most important factors since it has a significant impact on the production efficiency of a sapphire wafer. Some of the factors affecting the material removal rate include the pressure, platen speed and slurry. Among the factors affecting the CMP process, we analyzed the trends in the material removal rate and surface roughness, which are mechanical factors corresponding to both the pressure and platen speed, were analyzed. We also analyzed the increase in the material removal rate, which is proportional to the pressure and platen speed, using the Preston equation. In the experiment, after polishing a 4-inch sapphire wafer with increasing pressure and platen speed, we confirmed the material removal rate via thickness measurements. Further, surface roughness measurements of the sapphire wafer were performed using atomic force microscopy (AFM) equipment. Using the measurement results, we analyzed the trends in the surface roughness with the increase in material removal rate. In addition, the experimental results, confirmed that the material removal rate increases in proportion to the pressure and platen speed. However, the results showed no association between the material removal rate and surface roughness. The surface roughness after the CMP process showed a largely consistent trend. This study demonstrates the possibility to improve the production efficiency of sapphire wafer while maintaining stable quality via mechanical factors associated with the CMP process.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2003년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.1816-1821
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• 2003

The sapphire wafer for blue light emitting device was manufactured by the implementation of the chemical and mechanical polishing process. The surface polishing of crystalline sapphire wafer was characterized by zeta potential measurement. The reduction process with the alkali slurry provides the surface chemical reaction with sapphire atoms. The poly-urethane pad also provides the frictional force to take out the chemically-reacted surface layers. The surface roughness was measured by the atomic force microscope and the crystalline quality was characterized by the double crystal X -ray diffraction analysis.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2003년도 춘계학술대회 논문집 기술교육전문연구회
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• pp.31-34
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• 2003

The sapphire wafers for blue light emitting devices were manufactured by the implementation of the surface machining technology based on micro-tribology. This process has been performed by chemical and mechanical polishing(CMP) process. The sapphire crystalline wafers were characterized by double crystal X-ray diffraction. The sample quality of sapphire crystalline wafer at surfaces has a full width at half maximum 89 arcses. The surfaces of sapphire wafers were mechanically affected by residual stress and surface default. Sapphire wafers's waveness has higher abrasion rate in the edge of the wafer than its center due to Newton's Ring interference.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 1996년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.167-171
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• 1996

Chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) has become widely accepted for the planarization of multi-interconnect structures in semiconductor manufacturing. However, perfect planarization is not so easily achieved because it depends on the pattern sensitivity, the large number of controllable process parameters, and the absence of a reliable process model, etc. In this paper, we realized the planarization of deposited oxide layers followed by metal (W) polishing as a replacement for tungsten etchback process for via formation. Atomic force microscope (AFM) is used for the evaluation of pattern topography during CMP. As a result, AFM evaluation is very attractive compared to conventional methods for the measurement of planarity. Moreover, it will contribute to analyze planarization characteristics and establish CMP model.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제16권12호
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• pp.731-738
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• 2006

It is seriously considered using Al CMP (chemical mechanical planarization) process for the next generation 45 nm Al wiring process. Al CMP is known that it has a possibility of reducing process time and steps comparing with conventional RIE (reactive ion etching) method. Also, it is more cost effective than Cu CMP and better electrical conductivity than W via process. In this study, we investigated 4 different kinds of slurries based on abrasives for reducing scratches which contributed to make defects in Al CMP. The abrasives used in this experiment were alumina, fumed silica, alkaline colloidal silica, and acidic colloidal silica. Al CMP process was conducted as functions of abrasive contents, $H_3PO_4$ contents and pressures to find out the optimized parameters and conditions. Al removal rates were slowed over 2 wt% of slurry contents in all types of slurries. The removal rates of alumina and fumed silica slurries were increased by phosphoric acid but acidic colloidal slurry was slightly increased at 2 vol% and soon decreased. The excessive addition of phosphoric acid affected the particle size distributions and increased scratches. Polishing pressure increased not only the removal rate but also the surface scratches. Acidic colloidal silica slurry showed the highest removal rate and the lowest roughness values among the 4 different slurry types.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2006년도 하계학술대회 논문집 Vol.7
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• pp.573-574
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• 2006

The planarization technology of Chemical-mechanical polishing(CMP), used for the manufacturing of multi-layer various material interconnects for Large-scale Integrated Circuits (LSI), is also readily adaptable as an enabling technology in MicroElectroMechanical System (MEMS) fabrication, particularly polysilicon surface micromachining. However, general LSI device CMP has partly distinction aspects, the pattern scale and material sorts in comparison with MEMS CMP. This study performed preliminary CMP tests to identify slurry characteristic used in general IC device. The experiment result is possible to verify slurry characteristic in MEMS structure material.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.507-514
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• 2024

반도체 제조 라인에서는 생산 제품의 원가절감을 위해 지속적인 노력을 기울이고 있고, 화학적 기계적 연마(CMP) 공정에서도 이에 대한 요구가 점점 가속화되고 있으며, 이러한 원가 절감 항목 중 대표적인 것이 5-Zone 링이다. CMP 공정에서 약 150시간을 사용하면 링의 두께가 1mm 미만으로 감소되어 새제품으로 교체해야 한다. 반도체 제조 라인에서는 생산 제품의 원가절감을 위해 지속적인 노력을 기울이고 있고, 화학적 기계적 연마(CMP) 공정에서도 이에 대한 요구가 점점 가속화되고 있으며, 이러한 원가 절감 항목 중 대표적인 것이 5-Zone 링이다. CMP 공정에서 약 150시간을 사용하면 링의 두께가 1mm 미만으로 감소되어 새제품으로 교체해야 한다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 리테이너 링의 마모된 부분을 반복 재생하여 반도체 제조 원가를 낮추며, 산업용 폐기물 처리에 따른 환경 오염을 최소화하기 위해 10g±0.8% 이하의 토출량 오차와 ±1.8% 이하의 압력 균일도를 갖는 본딩 디스펜서 및 프레스 머신을 개발하였다.