Interconnect dielectric reliability challenges increase every generation due to dimension scaling and pursuing of lower K dielectrics for performance. In this paper, TDDB reliability characteration, process innovation...
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Interconnect dielectric reliability challenges increase every generation due to dimension scaling and pursuing of lower K dielectrics for performance. In this paper, TDDB reliability characteration, process innovation, process control and product validation are presented based on Intel 32 nm technology node. In definition and technologydevelopment phase, extensive characterization and process innovation are needed to enable the proper choices of materials and processes. For any given healthy process and material set, the TDDB reliability is determined by via to line and line to line space distribution, and dominated by the tail distribution of dies with small space. Although different TDDB physical models such as E, root E or other models will project very different failure probability when extrapolating from high Efield to low Efield for the main population, the choice of models makes little difference for product level failure probability from the tail population because the Efield is already in the range of that used for accelerated stressing. Since product failure rate is dominated by tail population, more focus has been given to this area in terms of process development and control. Novel self-aligned via patterning process has been developed for 32 nm technology and significantly improved via to line space and thus the low K TDDB performance. In addition, to ensure superior quality and reliability, extensive process window and product level validation through extended life test are necessary to capture and eliminate worse case process and product corners. A scaling trend and potential path to enable continuing scaling are highlighted.
Using an approach we call “grain engineering,” we discuss several techniques to control grain growth during excimer laser annealing, to create low-defect density polysilicon films. By adjusting of laser parameters, ...
Using an approach we call “grain engineering,” we discuss several techniques to control grain growth during excimer laser annealing, to create low-defect density polysilicon films. By adjusting of laser parameters, for example, we obtain polysilicon films with grain sizes of more than 9 µm, without substrate heating. These high-quality films are used in the fabrication of low-temperature unhydrogenated polysilicon thin-film transistors (TFT’s) yielding mobilities of > 260 cm2/Vs and on/off current ratios > 107. We investigate the laser recrystallization of “prepatterned” films as another technique of grain engineering. We find the performance of TFT’s fabricated in active areas that are prepatterned before laser recrystallization is dramatically improved compared to those TFT’s fabricated from the laser recrystallization of blanket polysilicon films. A novel “recessed” structure is also examined as a new grain engineering tool. By depositing a blanket silicon film on a patterned oxide layer on a heat sink, the heat flow through the continuous silicon film may be controlled during laser recrystallization to simultaneously produce adjacent regions of remarkably different grain microstructure.
The mechanical properties of ~ 10 mm thick electroplated copper films were investigated by both nanoindentation of supported films and microtensile testing of free-standing films. By utilizing both techniques to exami...
The mechanical properties of ~ 10 mm thick electroplated copper films were investigated by both nanoindentation of supported films and microtensile testing of free-standing films. By utilizing both techniques to examine the same films, the results could be directly compared to one another. Nanoindentation yield strength was found to be 5 – 15 % lower than in the microtensile case. Differences were attributed to grain size differences and, for annealed films, the presence of internal stresses in supported films only. Data from both techniques generally followed the Hall-Petch trend.
Refs 1 and 2 provide the definition of the concepts of‘potential infinity’(poi)and actual infinity(aci);Ref 3 discusses and verifies that poi and aci are a pair of contradictory opposites without intermediate(p,-p)....
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Refs 1 and 2 provide the definition of the concepts of‘potential infinity’(poi)and actual infinity(aci);Ref 3 discusses and verifies that poi and aci are a pair of contradictory opposites without intermediate(p,-p).The second part of this paper,i.e.,§2,further discusses the manners in which a variable x approaches infinitely to its limit x0 using the poi and aci methods and concludes that,in any system compatible with both poi and aci, the two approaching manners are also a pair of contradictory opposites without intermediate (A,-A).Finally,on the basis of this conclusion,we reexamine the fundamental question of Leibniz’s Secant and Tangent Lines in calculus and the limit theory and offer our analysis and raise new questions.
The mechanical stress state of conventional Al and damascene Cu lines of a 0.18 pm logictechnology flow have been determined using a novel X-Ray diffraction method that permits measurement of stress on an array of cr...
The mechanical stress state of conventional Al and damascene Cu lines of a 0.18 pm logictechnology flow have been determined using a novel X-Ray diffraction method that permits measurement of stress on an array of critical-dimension lines on the product die. The effect of high density plasma oxide deposition and the influence of low-K dielectrics on the stress state of the Al lines is described. The effect of materials properties and fabrication methodology on the stress state of damascene Cu lines is shown with measurement of mechanical stress and strain in passivated lines at room temperature and during annealing. The effect of underlayer on the damascene Cu stress state is also quantified.
This paper explores the challenges facing the 22nm process generation and beyond. CMOS transistor architectures such as ultra-thin body, FinFET, and nanowire will be compared and contrasted. Mobility enhancements such...
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As the nano-electronics industry looks to transition to both three dimensional transistor and interconnect technologies at the 4 gas / N2 plasma exposures applied in an atomic layer deposition sequence can be used to ...
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Patterning integration architecture choices can significantly impact the ability to integrate low-k inter-layer dielectrics into a high density, high performance, and reliable interconnect stack. This paper discusses ...
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Patterning integration architecture choices can significantly impact the ability to integrate low-k inter-layer dielectrics into a high density, high performance, and reliable interconnect stack. This paper discusses the scalability of the self-aligned via process that has been described in previous papers [1,2] and compares other architectures that can be used to enable low-k integration. We demonstrate the extendibility of self-aligned via process to address the increasingly difficult problem of via-to-metal shorting at tight pitches with fully integrated 87nm pitch data on low-k ILD material.
As the nano-electronics industry looks to transition to both three dimensional transistor and interconnect technologies at the < 22 nm node, highly conformal dielectric coatings with precise thickness control are i...
As the nano-electronics industry looks to transition to both three dimensional transistor and interconnect technologies at the < 22 nm node, highly conformal dielectric coatings with precise thickness control are increasingly being demanded. Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD) currently fills this role for most applications requiring low temperature processing, but does not always meet step coverage and thickness precision requirements. We present results for a hybrid technique, Plasma Enhanced Atomic Layer Deposition (PEALD), that utilizes typical PECVD process gases and tooling while delivering improved topography coverage and thickness control. Specifically, we show that alternating SiH4 gas / N2 plasma exposures applied in an atomic layer deposition sequence can be used to deposit SiN films in a self limiting fashion.
Plasma Enhanced Chemically Vapor Deposited SiC:H thin films are compelling materials for both semiconductor nano-electronic and MEMS/NEMS technologies due to the extreme chemical inertness of this material and the abi...
Plasma Enhanced Chemically Vapor Deposited SiC:H thin films are compelling materials for both semiconductor nano-electronic and MEMS/NEMS technologies due to the extreme chemical inertness of this material and the ability to tune a variety of material properties across an extreme range of values. As one example of the latter, we demonstrate that using PECVD the dielectric constant and Young's modulus of SiC:H thin films can be varied from < 3 to > 7 and < 10 GPa to > 200 GPa respectively. Utilizing Fourier Infrared-Transform Spectroscopy, we show that this remarkable range in materials properties is achieved primarily via the incorporation of terminal hydrogen groups which lowers the overall connectivity of the Si-C network bonding. We find that once the average network coordination number for Si and C falls below 2.6, the SiC network becomes under constrained and there is a loss of rigidity percolating through the system thus limiting the range of materials properties that can be achieved in this system.
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