Plasma induced damage reduction of ultra low-k dielectric by using source pulsed plasma etching for next BEOL interconnect manufacturing

JK Jang, HW Tak, YJ Shin, D San Kim… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… reduction methods in the etching of porous low-k dielectric, … ) processes and, the effects of
pulsed plasmas on the PID of … and the three peaks related to the low-k structure which are ‘Si-O…

Effect of terminal methyl group concentration on critical properties and plasma resistance of organosilicate low-k dielectrics

AA Rezvanov, AV Miakonkikh, DS Seregin… - Journal of Vacuum …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
… of porous low-k dielectrics is a complex process involving … reduced degradation during
plasma etching processes. These … A more detailed deposition process and the porous structure

Cryo Plasma Etching of Porous Low-k Dielectrics

AV Miakonkikh, VO Kuzmenko, KV Rudenko - High Energy Chemistry, 2023 - Springer
… the atomic layer process of anisotropic plasma etching with low … effect is etching at
significantly low temperatures. … porous structure from deep penetration of active plasma radicals. …

Methylated porous low-k materials: critical properties and plasma resistance

AA Rezvanov, AV Miakonkikh… - … on Micro-and Nano …, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
… in the modern process flows to reduce the negative impact of … by the formation of a porous
structure due to the removal of … of demethylated low-k can move at the same speed as the etch

Damage to porous SiCOH low-k dielectrics by O, N and F atoms at lowered temperatures

DV Lopaev, SM Zyryanov, AI Zotovich… - Journal of Physics D …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
… of the chemical structure of an OSG, due to the effects of different … Unsurprisingly, the main
processes determining low-k … that under conventional conditions for low-k etching [6], plasma …

Etch characteristics of nanoscale ultra low-k dielectric using C3H2F6

HW Tak, JK Jang, D Sung, DS Kim, DW Kim… - Materials …, 2020 - ingentaconnect.com
… for porous SiCOH by using plasma etching methods such as … etch characteristics of porous
SiCOH such as etch rate, etch … , therefore, its green house effect can be much lower than …

Significance of plasma-surface interactions in the etch behavior of low-k materials

A Pranda, S Grzeskowiak, YH Tsai… - Journal of Vacuum …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
… annealing results in the films to be porous. The synthesis method results in … process
chemistries and their impacts on the bonding structure and resulting etch behavior of several low-k

[HTML][HTML] The evolution of organosilicon precursors for low-k interlayer dielectric fabrication driven by integration challenges

N Hong, Y Zhang, Q Sun, W Fan, M Li, M Xie, W Fu - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
… from the original SiO 2 to porous SiCOH materials, as well as … because copper is not suitable
for reactive ion etching due to … This effect is even more prominent as the exposure time of Ar/…

[HTML][HTML] Enhanced Thermo–Mechanical Reliability of Ultralow-K Dielectrics with Self-Organized Molecular Pores

YK Sa, J Bang, J Son, DY Yu, YC Kim - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
… of 6 GPa for a porous low-k film deposited by a conventional … To minimize the Si substrate
effect in the measured values, … chemical and plasma etch and ash processes during BEOL …

Ultralow- Dielectric With Structured Pores for Interconnect Delay Reduction

Y Xiao, Z Ma, C Prawoto, C Zhou… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… is formed on the Si3N4 etch-stop layer and successfully … In particular, spherical pores in
the porous low-k dielectric may … anisotropic low-k dielectric can withstand the CMP process