Experimental study of the strong halation-effect of a fully PGMEA-based under-layer on a highly etched topography in the dual damascene via-first approach

Valentina Dall'Asta; Emma Litterio; Nicoletta Corneo; Pietro Cantú

doi:10.1117/12.2514722

20 March 2019 Experimental study of the strong halation-effect of a fully PGMEA-based under-layer on a highly etched topography in the dual damascene via-first approach

Valentina Dall'Asta, Emma Litterio, Nicoletta Corneo, Pietro Cantú

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Proceedings Volume 10962, Design-Process-Technology Co-optimization for Manufacturability XIII; 1096213 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2514722
Event: SPIE Advanced Lithography, 2019, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

In the preparation of Integrated Circuits (ICs), employing the Dual Damascene (DD) via-first approach, the fulfilling of extremely deep via and, in general, of highly etched structures, still remains a challenging task. Especially, if this is combined with the need to obtain a planar surface with a thickness bias proximal to zero between flat zones and highly via-rich parts of the die or deep trenches. Herein, we report a full analysis of the impact of the nature of solvent and polymer composing the Hard-Mask (HM) precursor on the filling of via and long trenches. The analysis is carried out by means of optical microscopy (OPT) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) on standard silicon wafers processed with the HM, changing different variables; from the use of materials comprising different solvents and polymers with various C-contents, up to the variation of the coating parameters such as: the spin speed, the bake temperature and the primer vaporization step before dropping the via-filler material. Interestingly, the solvent is demonstrated to play a crucial role in the formation of macro-defectiveness on long deep trenches surrounded by a flat area: PropyleneGlycolMonomethylEtherAcetate (PGMEA) uniquely-based materials can bring to a peculiar halation-effect, partially avoided with the introduction of several pre-bake steps of the under-layer on a HexaMethylDiSilazane (HMDS)-presprayed Silicon surface.

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Valentina Dall'Asta, Emma Litterio, Nicoletta Corneo, and Pietro Cantú "Experimental study of the strong halation-effect of a fully PGMEA-based under-layer on a highly etched topography in the dual damascene via-first approach", Proc. SPIE 10962, Design-Process-Technology Co-optimization for Manufacturability XIII, 1096213 (20 March 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2514722

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