Dual damascene photo process using negative-tone resist

Xuelong Shi; Allen C. Fung; Stephen Hsu; Zongyu Li; Timothy Nguyen; Robert John Socha; Will Conley; Mircea V. Dusa

doi:10.1117/12.388369

23 June 2000 Dual damascene photo process using negative-tone resist

Xuelong Shi, Allen C. Fung, Stephen Hsu, Zongyu Li, Timothy Nguyen, Robert John Socha, Will Conley, Mircea V. Dusa

Proceedings Volume 3999, Advances in Resist Technology and Processing XVII; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.388369
Event: Microlithography 2000, 2000, Santa Clara, CA, United States

Abstract

To further improve device performance, copper has been introduced to replace aluminum as the interconnect material due to its lower resistivity. Copper/low-k dual damascene process requires significant changes in process design and implementation from the traditional aluminum interconnect architecture. There are several implementation schemes for dual damascene architecture, including via first, trench first and buried hard mask. Among these schemes, via first process provides the largest process tolerance for stepper/scanner overlay control in addition to the guaranteed full size vias. However, positive tone resist encounters some difficulties in dual damascene photo process for via first approach, because the resist filled in the via can not be exposed and removed properly, resulting in considerable resist residual in the via after development. In contrast, negative tone resist shows great advantage in this process and demonstrates its capability in producing desired patterns without resist residuals in the via. In this paper, the design of a dual damascene photo process using Shipley UVN30 negative tone resist is evaluated, and experimental results regarding to its process performance are presented.

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Xuelong Shi, Allen C. Fung, Stephen Hsu, Zongyu Li, Timothy Nguyen, Robert John Socha, Will Conley, and Mircea V. Dusa "Dual damascene photo process using negative-tone resist", Proc. SPIE 3999, Advances in Resist Technology and Processing XVII, (23 June 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.388369

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