Etching of ruthenium coatings in O2- and Cl2-containing plasmas
| Autor: | David B. Graves, C. C. Hsu, J. W. Coburn |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Plasma etching
Chemistry fungi technology industry and agriculture Analytical chemistry macromolecular substances Surfaces and Interfaces Substrate (electronics) Condensed Matter Physics Isotropic etching Surfaces Coatings and Films stomatognathic system Etching (microfabrication) Wafer Dry etching Reactive-ion etching Deposition (law) |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films. 24:1-8 |
| ISSN: | 1520-8559 0734-2101 |
| DOI: | 10.1116/1.2121751 |
| Popis: | Ruthenium (Ru) film etching has been studied with O2- and Cl2-containing inductively coupled plasmas to understand the etching mechanism and the relationship between plasma characteristics and the competition between the wall deposition of etch by-products and the creation of volatile etch by-products that flow into the downstream. The ICP was characterized by multiple in situ diagnostic tools. Ru films were etched either from 6-in. wafers placed on a rf-biased substrate or from Ru-coated QCMs without a Ru-coated wafer present. Ru etches readily in O2-containing plasma. Cl2 addition resulted in significant changes in etch rate, wall deposition behavior, and the downstream etch product composition. When Ru was etched by Ar∕O2 plasmas, a positive wall deposition rate was observed and no RuO4 was observed in the foreline. The etching rate correlated well with the oxygen radical density. With Cl2 addition, our observations included the significantly increased etching rate, the detection of RuO4 downstream by ... |
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