Effect of Brush Treatment and Brush Contact Sequence on Cross Contaminated Defects during CMP in-situ Cleaning

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Abstract

Chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) is one of the most important processes for enabling sub-14 nm semiconductor manufacturing. Moreover, post-CMP defect control is a key process parameter for the purpose of yield enhancement and device reliability. Due to the complexity of device with sub-14 nm node structure, CMP-induced defects need to be fixed in the CMP in-situ cleaning module instead of during post ex-situ wet cleaning. Therefore, post-CMP in-situ cleaning optimization and cleaning efficiency improvement play a pivotal role in post-CMP defect control. CMP in-situ cleaning module normally consists of megasonic and brush scrub- ber processes. And there has been an increasing effort for the optimization of cleaning chemistry and brush scrub- ber cleaning in the CMP cleaning module. Although there have been many studies conducted on improving particle removal efficiency by brush cleaning, these studies do not consider the effects of brush contamination. Depending on the process condition and brush condition, brush cross contamination effects significantly influ- ence post-CMP cleaning defects. This study investigates brush cross contamination effects in the CMP in-situ cleaning module by conducting experiments using 300mm tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) blanket wafers. This study also explores brush pre-treatment in the CMP tool and proposes recipe effects, and critical process param- eters for optimized CMP in-situ cleaning process through experimental results.

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Kim, H. J. (2015). Effect of Brush Treatment and Brush Contact Sequence on Cross Contaminated Defects during CMP in-situ Cleaning. Journal of the Korean Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers, 31(6), 239–244. https://doi.org/10.9725/kstle.2015.31.6.239

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