Boron-Based Nanoparticles for Chemical-Mechanical Polishing of Copper Films Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Boron nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized using a home-built chemical vapor deposition system. These NPs were crystallized at 900C that is lower than previous report. The size of boron NPs ranged from 5 nm to 1 m. This was achieved by varying the volatilizing temperature of boron tribromide. Subsequently, boron NPs were oxidized by heat-treatment in air. Small-size oxidized boron NPs were investigated as an additive to SiO 2 slurry. It was found that the slurry has an enhanced chemical-mechanical planarization (CMP) performance with the addition of those boron NPs. Results showed that the copper removal rate was increased while friction coefficient was reduced, a desirable condition for optimizing CMP processes. The outcome of this research is beneficial to process improvement in semiconductor industry. 2012 The Electrochemical Society.

published proceedings

  • ECS JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

author list (cited authors)

  • He, X., Joo, S., Xiao, H., & Liang, H.

citation count

  • 6

complete list of authors

  • He, Xingliang||Joo, Sukbae||Xiao, Huaping||Liang, Hong

publication date

  • November 2013