Polishing Copper-Containing patterned wafers

An aspect of the invention provides a method for polishing a patterned semiconductor wafer containing a copper interconnect metal with a polishing pad. The method includes the following: a) providing an aqueous polishing solution, the polishing solution containing an benzotriazole (BTA) inhibitor an...

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Main Authors THOMAS TERENCE M, WANG HONGYU
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 27.08.2009
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ADHESIVES
BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
CHEMISTRY
DYES
ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
ELECTRICITY
METALLURGY
MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS
MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS
NATURAL RESINS
PAINTS
POLISHES
POLISHING COMPOSITIONS OTHER THAN FRENCH POLISH
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
SKI WAXES
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Summary:An aspect of the invention provides a method for polishing a patterned semiconductor wafer containing a copper interconnect metal with a polishing pad. The method includes the following: a) providing an aqueous polishing solution, the polishing solution containing an benzotriazole (BTA) inhibitor and a copper complexing compound and water; b) polishing the patterned wafer with the aqueous polishing solution and the polishing pad in a manner that dissolves copper into Cu+1 ions, the Cu+1 ions and BTA inhibitor having a concentration where [BTA]*[Cu+1]> than Ksp for Cu-BTA precipitate if the aqueous solution did not contain the complexing compound; and c) oxidizing at least some of the copper ions to prevent the polishing from precipitating the Cu-BTA precipitate.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20080072015