Type of Document	Dissertation
Author	Jin, Yoonyoung
Author's Email Address	yjin1@lsu.edu
URN	etd-05182005-120737
Title	Low Dielectric Constant Fluorocarbon Films Containing Silicon by Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition
Degree	Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Department	Electrical & Computer Engineering
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Pratul K. Ajmera Committee Chair Gil S. Lee Committee Co-Chair Aravamudhan Raman Committee Member Jin W. Choi Committee Member Martin Feldman Committee Member Donald Adrian Dean's Representative
Keywords	surface modification sicf silicon containing fluorocarbon pecvd dielectrics low-k ultralow-k
Date of Defense	2005-03-17
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract Use of low relative dielectric constant (low-k) material as an interlayer dielectric is among important approaches to reduce the RC time delay in high performance ultra-large-scale integrated circuits. Copper metallization is another approach besides the use of low-k material, in reducing the RC delay time, because of its well-known characteristics of low resistivity and high electromigration resistance. Fluorocarbon films containing silicon (SiCF) have been developed in this work for low-k interlayer dielectric applications below 50 nm linewidth technology. The films were prepared by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) using gas precursors of tetrafluoromethane as the source of active species and disilane (5 % by volume in helium) as both an active species source and a reducing agent to control the ratio of fluorine to carbon in the films. The basic properties for these low-k interlayer dielectric films were studied along with characterization of their fabrication process. Electrical, mechanical, chemical and thermal properties were evaluated including dielectric constant, electrical field strength, surface planarity, residual stress, hardness, chemical bond structure, and shrinkage upon heat treatment. Deposition process conditions were optimized for film thermal stability while maintaining a relative dielectric constant value as low as 2.0. The average breakdown field strength of the SiCF films was 4.74 MV/cm and its optical energy gap was in the range of 2.2 to 2.4 eV. The hardness and residual stress in the SiCF films deposited under the optimized conditions were respectively measured to be in the range of 1.4 to 1.78 GPa and in the range of 11.6 to 23.2 MPa of compressive stress. For integrated microsystems as well as for ULSI circuits, surface modification of SiCF films by wet chemical treatment and by X-ray irradiation were examined to facilitate copper metallization. Feasibility of copper deposition by recently developed electroless techniques is discussed in conjunction with the studies utilizing wet chemical modification of the film surface. The effect of X-ray irradiation on the chemical structure of the films is also discussed. Additionally, means for selective surface modification of the films are introduced by exposing the films through an X-ray mask.
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