TY - GEN
T1 - High reliability Cu interconnection utilizing a low contamination CoWP capping layer
AU - Ishigami, T.
AU - Kurokawa, T.
AU - Kakuhara, Y.
AU - Withers, B.
AU - Jacobs, J.
AU - Kolics, A.
AU - Ivanov, I.
AU - Sekine, M.
AU - Ueno, K.
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - Copper (Cu) damascene interconnects with a cobalt tungsten phosphorus (CoWP) capping layer were developed using an alkaline-metal-free electroless plating process without palladium (Pd) catalyst activation. The wafer contamination level after processing is consistent with requirements for present LSI fabrication lines. Within wafer CoWP deposition uniformity is high and interconnects wire resistance increases by less than 5% after deposition. Electromigration (EM) testing shows no failures after two thousand hours and stress induced voiding (SIV) testing shows no failures after three thousand hours. This EM result is a 2 order of magnitude improvement over a non CoWP process.
AB - Copper (Cu) damascene interconnects with a cobalt tungsten phosphorus (CoWP) capping layer were developed using an alkaline-metal-free electroless plating process without palladium (Pd) catalyst activation. The wafer contamination level after processing is consistent with requirements for present LSI fabrication lines. Within wafer CoWP deposition uniformity is high and interconnects wire resistance increases by less than 5% after deposition. Electromigration (EM) testing shows no failures after two thousand hours and stress induced voiding (SIV) testing shows no failures after three thousand hours. This EM result is a 2 order of magnitude improvement over a non CoWP process.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:8644266012
SN - 0780383087
T3 - Proceedings of the IEEE 2004 International Interconnect Technology Conference
SP - 75
EP - 77
BT - Proceedings of the IEEE 2004 International Interconnect Technology Conference
T2 - Proceedings of the IEEE 2004 International Interconnect Technology Conference
Y2 - 7 June 2004 through 9 June 2004
ER -