Development of Full-fill Bottom Anti-reflective Coatings for Dual Damascene Process
Editor(s)
Houlihan, F. M.
Abstract
Among the variety of dual damascene (DD) processes, the via-first approach has drawn much attention because of its reduced process steps and improved photolithography process window. The via-first process requires a layer of via-fill material to be applied beneath the photoresist layer. The primary function of this via-fill material is to act as an etch-block at the base of the vias to prevent over-etching and punch-through of the bottom barrier layer during the trench-etch process. However, such materials also help to planarize the substrate and may limit back reflection from the substrate as well, helping to control the critical dimension (CD) of the printed features. Based on this understanding, our research efforts have been focused on the advancement of DD-applicable bottom antireflective coatings (BARCs). A series of novel planarizing DUV BARCs with full-via-fill properties and enhanced etching selectivity to resists have been developed. They showed good full-fill, void-free performance in 0.20μm vias having an aspect ratio of five(5), also sufficient top coverage i.e., enough coating thickness, low surface variation, and little thickness bias of isolated-via (1:10) area versus dense-via (1:1) area. The resist sidewall profiles with feature sizes less than 0.20μm indicated that there was good compatibility of the BARCs with the resists. The thin film etching selectivity to commercial resists was about 1.2:1 under an HBr/O2 atmosphere. A study of the BARCs described in this report allows further discussion of the impact of pattern density, feature size, and processing conditions on BARC coating performance.
Recommended Citation
Y. Wang and X. Wu and G. Xu and J. E. Lamb and J. Sullivan and J. B. Claypool and J. Backus and S. Trautman and X. Shao and S. Takei and Y. Sone and K. Mizusawa and H. Fukuro, "Development of Full-fill Bottom Anti-reflective Coatings for Dual Damascene Process," Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, SPIE -- The International Society for Optical Engineering, Jan 2001.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1117/12.436917
Meeting Name
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering (2001, Santa Clara, CA)
Department(s)
Chemistry
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
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Citation
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text
Language(s)
English
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© 2001 SPIE -- The International Society for Optical Engineering, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Jan 2001
