A study on the correlation between electrochemical corrosion and chemical mechanical polishing performance of W and Ti film
By Seo, Yong-Jin
Published in Microelectronic Engineering
2007
Abstract
In this paper, in order to investigate the electrochemical polishing behavior of the tungsten (W) and titanium (Ti) film, the chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) performances of W and Ti film according to the oxidizer contents were studied through electrochemical corrosion analysis. The alumina (Al2O3)-based tungsten slurry with H2O2 oxidizer was used for CMP test. As an experimental result, for the case of 5 vol% oxidizer added, the removal rates were improved and a good polishing selectivity of 1.4 : 1 was obtained. It means that the oxidizer with the highest removal rate (RR) has a high dissolution rate due to the predominant electrochemical corrosion effects. Therefore we conclude that the W and Ti-CMP characteristics are strongly dependent on the amounts of H2O2 oxidizer additive.