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JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 160, Issue 12, Pages D3040-D3044Publisher
ELECTROCHEMICAL SOC INC
DOI: 10.1149/2.009312jes
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Cu gap-fill is enhanced by replacing the conventional Ta liner with a Co liner in a 22 nm width interconnect structure. The improvement with Co liner seen at the line-end area is attributed to a better resputtered Cu seed profile, which is thicker and exhibits no agglomeration compared to that on Ta liner. The mechanism of Co offering better Cu seed coverage than Ta was further studied and determined to be associated with its better wetting and higher sticking coefficient with Cu during the resputtering process. Similar gap-fill performance was also demonstrated with a reflow Cu seed process. The initial highly conformal Cu seed coverage profile on Co helps ensure a uniform Cu reflow process within the interconnect structure, therefore providing better top-open dimension for electrochemical plating process compared to reflow Cu seed on Ta. (C) 2013 The Electrochemical Society. All rights reserved.
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