Copper Surface Chemistry Relevant to Chemical Mechanical Planarization (Cmp)

166 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2008.A third project investigated the effect of structure of corrosion inhibitors benzotriazole and 1,2,4-triazole (TAZ) on copper removal rate during CMP. Removal rates were higher for solutions containing TAZ than solutions containing BTA. The corrosion inhibitor films were characterized using AFM, cyclic voltammetry, impedance spectroscopy, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry. Inhibitor films formed from TAZ were thicker, more permeable, and rougher than films formed from BTA. The addition of glycine to these solutions showed an increase in corrosion for the TAZ-covered surface, little change to the BTA-covered surface, and an increase in removal for both systems. This study correlated removal rate with the physical properties of these two different corrosion inhibitors.U of I OnlyRestricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETD