Patent classifications
H10P70/277
Post chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) cleaner comprising an organic acid/anionic surfactant mixture
The present invention provides a cleaning composition comprises water; one or more organic acid; at least two surfactants wherein the first type surfactant is a diphenyl disulfonic surfactant, the second type surfactant has a surface tension of less than 50 dynes/cm at 0.01 wt % concentration in water, and the second type surfactant is not the first type surfactant; and optionally fluoride compounds, polymers, corrosion inhibitors, biological preservatives, pH adjusting agents.
Methods of forming an abrasive slurry and methods for chemical-mechanical polishing
Methods of forming a slurry and methods of performing a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process utilized in manufacturing semiconductor devices, as described herein, may be performed on semiconductor devices including integrated contact structures with ruthenium (Ru) plug contacts down to a semiconductor substrate. The slurry may be formed by mixing a first abrasive, a second abrasive, and a reactant with a solvent. The first abrasive may include a first particulate including titanium dioxide (TiO.sub.2) particles and the second abrasive may include a second particulate that is different from the first particulate. The slurry may be used in a CMP process for removing ruthenium (Ru) materials and dielectric materials from a surface of a workpiece resulting in better WiD loading and planarization of the surface for a flat profile.
Composition for semiconductor processing and processing method
A composition for semiconductor processing according to the disclosure contains (A) a compound represented by the following general formula (1), (B) a compound represented by the following general formula (2), (C) a compound having at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of an amino group and a salt thereof (excluding a compound having a carboxyl group and a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound) and (D) a liquid medium, and, when the content of the (A) component is indicated by M.sub.A [mass %] and the content of the (B) component is indicated by M.sub.B [mass %], M.sub.A/M.sub.B is 1.010.sup.2 to 1.010.sup.6.
RO(CH.sub.2).sub.2O(CH.sub.2).sub.2OH(1)
ROH(2) (In the formula (1) and the formula (2), R's represent the same hydrocarbon group.)
Post chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) cleaning
Provided are formulations that offer a high cleaning effect on inorganic particles, organic residues, chemical residues, reaction products on the surface due to interaction of the wafer surface with the Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP) slurry and elevated levels of undesirable metals on the surface left on the semiconductor devices after the CMP. The post-CMP cleaning formulations comprise one or more organic acid, one or more polymer and a fluoride compound with pH <7 and optionally a surfactant with two sulfonic acid groups.
Water-based, high-efficiency chemical reagent for substrate surface particle removal
Embodiments of the disclosure provided herein include systems and methods for cleaning semiconductor substrates The method includes rotating a substrate disposed on a substrate support, spraying a front side of the substrate using a cleaning agent including one or more chelating agents through a front side nozzle assembly disposed above the substrate support, and spraying a back side of the substrate using the cleaning agent through a back side dispenser assembly disposed below the substrate support.