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Impact of Annealing on the Resistivity of Ultrafine Cu Damascene Interconnects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

G. Steinlesberger ,
M. Engelhardt ,
G. Schindler ,
W. Steinhögl ,
M. Traving ,
W. Hönlein  and
E. Bertagnolli
G. Steinlesberger
Affiliation:
Infineon Technologies, Corporate Research, 81739 Munich, Germany Vienna University of Technology, 1040 Vienna, Austri
M. Engelhardt
Affiliation:
Infineon Technologies, Corporate Research, 81739 Munich, Germany
G. Schindler
Affiliation:
Infineon Technologies, Corporate Research, 81739 Munich, Germany
W. Steinhögl
Affiliation:
Infineon Technologies, Corporate Research, 81739 Munich, Germany
M. Traving
Affiliation:
Infineon Technologies, Corporate Research, 81739 Munich, Germany
W. Hönlein
Affiliation:
Infineon Technologies, Corporate Research, 81739 Munich, Germany
E. Bertagnolli
Affiliation:
Vienna University of Technology, 1040 Vienna, Austri
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Abstract

The influence of different annealing conditions on the electrical resistivity of copper damascene interconnects with lateral dimensions down to sub-50 nm was studied. Different thermal treatments after copper plating as well as annealing processes in addition to the final anneal step were carried out in order to study the microstructural change of copper damascene lines. It was found that rapid thermal annealing (RTA) at high temperatures (600°C) leads to an enlargement of the Cu grains by a factor of 2 for wide lines, whereas a significant impact of annealing on the median grain size of ultrafine lines was not observed. This is attributed to the geometrical limitation of the grain growth process. As a result, the size effect in Cu nano-interconnects which is mainly determined by grain boundaries acting as scattering sites for electrons cannot be reduced significantly by using thermal treatments.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 766: Symposium E – Materials, Technology and Reliability for Advanced Interconnects and Low-k Dielectrics - 2003 , 2003 , E4.2
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2003

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