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The Effect of Oxygen on Adhesion of Thin Copper Films to Silicon Nitride
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 February 2011
Abstract
The effect of oxygen on adhesion and chemistry at interfaces between Cu thin films and SiNx barrier layers on Si substrates was investigated. Films were deposited in an ultra-high-vacuum sputter deposition chamber with good control of oxygen content. Adhesion was measured using a high throughput driver film method. Microstructure and bonding were investigated using transmission electron microscopy and electron energy loss spectroscopy, respectively, on sample cross sections. For films to which a small amount of oxygen was added during deposition, oxygen segregated to Cu/SiNx interfaces during thermal cycling, where it induced charge transfer and the presence of Cu+ interfacial states, and significantly reduced the work of adhesion.
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