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XRD characterization of texture and internal stress in electrodeposited copper films on Al substrates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2012

Bo Hong ,
Chuan-hai Jiang  and
Xin-jian Wang
Bo Hong
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory for High Temperature Materials and Tests of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
Chuan-hai Jiang
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory for High Temperature Materials and Tests of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
Xin-jian Wang
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory for High Temperature Materials and Tests of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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Abstract

Internal stresses and textures of electroplated copper films (t=2, 8, 15, 30, 45, and 60) electrodeposited on Al substrates were studied using X-ray diffraction techniques. Results show that the stresses in the films are tensile. The 8 to 60 μm thick films have (220) fiber texture, in good agreement with strain energy minimization calculation. Results also show that a further rotational alignment of the fiber-textured grains was developed, and small amounts of the fiber-textured grains have their (2, −2, 0) planes aligned parallel to the flow direction of the electrodeposited currents. The degree of the rotation alignment increases with film thickness. Values of stress and the degree of texture of copper films were found to be adjustable using an ultrasound technique. Internal stress and the degree of the (220) texture decrease significantly by applying an ultrasound treatment during the electrodeposition process.

Keywords

electrodeposited copper filmtexturestressXRDultrasound
Type
Representative Papers from the Chinese XRD 2006 Conference
Information
Powder Diffraction , Volume 22 , Issue 4 , December 2007 , pp. 324 - 327
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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