- NH4OH용액이 반도체 소자용 구리 박막 표면에 미치는 영향
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- 이연승,노상수,나사균,Lee. Youn-Seoung,Noh. Sang-Soo,Rha. Sa-Kyun
- ㆍ 간행물명
- 한국재료학회지
- ㆍ 권/호정보
- 2012년|22권 9호|pp.459-464 (6 pages)
- ㆍ 발행정보
- 한국재료학회
- ㆍ 파일정보
- 정기간행물| PDF텍스트
- ㆍ 주제분야
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We investigated cleaning effects using $NH_4OH$ solution on the surface of Cu film. A 20 nm Cu film was deposited on Ti / p-Si (100) by sputter deposition and was exposed to air for growth of the native Cu oxide. In order to remove the Cu native oxide, an $NH_4OH$ cleaning process with and without TS-40A pre-treatment was carried out. After the $NH_4OH$ cleaning without TS-40A pretreatment, the sheet resistance Rs of the Cu film and the surface morphology changed slightly(${Delta}Rs:{sim}10m{Omega}/sq.$). On the other hand, after $NH_4OH$ cleaning with TS-40A pretreatment, the Rs of the Cu film changed abruptly (${Delta}Rs:till{sim}700m{Omega}/sq.$); in addition, cracks showed on the surface of the Cu film. According to XPS results, Si ingredient was detected on the surface of all Cu films pretreated with TS-40A. This Si ingredient(a kind of silicate) may result from the TS-40A solution, because sodium metasilicate is included in TS-40A as an alkaline degreasing agent. Finally, we found that the $NH_4OH$ cleaning process without pretreatment using an alkaline cleanser containing a silicate ingredient is more useful at removing Cu oxides on Cu film. In addition, we found that in the $NH_4OH$ cleaning process, an alkaline cleanser like Metex TS-40A, containing sodium metasilicate, can cause cracks on the surface of Cu film.