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Hier finden Sie wissenschaftliche Publikationen aus den Fraunhofer-Instituten. Investigations on via geometry and wetting behavior for the filling of through silicon vias by copper electro deposition
| McKerrow, A.J. ; Materials Research Society -MRS-:
Advanced Metallization Conference, AMC 2007 : Proceedings of the conference held October 9 - 11, 2007, in Albany, New York and October 22 - 24, 2007, at the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Warrendale, Pa.: MRS, 2008
ISBN: 978-1-558-99992-3
S.623-630 |
| Advanced Metallization Conference (AMC) <24, 2007, Albany/NY; Tokyo> |
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| Englisch |
| Konferenzbeitrag |
| Fraunhofer ENAS ()
Fraunhofer IZM () |
Abstract
The background of this paper is the fabrication of Through Silicon Vias (TSV) for three-dimensional chip stacking. At first an adapted etching process is presented. Vias with a cross sectional area of approx. 3x10 square micron and 50 - 70 micron depth were etched. Those vias have a V-shaped entrance that is aimed to prevent a pinch-off at the via-top and a void formation during the subsequent filling process. For a better filling performance a pre-treatment of the vias is necessary, too. Therefore the wetting behavior of Cu-CVD and Cu-PVD layers as well as Au-PVD layers that have undergone several pre-treatments was investigated by contact angle measurements. Moreover two plating chemistries were investigated regarding their impact on the wetting. Copper electro deposition experiments have been performed using DC and Pulse-Reverse (PR) currents and two commercially available electrolyte systems. In this experiment the beneficial effect of the V-shaped vias could be shown as well as the impact of several pre-treatments.