AVS 58th Annual International Symposium and Exhibition
    Plasma Science and Technology Division Wednesday Sessions

Session PS+EM-WeA
Low-K Materials & Integration

Wednesday, November 2, 2011, 2:00 pm, Room 202
Moderator: Sean King, Intel Corporation


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2:00pm PS+EM-WeA1 Invited Paper
Electric and Optical Characterization of Leakage and Breakdown in Low-k Dielectric Materials
J.M. Atkin, R. Laibowitz, Columbia University, T.M. Shaw, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Tony Heinz, Columbia University
2:40pm PS+EM-WeA3
Electron Spin Resonance Study of Low-K Dielectrics and Etch Stop Layers
Brad Bittel, P.M. Lenahan, T.A. Pomorski, Penn State University, S. King, Intel Corporation
4:00pm PS+EM-WeA7
The Nature of Defects in Low-k Organosilicate Glass and their Response to Plasma Exposure
He Ren, M.T. Nichols, University of Wisconsin-Madison, G. Jiang, G.A. Antonelli, Novellus Systems, Y. Nishi, Stanford University, J.L. Shohet, University of Wisconsin-Madison
4:20pm PS+EM-WeA8
The Effects of Plasma Exposure on the Time Dependent Dielectric Breakdown of Low-k Porous Organosilicate Glass
Michael Nichols, H. Sinha, University of Wisconsin-Madison, G.A. Antonelli, Novellus Systems, Inc., Y. Nishi, Stanford University, J.L. Shohet, University of Wisconsin-Madison
4:40pm PS+EM-WeA9
Modeling the Penetration of Vacuum Ultraviolet Photons in Porous-ULK Films
Joe Lee, D.B. Graves, University of California, Berkeley
5:00pm PS+EM-WeA10
Characterization of Plasma-Induced Damages on Low-k during Interconnection Integration by Scatterometric Porosimetry
Romain Hurand, STMicroelectronics, France, M. Darnon, T. Chevolleau, D. Fuard, CNRS-LTM, France, F. Bailly, R. Bouyssou, STMicroelectronics, France, T. David, CEA Leti, France, O. Joubert, CNRS-LTM, France, F. Leverd, STMicroelectronics, France
5:20pm PS+EM-WeA11
Photon Effects in Damage of Porous Low-k SiOCH During Plasma Cleaning
Juline Shoeb, Iowa State University, M.J. Kushner, University of Michigan
5:40pm PS+EM-WeA12
X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Investigation of the Schottky Barrier at BN/Cu Interfaces
Marc French, M. Jaehnig, M. Kuhn, J. Bielefeld, S. King, B. French, Intel Corporation