AVS 57th International Symposium & Exhibition
    Plasma Science and Technology Tuesday Sessions

Session PS1-TuA
Advanced BEOL/Interconnect Etching II

Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 2:00 pm, Room Aztec
Moderator: Y. Zhou, Applied Materials Inc.


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2:00pm PS1-TuA1
Reaction Mechanism and Profile Evolution for Cleaning and Sealing Porous Low-k Dielectrics using He/H2 and Ar/NH3 Plasmas
J. Shoeb, Iowa State University, M.J. Kushner, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
2:20pm PS1-TuA2
Mechanism of Modification in Si-O-Si Structure in Porous SiOCH Low-k Films by H2/N2 Plasmas
H. Yamamoto, K. Takeda, K. Ishikawa, H. Kondo, M. Sekine, M. Hori, Nagoya University, Japan, T. Imamura, H. Hayashi, I. Sakai, T. Ohiwa, Toshiba Corporation, Japan
2:40pm PS1-TuA3
Effect of UV-wavelength on Hardening Process of Porogen-containing and Porogen-free Ultra-low-k PECVD Glasses
A.M. Urbanowicz, K. Vanstreels, P. Verdonck, E. Van Besien, Ch. Trompoukis, D. Shamiryan, S. De Gendt, M.R. Baklanov, IMEC, Belgium
3:00pm PS1-TuA4
CF3I for Low-k Etching: Overcoming Current Technology Limitations
V. Omarjee, American Air Liquide – Delaware Research and Technology Center, A.G. Gildea, E. Eisenbraun, The University at Albany-SUNY, N. Stafford, F. Doniat, C. Dussarrat, American Air Liquide – Delaware Research and Technology Center
4:00pm PS1-TuA7
Challenges in sub-100nm Dual Damascene Etch of Porous Oxycarbosilane Ultra Low-k Dielectrics for BEOL Integration
R.L. Bruce, S.U. Engelmann, S. Purushothaman, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, T.J. Frot, IBM Almaden Research Center, M. Darnon, M. Lofaro, S. Cohen, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, W. Volksen, T.P. Magbitang, L. Krupp, G. Dubois, IBM Almaden Research Center
4:20pm PS1-TuA8
Mechanism of Highly Selective SiO2 Etching over Photoresist Using New Alternative Gas, C5HF7
Y. Miyawaki, Y. Kondo, K. Takeda, K. Ishikawa, M. Sekine, H. Kondo, Nagoya University, Japan, A. Ito, M. Nakamura, Zeon Corporation, Japan, M. Hori, Nagoya University, Japan
4:40pm PS1-TuA9
Etch Characteristics of SiO2 in the CxFy Dual-Frequency Capacitive Coupled Plasma
M.H. Jeon, S.K. Kang, J.Y. Park, G.Y. Yeom, Sungkyunkwan University, Republic of Korea
5:00pm PS1-TuA10
Ultra-high Selectivity Silicon Nitride Liner Etch: Mitigating Substrate Damage in Logic-based Contact Level Interconnects
A. Metz, H. Cottle, Y. Chiba, P. Biolsi, TEL Technology Center America, M. Luo, E. Geiss, Global Foundries, S.H. Sung, Samsung Electronics, M. Aminpur, R. Wise, IBM Microelectronics
5:20pm PS1-TuA11
Achieving Lithographically Independent sub-35nm Vias for Phase Change Memory Applications
E.A. Joseph, R. Dasaka, M. Breitwisch, A.G. Schrott, C.H. Lam, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
5:40pm PS1-TuA12
The Evaluation of Sidewall Polymerization during Platinum Dry Etching Process using Inductively Coupled Cl2/O2/Ar and CH3OH Plasmas
J.Y. Moon, J.W. Park, M.S. Lee, B.G. Jyun, W.J. Choi, S.H. Cho, J.S. Roh, S.-K. Park, HYNIX Semiconductor Inc., Republic of Korea