AVS 59th Annual International Symposium and Exhibition
    Electronic Materials and Processing Tuesday Sessions

Session EM-TuA
Materials and Processes for Advanced Interconnects

Tuesday, October 30, 2012, 2:00 pm, Room 009
Moderators: J. Bielefeld, Intel Corporation, S. King, Intel Corporation


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2:00pm EM-TuA1
Interface Engineering of Porous and Non-Porous ILD Layers Using Molecular Layer Deposition for Interconnect Applications
J. Bielefeld, Intel Corporation, H. Zhou, P. Loscutoff, Stanford University, S. Clendenning, Intel Corporation, S.F. Bent, Stanford University
2:20pm EM-TuA2
Synchrotron X-ray Scattering Investigation of Morphological Stability of Cu Thin Film Interfaces
A.P. Warren, University of Central Florida, M.F. Toney, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, K. Barmak, Carnegie Mellon University, I.I. Kravchenko, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, K.R. Coffey, University of Central Florida
2:40pm EM-TuA3 Invited Paper
Interconnect Scaling for 10nm and Beyond
Z. Tokei, IMEC, Belgium
4:00pm EM-TuA7
High Throughput Crystal Orientation Mapping of Nanometric Cu: Impact of Surface and Grain Boundary Scattering on Electrical Resistivity
X. Liu, Carnegie Mellon Univ., A. Darbal, Nanomegas, K. Ganesh, Univ. of Texas at Austin, G. Rohrer, D. Choi, Carnegie Mellon Univ., P. Ferreira, Univ. of Texas at Austin, B. Yao, T. Sun, A.P. Warren, Univ. of Central Florida, M.F. Toney, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lab, K.R. Coffey, Univ. of Central Florida, K. Barmak, Carnegie Mellon Univ.
4:20pm EM-TuA8
Developing Robust Ultra-Low-k Dielectric (κ≤2.55) Materials using Novel Characterization Techniques for the 20nm Node and Beyond
D.R. Kioussis, Z. Sun, Y. Lin, GLOBALFOUNDRIES, A. Madan, N. Klymko, C. Parks, S. Molis, IBM Semiconductor R&D Ctr, E.T. Ryan, GLOBALFOUNDRIES, E. Huang, S.M. Gates, A. Grill, IBM T.J. Watson Res. Center, B. Kim, J.K. Kim, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Korea, D. Restaino, T.H. Lee, IBM Semiconductor R&D Ctr, S. Hosadurga, IBM Research Group, S.A. Cohen, IBM T.J. Watson Res. Center, K. Virwani, IBM Research - Almaden
4:40pm EM-TuA9
Reflection Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy Investigation of Band Gap and Defect States in Low-k and High-k Dielectrics
B. French, S. King, Intel Corporation
5:00pm EM-TuA10
The Effects of Plasma Exposure and Vacuum-Ultraviolet Radiation on Photopatternable Low-k Dielectric Materials
M.T. Nichols, K. Mavrakakis, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Q. Lin, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, J.L. Shohet, University of Wisconsin-Madison
5:20pm EM-TuA11
A Survey of Alternative Methods for Curing Porous SiCOH Films
N. LiCausi, V. Kamineni, GLOBALFOUNDRIES, S. Ohsiek, H. Geisler, M. Weisheit, M. Majer, GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Germany, E.T. Ryan, GLOBALFOUNDRIES
5:40pm EM-TuA12
Metallization Challenges in Integration of Soft Dielectric Materials
R. Chebiam, C. Jezewski, B. Krist, H. Yoo, J. Clarke, Intel Corporation