CN111004581A - Chemical mechanical polishing solution for phase-change material composite abrasive and application thereof - Google Patents

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CN111004581A
CN111004581A CN201911293679.7A CN201911293679A CN111004581A CN 111004581 A CN111004581 A CN 111004581A CN 201911293679 A CN201911293679 A CN 201911293679A CN 111004581 A CN111004581 A CN 111004581A
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Abstract

The invention discloses a chemical mechanical polishing solution of a phase-change material composite abrasive, which is used for Cr in a phase-change memory devicex‑Sb2Te3And (5) polishing the phase change material. Due to Crx‑Sb2Te3Is a ternary metal alloy, has low film hardness, and is easy to scratch by using a single abrasive. The novel composite abrasive polishing solution disclosed by the invention can well solve the problem of scratching the surface of a film. The composite abrasive polishing solution for CMP comprises the following components: oxidant, surfactant, abrasive of silicon dioxide and cerium oxide, pH regulator and deionized water. The method is characterized in that two kinds of grinding materials make up for the deficiency, and the different effects of the synergistic effect on the CST film can enable the film removal rate to be more controllable and the surface quality to be better, thereby meeting the requirements of preparing the phase change memory CMP.

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Chemical mechanical polishing solution for phase-change material composite abrasive and application thereof
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of microelectronics, relates to a chemical mechanical polishing solution, and particularly relates to a Cr phase-change material applied to a chalcogenide compoundx-Sb2Te3(0<x<0.5) of chemical polishing solution.
Technical Field
In recent years, a Phase Change Memory (PCM) structure has been developed from a conventional T-type structure to a limited structure. The confined structure is such that a phase change material is deposited in a pore, the phase change material is connected to an electrode at the other end of the pore, and a current is passed through the channel to generate joule heat to read the resistance state of the cell.
Sb2Te3The crystallization rate of the system is faster than that of the traditional phase change material GST, the system can easily meet the requirement of replacing the operation speed of DRAM, but the crystallization temperature is low, the data can not be kept for a long time, and impurities, Cr, are usually introduced to improve the thermal stability of the systemxSb2Te3(0<x<0.5) high speed and good stability. Cr (chromium) componentx-Sb2Te3(0<x<0.5) has various advantages as a high-performance phase change memory material. And the traditional phase change material GST polishing process is not suitable for new material Crx-Sb2Te3(0<x<0.5) polishing, however for the new phase change material Crx-Sb2Te3(0<x<0.5) CMP polishing, to date, very few have been reported. Published in the Zhang Bright topic group of 2017, the publication "Optimization of parking and Process parameter chemical mechanical polishing of Cr-bonded Sb2Te3thin film "(EI search number: 20172303724810). Studies in the literature have found that Cr is polished under acidic conditions using a polishing solution containing 10 wt% colloidal silica abrasive (particle size 80.3nm) and 0.5 wt% hydrogen peroxidex-Sb2Te3(0<x<0.5) the RMS surface roughness reached 0.418 nm. In the Zhang regular Bright project group published in 2019, Optimization on chemical mechanical planarization of chromium doped titanium (Cr-SbTe) for PCM Devices (DOI:10.1109/CSTIC.2019.8755751), which used a single 10 wt% silica colloidAbrasive (grain diameter is 39.9nm), and Cr is treated under the condition that the potassium permanganate concentration is 50ppmx-Sb2Te3(0<x<0.5) polishing parameters were optimized with an RMS surface roughness of 0.52 nm. The above-mentioned use of a single silica abrasive for Crx-Sb2Te3(0<x<0.5) polishing of the film has a limitation on the optimization of the surface quality of the film, whereas Cr is polished using a composite abrasivex-Sb2Te3(0<x<0.5) the film is polished, so that the scratches on the surface of the film can be effectively reduced, and the roughness mean square value of the surface of the film is reduced.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to solve the technical problem of providing a chemical mechanical polishing solution of a novel phase-change material composite abrasive, and the chemical mechanical polishing solution meets the process requirement of CMP (chemical mechanical polishing) in the preparation of a phase-change memory and needs to be applied to Crx-Sb2Te3(0<x<0.5) removing the material without damage, and ensuring that the surface element composition and the state of the phase-change material are the same before and after polishing due to high polishing selectivity between the phase-change material and the barrier layer. The two abrasives are used for polishing, and the method is characterized in that the two abrasives make up for the deficiencies of each other, and the synergistic effect is generated to play different roles in the Cr-SbTe film, so that the removal rate of the film is more controllable, and the surface quality is better. Conventional polishing particle SiO2The polishing solution has certain hardness and obvious mechanical action in the polishing process. CeO (CeO)2The cerium in the cerium oxide is rare earth element, the outer layer has empty f-orbit and d-orbit, can form feedback bond with lone electron pair in Cr, Sb and Te in main group elements, and the high-activity cerium oxide can be combined with Cr in the polishing processx-Sb2Te3(0<x<0.5) the film material generates enough chemical correlation, and simultaneously removes cross-linking products together with the silicon oxide abrasive through mechanical action, thereby effectively avoiding the residual phenomenon of polishing products.
Cr of the inventionx-Sb2Te3The chemical mechanical polishing solution of the phase-change material composite abrasive comprises the following parts: based on the total weight of the polishing solution, 0.2 to 50 weight percent of silicon oxide and cerium oxide polishing particles, 0.001 to 5 weight percent of oxidant, 0.01 to 4 weight percent of surfactant, 0.01 to 4 weight percent of organic additive and pH regulatorAnd deionized water.
Further, the silicon oxide and cerium oxide polishing particles have a particle size range of: 40-150nm, preferably 40-100nm.
Furthermore, the content of the silicon oxide and cerium oxide polishing particles is 2-8 wt% based on the total weight of the polishing solution.
For metal polishing, the polishing process generally oxidizes the metal surface by an oxidant to generate a softer hydrated oxide layer on the surface, the oxide layer is removed by mechanical action to expose a fresh metal surface, and the steps are circulated in such a way to realize the continuous polishing effect on Crx-Sb2Te3(0<x<0.5) this alloy, the oxidizing agent, which is selected from hydrogen peroxide, ferric chloride or potassium permanganate, plays an extremely important role.
Further, the content of the oxidant is 0.001-4 wt%.
The invention adds the surface active agents of sodium polyacrylate, polyoxyethylene ether phosphate and hexadecyl trimethyl ammonium bromide into the chemical mechanical polishing solution as the anionic surface active agents, and can improve the stability of the polishing solution by the specific electrification condition of the anionic surface active agents, thereby being beneficial to Crx-Sb2Te3(0<x<0.5) chemical mechanical polishing of the phase change material. In the case of using silicon oxide and cerium oxide polishing particles for Crx-Sb2Te3(0<x<0.5) during the polishing process of the phase-change material, after the phase-change material is oxidized to a high valence state by an oxidizing agent, the outer layer hollow orbit can form a feedback bond with a lone electron pair in the organic additive. This coordination promotes further removal of the oxidized film, thereby allowing the polishing process to continue.
Further, the content of the surfactant is 0.05-2 wt%.
Also different organic additives, due to their specific structure and charge condition, can promote or inhibit this coordination bond. By adding different organic additives, the polishing process can be controlled, so that the speed of the polishing process is controllable, and the removal speed required in the polishing process is realized.
Further, the content of the organic additive is 0.01-1 wt%.
The pH regulator can regulate the pH value of the polishing solution, and has great influence on the oxidizing agent in the polishing solution, thereby influencing the stability and the polishing effect of the polishing solution. The optimal range of pH adjustment is 3-5.
The invention achieves the technical effects that: according to the method, two abrasives of silicon dioxide and cerium oxide are used for making up for the deficiencies, so that the synergistic effect is generated to play different roles in the CST film, the film removal rate is more controllable, the surface quality is better, and the requirement for preparing the phase change memory CMP is met. CeO (CeO)2The cerium in the cerium oxide is rare earth element, the outer layer has empty f-orbit and d-orbit, can form feedback bond with lone electron pair in Cr, Sb and Te in main group elements, and the high-activity cerium oxide can be combined with Cr in the polishing processx-Sb2Te3(0<x<0.5) the film material generates enough chemical correlation, and simultaneously removes cross-linking products together with the silicon oxide abrasive through mechanical action, thereby effectively avoiding the residual phenomenon of polishing products.
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FIG. 1 shows deposition of a CST film on an array of silica holes.
FIG. 2 is a schematic post-CMP of a CST film.
Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a post-CMP device of a CST thin film with upper and lower electrodes.
In the figure: (1) si (substrate), (2) W (tungsten), (3) SiO2 (silicon dioxide), (4) CST (chromium doped antimony telluride), and (5) Al (aluminum).
FIG. 4 is an AFM image of a polishing material before and after polishing with the polishing liquid 5 of the present invention.
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Example 1:
preparing a polishing solution A: the polishing solution contains 10 wt% of silicon oxide and cerium oxide polishing abrasive with the particle size of 30nm, 4.0 wt% of hydrogen peroxide and 0.5 wt% of potassium hydroxide are added to adjust the pH to be 8, 0.1 wt% of sodium polyacrylate, 0.05 wt% of citric acid and the balance of deionized water.
Example 2:
preparing a polishing solution B: the polishing solution contains 40 wt% of silicon oxide and cerium oxide polishing abrasive with the particle size of 20-80nm, 4.0 wt% of ferric chloride and 0.5 wt% of sodium hydroxide are added to adjust the pH to 9, 0.1 wt% of hexadecyl trimethyl ammonium bromide, 0.05 wt% of acetic acid and the balance of deionized water.
Examples 3 to 7:
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example 8:
CMP experiment: polishing Cr-SbTe film by adopting an nSpire _6EC type electronic film planarization system of Strasbaugh company in America, wherein a polishing pad is IC1000/Sub, the rotation speed of a chassis of the polishing machine is 50rpm, the rotation speed of a polishing head is 50rpm, the flow rate of polishing liquid is 120ml/min, the pressure is 3psi, the polishing liquid adopts the compositions provided by the above embodiments respectively, a polished sample is CrxSb2Te3The roughness RMS of the polished surface measured by AFM atomic force microscopy is shown in the following table: the requirements of the high-performance phase change memory are met.
Results of the polishing experiments:
polishing liquid Crx-Sb2Te3 polishing Rate (nm/min) Roughness RMS (nm)
Polishing solution 1 70.8 0.58
Polishing solution 2 90.5 0.69
Polishing solution 3 108.7 0.72
Polishing solution 4 148.3 0.52
Polishing solution 5 120.5 0.23
Polishing solution 6 118.2 0.61
Polishing liquid 7 180.6 1.23
AFM before and after polishing the polishing material with the polishing solution 5 of the present invention showed ideal polishing effect as shown in FIG. 4.
The oxidizing agent, the surfactant, the organic additive and the PH regulator in the above embodiments of the present invention are not limited to those described in the embodiments, and can be selected accordingly according to the following disclosed reagents, so as to achieve the objectives of the present invention: the oxidant is selected from hydrogen peroxide, ferric chloride or potassium permanganate; the surfactant is an anionic surfactant and is selected from sodium polyacrylate, polyoxyethylene ether phosphate or hexadecyl trimethyl ammonium bromide; the additive is acetic acid, or and formic acid, or and citric acid, or and aminoacetic acid, or and succinic acid; the pH regulator is nitric acid, or potassium hydroxide, or tetramethylammonium hydroxide.

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1. The chemical mechanical polishing solution for the phase-change material composite abrasive is characterized in that: the composite abrasive polishing solution comprises the following parts: based on the total weight of the polishing solution, 0.2 to 50 weight percent of silicon oxide and cerium oxide polishing particles, 0.001 to 5 weight percent of oxidant, 0.01 to 4 weight percent of surfactant, 0.01 to 4 weight percent of organic additive, pH regulator and deionized water.
2. The chemical mechanical polishing solution of the phase change material composite abrasive according to claim 1, characterized in that: the oxidant is selected from hydrogen peroxide, ferric chloride or potassium permanganate; the surfactant is an anionic surfactant and is selected from sodium polyacrylate, polyoxyethylene ether phosphate or hexadecyl trimethyl ammonium bromide; the additive is acetic acid, or and formic acid, or and citric acid, or and aminoacetic acid, or and succinic acid; the pH regulator is nitric acid, or potassium hydroxide, or tetramethylammonium hydroxide.
3. The chemical mechanical polishing solution of the phase change material composite abrasive according to claim 1, characterized in that: the composite abrasive is silicon dioxide and cerium dioxide polishing particles, the particle size range of the composite abrasive is 40-150nm, and the content ratio of the composite abrasive to the cerium dioxide polishing particles is 1: 1.
4. The chemical mechanical polishing solution of the phase change material composite abrasive according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that: the pH adjusting range is 2-9.
5. The chemical mechanical polishing solution of the phase change material composite abrasive according to claim 1, characterized in that: the total content of the composite abrasive particles is 2-8 wt%.
6. The chemical mechanical polishing solution of the phase change material composite abrasive according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that: the content of the oxidant is 0.001-4 wt%.
7. The chemical mechanical polishing solution of the phase change material composite abrasive according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that: the content of the surfactant is 0.05-2 wt%.
8. The chemical mechanical polishing solution of the phase change material composite abrasive according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that: the additive content is 0.01-1 wt%.
9. A phase change memory prepared from the chemical mechanical polishing solution of the phase change material composite abrasive material of any one of claims 1 to 8, which is characterized by comprising the following steps:
a) depositing a bottom electrode tungsten layer with the thickness of 1-200nm on a silicon substrate by magnetron sputtering,
b) the bottom electrode tungsten is chemically and mechanically polished to realize high planarization,
c) etching the tungsten of the bottom electrode by photoetching to form a vertical through hole with the diameter of 10-1000nm,
d) depositing a layer of SiO with the thickness of 1-200nm on the etched through hole2A layer of a material selected from the group consisting of,
e) depositing 1-200nm Cr on the device after removing the photoresistxSb2Te3Film of which 0<x<0.5,
i) Removing and flattening the redundant phase-change film material layer by chemical mechanical polishing by using the polishing solution as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 8.
10. The Cr of any one of claims 1 to 8x-Sb2Te3The application of the chemical mechanical polishing solution of the phase-change material composite abrasive is characterized in that: the polishing solution is used for chalcogenide phase-change material Crx-Sb2Te3The CMP process of (1), wherein 0<x<0.5。
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