US20070209547A1 - Barrier Film For Flexible Copper Substrate And Sputtering Target For Forming Barrier Film - Google Patents

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US20070209547A1
US20070209547A1 US11/573,167 US57316705A US2007209547A1 US 20070209547 A1 US20070209547 A1 US 20070209547A1 US 57316705 A US57316705 A US 57316705A US 2007209547 A1 US2007209547 A1 US 2007209547A1
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  • the present invention relates to a barrier film for a flexible copper substrate and a sputtering target for forming such barrier film capable of effectively inhibiting the diffusion of copper to a resin film such as polyimide.
  • a copper layer is formed on a resin film such as polyimide, which is to become the base film, upon manufacturing a flexible copper substrate, Specifically, a copper seed layer is formed on the polyimide film by sputtering or electroless deposition, and a thick copper plated layer is formed thereon. Thereafter, the copper is subject to etching so as to form a copper circuit pattern.
  • the problem here is that the copper formed on the polyimide film easily diffuses (migrates) in the polyimide film, and causes a short circuit in the wiring on the circuit board.
  • Patent Document 1 there is technology which forms a Ni—Cr alloy barrier layer (refer to Patent Document 1).
  • the barrier characteristics can be improved by thickening the conventional barrier layer. Nevertheless, when the thickness exceeds a certain value, another problem occurs in that the barrier film would peel from the polyimide film. Therefore, this method was insufficient to become a fundamental solution.
  • thermoplastic polyimide layer on a thermosetting polyimide base film, covering this with a barrier metal formed from at least one type of metal selected from Ni, Cr, Co and Mo, heating and fluidizing the thermoplastic resin, and increasing the bonding strength between the thermoplastic polyimide and the barrier metal (refer to Patent Document 2).
  • Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2002-252257
  • Patent Document 2 Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2002-280684
  • an object of the present invention is to obtain a barrier film for a flexible copper substrate and a sputtering target for forming such barrier film.
  • the barrier film for a flexible copper substrate can inhibit the diffusion of copper to a resin film such as polyimide. Further, the film thickness is thin enough to prevent film peeling, and is capable of obtaining a sufficient barrier effect even in a minute wiring pitch. Moreover, the barrier characteristics will not change even when the temperature rises due to heat treatment or the like.
  • the present inventors discovered that the foregoing problems can be overcome by using an alloy having effective barrier characteristics, forming the barrier film as thin as possible in order to prevent peeling, and improving the uniformity of the deposited film.
  • the present invention provides:
  • the barrier film for a flexible copper substrate of the present invention yields superior effects in that it has a film thickness that is thin enough to prevent film peeling, is capable of obtaining a sufficient barrier effect even in a minute wiring pitch, and has barrier characteristics that will not change even when the temperature rises due to heat treatment or the like.
  • the present invention yields significant characteristics in that it is capable of effectively inhibiting the diffusion of copper to a resin film such as polyimide.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the analysis (AES) of Cu diffusion in the case of using the Co—Cr alloy barrier film of Example 1;
  • FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the analysis (AES) of Cu diffusion in the case of using the Ni—Cr alloy barrier film of Comparative Example 1.
  • the barrier film for a flexible copper substrate according to the present invention is a Co—Cr alloy film containing 5 to 30 wt % of Cr and a balance of unavoidable impurities and Co.
  • the Cr content In the film composition, if the Cr content is less than 5 wt %, the barrier properties will be insufficient, and there will be no advantage over conventional barrier films. Further, if the Cr content exceeds 30 wt %, it would be impractical since the barrier film will interfere with the etching of the Cu layer to form a circuit, and much time will be required in eliminating such barrier film. Accordingly, the Cr content shall be within the foregoing range.
  • the film thickness of the barrier film for a flexible copper substrate of the present invention shall be 3 to 150 nm. If the film thickness is less than 3 nm, sufficient barrier properties cannot be obtained. Further, if the film thickness exceeds 150 nm, the film will easily peel. Thus, the film thickness shall be within the foregoing range.
  • the film thickness of the barrier film for a flexible copper substrate of the present invention shall have a film thickness uniformity of 10% or less at 1 ⁇ .
  • the film thickness uniformity (1 ⁇ ) exceeds 10%, there is a problem in that, during etching process, the portion where the barrier film is thin will be etched broader than the portion to be removed when etching is performed until the thick portion of the barrier film is to be removed, and the linewidth of such portion will become narrow. As a result, the durability of the actual device will deteriorate. Accordingly, the film thickness uniformity (1 ⁇ ) shall be 10% or less.
  • the sputtering target for forming a barrier film according to the present invention employs a Co—Cr alloy target containing 5 to 30 wt % of Cr and a balance of unavoidable impurities and Co.
  • the composition of the Co—Cr alloy target of the present invention is directly reflected to the composition of the barrier film. In other words, when the Cr content in the target composition is less than 5 wt %, it is not possible to deposit a Co alloy film having 5 wt % or more of Cr.
  • the composition of the Co—Cr alloy target shall be within the foregoing range.
  • the relative magnetic permeability in the in-plane direction of the sputtered face shall be 100 or less. If the relative magnetic permeability exceeds 100, the film thickness uniformity of the sputtered film will exceed 10% at 1 ⁇ .
  • the Co—Cr alloy target of the present invention has an average grain size of 500 ⁇ m or less, preferably 100 ⁇ m or less. This is because if the average grain size exceeds 500 ⁇ m, the generation of particles will increase, a film defect known as pinholes will increase, and the production yield will deteriorate.
  • the variation of the average grain size in the target is 30% or less. This is because if the variation of the average grain size exceeds 30%, the film thickness uniformity of the film subject to sputtering deposition could exceed 10% at 1 ⁇ .
  • the target board Upon manufacturing the target of the present invention, it is desirable to process the target board with a combination of hot forging and rolling at 800 to 1370° C.
  • the heat treated plate obtained as described above is machined into a target shape, and the average roughness (Ra) of the sputtering surface is made to be 0.01 to 5 ⁇ m.
  • the non-sputtering surface such as the target side or backing plate; that is, the portions to which the sputtered substances adhere, should be roughened such that the average roughness (Ra) of the surface becomes 1 to 50 ⁇ m by bead blasting, etching or spraying so as to prevent the peeling of the deposited film. This is because substances that peel and float in the sputtering atmosphere cause the generation of particles on the substrate.
  • the target of the present invention is bonded to a backing plate formed from an Al alloy, Cu, Cu alloy, Ti, or Ti alloy by way of metallic bonding such as brazing, diffusion bonding or friction pressure welding so that it can endure high power sputtering.
  • the concentrations of Na and K are respectively 5 ppm or less (hereinafter, ppm represents wtppm), the concentrations of U and Th are respectively 0.05 ppm or less, the total amount of metallic elements except principal elements and added elements is 0.5 wt % or less, and the oxygen concentration is 0.5 wt % or less.
  • the composition of Co-20 wt % Cr was subject to melting and casting to prepare a Co—Cr ingot.
  • This ingot was subject to hot forging and hot rolling at 1100° C., cooled, and thereafter subject to heat treatment at 500° C. for 2 hours and machined into a target.
  • the grain size of this target was 280 ⁇ m. This target was further subject to finishing so that the average surface roughness Ra became 0.14 ⁇ m.
  • the Cr concentration of the target was 19.1 wt %
  • impurity components were 0.2 ppm of Na, 0.1 ppm of K, 0.02 ppm of U, 0.03 ppm of Th
  • the total content of metal components was 470 ppm
  • the oxygen content was 10 ppm.
  • This target was bonded to the backing plate with indium, and the target side and the backing plate near the target were subject to bead blasting and coarsened until the Ra became 7.5 ⁇ m.
  • This target was used to prepare a barrier layer having a film thickness of 140 nm.
  • a barrier layer having a film thickness of 140 nm.
  • the film thickness of this barrier layer was measured with a 49-point measurement, and the film thickness uniformity was 7.2% at 1 ⁇ .
  • Cu layer of 200 nm thickness was deposited on this barrier layer with sputtering.
  • FIG. 1 shows the results of depth profile with AES.
  • the barrier film formed from Co—Cr that were subject to heat treatment at 300° C.
  • the Cu profile was the same profile as the sample that was not subject to heat treatment, and diffusion to the barrier layer could not be acknowledged.
  • the grain size of the target was 300 ⁇ m, and the surface roughness was subject to finishing so that the Ra became 0.15 ⁇ m.
  • the Cr concentration in the target was 19.7 wt %
  • impurity components were 0.1 ppm of Na, 0.3 ppm of K, 0.02 ppm of U, 0.04 ppm of Th, the total content of metal components was 510 ppm, and the oxygen content was 10 ppm.
  • This target was bonded to the backing plate with indium, and the target side and the backing plate near the target were subject to bead blasting and roughened until the Ra became 7.0 ⁇ m.
  • the relative magnetic permeability in the in-plane direction of the target was 130.
  • a barrier film having a film thickness of 140 nm was formed on a SiO 2 substrate so that the barrier film would not peel.
  • this barrier layer As a result of the composition analysis of the respective added components of this barrier layer, there was 18.5 wt % of Cr and the composition of the layer is slightly lower than that of the target.
  • the film thickness of this barrier layer was measured at 49-point, and the film thickness uniformity was 7.4% at 1 ⁇ .
  • a 200 nm Cu film was deposited on this barrier layer with sputtering.
  • a profile in the depth direction of a sample only subject to the foregoing deposition and a sample that was further subject to heat treatment in a vacuum at 300° C. ⁇ 2 hours were analyzed by AES (Auger electron spectroscopy), and the diffusion of Cu to the barrier layer was evaluated.
  • FIG. 2 shows the results of AES.
  • the Cu of the sample that was subject to heat treatment at 300° C. was diffused deeper into the barrier layer in comparison to the sample that was not subject to heat treatment. In other words, it has been discovered that the function as a barrier layer is inferior.
  • a target was prepared with the same manufacturing method as Example 1, and such target having an alloy composition and relative magnetic permeability within the range of the present invention shown in Table 1 was used to form a barrier layer having a film thickness of 10 nm on a polyimide sheet having a thickness of 38 ⁇ m.
  • composition (wt %) of the respective added components of the barrier layer is similarly shown in Table 1.
  • the film composition (wt %), film thickness (nm), and film thickness uniformity (%) of the barrier film of Examples 2 to 8 were all within the range of the present invention.
  • Examples 2 to 8 did not cause a short circuit in its wires.
  • composition (wt %) of the respective added components of the barrier layer is similarly shown in Table 1.
  • the alloy component (Ni—Cr) of the barrier film of Comparative Example 2 is out of the range of the present invention.
  • a target was prepared with the same manufacturing method as Example 1, and a target having an alloy composition outside the range of the present invention (Cr content is less than the present invention) as shown in Table 1 was used to form a Co—Cr barrier layer having a film thickness of 10 nm on a polyimide sheet having a thickness of 38 ⁇ m.
  • composition (wt %) of the respective added components of the barrier layer is similarly shown in Table 1.
  • the film composition (3.5 wt % of Cr) of the barrier film of Comparative Example 3 was less than the Cr content (5 to 30 wt %) of the film according to the present invention.
  • Comparative Example 3 lasted for 210 hours, it caused a short circuit in the wires thereafter.
  • a target was prepared with the same manufacturing method as Example 1, and a target having an alloy composition outside the range of the present invention (Cr content is more than the present invention) as shown in Table 1 was used to form a Co—Cr barrier layer having a film thickness of 10 nm on a polyimide sheet having a thickness of 38 ⁇ m.
  • composition (wt %) of the respective added components of the barrier layer is similarly shown in Table 1.
  • the film composition (33.1 wt % of Cr) of the barrier film of Comparative Example 4 was less than the Cr content (5 to 30 wt %) of the film according to the present invention.
  • a target was prepared with the same manufacturing method as Example 1, and a target having a relative magnetic permeability outside the range of the present invention as shown in Table 1 was used to form a Co—Cr barrier layer having a film thickness of 10 nm on a polyimide sheet having a thickness of 38 ⁇ m.
  • composition (wt %) of the respective added components of the barrier layer is similarly shown in Table 1.
  • Comparative Example 5 lasted for 470 hours, it caused a short circuit in the wires thereafter.
  • the film thickness uniformity was also considerably inferior.
  • a target was prepared with the same manufacturing method as Example 1, and a target shown in Table 1 was used to perform sputtering, and a Co—Cr barrier layer having a film thickness of 2.5 nm which is out of the range of the present invention (thinner than the present invention) was formed on a polyimide sheet having a thickness of 38 ⁇ m.
  • composition (wt %) of the respective added components of the barrier layer is similarly shown in Table 1.
  • Comparative Example 6 As a result of performing the foregoing endurance test, although Comparative Example 6 lasted for 390 hours, it caused a short circuit in the wires thereafter. It has become clear that when the film thickness of the barrier layer is insufficient, diffusion of Cu to the polyimide sheet will occur, resulting in no durability.
  • a target was prepared with the same manufacturing method as Example 1, and, under the condition that the film thickness of the barrier layer is outside the range of the present invention as shown in Table 1, a Co—Cr barrier layer having a film thickness of 180 nm which is out of the range of the present invention (thicker than the present invention) was formed on a polyimide sheet having a thickness of 38 ⁇ m.
  • the present invention yields superior effects in that it is capable of obtaining sufficient barrier effects even in a fine wiring pitch, and has barrier characteristics that will not change even when the temperature increases due to heat treatment or the like. Accordingly, the present invention is effective as a barrier film for a flexible copper substrate since it possesses superior barrier characteristics against the diffusion of copper to a resin film such as polyimide.

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