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• This invention relates to polishing compositions and methods. More particularly, this invention relates to methods for polishing silicon nitride-containing substrates and compositions therefor.
• a semiconductor wafer for integrated circuits typically includes a substrate, such as silicon or gallium arsenide, on which a plurality of transistors have been formed.
• Transistors are chemically and physically connected to the substrate by patterning regions in the substrate and layers on the substrate.
• the transistors and layers are separated by interievel dielectrics (ILDs), comprised primarily of some form of silicon oxide (SiOj).
• ILDs interievel dielectrics
• SiOj silicon oxide
• the transistors are interconnected through the use of well-known multilevel interconnects.
• Typical multilevel interconnects are comprised of stacked thin-films consisting of one or more of the following materials: titanium (Ti), titanium nitride (TiN), tantalum (Ta), aluminum-copper (Al-Cu), aluminum-silicon (AJ-Si), copper (Cu), tungsten (W), doped polysilicon (poly-Si), and various combinations thereof.
• transistors or groups of transistors are isolated from one another, often through the use of trenches filled with an insulating material such as silicon dioxide, silicon nitride, and/or polysilicon.
• various layers of the aforementioned materials must be removed in order to form the various components of the circuits on the wafer, which typically is achieved by (Aemical-mechanical polishing (CMP).
• polishing compositions also known as polishing slurries, CMP slurries, and CMP compositions
• CMP slurries typically contain an abrasive, various additive compounds, and the like.
• a substrate carrier or polishing head is mounted on a carrier assembly and positioned in contact with a polishing pad in a CMP apparatus.
• the carrier assembly provides a controllable pressure to the substrate, urging the substrate against the polishing pad.
• the pad and carrier, with its attached substrate are moved relative to one another.
• the relative movement of the pad and substrate serves to abrade the surface of the substrate to remove a portion of the material from the substrate surface, thereby polishing the substrate.
• the polishing of the substrate surface typically is further aided by the chemical activity of the polishing composition (e.g., by oxidizing agents, acids, bases, or other additives present in the CMP composition) and/or the mechanical activity of an abrasi ve suspended in the polishing composition.
• Typical abrasive materials include silicon dioxide, cerium oxide, aluminum oxide, zirconium oxide, and tin oxide.
• CMP involves the concurrent chemical and mechanical abrasion of surface, e.g., abrasion of an overlying first layer to expose the surface of a non-planar second layer on which the first layer is formed.
• abrasion of an overlying first layer to expose the surface of a non-planar second layer on which the first layer is formed.
• Beyer et a/ discloses a CMP process using a polishing pad and a slurry to remove a first layer at a faster rate than a second layer until the surface of the overlying first layer of material becomes coplanar with the upper surface of the covered second layer. More detailed explanations of chemical mechanical polishing are found in U.S. Patents No.4,671,851, No.4,910,155 and No.4,944,836.
• U.S. Patent No. 5,527,423 to Neville, et ⁇ /. describes a method for chemically-raechanically polishing a metal layer by contacting the surface of the metal layer with a polishing slurry comprising high purity fine metal oxide particles suspended in an aqueous medium.
• the abrasive material may be incorporated into the polishing pad.
• U.S. Patent No. 5,489,233 to Cook et at. discloses the use of polishing pads having a surface texture or pattern
• US. Patent No.5,958,794 to Bruxvoort et at. discloses a fixed abrasive polishing pad.
• the present invention provides an acidic aqueous polishing composition (e.g., having a pH of 2 to 6) suitable for removal of silicon nitride from a surface of a substrate in a chemical- mechanical polishing (CMP) process.
• the composition comprises a particulate calcined ceria abrasive, at least one cationic polymer, optionally a polyoxyalkylene polymer, and an aqueous carrier.
• the at least one cationic polymer is selected from a poiy(vinylpyridine) polymer and a combination of a poly(vinylpyridme) polymer and a quaternary ammonium-substituted polymer, such as a quaternary ammonium-substituted acrylate or methacryiate polymer.
• the abrasive concentration in the composition is 0.01 to 10 percent by weight (wt %), preferably 0.05 to 5 wt %.
• concentration of the abrasive in the composition, at the point of use in the present methods is in the range of 0,01 to 2 wt%, more preferably 0,05 to 0.5 wt%.
• concentration of the at least one cationic polymer in the composition is in the range of 10 parts-per-million (ppm) to 100,000 ppm, preferably 15 ppm to 10,000 ppm.
• the composition preferably comprises 10 ppm to 1000 ppm of the at least one cationic polymer, more preferably 15 ppm to 100 ppm for each cationic polymer present.
• the polyoxyalkylene polymer is present in the composition at a concentration in the range of 10 to 200,000 ppm. more preferably 200 to 100,000 ppm.
• the composition preferably comprises 10 ppm to 2000 ppm of the polyoxyalkylene polymer, more preferably 200 ppm to 1000 ppm.
• the polyoxyalkylene polymer comprises a polyethylene glycol) polymer (i.e., a PEG) having an average number of ethylene glycol monomer units in the range of 200 to 2000, more preferably 300 to 1500 monomer unite.
• the polyoxyalkylene polymer comprises a polyethylene glycol)- co-poly(propylene glycol) block copolymer, such as apoly(ethylene glycol>end capped poly(propylene glycol), i.e. a PEG-PPG-PEG block copolymer.
• the at least one cationic polymer comprises a combination of a poly(vinylpyridine) polymer and a quaternary ammonium-substituted acryiate or methacrylate polymer, e.g., 10 to about 90 ppm of a poly(vinylpyridine) polymer and 15 to 100 ppm of a quaternary ammonium-substituted acryiate or methacrylate polymer, at point of use.
• the present invention provides a chemical-mechanical polishing method for polishing a silicon nitride-containing substrate with the CMP composition described above.
• a preferred method comprises the steps of contacting a surface of a silicon nitride- containing substrate with a polishing pad and the aqueous polishing composition, and causing relative motion between the polishing pad and the substrate while maintaining a portion of the polishing composition in contact with the surface between the pad and the substrate for a time period sufficient to abrade at least a portion of the substrate surface.
• the polishing composition comprises, at point of use, 0.01 to 2.0 percent by weight of the particulate calcined ceria abrasive, 10 to 1000 ppm of the at least one cationic po lymer, 10 to 2000 ppm of the poiyoxyaikylene polymer, and an aqueous carrier, as described above.
• FIG. 1 provides a graph of removal rate for silicon oxide (Oxide), polysilicon (PolySi), and silicon nitride (Nitride) obtained by polishing blanket waters with selected compositions of the present invention.
• a composition of the present invention comprises an acidic aqueous carrier containing 0.01 to 10 wt% of a particulate calcined ceria abrasive, 10 to 100,000 ppm of at least one cationic polymer, and optionally, 10 to 200,000 ppm of a poiyoxyaikylene polymer.
• the particulate calcined ceria abrasi ve can be present in the polishing composition at a concentration in the range of 0.01 to 10 wt%.
• the ceria is present in the CMP composition at a concentration in the range of 0.05 to 5 wt%.
• the ceria abrasive preferably is present at a concentration of 0.01 to 2 wt%, more preferably 0.05 to 0.5 wt% (e.g., 0.1 to 0.3 wt%).
• the abrasive particles preferably have a mean particle size in the range of 30 nm to 200 nm, more preferably 75 nm to 125 nm, as determined by laser light scattering techniques, which are well known in the art.
• the particulate abrasive desirably is suspended in the polishing composition, more specifically in the aqueous carrier component of the polishing composition.
• the abrasive When the abrasive is suspended in the polishing composition, it preferably is colloidally stable.
• the term “colloid” refers to the suspension of abrasive particles in the liquid carrier.
• Colloidal stability refers to the maintenance of mat suspension over time.
• a ceria suspension is considered coltoidally stable if, when the ceria suspension is placed into a 100 mL graduated cylinder and allowed to stand without agitation for a time of 2 hours, the difference between the concentration of particles in the bottom 50 mL of the graduated cylinder ([B] in terms of g/mL) and the concentration of particles in the top 50 mL of the graduated cy linder ([T] in terms of g/mL) divided by the total concentration of particles in the abrasive composition ([C] in terms of g/mL) is less than or equal to 0.5 (i.e., ([B] - [T]/[C] ⁇ 0.5) ⁇
• the value of ([B]- [T]/[C] desirably is less than or equal to 0.3, and preferably is less than or equal to 0.1.
• the term "calcined ceria” refers to a cerium(TV) oxide material formed by heating (calcining) a hydrated cerium oxide or a decomposable precursor salt or mixture of salts such as cerium carbonate, cerium hydroxide, and the like.
• a hydrated cerium oxide the material is heated at a temperature sufficient to remove water of hydration from the cerium oxide material (e.g., at a temperature of 600 °C or greater).
• precursor salts the salts are heated at temperature above the
• the decomposition temperature of the precursor e.g., 600 °C or greater
• CeO 2 ceria
• the ceria can include amounts of stabilizing dopant materials such as La and Nd, if desired, as is known in the art
• calcined ceria particles are highly crystalline. Methods of preparing calcined ceria are well known in the art
• compositions of the present invention are acidic, and preferably have a pH in the range of 2 to 6, more preferably 3 to 6.
• the acidity of the composition can be achieved and/or maintained by inclusion of a buffering material including an acidic component, which can be any inorganic or organic acid.
• the acidic component can be an inorganic acid, a carboxylic acid, an organophosphonic acid, an acidic heterocyclic compound, a salt thereof, or a combination of two or more of the foregoing.
• suitable inorganic acids include hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid, phosphorous acid, pyrophosphoric acid, sulfurous acid, and tetraboric acid, or any acidic salt thereof.
• Non- limiting examples of suitable carboxylic acids include, monocarboxylic acids (e.g., acetic acid, benzoic acid, phenylacetic acid, 1-naphthoicacid, 2-naphthoic acid, glycolic acid, formic acid, lactic acid, mandelic acid, and the like), and polycarboxylic acids (e.g., oxalic acid, malonic acid, succinic acid, adipic acid, tartaric acid, citric acid, maleic acid, fumaric acid, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, phthalic acid, isophthalic acid, terephthalic acid, 1,2,3,4-butanetetracarboxylic acid, itaconic acid, and the like), or any acidic salt thereof.
• monocarboxylic acids e.g., acetic acid, benzoic acid, phenylacetic acid, 1-naphthoicacid, 2-naphthoic acid, glycolic acid, formic
• Non-limiting examples of suitable organic phosphonic acids include phosphonoacetic acid, irninodi(methylphosphonix acid), DEQUEST® 2000LC brand amino-tri(methylenephosphonic acid), and DEQUEST® 2010 brand hydroxycthyHdene-l,l-diphosphonic acid, both of which are available from Solutia, or any acidic salt thereof.
• suitable acidic heterocyclic compounds include uric acid, ascorbic acid, and the like, or any acidic salt thereof.
• the catiomc polymer component comprises a
• poly(vinylpyridine) polymer such as poly(2-vinylpyridine), poly(4-vmylpyridme), a vinylpyridine copolymer, and the like.
• Vinylpyridine copolymers useful in the compositions and methods of the present invention include copolymers comprising at least one vinylpyridine monomer (e.g., 2-vinylpyridine, 4-vinylpyridine. or both) and at least one comonomer selected from a nonionic monomer and a catiomc monomer.
• Non-limiting examples of nonionic comonomers include acrylamide, methacrylamide, N>vinylpyrrolidinone, and styrene.
• Non- limiting examples of cationic comonomers include diallylamine, dimethyldiallylamine, a 2- vinyl-N-methylpyridimum halide (e.g., chloride), a 4-vinyl-N-meihylpyridinium halide (e.g., chloride), 2-(diethylaminoethyl)styrene, 2-(N,N-diethylaminoethyl) acrylate, 2-(N,N- diethylarainoethyl) methacrylate, N-(2-(N,N-diethylaminoethyl) methacrylamide, N-(2-(N,N- diemylaminopropyl) methacrylamide, a sal t of any of the foregoing (e.g., a hydrochloride salt), an N-quatemized derivative of any of the foregoing (e.g., an N-methyl quaternized derivative), and the like.
• anionic monomers e.g., acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, styrenesulfonic acid, 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid (AMPS), and me like
• anionic monomers e.g., acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, styrenesulfonic acid, 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid (AMPS), and me like
• AMPS 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid
• the catiomc polymer component comprises a combination of the poly(vinylpyridine) polymer as described herein and a quaternary ammonium-substituted polymer, such as a quaternary ammonium-substituted acrylate or methacrylate polymer.
• a quaternary ammonium-substituted polymer such as a quaternary ammonium-substituted acrylate or methacrylate polymer.
• Non-limiting examples of such quaternary ammonium-substituted acrylate or methacrylate polymers include poly(methacryioyloxyethyl trimethylammonium halide) polymers, poly(acryloyloxyethyI trimethylammonium halide) polymers,
• the halide counter-ion of the quaternary ammonium group is chloride.
• the cationic polymer can have any suitable molecular weight.
• the polishing composition comprises a cationic polymer having a weight average molecular weight of 5 kDa or more (e.g., 10 kDa or more, 20 kDa or more, 30 kDa or more, 40 kDa or more, 50 kDa or more, or 60 kDa or more) cationic polymer.
• the polishing composition preferably comprises a cationic polymer having a molecular weight of 100 kDa or less (e.g., 80 kDa or less, 70 kDa or less, 60 kDa or less, or 50 kDa or less).
• the polishing composition comprises a cationic polymer having a molecular weight of 5 kDa to 100 kDa (e.g., 10 kDa to 80 kDa, 10 kDa to 70 kDa, or 15 kDa to 70 kDa.
• a cationic polymer having a molecular weight of 5 kDa to 100 kDa (e.g., 10 kDa to 80 kDa, 10 kDa to 70 kDa, or 15 kDa to 70 kDa.
• the polyoxyalkylene component also known as a poly(alkylene glycol)
• the polyoxyalkylene polymer can be apoly(ethylene glycol) polymer, a polyethylene glycol) ⁇ o-poly(propyiene glycol) copolymer, and the like.
• the polyoxyalkylene polymer preferably comprises, on average, 20 to
• 2000 monomer units e.g., ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, and the like
• 200 to 2000 monomer units e.g., 300 to 1500 monomer units
• the polyoxyalkylene polymer is a polyoxyethylene polymer, i.e., a polyethylene glycol) polymer.
• the polyoxyethylene polymer i.e., a polyethylene glycol
• polyoxyalkylene polymer comprises a polyethylene glycol)-cc-poly(propylene glycol) copolymer block copolymer, such as a PEG-PPG-PEG block copolymer, e.g., PLURONiC L31 from BASF, which reportedly has a number average molecular weight of around 1100 to 1200 and includes a PPG core having an average or 16 propylene glycol units, which is capped on each end with an average of 2 ethylene glycol monomer unite.
• a polyethylene glycol)-cc-poly(propylene glycol) copolymer block copolymer such as a PEG-PPG-PEG block copolymer, e.g., PLURONiC L31 from BASF, which reportedly has a number average molecular weight of around 1100 to 1200 and includes a PPG core having an average or 16 propylene glycol units, which is capped on each end with an average of 2 ethylene glycol monomer
• compositions and methods of the invention provide useful silicon nitride removal rates and selectivity for removal of silicon nitride over removal of po!ysi!icon.
• the compositions of the invention also typically provide moderate silicon oxide removal rates.
• the silicon nitride removal rate is 700 Angstroms-per- minute (A/miri) or greater and polysilicon removal of less than 100 ⁇ /mm (typically less than 25
• CMP polisher at a down force of 3 pounds-pet-square inch (psi), a platen speed of 100 revolutions-per-minute (rpm), a carrier speed of 101 rpm, and a polishing slurry flow rate of 150 milliliter s-per-minute (mL/min) with a Dl 00 polishing pad.
• the silicon oxide removal rates typically are less than 400 A/mto under the same conditions.
• the polishing compositions of the invention optionally can include one or more oxidizing agent (e.g., to oxidize a component of the semiconductor surface, such as a metal component).
• Oxidizing agents suitable for use in the polishing compositions and methods of the present invention include, without limitation hydrogen peroxide, persulfate salts (e.g., ammonium monopersultate, ammonium dipersulfate, potassium raonopersulfate, and potassium dipersutfate), periodate salts (e.g., potassium periodate), salts thereof, and a combination of two or more of the foregoing.
• the oxidizing agent is present in the composition in an amount sufficient to oxidize one or more selected metallic or semiconductor material present in the semiconductor wafer, as is well known in the semiconductor CMP art.
• polishing compositions of the in vention can also optionally include suitable amounts of one or more other additive materia!s commonly included in polishing compositions, such as metal compiexing agents, corrosion inhibitors, viscosity modifying agents, biocides, and the like.
• the polishing compositions further comprise a biocidal amount of abiocide (e.g., an isothiazolinone composition such as ⁇ ® biocide, available from Rohm and Haas).
• abiocide e.g., an isothiazolinone composition such as ⁇ ® biocide, available from Rohm and Haas.
• the aqueous carrier can be any aqueous solvent, e.g., water, aqueous methanol, aqueous ethanol, a combination thereof, and the like.
• the aqueous carrier comprises predominately deionized water.
• the polishing compositions of the invention can be prepared by any suitable technique, many of which are known to those skilled in the art.
• the polishing composition can be prepared in a batch or continuous process.
• the polishing composition can be prepared by combining the components thereof in any order.
• component*' as used herein includes individual ingredients (e.g., ceria, acids, polymers, buffers, oxidizing agents, and the like), as well as any combination of ingredients.
• the ceria abrasive can be dispersed in water, combined with the polymer components, and mixed by any method that is capable of incorporating the components into the polishing composition.
• an oxidizing agent when utilized, is not added to the polishing composition until the composition is ready for use in a CMP process, for example, the oxidizing agent can be added just prior to initiation of polishing.
• the pH can be further adjusted at any suitable time by addition of an acid or base, as needed.
• the polishing compositions of the present invention also can be provided as a concentrate, which is intended to be diluted wi th an appropriate amount of aqueous solvent (e.g., water) prior to use.
• the polishing composition concentrate can include the various components dispersed or dissolved in aqueous solvent in amounts such that, upon dilution of the concentrate with an appropriate amount of aqueous solvent, each component of the polishing composition will be present in the polishing composition in an amount within the appropriate range for use.
• the invention also provides a method of cbemically-mechanically polishing a silicon nitride substrate, e.g., for selective removal of silicon nitride relative to removal of polysilicon.
• the method comprises (i) contacting a surface of a silicon nitride-containing substrate with a polishing pad and a polishing composition of the invention as described herein, and (ii) moving the polishing pad relative and the surface of the substrate relative to one another, while maintaining at least a portion of the polishing composition between the pad and the surface, thereby abrading at least a portion of the surface to polish the substrate.
• the polishing compositions of the present invention can be used to polish any suitable substrate, and are especially useful for polishing substrates comprising silicon nitride, as well as substrates containing silicon nitride and polysilicon and/or silicon oxide.
• the compositions of the present invention provide relatively high silicon nitride removal rates at abrasive levels low enough to avoid excessive scratch defects.
• the formulation and pH of the CMP composition can be varied to vary the silicon nitride removal rate.
• the relative rate of silicon nitride removal exceeds the rate for removal of polysilicon and silicon oxide. This selectivity is an additional asset for use in polishing modem semiconductor materials with relatively narrow oxide line widths.
• the polishing compositions of the present invention are particularly suited for use in conjunction with a chemical-mechanical polishing apparatus.
• the CMP apparatus comprises a platen, which, when in use, is in motion and has a velocity mat results from orbital, linear, and/or circular motion, a polishing pad in contact with the platen and moving relative to the platen when in motion, and a carrier mat holds a substrate to be polished by contacting and moving relative to the surface of the polishing pad.
• the polishing of the substrate takes place by the substrate being placed in contact with the polishing pad and a polishing composition of the invention and then moving the polishing pad relative to the substrate, so as to abrade at least a portion of the substrate to polish the substrate.
• a substrate can be planarized or polished with a polishing composition of the invention using any suitable polishing surface (e.g., polishing pad).
• suitable polishing pads include, for example, woven and non-woven polishing pads, grooved or non-grooved pads, porous or non-porous pads, and the like.
• suitable polishing pads can comprise any suitable polymer of varying density, hardness, thickness, compressibility, ability to rebound upon compression, and compression modulus.
• Suitable polymers include, for example, polyvinylchloride, polyvinylfluoride, nylon, fluorocarbon, polycarbonate, polyester,
• polyacrylate polyether, polyethylene, polyamide, polyurethane, polystyrene, polypropylene, coformed products thereof, and mixtures thereof.
• the CMP apparatus farther comprises an in situ polishing endpoint detection system, many of which are known in the art.
• Techniques for inspecting and monitoring the polishing process by analyzing light or other radiation reflected from a surface of the workpiece are known in the art. Such methods are described, for example, in U S. Patent No. 5,196,353 to Sandhu ei al > U.S. Patent No. 5,433,651 to Lustig et at, U.S. Patent No. 5,949,927 to Tang, and U.S. Patent No.
• the inspection or monitoring of the progress of the polishing process with respect to a workpiece being polished enables the detennination of the polishing end-point, ie., the determination of when to terminate the polishing process with respect to a particular workpiece.
• This example illustrates the effect of cationic polymers on removal of silicon nitride, polysilicon, and silicon oxide.
• Polishing compositions were used to separately chemically-mechanically polish silicon nitride, silicon oxide, and polysilicon blanket wafers on an Applied Materials
• Each of the polishing compositions comprised an aqueous slurry of 0.2 wt % calcined ceria (Advanced Nano Products Co., Ltd., "ANP", average particle size of 100 nm), in deionized water at a pH of 4. Additional components of the CMP compositions are shown in Table I, in which "Quat” refers to poly(methacryloyloxyetby! trimethylammonium chloride) from Alco Chemical (Alco 4773); 4-PVP refers to poly(4- vinylpyridine); and 2-PVP refers to poly (2-vinylpyridine).
• composition was used to separately polish 300 ram diameter blanket wafers of silicon nitride, polysilicon, and plasma enhanced tetraemylorthosilicate-derived silicon dioxide
• PETEOS silicon nitride
• HS polishing head speed
• PS platen speed
• slurry flow rate 250 ml/min.
• the pad was conditioned in situ with a 3M Al65 conditioner.
• RR observed removal rates for silicon nitride (Nitride), polysilicon (PolySi) and PETEOS
• Example 2 Evaluations similar to those in Example 1 were performed on a Mirra polisher. Surprisingly, the observed polysilicon removal rates in the Mirra runs were considerably nonuniform (within wafer), exhibiting areas of very high and very low polysilicon removal.
• compositions comprising various polyoxyalkylene polymers were prepared and evaluated under the following conditions:
• PL31 is PLURONIC® L31 from BASF, a polypropylene glycol) block copolymer with poly(ethylene glycol) end blocks, PEG-PPG- PEG).
• Additional aqueous compositions comprising calcined ceria at 0,1 , 0.2 and 0.3 wt %, poly(4-vinylpyridine) at 0, 30, 60, and 90 ppm, poiy(methacryloyloxyethyl trimethylammonium chloride) (Alco 4773) at 0, 15, and 30 ppm, and PEG-1450 at 0, 800 and 1500 ppm were evaluated by polishing blanket wafers of silicon nitride, polysilicon, and PETEOS on a Mirra polisher (DF of 3 psi, D!OO pad conditioned in situ with a 3M Al 65 conditioner, PS/HS of 100/101 rpm, slurry flow rate of 150 mL/min, The formulations of the compositions are shown in Table 4.
• Selected compositions from Example 3 were evaluated by polishing 300 mm blanket wafers of silicon nitride, polysilicon, and PETEOS on a
• REFLEXION® polisher (i.e., as used in Example 1 ) under the following conditions: DF of 2 psi, ICIOIO polishing pad with Seasol conditioner, PS/HS of 100/85 rpm, slurry flow rate of 200 mtymin.
• the polishing results are shown in Table 6, and graphically in Fig. 1.

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