Anisotropic thermal expansion behavior of thin films of polymethylsilsesquioxane, a spin-on-glass dielectric for high-performance integrated circuits

Thin films of poly(methylsilsesquioxane) (PMSSQ) are candidates for use as interdielectric layers in advanced semiconductor devices with multilayer structures. We prepared thin films of PMSSQ with thicknesses in the range 25.0-1151.0 nm by spin-casting its soluble precursor onto Si and GaAs substrat...

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Veröffentlicht in:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1985. - 20(2004), 16 vom: 03. Aug., Seite 6932-9
1. Verfasser: Oh, Weontae (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Ree, Moonhor
Format: Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2004
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Schlagworte:Journal Article
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520 |a Thin films of poly(methylsilsesquioxane) (PMSSQ) are candidates for use as interdielectric layers in advanced semiconductor devices with multilayer structures. We prepared thin films of PMSSQ with thicknesses in the range 25.0-1151.0 nm by spin-casting its soluble precursor onto Si and GaAs substrates with native oxide layers and then drying and curing the films under a nitrogen atmosphere at temperatures in the range 250-400 degrees C. The out-of-plane thermal expansion coefficient alpha(perpendicular) of each film was measured over the temperature range 25-200 degrees C using spectroscopic ellipsometry and synchrotron X-ray reflectivity, while the in-plane thermal expansion coefficient alpha(parallel) of each film was determined over the temperature range 25-400 degrees C by residual stress analysis. PMSSQ films cured at higher temperatures exhibited reduced thermal expansion, which is attributed to the denser molecular packing and higher degree of cross-linking that arises at higher temperatures. Surprisingly however, all the PMSSQ films were found to exhibit very strong anisotropic thermal expansion; alpha(perpendicular) and alpha(parallel) of the films were in the ranges 140-329 ppm/ degrees C and 12-29 ppm/ degrees C respectively, depending on the curing temperature. This is the first time that cured PMSSQ thin films have been shown to exhibit anisotropic thermal expansion behavior. This anisotropic thermal expansion of the PMSSQ thin films might be due to the anisotropy of cross-link density in the films, which arises because of a combination of factors: the preferential orientation of methyl groups toward the upper film surface and the preferential network formation in the film plane that occurs during curing of the confined film. In addition, the film electron densities were determined using synchrotron X-ray reflectivity measurements and the film biaxial moduli were obtained using residual stress analysis 
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