Evaluation of Cu adhesive energy on barrier metals by means of contact-angle measurement
Journal of Applied Physics1995Vol. 78(10), pp. 5989–5992
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Abstract
The adhesive energies at Cu/SiO2, Cu/TiN, and Cu/TiW interfaces were investigated by measuring the contact angles of Cu particles to the substrate. To form the Cu particles, thin Cu films deposited on each substrate were annealed at 500 °C for 50 h. The adhesive energies are determined to be 0.8, 1.8, and 2.2 N/m for the SiO2, TiN, and TiW, respectively. The Cu particle on TiW film shows the highest adhesion. When TiW is used as a barrier metal, fine Cu lines are fabricated by reactive ions etching without peeling. On the other hand, Cu lines on the TiN film are peeled during the etching. This is consistent to the evaluation result that TiW has higher adhesive energy than TiN.
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