Jsr Corporation

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Japan Synthetic Rubber Co., Ltd.

Other

Toshiba Silicone Co., Ltd.

Clarkson University

Nobuo Kawahashi

Masayuki Hattori

Kazuo Nishimoto

Masayuki Motonari

Kou Hasegawa

Hiroshi Shiho

Tomohisa Konno

Hiroyuki Yano

Gaku Minamihaba

Yukio Hosaka

Kiyonobu Kubota

Norihiko Ikeda

Toshihiro Ogawa

Nobuyuki Kurashima

Kazuhito Uchikura

Michiaki Ando

Yukiteru Matsui

Atsushi Shigeta

Naoto Miyashita

Dai Fukushima

Makoto Matsumoto

Yoshihisa Ohta

Egon Matijevic

Hiroyuki Miyauchi

Yoshitaka Matsui

Hirotaka Shida

Yoichi Kamoshida

Akihiro Takemura

Osamu Kikuchi

Keigo Higaki

Hiromi Aoi

Kouichi Sakurai

Kazuki Iwai

Kazuhiko Ida

Hitoshi Kishimoto

Kouji Kanuma

Kazuto Shinohara

Motoki Okaniwa

Norifumi Sumimoto

Tatsuaki Sakano

A chemical mechanical polishing aqueous dispersion comprises abrasives in a concentration of not more than 1.5% by mass, wherein the abrasives comprise ceria and have an average dispersed particle diameter of not less than 1.0 &#x3bc;m. A chemical mechanical polishing method comprises polishing an insulating film by the use of the chemical mechanical polishing aqueous dispersion. By the use of the chemical mechanical polishing aqueous dispersion, occurrence of polishing scratches can be suppressed without lowering a removal rate.

Chemical mechanical polishing aqueous dispersion and chemical mechanical polishing method

The cleaning composition which comprises organic polymer particles (A) having a crosslinked structure and a surfactant (B) and is used after chemical mechanical polishing. The cleaning method of a semiconductor substrate is a method for cleaning semiconductor substrate given after chemical mechanical polishing, by the use of the cleaning composition. The process for manufacturing a semiconductor device including a step of chemically and mechanically polishing a semiconductor substrate and a step of cleaning the semiconductor substrate obtained after the chemical mechanical polishing, by the cleaning method.

Cleaning composition, method for cleaning semiconductor substrate, and process for manufacturing semiconductor device

A chemical mechanical polishing pad having a face for polishing an object to be polished, a non-polishing face opposite to the face and a side face for interconnecting these faces and including the pattern of recessed portions which are formed on the non-polishing face and are open to the non-polishing face but not on the side face.

Chemical mechanical polishing pad

Disclosed is a chemical mechanical polishing aqueous dispersion comprising (A1) first fumed silica having a specific surface area of not less than 10 m/g and less than 160 m/g and an average secondary particle diameter of not less than 170 nm and not more than 250 nm and (A2) second fumed silica having a specific surface area of not less than 160 m/g and an average secondary particle diameter of not less than 50 nm and less than 170 nm. Also disclosed is a chemical mechanical polishing method using the chemical mechanical polishing aqueous dispersion. According to the chemical mechanical polishing aqueous dispersion and the chemical mechanical polishing method, a chemical mechanical polishing process wherein a barrier metal layer and a cap layer can be efficiently removed by polishing and damage to an insulating film material of a low dielectric constant present in the underlying layer is reduced can be carried out.

An objective of the present invention is to provide a polishing pad for a semiconductor wafer and a laminated body for polishing of a semiconductor wafer equipped with the same which can perform optical endpoints detection without lowering the polishing performance as well as methods for polishing of a semiconductor wafer using them. The polishing pad of the present invention comprises a substratefor a polishing pad provided with a through hole penetrating from surface to back, a light transmitting partfitted in the through hole, the light transmitting part comprises a water-insoluble matrix material (1,2-polybutadiene) and a water-soluble particle (&#x3b2;-cyclodextrin) dispersed in the water-insoluble matrix material, and the water-soluble particle is less than 5% by volume based on 100% by volume of the total amount of the water-insoluble matrix material and the water-soluble particle. In addition, the laminated body for polishing of the present invention comprises a supporting layer on a backside of the polishing pad. These polishing pad and laminated body for polishing can comprise a fixing layeron a backside.

Polishing pad for semiconductor wafer, polishing multilayered body for semiconductor wafer having same, and method for polishing semiconductor wafer

A chemical mechanical polishing aqueous dispersion comprises abrasives (A) containing ceria, an anionic water-soluble polymer (B) and a cationic surfactant (C), wherein the amount of the anionic water-soluble polymer (B) is in the range of 60 to 600 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the abrasives (A) containing ceria, and the amount of the cationic surfactant (C) is in the range of 0.1 to 100 ppm based on the whole amount of the chemical mechanical polishing aqueous dispersion.

A chemical mechanical polishing pad. The pad contains a water-insoluble matrix and Water-soluble particles dispersed in the water-insoluble matrix material and has a polishing surface and a non-polishing surface on a side opposite to the polishing surface. The pad has a light transmitting area which optically communicates from the polishing surface to the non-polishing surface. The non-polishing surface of the light transmitting area has a surface roughness (Ra) of 10 pm or less.

Chemical mechanical polishing pad and chemical mechanical polishing method

The object of the present invention is to provide a process for chemical mechanical polishing of semiconductor substrate that is particularly useful for chemical mechanical polishing a wafer having a wiring pattern and an insulating layer having a low dielectric constant is formed between wiring patterns, interlayers in the case of a multi-layer wiring and the like in the process of producing a semiconductor device, and an aqueous dispersion for chemical mechanical polishing which is used in this process. The process for chemical mechanical polishing of a semiconductor substrate of the present invention is that a surface to be polished of the semiconductor substrate is polished under conditions of a rotation speed of a polishing table fixing a polishing pad at the range from 50 to 200 rpm and a pressing pressure of the semiconductor substrate fixed to a polishing head against a polishing pad at the range from 700 to 18,000 Pa, by using an aqueous dispersion for chemical mechanical polishing comprising an abrasive and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of polycarboxylic acid having a heterocycle and anhydride thereof, and the polishing pad.

Process for chemical mechanical polishing of semiconductor substrate and aqueous dispersion for chemical mechanical polishing

A chemical/mechanical polishing method for polishing an object to be polished with an irregular surface, having a substrate with convexities and concavities, a stopper layer formed on the convexities of the substrate, and an embedded insulating layer formed to cover the concavities of the substrate and the stopper layer, wherein the method is characterized comprising a first polishing step of flattening the embedded insulating layer using a slurry (A) which can maintain the polishing speed at 500 &#x212b;/min or less and a second polishing step of further polishing the embedded insulating layer to cause the stopper layer on the convexities to be exposed using a slurry (B) which can maintain the polishing speed at 600 &#x212b;/min or more. The method is useful for flattening wafers during shallow trench isolation (STI) in manufacturing semiconductor devices.

Chemical/mechanical polishing method for STI

It is an object of the invention to provide an aqueous dispersion for CMP that produces no scratches on polishing surfaces and that polishes with an adequate rate, when used for polishing of copper and the like. The aqueous dispersion of the invention contains water and polymer particles composed of a polymer with a specific functional group, and it may also contain a complexing agent, a compound that forms a passivation film on polishing surfaces and/or an oxidizing agent. The specific functional group is a functional group that can react with the metals of polishing surfaces or that can form a cation, and it is preferably selected from among amino, pyridyl and acrylamide groups. The polymer can be obtained using a initiator and/or monomer possessing the specific functional group. The polymer may also have a crosslinked structure.

Method of chemical mechanical polishing

The aqueous dispersion comprising (A) abrasive grains, (B) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of 2-bromo-2-nitro-1,3-propanediol, 2-bromo-2-nitro-1, 3-butanediol, 2,2-dibromo-2-nitroethanol, and 2,2-dibromo-3-nitrilopropionamide, and (C) an organic component other than the compounds of component (B) is disclosed. The aqueous dispersion has no problem of rotting even if stored or used in a neutral pH region and produces an excellent polished surface with almost no dishing or scratches, when applied particularly to the STI process for manufacturing of semiconductor devices.

Aqueous dispersion for chemical/mechanical polishing

The invention provides an aqueous dispersion for chemical mechanical polishing that can limit scratches of a specific size to a specific number, even with interlayer insulating films with small elastic moduli (silsesquioxane, fluorine-containing SiO, polyimide-based resins, and the like.). When using the aqueous dispersion for chemical mechanical polishing of an interlayer insulating film with an elastic modulus of no greater than 20 GPa as measured by the nanoindentation method, the number of scratches with a maximum length of 1 &#x3bc;m or greater is an average of no more than 5 per unit area of 0.01 mmof the polishing surface. An aqueous dispersion for CMP or an aqueous dispersion for interlayer insulating film CMP according to another aspect of the invention contains a scratch inhibitor agent and an abrasive. The scratch inhibitor may be biphenol, bipyridyl, 2-vinylpyridine, salicylaldoxime, o-phenylenediamine, catechol, 7-hydroxy-5-methyl-1,3,4-triazaindolizine, and the like. The abrasive may consist of inorganic particles, organic particles or organic/inorganic composite particles. The organic/inorganic composite particles may be formed by polycondensation of an alkoxysilane, aluminum alkoxide, titanium alkoxide, and the like in the presence of polymer particles of polystyrene or the like, and bonding of polysiloxane, and the like, on at least the surface of the polymer particles.

Aqueous dispersion for chemical mechanical polishing

An object of the invention is to provide a polishing pad having the excellent slurry retaining properties and the large removal rate and a composition for a polishing pad which can form such the polishing pad. A composition for polishing pad of the invention is comprising a water-insoluble matrix material containing a crosslinked polymer and a water-soluble particle dispersed in the water-insoluble matrix material. The elongation remaining after breaking is 100% or less when a test piece comprising the water-insoluble matrix material is broken at 80&#xb0; C. according to JIS K 6251. A polishing pad of the invention is that at least a part of the polishing pad comprises the composition for polishing pad.

Composition for polishing pad and polishing pad using the same

Provided are an aqueous dispersion for chemical mechanical polishing, which planarizes a surface to be polished and has high shelf stability, a chemical mechanical polishing process excellent in selectivity when surfaces of different materials are polished, and a production process of a semiconductor device. A first aqueous dispersion contains a water-soluble quaternary ammonium salt, an inorganic acid salt, abrasive grains and an aqueous medium. A second aqueous dispersion contains at least a water-soluble quaternary ammonium salt, another basic organic compound other than the water-soluble quaternary ammonium salt, an inorganic acid salt, a water-soluble polymer, abrasive grains and an aqueous medium. The second aqueous dispersion is composed of a first aqueous dispersion material (I) obtained by mixing a water-soluble quaternary ammonium salt and an inorganic acid salt into an aqueous medium, and a second aqueous dispersion material (II) obtained by mixing a water-soluble polymer and another basic organic compound other than the water-soluble quaternary ammonium salt into an aqueous medium. Abrasive grains are contained in at least one of the aqueous dispersion materials.

Aqueous dispersion for chemical mechanical polishing, chemical mechanical polishing process, production process of semiconductor device and material for preparing an aqueous dispersion for chemical mechanical polishing

A polishing pad of the present invention contains a water-insoluble matrix material comprising a crosslinked polymer such as a crosslinked 1,2-polybutadiene and water-soluble particles dispersed in the material, such as saccharides. The solubility of the water-soluble particles in water is 0.1 to 10 wt % at 25&#xb0; C., and the amount of water-soluble particles eluted from the pad when the pad is immersed in water is 0.05 to 50 wt % at 25&#xb0; C. Further, in the polishing pad of the present invention, the solubility of the water-soluble particles in water is 0.1 to 10 wt % at 25&#xb0; C. at a pH of 3 to 11, and solubility thereof in water at 25&#xb0; C. at a pH of 3 to 11 is within &#xb1;50% of solubility thereof in water at 25&#xb0; C. at a pH of 7. In addition, the water-soluble particles contain an amino group, an epoxy group, an isocyanurate group, and the like. This polishing pad has good slurry retainability even if using slurries different in pH and also has excellent polishing properties such as a polishing rate and planarity.

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Tokyo, Japan

Nobuo Kawahashi