International Business Machines Corporation

Jsr Corporation

Rachel S Steiner

Mahadevaiyer Krishnan

Tatsuya Yamanaka

James Anthony Tornello

Dinesh Kumar Penigalapati

Tatsuyoshi Kawamoto

Yohei Oishi

Henry A Beveridge

A chemical mechanical planarization for indium phosphide material is provided in which at least one opening is formed within a dielectric layer located on a substrate. An indium phosphide material is epitaxially grown within the at least one opening of the dielectric layer which extends above a topmost surface of the dielectric layer. The indium phosphide material is planarized using at least one slurry composition to form coplanar surfaces of the indium phosphide material and the dielectric layer, where a slurry composition of the at least one slurry composition polishes the indium phosphide material selective to the topmost surface of the dielectric layer, and includes an abrasive, at least one pH modulator and an oxidizer, the at least one pH modulator including an acidic pH modulator, but lacks a basic pH modulator, and where the oxidizer suppresses generation of phosphine gas.

Indium phosphide smoothing and chemical mechanical planarization processes

Method for chemical mechanical planarization is provided, which includes: forming a dielectric layer containing at least one opening, the dielectric layer is located on a substrate; epitaxially growing a germanium material within the at least one opening of the dielectric layer, the germanium material extending above a topmost surface of the dielectric layer; and planarizing the germanium material using at least one slurry composition to form coplanar surfaces of the germanium material and the dielectric layer, where a slurry composition of at least one slurry composition polishes the germanium material selective to the topmost surface of the dielectric layer, and includes an abrasive, at least one pH modulator, and an oxidizer, the at least one pH modulator including an acidic pH modulator, and lacking a basic pH modulator.

Germanium smoothing and chemical mechanical planarization processes

A chemical mechanical planarization for a Group III arsenide material is provided in which at least one opening is formed within a dielectric layer located on a substrate. A Group III arsenide material is epitaxially grown within the at least one opening of the dielectric layer which extends above a topmost surface of the dielectric layer. The Group III arsenide material is planarized using at least one slurry composition to form coplanar surfaces of the Group III arsenide material and the dielectric layer, where a slurry composition of the at least one slurry composition polishes the Group III arsenide material selective to the topmost surface of the dielectric layer, and includes an abrasive, at least one pH modulator and an oxidizer, the at least one pH modulator including an acidic pH modulator, but lacks a basic pH modulator, and where the oxidizer suppresses generation of an arsine gas.

Group III arsenide material smoothing and chemical mechanical planarization processes

Growing community of inventors

New York, NY, United States of America

Rachel S Steiner