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11	Atomic Layer Deposition and Microanalysis of Ultrathin Layers Melzer, Marcel 17 October 2012 (has links) Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are a highly promising material for future interconnects. It is expected that the decoration of CNTs with Cu particles or also the filling of the interspaces between the CNTs with Cu instead of the currently used SiO2 can enhance the performance of CNT-based interconnects. Due to the high aspect ratio of CNTs an appropriate deposition technique has to be applied which is able to coat such structures uniformly. The current work is therefore considered with thermal atomic layer deposition (ALD) of CuxO from the liquid Cu (I) β-diketonate precursor [(nBu3P)2Cu(acac)] and wet oxygen at 135°C on variously pretreated multi-walled CNTs. The different in-situ pre-treatments of the CNTs with oxygen, water vapor and wet oxygen in a temperature range from 100 to 300°C at a pressure of 1.33 mbar have been carried out prior to the ALD to enable uniform nucleation on the otherwise chemical inert CNT surface. The reduction of the CuxO as well as the filling of the space between the CNTs is not part of this work. Variations of the oxidation temperature as well as the oxidation agents resulted in different growth modes of the CuxO. An oxidation with wet oxygen at 300°C yielded in a partially layer like growth of the CuxO. It is expected that this growth mode is connected to a partial destruction of the outer CNT shell due to the oxidation. However, the damage introduced to the CNTs was not high enough to be detected by Raman spectroscopy. For all other investigated pretreatments, the formation of nanoparticles (NPs) was observed by electron microscopy. This formation of CuxO NPs can be explained by the metal-tube-interaction. Furthermore, the NPs probably decorate defect sites of the CNTs due to their higher reactivity. Additionally, analysis of energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and spectroscopic ellipsometry measurements suggests that the used precursor [(nBu3P)2Cu(acac)] requires reactive oxygen surface groups for initiating the ALD growth. The observation of layer-like growth of CuxO on CNTs pretreated with wet oxygen at 300°C appears promising for deposition processes of Cu seed layers on CNTs. However, more aggressive pretreatments at higher temperatures or with more aggressive oxidation agents could be required to enable layer like growth on the entire CNTs. info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/620 ddc:620 info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/540 ddc:540 info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/530 ddc:530
12	Copper oxide atomic layer deposition on thermally pretreated multi-walled carbon nanotubes for interconnect applications Melzer, Marcel, Waechtler, Thomas, Müller, Steve, Fiedler, Holger, Hermann, Sascha, Rodriguez, Raul D., Villabona, Alexander, Sendzik, Andrea, Mothes, Robert, Schulz, Stefan E., Zahn, Dietrich R.T., Hietschold, Michael, Lang, Heinrich, Gessner, Thomas January 2013 (has links) The following is the accepted manuscript of the original article: Marcel Melzer, Thomas Waechtler, Steve Müller, Holger Fiedler, Sascha Hermann, Raul D. Rodriguez, Alexander Villabona, Andrea Sendzik, Robert Mothes, Stefan E. Schulz, Dietrich R.T. Zahn, Michael Hietschold, Heinrich Lang and Thomas Gessner “Copper oxide atomic layer deposition on thermally pretreated multi-walled carbon nanotubes for interconnect applications”, Microelectron. Eng. 107, 223-228 (2013). Digital Object Identifier: 10.1016/j.mee.2012.10.026 Available via http://www.sciencedirect.com or http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mee.2012.10.026 © 2013 Elsevier B.V. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are a highly promising material for future interconnects. It is expected that a decoration of the CNTs with Cu particles or also the filling of the interspaces between the CNTs with Cu can enhance the performance of CNT-based interconnects. The current work is therefore considered with thermal atomic layer deposition (ALD) of CuxO from the liquid Cu(I) β-diketonate precursor [(nBu3P)2Cu(acac)] and wet oxygen at 135°C. This paper focuses on different thermal in-situ pre-treatments of the CNTs with O2, H2O and wet O2 at temperatures up to 300°C prior to the ALD process. Analyses by transmission electron microscopy show that in most cases the CuxO forms particles on the multi-walled CNTs (MWCNTs). This behavior can be explained by the low affinity of Cu to form carbides. Nevertheless, also the formation of areas with rather layer-like growth was observed in case of an oxidation with wet O2 at 300°C. This growth mode indicates the partial destruction of the MWCNT surface. However, the damages introduced into the MWCNTs during the pre treatment are too low to be detected by Raman spectroscopy. info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/620 ddc:620 info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/540 ddc:540 info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/530 ddc:530
13	Copper Oxide Films Grown by Atomic Layer Deposition from Bis(tri-n-butylphosphane)copper(I)acetylacetonate on Ta, TaN, Ru, and SiO2 Waechtler, Thomas, Oswald, Steffen, Roth, Nina, Jakob, Alexander, Lang, Heinrich, Ecke, Ramona, Schulz, Stefan E., Gessner, Thomas, Moskvinova, Anastasia, Schulze, Steffen, Hietschold, Michael 02 May 2009 (has links) (PDF) The thermal atomic layer deposition (ALD) of copper oxide films from the non-fluorinated yet liquid precursor bis(tri-<it>n</it>-butylphosphane)copper(I)acetylacetonate, [(<sup><it>n</it></sup>Bu<sub>3</sub>P)<sub>2</sub>Cu(acac)], and wet O<sub>2</sub> on Ta, TaN, Ru and SiO<sub>2</sub> substrates at temperatures of < 160°C is reported. Typical temperature-independent growth was observed at least up to 125°C with a growth-per-cycle of ~ 0.1 Å for the metallic substrates and an ALD window extending down to 100°C for Ru. On SiO<sub>2</sub> and TaN the ALD window was observed between 110 and 125°C, with saturated growth shown on TaN still at 135°C. Precursor self-decomposition in a chemical vapor deposition mode led to bi-modal growth on Ta, resulting in the parallel formation of continuous films and isolated clusters. This effect was not observed on TaN up to about 130°C and neither on Ru or SiO<sub>2</sub> for any processing temperature. The degree of nitridation of the tantalum nitride underlayers considerably influenced the film growth. With excellent adhesion of the ALD films on all substrates studied, the results are a promising basis for Cu seed layer ALD applicable to electrochemical Cu metallization in interconnects of ultralarge-scale integrated circuits.<br> © 2009 The Electrochemical Society. All rights reserved. <br> / Es wird die thermische Atomlagenabscheidung (ALD) von Kupferoxidschichten, ausgehend von der unfluorierten, flüssigen Vorstufenverbindung Bis(tri-<it>n</it>-butylphosphan)kupfer(I)acetylacetonat, [(<sup><it>n</it></sup>Bu<sub>3</sub>P)<sub>2</sub>Cu(acac)], sowie feuchtem Sauerstoff, auf Ta-, TaN-, Ru- und SiO<sub>2</sub>-Substraten bei Temperaturen < 160°C berichtet. Typisches temperaturunabhängiges Wachstum wurde zumindest bis 125°C beobachtet. Damit verbunden wurde für die metallischen Substrate ein Zyklenwachstum von ca. 0.1 Å erzielt sowie ein ALD-Fenster, das für Ru bis zu einer Temperatur von 100°C reicht. Auf SiO<sub>2</sub> und TaN wurde das ALD-Fenster zwischen 110 und 125°C beobachtet, wobei auch bei 135°C noch gesättigtes Wachstum auf TaN gezeigt werden konnte. Die selbständige Zersetzung des Precursors ähnlich der chemischen Gasphasenabscheidung führte zu einem bimodalen Schichtwachstum auf Ta, wodurch gleichzeitig geschlossene Schichten und voneinander isolierte Cluster gebildet wurden. Dieser Effekt wurde auf TaN bis zu einer Temperatur von 130°C nicht beobachtet. Ebensowenig trat er im untersuchten Temperaturbereich auf Ru oder SiO<sub>2</sub> auf. Der Nitrierungsgrad der TaN-Schichten beeinflusste hierbei das Schichtwachstum stark. Mit einer sehr guten Haftung der ALD-Schichten auf allen untersuchten Substratmaterialien erscheinen die Ergebnisse vielversprechend für die ALD von Kupferstartschichten, die für die elektrochemische Kupfermetallisierung in Leitbahnsystemen ultrahochintegrierter Schaltkreise anwendbar sind. Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) Atomic force microscopy (AFM) Beta-Diketonate Copper Oxide Copper(I) Damascene Diffusion Barrier Electron diffraction Electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) Interconnect Metallization Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) Silicon Oxide Spectroscopic ellipsometry Tantalum Tantalum Nitride Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) Vapor Pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) ddc:540 ddc:530 ddc:620 ddc:660 Atomschichtepitaxie Dampfdruckkurve Diffusionsbarriere Diketonate <beta> Durchstrahlungselektronenmikroskopie Elektronen-Energieverlustspektroskopie Elektronenbeugung Ellipsometrie Kraftmikroskopie Kupferkomplexe Kupferoxide Metallisieren Metallisierungsschicht Phosphane Rasterelektronenmikroskop Ruthenium Röntgen-Photoelektronenspektroskopie Siliciumdioxid Tantal Tantalnitride ULSI
14	Copper Oxide Films Grown by Atomic Layer Deposition from Bis(tri-n-butylphosphane)copper(I)acetylacetonate on Ta, TaN, Ru, and SiO2 Waechtler, Thomas, Oswald, Steffen, Roth, Nina, Jakob, Alexander, Lang, Heinrich, Ecke, Ramona, Schulz, Stefan E., Gessner, Thomas, Moskvinova, Anastasia, Schulze, Steffen, Hietschold, Michael 02 May 2009 (has links) The thermal atomic layer deposition (ALD) of copper oxide films from the non-fluorinated yet liquid precursor bis(tri-<it>n</it>-butylphosphane)copper(I)acetylacetonate, [(<sup><it>n</it></sup>Bu<sub>3</sub>P)<sub>2</sub>Cu(acac)], and wet O<sub>2</sub> on Ta, TaN, Ru and SiO<sub>2</sub> substrates at temperatures of < 160°C is reported. Typical temperature-independent growth was observed at least up to 125°C with a growth-per-cycle of ~ 0.1 Å for the metallic substrates and an ALD window extending down to 100°C for Ru. On SiO<sub>2</sub> and TaN the ALD window was observed between 110 and 125°C, with saturated growth shown on TaN still at 135°C. Precursor self-decomposition in a chemical vapor deposition mode led to bi-modal growth on Ta, resulting in the parallel formation of continuous films and isolated clusters. This effect was not observed on TaN up to about 130°C and neither on Ru or SiO<sub>2</sub> for any processing temperature. The degree of nitridation of the tantalum nitride underlayers considerably influenced the film growth. With excellent adhesion of the ALD films on all substrates studied, the results are a promising basis for Cu seed layer ALD applicable to electrochemical Cu metallization in interconnects of ultralarge-scale integrated circuits.<br> © 2009 The Electrochemical Society. All rights reserved. <br> / Es wird die thermische Atomlagenabscheidung (ALD) von Kupferoxidschichten, ausgehend von der unfluorierten, flüssigen Vorstufenverbindung Bis(tri-<it>n</it>-butylphosphan)kupfer(I)acetylacetonat, [(<sup><it>n</it></sup>Bu<sub>3</sub>P)<sub>2</sub>Cu(acac)], sowie feuchtem Sauerstoff, auf Ta-, TaN-, Ru- und SiO<sub>2</sub>-Substraten bei Temperaturen < 160°C berichtet. Typisches temperaturunabhängiges Wachstum wurde zumindest bis 125°C beobachtet. Damit verbunden wurde für die metallischen Substrate ein Zyklenwachstum von ca. 0.1 Å erzielt sowie ein ALD-Fenster, das für Ru bis zu einer Temperatur von 100°C reicht. Auf SiO<sub>2</sub> und TaN wurde das ALD-Fenster zwischen 110 und 125°C beobachtet, wobei auch bei 135°C noch gesättigtes Wachstum auf TaN gezeigt werden konnte. Die selbständige Zersetzung des Precursors ähnlich der chemischen Gasphasenabscheidung führte zu einem bimodalen Schichtwachstum auf Ta, wodurch gleichzeitig geschlossene Schichten und voneinander isolierte Cluster gebildet wurden. Dieser Effekt wurde auf TaN bis zu einer Temperatur von 130°C nicht beobachtet. Ebensowenig trat er im untersuchten Temperaturbereich auf Ru oder SiO<sub>2</sub> auf. Der Nitrierungsgrad der TaN-Schichten beeinflusste hierbei das Schichtwachstum stark. Mit einer sehr guten Haftung der ALD-Schichten auf allen untersuchten Substratmaterialien erscheinen die Ergebnisse vielversprechend für die ALD von Kupferstartschichten, die für die elektrochemische Kupfermetallisierung in Leitbahnsystemen ultrahochintegrierter Schaltkreise anwendbar sind. info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/540 ddc:540 info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/530 ddc:530 info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/620 ddc:620 info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/660 ddc:660 Atomschichtepitaxie Dampfdruckkurve Diffusionsbarriere Diketonate <beta> Durchstrahlungselektronenmikroskopie Elektronen-Energieverlustspektroskopie Elektronenbeugung Ellipsometrie Kraftmikroskopie Kupferkomplexe Kupferoxide Metallisieren Metallisierungsschicht Phosphane Rasterelektronenmikroskop Ruthenium Röntgen-Photoelektronenspektroskopie Siliciumdioxid Tantal Tantalnitride ULSI Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) Atomic force microscopy (AFM) Beta-Diketonate Copper Oxide Copper(I) Damascene Diffusion Barrier Electron diffraction Electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) Interconnect Metallization Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) Silicon Oxide Spectroscopic ellipsometry Tantalum Tantalum Nitride Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) Vapor Pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS)

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