Compositions – Etching or brightening compositions – Inorganic acid containing
Patent
1996-10-03
1999-01-05
Jones, Deborah
Compositions
Etching or brightening compositions
Inorganic acid containing
134 13, 252 794, 438697, 438747, 438906, C09K 1308
Patent
active
058558110
ABSTRACT:
A composition prepared from water, hydrofluoric acid (HF) and tetraalkylammonium hydroxide (TAAH, preferably tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH)) or tetraalkylammonium fluoride and solvent with or without HF or TAAH is used to clean residue from a semiconductor wafer, where the residue is formed as a result of a planarization process, such as chemical mechanical polishing. Incorporation of TMAH into an aqueous HF composition retards the rate at which the composition dissolves borophosphosilicate (BPSG) without effecting the rate at which silica is dissolved. Thus, the aqueous HF/TMAH composition may be used to completely remove silica-containing residue from a BPSG surface, with a tolerable level of BPSG removal.
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Andreas Michael T.
Grieger Eric K.
Walker Michael A.
Jones Deborah
Micro)n Technology, Inc.
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