Process for producing low-k dielectric films

Semiconductor device manufacturing: process – Coating of substrate containing semiconductor region or of... – Insulative material deposited upon semiconductive substrate

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C438S758000, C257SE21261

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ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to processes for producing low-k dielectric films on semiconductors or electrical circuits, which comprises using incompletely condensed polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes of the formula [(RaXbSiO1.5)m(RcYdSiO)n] with: a, b=0-1; c, d=1; m+n≧3; a+b=1; n, m≧1, R=hydrogen atom or alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkynyl, aryl or heteroaryl group, in each case substituted or unsubstituted, X=an oxy, hydroxyl, alkoxy, carboxyl, silyl, silyloxy, halogen, epoxy, ester, fluoroalkyl, isocyanate, acrylate, methacrylate, nitrile, amino or phosphine group or substituents of type R containing at least one such group of type X, Y=hydroxyl, alkoxy or a substituent of type O—SiZ1Z2Z3, where Z1, Z2and Z3are fluoroalkyl, alkoxy, silyloxy, epoxy, ester, acrylate, methacrylate or a nitrile group or substituents of type R and are identical or different, not only the substituents of type R being identical or different but also the substituents of type X and Y in each case being identical or different, and comprising at least one hydroxyl group as substituent of type Y, for producing the film, and to low-k dielectric films produced by this process.

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