Cleaning and liquid contact with solids – Processes – Using sequentially applied treating agents
Patent
1999-02-11
2000-08-08
Powell, William
Cleaning and liquid contact with solids
Processes
Using sequentially applied treating agents
134 28, 134 29, 438692, 438748, B08B 300, H01L 2100
Patent
active
060996625
ABSTRACT:
An improved method for removing residual slurry particles and metallic residues from the surface of a semiconductor substrate after chemical-mechanical polishing has been developed. The cleaning method involves sequential spray cleaning solutions of NH.sub.4 OH and H.sub.2 O, NH.sub.4 OH, H.sub.2 O.sub.2 and H.sub.2 O, HF and H.sub.2 O, and HCl, H.sub.2 O.sub.2 and H.sub.2 O. The cleaning sequence is: 1. A pre-soak in a spray solution of NH.sub.4 OH and H.sub.2 O; 2. Spray cleaning in a solution of NH.sub.4 OH, H.sub.2 O.sub.2 and H.sub.2 O; 3. Spray cleaning in a dilute solution of HF and H.sub.2 O; 4. Spray rinsing in DI-water. It is important that slurry particulates first be removed by NH.sub.4 OH, H.sub.2 O.sub.2 and H.sub.2 O, followed by spray cleaning in a dilute solution of HF and H.sub.2 O to remove metallic residues. The spray cleaning method is superior to brush cleaning methods for both oxide-CMP and tungsten-CMP and results in superior removal of slurry particles and metallic residues introduced by the CMP processes. An optional spray cleaning step using a solution of HCl, H.sub.2 O.sub.2 and H.sub.2 O results in further reduction of metallic residue contamination following oxide-CMP. Compared to traditional brush cleaning the new spray cleaning process has a 2.times. improvement in throughput, less consumption of DI water, and low risk of cross-contamination between sequentially cleaned substrates.
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Chou Ken-Shen
Dun Jowei
Lin Yu-Ku
Wang Ying-Lang
Ackerman Stephen B.
Powell William
Saile George O.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company
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