Directional etch of magnetic and noble metals. II. Organic chemical vapor etch

被引：51

作者：

Chen, Jack Kun-Chieh ^{[1
]}

Altieri, Nicholas D. ^{[1
]}

Kim, Taeseung ^{[1
]}

Chen, Ernest ^{[1
]}

Lill, Thorsten ^{[2
]}

Shen, Meihua ^{[2
]}

Chang, Jane P. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Chem & Biomol Engn, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA

[2] Lam Res Corp, Fremont, CA 94538 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY A | 2017年 / 35卷 / 05期

关键词：

COORDINATION-COMPOUNDS; CIRCULAR-DICHROISM; COMPLEXES; DISSOLUTION; PATTERNS;

D O I：

10.1116/1.4983830

中图分类号：

TB3 [工程材料学];

学科分类号：

0805 ; 080502 ;

摘要：

Surface oxidation states of transition (Fe and Co) and noble (Pd and Pt) metals were tailored by controlled exposure to O-2 plasmas, thereby enabling their removal by specific organic chemistries. Of all organic chemistries studied, formic acid was found to be the most effective in selectively removing the metal oxide layer in both the solution and vapor phase. The etch rates of Fe, Co, Pd, and Pt films, through an alternating plasma oxidation and formic acid vapor reaction process, were determined to be 4.2, 2.8, 1.2, and 0.5 nm/cycle, respectively. Oxidation by atomic oxygen was an isotropic process, leading to an isotropic etch profile by organic vapor. Oxidation by low energy and directional oxygen ions was an anisotropic process and thus results in an anisotropic etch profile by organic vapor. This is successfully demonstrated in the patterning of Co with a high selectivity over the TiN hardmask, while preserving the desired static magnetic characteristic of Co. (C) 2017 American Vacuum Society.

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