Date of Award

1-1-2011

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

College/School/Department

Department of Nanoscale Science and Engineering

Program

Nanoscale Engineering

Content Description

1 online resource (xiii, 159 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Robert E Geer

Committee Members

Alain C Diebold, Christopher L Borst, Bin Yu, Donald F Canaperi

Keywords

CMP, Copper, glycine, Nanoabrasives, planarization, Slurries, Chemical mechanical planarization, Slurry, Abrasives

Subject Categories

Materials Science and Engineering | Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Abstract

Chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) is an enabling process technology for IC fabrication to maintain global planarity across the wafer to satisfy lithographic depth of focus constraints. It also enables integration of materials that cannot be anisotropically etched, such as Cu. CMP utilizes nanoparticle abrasives in aqueous slurry to aid in planarization.

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