Porogen material
View Patent ↗A porogen material for forming a dielectric porous film. The porogen material may include a silicon based dielectric precursor and a silicon containing porogen. The porous film may have a substantially uniform dielectric constant value throughout. Methods of forming the porous film as well as semiconductor devices employing circuit features isolated by the porous film are also present.
1. A semiconductor wafer comprising a substrate, and metal lines on the substrate, wherein the metal lines are isolated from one another by a dielectric film, and the dielectric film comprises a cyclic siloxane having chemically bonded thereto a silicon containing porogen, wherein said silicon containing porogen includes a thermally cleavable organic group adapted to form a pore in the dielectric film when thermally cleaved.
2. The semiconductor wafer according to claim 1 , wherein the cyclic siloxane comprises a siloxane compound selected from among tetramethylcyclotetrasiloxane (TMCTS), hexamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (HMCTS), and octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (OMCTS).
3. The semiconductor wafer according to claim 2 , wherein the silicon containing porogen comprises a porogen selected from among (i) silicon carboxylate compounds comprising a side chain selected from among alkyl, fluoroalkyl, perfluoroalkvl, cycloalkyl, arvl, fluoroaryl, vinyl, and allyl, and (ii) silicon compounds including a tertiary alkyl side chain.
4. The semiconductor wafer according to claim 3 , wherein the tertiary alkyl side chain comprises a t-butyl or amyl group.
5. The semiconductor wafer according to claim 4 , wherein the metal lines comprise a metal selected from among copper and aluminum.
6. The semiconductor wafer according to claim 1 , wherein the silicon containing porogen comprises a porogen selected from among (i) silicon carboxylate compounds comprising a side chain selected from among alkyl, fluoroalkyl, pcrfluoroalkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, fluoroaryl, vinyl, and allyl, and (ii) silicon compounds including a tertiary alkyl side chain.
7. The semiconductor wafer according to claim 6 , wherein the tertiary alkyl side chain comprises a t-butyl or amyl group.
8. The semiconductor wafer according to claim 1 , wherein the metal lines comprise a metal selected from among copper and aluminum.
9. A semiconductor wafer comprising a substrate, and metal lines on the substrate, wherein the metal lines are isolated from one another by a dielectric film, and the dielectric film comprises a cyclic siloxane having chemically bonded thereto a silicon containing porogen, wherein said silicon containing porogen includes a thermally cleavable organic group adapted to form a pore in the dielectric film when thermally cleaved, wherein the cyclic siloxane comprises a siloxane compound selected from among tetramethylcyclotetrasiloxane (TMCTS), hexamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (HMCTS), and octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (OMCTS), wherein the silicon containing porogen comprises a porogen selected from among (i) silicon carboxylate compounds comprising a side chain selected from among alkyl, fluoroalkvl, perifluoroalkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, fluoroaryl, vinyl, and allyl. and (ii) silicon compounds including a tertiary alkyl side chain selected from among t-butyl and amyl, and wherein the metal lines comprise a metal selected from among copper and alummuni.