IP Library Granted Patent US 10,113,141
Granted Patent B2
US 10,113,141 · App. 14/461,908 · Granted Oct 30, 2018

Cleaning liquid for semiconductor device and method for cleaning substrate for semiconductor device

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Patent No.
US 10,113,141
App. No.
14/461,908
Granted
Oct 30, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a good cleaning liquid for semiconductor device which is used after a CMP step, and the present invention relates to a cleaning liquid for semiconductor device containing the following components (1) to (5) or (1)′ to (4)′: (1) an inorganic alkali; (2) a chelating agent; (3) an anionic surfactant selected from sulfonic acid type and sulfuric acid type anionic surfactants; (4) an amine oxide type surfactant; and (5) water, or (1)′ an inorganic alkali; (2)′ a carboxyl group-containing chelating agent; (3)′ an anionic surfactant selected from a benzenesulfonic acid substituted with an alkyl group having from 8 to 20 carbon atoms and a salt thereof; and (4)′ water.

Claims (21)

1. A cleaning liquid for a semiconductor device, comprising the following components (1)′ to (4)′:

(1)′ an inorganic alkali;

(2)′ a carboxyl group-containing chelating agent, which is at least one amino acid selected from the group consisting of cysteine and histidine;

(3)′ an anionic surfactant which is at least one of a benzenesulfonic acid substituted with an alkyl group having from 8 to 20 carbon atoms and a salt thereof; and

(4)′ water,

wherein the cleaning liquid has a pH of 9 or more.

2. The cleaning liquid according to claim 1 , wherein the inorganic alkali is contained in a concentration of from 0.005 to 0.1% by mass, and the chelating agent is contained in a concentration of from 0.005 to 0.1% by mass.

3. The cleaning liquid according to claim 1 , wherein the inorganic alkali is potassium hydroxide.

4. The cleaning liquid according to claim 1 , wherein the anionic surfactant is dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid.

5. A stock solution of the cleaning liquid according to claim 1 , wherein the inorganic alkali is contained in a concentration of from 0.1 to 10% by mass, and the chelating agent is contained in a concentration of from 0.1 to 10% by mass.

6. A method for cleaning a substrate for semiconductor device, comprising contacting a substrate for semiconductor device having a Cu wiring and a low-dielectric constant insulating film on a surface thereof, the substrate being one after conducting chemical mechanical polishing, with the cleaning liquid according to claim 1 .

7. The cleaning liquid according to claim 1 , comprising:

(1) 0.005 to 0.1% by mass of potassium hydroxide;

(2) 0.005 to 0.1% by mass of the carboxyl group-containing chelating agent;

(3) 0.0005 to 0.01% by mass of dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid; and

(4) water.

8. The cleaning liquid according to claim 1 , comprising:

(1) 0.02 to 0.08% by mass of potassium hydroxide;

(2) 0.02 to 0.08% by mass of the carboxyl group-containing chelating agent;

(3) 0.002 to 0.008% by mass of dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid; and

(4) water.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 5, 2017
From: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043750/0834 →
MERGER Recorded Sep 4, 2017
From: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
To: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 043750/0207 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 28, 2014
From: HARADA, KEN; ITO, ATSUSHI; SUZUKI, TOSHIYUKI
To: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 033626/0178 →