IP Library Granted Patent US 10,752,807
Granted Patent B2
US 10,752,807 · App. 14/917,903 · Granted Aug 25, 2020

Slurry, polishing-liquid set, polishing liquid, method for polishing substrate, and substrate

Inventors: Hisataka Minami (Tokyo, JP); Tomohiro Iwano (Tokyo, JP); Keita Arakawa (Tokyo, JP); Takahiro Hidaka (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD
C09G1/02C09K3/1409C09K3/1463H01L21/31053H01L21/31055
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Patent No.
US 10,752,807
App. No.
14/917,903
Granted
Aug 25, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A polishing liquid comprises: abrasive grains; a compound having an aromatic heterocycle; an additive (excluding the compound having an aromatic heterocycle); and water, wherein: the abrasive grains include a hydroxide of a tetravalent metal element; the aromatic heterocycle has an endocyclic nitrogen atom not bound to a hydrogen atom; and a charge of the endocyclic nitrogen atom obtained by using the Merz-Kollman method is −0.45 or less.

Claims (61)

1. A slurry comprising:

abrasive grains;

3-amino-1,2,4-triazole-5-carboxylic acid; and

water, wherein

the abrasive grains include a hydroxide of a tetravalent metal element, and

a content of the abrasive grains is 0.3 mass % or less based on the total mass of the slurry.

2. The slurry according to claim 1 , wherein the abrasive grains produce a liquid phase having a content of a non-volatile component of 500 ppm or more when an aqueous dispersion having a content of the abrasive grains adjusted to 1.0 mass % is centrifuged for 50 minutes at a centrifugal acceleration of 1.59×10 5 G.

3. The slurry according to claim 1 , wherein the abrasive grains produce light transmittance of 50%/cm or more for light having a wavelength of 500 nm in an aqueous dispersion having a content of the abrasive grains adjusted to 1.0 mass %.

4. The slurry according to claim 1 , wherein the abrasive grains produce absorbance of 1.00 or more for light having a wavelength of 400 nm in an aqueous dispersion having a content of the abrasive grains adjusted to 1.0 mass %.

5. The slurry according to claim 1 , wherein the abrasive grains produce absorbance of 1.000 or more for light having a wavelength of 290 nm in an aqueous dispersion having a content of the abrasive grains adjusted to 0.0065 mass %.

6. The slurry according to claim 1 , wherein the abrasive grains produce absorbance of 0.010 or less for light having a wavelength of 450 to 600 nm in an aqueous dispersion having a content of the abrasive grains adjusted to 0.0065 mass %.

7. The slurry according to claim 1 , wherein the hydroxide of a tetravalent metal element is obtained by reacting a salt of a tetravalent metal element with an alkali source.

8. The slurry according to claim 1 , wherein the tetravalent metal element is tetravalent cerium.

9. A polishing-liquid set wherein constituent components of a polishing liquid are separately stored as a first liquid and a second liquid such that the first liquid and the second liquid are mixed to form the polishing liquid, the first liquid is the slurry according to claim 1 , and the second liquid comprises an additive, excluding a compound having an aromatic heterocycle, and water, wherein

the aromatic heterocycle has an endocyclic nitrogen atom not bound to a hydrogen atom, and

a charge of the endocyclic nitrogen atom obtained by using Merz-Kollman method is −0.45 or less.

10. The slurry according to claim 1 , wherein a content of 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole-5-carboxylic acid is 0.01 mmol/L or more based on the total mass of the slurry.

11. The slurry according to claim 1 , wherein an amount of change over time in conductivity of the slurry is 25 mS/m or less.

12. The slurry according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the hydroxide of a tetravalent metal element is 0.3 mass % or less based on the total mass of the slurry.

13. A polishing method for a base, comprising:

a step of arranging a material to be polished of a base having the material to be polished on its surface so as to be opposed to a polishing pad, and

a step of supplying the slurry according to claim 1 between the polishing pad and the material to be polished and polishing at least a part of the material to be polished.

14. A polishing method for a base, comprising:

a step of arranging a material to be polished of a base having the material to be polished on its surface so as to be opposed to a polishing pad,

a step of obtaining the polishing liquid by mixing the first liquid and the second liquid of the polishing-liquid set according to claim 9 , and

a step of supplying the polishing liquid between the polishing pad and the material to be polished and polishing at least a part of the material to be polished.

15. A polishing method for a base, comprising:

a step of arranging a material to be polished of a base having the material to be polished on its surface so as to be opposed to a polishing pad, and

a step of supplying each of the first liquid and the second liquid of the polishing-liquid set according to claim 9 between the polishing pad and the material to be polished and polishing at least a part of the material to be polished.

16. The polishing method according to claim 13 , wherein the material to be polished includes silicon oxide.

17. The polishing method according to claim 13 , wherein a surface of the material to be polished has irregularities.

18. The polishing method according to claim 14 , wherein the material to be polished includes silicon oxide.

19. The polishing method according to claim 14 , wherein a surface of the material to be polished has irregularities.

20. The polishing method according to claim 15 , wherein the material to be polished includes silicon oxide.

21. The polishing method according to claim 15 , wherein a surface of the material to be polished has irregularities.

22. A polishing liquid comprising:

abrasive grains;

3-amino-1,2,4-triazole-5-carboxylic acid;

an additive, excluding a compound having an aromatic heterocycle; and

water, wherein

the abrasive grains include a hydroxide of a tetravalent metal element,

a content of the abrasive grains is 0.3 mass % or less based on the total mass of the polishing liquid,

the aromatic heterocycle has an endocyclic nitrogen atom not bound to a hydrogen atom, and

a charge of the endocyclic nitrogen atom obtained by using Merz-Kollman method is −045 or less.

23. The polishing liquid according to claim 22 , wherein the abrasive grains produce a liquid phase having a content of a non-volatile component of 500 ppm or more when an aqueous dispersion having a content of the abrasive grains adjusted to 1.0 mass % is centrifuged for 50 minutes at a centrifugal acceleration of 1.59×10 5 G.

24. The polishing liquid according to claim 22 , wherein the abrasive grains produce light transmittance of 50%/cm or more for light having a wavelength of 500 nm in an aqueous dispersion having a content of the abrasive grains adjusted to 1.0 mass %.

25. The polishing liquid according to claim 22 , wherein the abrasive grains produce absorbance of 1.00 or more for light having a wavelength of 400 nm in an aqueous dispersion having a content of the abrasive grains adjusted to 1.0 mass %.

26. The polishing liquid according to claim 22 , wherein the abrasive grains produce absorbance of 1,000 or more for light having a wavelength of 290 nm in an aqueous dispersion having a content of the abrasive grains adjusted to 0.0065 mass %.

27. The polishing liquid according to claim 22 , wherein the abrasive grains produce absorbance of 0.010 or less for light having a wavelength of 450 to 600 nm in an aqueous dispersion having a content of the abrasive grains adjusted to 0.0065 mass %.

28. The polishing liquid according to claim 22 , wherein the hydroxide of a tetravalent metal element is obtained by reacting a salt of a tetravalent metal element with an alkali source.

29. The polishing liquid according to claim 22 , wherein the tetravalent metal element is tetravalent cerium.

30. The polishing liquid according to claim 22 , wherein a content of 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole-5-carboxylic acid is 0.01 mmol/L or more based on the total mass of the polishing liquid.

31. The polishing liquid according to claim 22 , wherein an amount of change over time in conductivity of the polishing liquid is 25 mS/m or less.

32. The polishing liquid according to claim 22 , wherein a pH of the polishing liquid is more than 5.0 and 9.0 or less.

33. The polishing liquid according to claim 22 , wherein a pH of the polishing liquid is 6.0-9.0.

34. The polishing liquid according to claim 22 , wherein a content of the hydroxide of a tetravalent metal element is 0.3 mass % or less based on the total mass of the polishing liquid.

35. A polishing method of a base, comprising:

a step of arranging a material to be polished of a base having the material to be polished on its surface so as to be opposed to a polishing pad, and

a step of supplying the polishing liquid according to claim 22 between the polishing pad and the material to be polished and polishing at least a part of the material to be polished.

36. The polishing method according to claim 35 , wherein the material to be polished includes silicon oxide.

37. The polishing method according to claim 35 , wherein a surface of the material to be polished has irregularities.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 14, 2024
From: RESONAC CORPORATION
To: RESONAC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066599/0037 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 3, 2023
From: SHOWA DENKO MATERIALS CO., LTD.
To: RESONAC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062946/0125 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 2, 2023
From: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
To: SHOWA DENKO MATERIALS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062917/0865 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2016
From: MINAMI, HISATAKA; IWANO, TOMOHIRO; ARAKAWA, KEITA; HIDAKA, TAKAHIRO
To: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD
Reel/Frame 037948/0890 →