IP Library Granted Patent US 10,522,341
Granted Patent B2
US 10,522,341 · App. 15/825,305 · Granted Dec 31, 2019

Composition and method for removing residue from chemical-mechanical planarization substrate

Inventors: Helin Huang (Aurora, IL); Ji Cui (Aurora, IL)
Assignee: Cabot Microelectronics Corporation
H01L21/02074C11D3/0047C11D3/2075C11D3/222C11D3/43C11D3/48C11D11/0047C11D17/0013H01L21/3212
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Patent No.
US 10,522,341
App. No.
15/825,305
Granted
Dec 31, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Described is a post-CMP cleaning solution and methods useful to remove residue from a CMP substrate or to prevent formation of residue on a surface of a CMP substrate.

Claims (23)

1. A method of removing residue from a CMP substrate, the method comprising:

(a) providing a CMP substrate, wherein the substrate comprises a surface layer comprising tungsten, copper, or cobalt,

(b) providing a platen that includes a pad,

(c) providing a cleaning solution comprising:

liquid carrier, wherein the cleaning solution contains substantially no abrasive particles, and

cyclodextrin compound, and

(d) contacting the pad and the cleaning solution to a surface of the substrate, with motion, to remove the residue from the surface.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the cleaning solution comprises from 10 to 50,000 parts per million cyclodextrin compound based on total weight cleaning solution.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the cleaning solution consists essentially of water and cyclodextrin compound.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the cleaning solution consists essentially of water, cyclodextrin compound, and one or more chelant, pH adjuster, and biocide.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the cleaning solution further contains a chelant.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the surface comprises residue selected from: organic material, and residue particles comprising a precipitated, agglomerated, or coagulated combination of organic material and inorganic material.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the residue comprises residue particles comprising organic material and metal-containing abrasive particles.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the abrasive particles are alumina particles.

9. A cleaning solution for processing a post-CMP substrate, the solution comprising:

liquid carrier, and

from 10 to 50,000 parts per million based on total weight cleaning solution of a cyclodextrin compound, wherein the cleaning solution contains substantially no abrasive particles.

10. The cleaning solution of claim 9 consisting essentially of water and cyclodextrin compound.

11. The cleaning solution of claim 9 further comprising a chelant.

12. The cleaning solution of claim 11 wherein the chelant is a carboxylic acid group-containing chelant.

13. The cleaning solution of claim 11 wherein the chelant is a compound selected from malonic acid, maleic acid, a linear or branched C1-C6 carboxylic acid compound, phthalic acid, succinic acid, citric acid, tartaric acid, malic acid, gluconic acid, or a combination thereof.

14. The cleaning solution of claim 11 wherein the chelant is a carboxylic acid group-containing polymer.

15. A cleaning solution of claim 9 , wherein the solution contains substantially no surfactant.

Assignments (8)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 22, 2023
From: CMC MATERIALS, INC.
To: CMC MATERIALS LLC
Reel/Frame 065663/0466 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 8, 2023
From: CMC MATERIALS, INC.
To: CMC MATERIALS LLC
Reel/Frame 065517/0783 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 8, 2022
From: CMC MATERIALS, INC.; INTERNATIONAL TEST SOLUTIONS, LLC; QED TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
To: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 060615/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 8, 2022
From: ENTEGRIS, INC.; ENTEGRIS GP, INC.; POCO GRAPHITE, INC.; CMC MATERIALS, INC.; INTERNATIONAL TEST SOLUTIONS, LLC; QED TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
To: TRUIST BANK, AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 060613/0072 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 6, 2022
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
To: CABOT MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION; QED TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.; FLOWCHEM LLC; KMG ELECTRONIC CHEMICALS, INC.; KMG-BERNUTH, INC.; MPOWER SPECIALTY CHEMICALS LLC; SEALWELD (USA), INC.; INTERNATIONAL TEST SOLUTIONS, LLC; CMC MATERIALS, INC.
Reel/Frame 060592/0260 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 13, 2021
From: CABOT MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: CMC MATERIALS, INC.
Reel/Frame 054980/0681 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Nov 16, 2018
From: CABOT MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION; QED TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.; FLOWCHEM LLC; KMG ELECTRONIC CHEMICALS, INC.; MPOWER SPECIALTY CHEMICALS LLC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 047588/0263 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 29, 2017
From: HUANG, HELIN; CUI, JI
To: CABOT MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044245/0876 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62434153 · Dec 14, 2016
Related Publication 20180166273A1 · Jun 14, 2018