IP Library Granted Patent US 12,441,911
Granted Patent B2
US 12,441,911 · App. 18/297,152 · Granted Oct 14, 2025

Composition for semiconductor processing and polishing method of semiconductor device using the same

Inventors: Deok Su Han (Seoul, KR); Seung Chul Hong (Seoul, KR); Han Teo Park (Seoul, KR); Hwan Chul Kim (Seoul, KR); Hyeong Ju Lee (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: SK enpulse Co., Ltd.
C09G1/02C09K3/1436H01L21/30625
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Patent No.
US 12,441,911
App. No.
18/297,152
Granted
Oct 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A composition for semiconductor processing, includes abrasive particles surface-modified with an amino silane-based compound; a copper erosion inhibitor, including an azole-based compound; a copper surface protectant, including a compound having a betaine group and a salicylic group or a derivative thereof; and a surfactant, including fluorine in a molecule thereof. A surface of the surface-modified abrasive particles comprises an amino silane group.

Claims (52)

1. A composition for semiconductor processing, comprising:

abrasive particles surface-modified with an amino silane-based compound;

a copper erosion inhibitor, including an azole-based compound;

a copper surface protectant, including a compound having a betaine group and a salicylic group or a derivative thereof; and

a surfactant, including fluorine in a molecule thereof,

wherein a surface of the surface-modified abrasive particles comprises an amino silane group.

2. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the azole-based compound and the copper surface protectant are included in the composition in a weight ratio of 1:0.2 to 4.

3. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the azole-based compound and the surfactant are included in the composition in a weight ratio of 1:0.001 to 0.2.

4. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the azole-based compound is included in the composition at 0.02 to 2 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the abrasive particles.

5. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the amino silane-based compound and the azole-based compound are included in the composition in a weight ratio of 1:0.1 to 0.28.

6. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition comprises a range between 1% to 17% by weight of the abrasive particles.

7. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition is a slurry for polishing a surface comprising copper, silicon nitride, and silicon oxide.

8. The composition of claim 7 , wherein a surface of a circular via with a diameter of 5 μm, polished with the composition, has a maximum roughness of 220 nm or less as measured by atomic-force microscopy (AFM).

9. A composition for semiconductor processing, comprising:

abrasive particles surface-modified with an amino silane-based compound;

a copper erosion inhibitor, including an azole-based compound;

a copper surface protectant, including a compound having a betaine group and a salicylic group or a derivative thereof; and

a surfactant, including fluorine in a molecule thereof,

wherein a copper corrosion inhibition index (Er) for the composition according to Equation 1 below is 8 to 15;

Er

=

indexC

×

Cab

Ps

,

[

Equation

1

]

where indexC is a value according to Equation 2 below, Cab is a content (wt %) of the abrasive particles contained in an entire composition for the semiconductor processing, and Ps is a content (parts by weight) of the amino silane-based compound applied to 100 parts by weight of the abrasive particles,

Index C=C 1×6+ C 2×5− C 3− C 4×10  [Equation 2]

where C1 is a content (parts by weight) of the amino silane-based compound applied to the abrasive particles contained in a total of 100 parts by weight of the composition, C2 is a content (parts by weight) of the azole-based compound contained in a total of 100 parts by weight of the composition, C3 is a content (parts by weight) of the copper surface protectant contained in a total of 100 parts by weight of the composition, and C4 is a content of the surfactant contained in a total of 100 parts by weight of the composition.

10. The composition of claim 9 , further comprising a silicon nitride polishing enhancer,

wherein the indexC is a value according to Equation 2-1 below;

Index C=C 1×6+ C 2×5− C 3− C 4×10− C 5×2,  [Equation 2-1]

where C1 is a content (parts by weight) of the amino silane-based compound applied to the abrasive particles contained in a total of 100 parts by weight of the composition, C2 is a content (parts by weight) of the azole-based compound contained in a total of 100 parts by weight of the composition, C3 is a content (parts by weight) of the copper surface protectant contained in a total of 100 parts by weight of the composition, C4 is a content of the surfactant contained in a total of 100 parts by weight of the composition, and C5 is a content of the silicon nitride polishing enhancer contained in a total of 100 parts by weight of the composition.

11. The composition of claim 9 , wherein a surface area difference between an actual surface area and a projected surface area of a circular copper via, having a diameter of 5 μm, polished with the composition is less than 2.5% as measured by AFM.

12. The composition of claim 9 , wherein the composition is used to polish a substrate by rotating either one or both of a platen on which a polishing pad is mounted and a carrier accommodating the substrate to planarize a surface of the substrate.

13. A method of polishing a substrate, comprising:

polishing a substrate by rotating either one or both of a platen on which a polishing pad is mounted and a carrier accommodating a substrate to planarize a surface of the substrate,

wherein the polishing is performed with a composition comprising:

abrasive particles surface-modified with an amino silane-based compound;

a copper erosion inhibitor, including an azole-based compound;

a copper surface protectant, including a compound having a betaine group and a salicylic group or a derivative thereof; and

a surfactant, including fluorine in a molecule thereof,

wherein a surface of the surface-modified abrasive particles comprises an amino silane group, and

the surface of the substrate includes each of copper, silicon nitride, and silicon oxide.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein an absolute value of skewness of a circular copper via having a diameter of 5 μm on the surface of the substrate subjected to the polishing is 1 or less as measured by surface atomic-force microscopy (AFM).

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein a SiO/SiN selectivity, a ratio of a silicon oxide polishing rate to a silicon nitride polishing rate, is 3 or more.

16. The method of claim 13 , wherein a SiO/Cu selectivity, a ratio of a silicon oxide polishing rate to a copper polishing rate, is 0.9 or more.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 3, 2026
From: SK ENPULSE CO., LTD.
To: YCCHEM CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 073948/0075 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 7, 2023
From: HAN, DEOK SU; HONG, SEUNG CHUL; PARK, HAN TEO; KIM, HWAN CHUL; LEE, HYEONG JU
To: SK ENPULSE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063257/0889 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2022-0045762 · Apr 13, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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