Organosilicate resins as hardmasks for organic polymer dielectrics in fabrication of microelectronic devices
This invention is a method comprising providing a substrate, forming a first layer on the substrate, wherein the first layer has a dielectric constant of less than 3.0 and comprises an organic polymer, applying an organosilicate resin over the first layer, removing a portion of the organosilicate resin to expose a portion of the first layer, and removing the exposed portions of the first layer. The invention is also an integrated circuit article comprising an active substrate containing transistors and an electrical interconnect structure containing a pattern of metal lines separated, at least partially, by layers or regions of an organic polymeric material having a dielectric constant of less than 3.0 and further comprising a layer of an organosilicate resin above at least one layer of the organic polymer material.
1. A composition comprising the hydrolyzed or partially hydrolyzed product of a combination of silanes comprising
(a) an alkoxysilane or acyloxy silane having at least one hydrocarbon group attached directly to the Si atom which hydrocarbon group contains a non-aromatic, unsaturated carbon to carbon bond in an 50 to 95 mole percent based on total moles of silanes present, and
(b) an alkoxysilane or acyloxysilane having at least one hydrocarbon group attached directly to the Si atom which hydrocarbon group includes an aromatic ring.
2. The composition of claim 1 wherein the combination further comprises
(c) an alkoxysilane or acyloxysilane having at least one C 1 –C 6 alkyl group attached directly to the Si atom.
3. The composition of claim 2 wherein the combination comprises
(a) 50–95 mole % silanes of the formula
wherein Ra is C 1 –C 6 alkylidene, C 1 –C 6 alkylene, arylene, or a direct bond; Ya is C 1 –C 6 alkyl, C 2 –C 6 alkenyl, C 2-6 alkynyl, C 6 –C 20 aryl, 3-methacryloxy, 3-acryloxy, 3-aminoethyl-amino, 3-amino, —SiZa 2 ORa′, or —ORa′; Ra′ is independently, in each occurrence, a C 1 –C 6 alkyl or C 2 –C 6 acyl; and Za is C 1 –C 6 alkyl, C 2 –C 6 alkenyl, C 2-6 alkynyl, C 6-20 aryl, or —ORa′, provided at least one of Za or the combination Ra-Ya comprises a non-aromatic carbon to carbon bond unsaturation,
(b) 5 to 40 mole percent
wherein Rb is C 1 –C 6 alkylidene, C 1 –C 6 alkylene, arylene, or a direct bond; Yb is C 1 –C 6 alkyl, C 2 –C 6 alkenyl, C 2-6 alkynyl, C 6 –C 20 aryl, 3-methacryloxy, 3-acryloxy, 3-aminoethyl-amino, 3-amino, —SiZb 2 ORb′, or —ORb′; Rb′ is independently, in each occurrence, a C 1 –C 6 alkyl or C 2 –C 6 acyl; and Zb is C 1 –C 6 alkyl, C 2 –C 6 alkenyl, C 2-6 alkynyl, C 6-20 aryl, or —ORb′, provided at least one of Zb or the combination of Rb—Yb comprises an aromatic ring, and
(c) 0 to 45 mole percent
wherein Rc is C 1 –C 6 alkylidene, C 1 –C 6 alkylene, arylene, or a direct bond; Yc is C 1 –C 6 alkyl, C 2 –C 6 alkenyl, C 2-6 alkynyl a C 6 –C 20 aryl, 3-methacryloxy, 3-acryloxy, 3-aminoethyl-amino, 3-amino, —SiZc 2 ORc′, or —ORc′; Rc′ is independently, in each occurrence, a C 1 –C 6 alkyl or C 2 –C 6 acyl; and Zc is C 1 –C 6 alkyl, C 2 –C 6 alkenyl, C 2-6 alkynyl, C 6-20 aryl, or —ORc′, provided at least one of Zc or the combination of Rc-Yc comprises an alkyl.
4. The composition of claim 1 wherein the first silane (a) is a vinyl acetoxy silane and the second silane (b) is an arylalkoxysilane.
5. The use of the composition of claim 1 as an adhesion promoter.
6. The composition of claim 1 wherein the composition has been cured at temperatures of at least 180° C.