IP Library Granted Patent US 8,492,276
Granted Patent B2
US 8,492,276 · App. 12/537,766 · Granted Jul 23, 2013

Chemical mechanical polishing aqueous dispersion and chemical mechanical polishing method

Inventors: Taichi Abe (Yokkaichi, JP); Hirotaka Shida (Yokkaichi, JP); Akihiro Takemura (Yokkaichi, JP); Mitsuru Meno (Suzuka, JP); Shinichi Hirasawa (Kita-ku, JP); Kenji Iwade (Hiratsuka, JP); Takeshi Nishioka (Yokohama, JP)
Assignees: JSR Corporation; Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
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Patent No.
US 8,492,276
App. No.
12/537,766
Granted
Jul 23, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A chemical mechanical polishing aqueous dispersion is used to polish a polishing target that includes an interconnect layer that contains tungsten. The chemical mechanical polishing aqueous dispersion includes: (A) a cationic water-soluble polymer; (B) an iron (III) compound; and (C) colloidal silica particles. The content (M A ) (mass %) of the cationic water-soluble polymer (A) and the content (M B ) (mass %) of the iron (III) compound (B) satisfy the relationship “M A /M B =0.004 to 0.1”. The chemical mechanical polishing aqueous dispersion has a pH of 1 to 3.

Claims (25)

1. A chemical mechanical polishing method comprising:

polishing a polishing target with a chemical polishing aqueous dispersion, wherein said polishing target comprises a tungsten film and a silicon oxide film

wherein said chemical mechanical polishing aqueous dispersion comprises:

(A) a cationic water-soluble polymer;

(B) an iron (III) compound; and

(C) colloidal silica particles,

the content (M A ) (mass %) of the cationic water-soluble polymer (A) is 0.005 to 0.5 mass %, the content (M B ) (mass %) of the iron (III) compound (B) is 0.01 to 40 mass %, and the content (M c ) (mass %) of the colloidal silica particles (C) is 1 to 40 mass %,

the content (M A ) (mass %) of the cationic water-soluble polymer (A) and the content (M B ) (mass %) of the iron (III) compound (B) satisfying the relationship “M A /M B =0.004 to 0.1”; the chemical mechanical polishing aqueous dispersion having a pH of 1 to 3; and the chemical mechanical polishing aqueous dispersion having a selectivity ratio (polishing rate of the tungsten film/polishing rate of the silicon oxide film) of 0.7 to 1.3.

2. The chemical mechanical polishing method according to claim 1 , wherein the cationic water-soluble polymer (A) in the chemical mechanical polishing aqueous dispersion is polyethylenimine.

3. The chemical mechanical polishing method according to claim 1 , wherein the iron (III) compound (B) in the chemical mechanical polishing aqueous dispersion is ferric nitrate.

4. The chemical mechanical polishing method according to claim 1 , wherein the cationic water-soluble polymer (A) in the chemical mechanical polishing aqueous dispersion has a number average molecular weight of 200 to 100,000.

5. A chemical mechanical polishing method comprising:

polishing a polishing target, wherein said polishing target comprises a silicon oxide film having a via-hole and a tungsten film formed on the silicon oxide film through a barrier metal film, the method comprising:

a first polishing step of polishing the tungsten film and the barrier metal film by using a chemical mechanical polishing aqueous dispersion; and

a second polishing step of simultaneously polishing the tungsten film, the barrier metal film, and the silicon oxide film by using the chemical mechanical polishing aqueous dispersion

wherein said chemical mechanical polishing aqueous dispersion comprises:

(A) a cationic water-soluble polymer;

(B) an iron (III) compound; and

(C) colloidal silica particles,

the content (M A ) (mass %) of the cationic water-soluble polymer (A) is 0.005 to 0.5 mass %, the content (M B ) (mass %) of the iron (III) compound (B) is 0.01 to 40 mass %, and the content (M c ) (mass %) of the colloidal silica particles (C) is 1 to 40 mass %,

the content (M A ) (mass %) of the cationic water-soluble polymer (A) and the content (M B ) (mass %) of the iron (III) compound (B) satisfying the relationship “M A /M B =0.004 to 0.1”; the chemical mechanical polishing aqueous dispersion having a pH of 1 to 3; and the chemical mechanical polishing aqueous dispersion having a selectivity ratio (polishing rate of the tungsten film/polishing rate of the silicon oxide film) of 0.7 to 1.3.

6. The chemical mechanical polishing method according to claim 5 , wherein the cationic water-soluble polymer (A) in the chemical mechanical polishing aqueous dispersion used in the first polishing step and the second polishing step is polyethylenimine.

7. The chemical mechanical polishing method according to claim 5 , wherein the iron (III) compound (B) in the chemical mechanical polishing aqueous dispersion used in the first polishing step and the second polishing step is ferric nitrate.

8. The chemical mechanical polishing method according to claim 5 , wherein the cationic water-soluble polymer (A) in the chemical mechanical polishing aqueous dispersion used in the first polishing step and the second polishing step has a number average molecular weight of 200 to 100,000.

9. The chemical mechanical polishing method according to claim 5 , wherein the content of the iron (III) compound (B) in the chemical mechanical polishing aqueous dispersion used in the first polishing step differs from the content of the iron (III) compound (B) in the chemical mechanical polishing aqueous dispersion used in the second polishing step.

Assignments (7)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 22, 2025
From: JICC-02 CORPORATION
To: JSR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072326/0282 →
MERGER Recorded Sep 22, 2025
From: JSR CORPORATION
To: JICC-02 CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072935/0152 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 11, 2022
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: KIOXIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059039/0123 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 1, 2022
From: K.K.PANGEA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058922/0308 →
MERGER Recorded Jan 20, 2022
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: K.K.PANGEA
Reel/Frame 058788/0338 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 28, 2017
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043727/0167 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 8, 2009
From: ABE, TAICHI; SHIDA, HIROTAKA; TAKEMURA, AKIHIRO; MENO, MITSURU; HIRASAWA, SHINICHI; IWADE, KENJI; NISHIOKA, TAKESHI
To: JSR CORPORATION; KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 023344/0730 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2008-240851 · Sep 19, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
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