IP Library Granted Patent US 12,077,680
Granted Patent B2
US 12,077,680 · App. 17/197,246 · Granted Sep 3, 2024

Polishing composition, production method of the same, polishing method and a manufacturing method of a semiconductor substrate

Inventor: Akiko Soumiya (Aichi, JP)
Assignee: FUJIMI INCORPORATED
C09G1/02H01L21/3212
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Patent No.
US 12,077,680
App. No.
17/197,246
Granted
Sep 3, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention is to provide means for polishing an object to be polished containing titanium nitride at a high polishing speed. The present invention relates to a polishing composition containing silica particles and a polishing accelerator, wherein the polishing accelerator is a compound having an aromatic heterocyclic ring and an OH group or a group of a salt thereof directly bonded to the aromatic heterocyclic ring, or a compound having an aromatic hydrocarbon ring, an OH group or a group of a salt thereof directly bonded to the aromatic hydrocarbon ring, and a COOH group or a group of a salt thereof directly bonded to the aromatic hydrocarbon ring, and the polishing composition is used for polishing an object to be polished containing titanium nitride.

Claims (28)

1. A polishing composition comprising silica particles, an oxidizing agent and a polishing accelerator,

wherein the polishing accelerator is a compound having an aromatic heterocyclic ring and an OH group or a group of a salt thereof directly bonded to the aromatic heterocyclic ring, wherein the aromatic heterocyclic ring is a monocyclic aromatic heterocyclic ring; and

the polishing composition has a pH exceeding 7 and is used for polishing an object to be polished containing titanium nitride.

2. The polishing composition according to claim 1 , wherein the polishing accelerator is a compound represented by the following general formula (1):

in the above general formula (1), Z's are each independently CR 1 or N,

where one or more and three or fewer Z's are N, and

R 1 's are each independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, an OH group or a group of a salt thereof, and a COOH group or a group of a salt thereof,

where at least one R 1 is an OH group or a group of a salt thereof.

3. The polishing composition according to claim 2 ,

wherein the polishing accelerator is a compound represented by the general formula (1) wherein one Z is N, five Z's are CR 1 , where one or two R 1 's of five R 1 's are an OH group or a group of a salt thereof, one R 1 of the five R 1 's is a COOH group or a group of a salt thereof, or a hydrogen atom, and remaining R 1 's of the five R 1 's are a hydrogen atom.

4. The polishing composition according to claim 3 , wherein the polishing accelerator is at least one selected from the group consisting of 2-hydroxypyridine, 3-hydroxypyridine, 2-hydroxynicotinic acid, 4-hydroxynicotinic acid, 5-hydroxynicotinic acid, 6-hydroxynicotinic acid, 2-hydroxyisonicotinic acid, 3-hydroxyisonicotinic acid, 3-hydroxypicolinic acid, 4-hydroxypicolinic acid, 5-hydroxypicolinic acid, 6-hydroxypicolinic acid, citrazinic acid, 2,3-dihydroxyisonicotinic acid, 2,5-dihydroxyisonicotinic acid, 3,5-dihydroxyisonicotinic acid, and salts thereof.

5. The polishing composition according to claim 1 , wherein an electrical conductivity is 1 mS/cm or more and 6 mS/cm or less.

6. The polishing composition according to claim 1 , further comprising an inorganic acid salt.

7. The polishing composition according to claim 6 , wherein the inorganic acid salt is selected from the group consisting of a nitrate salt, a phosphate salt, and a sulfate salt.

8. The polishing composition according to claim 7 , wherein the inorganic acid salt is selected from the group consisting of potassium nitrate, ammonium nitrate, diammonium hydrogen phosphate, ammonium dihydrogen phosphate and ammonium sulfate.

9. A polishing method of polishing an object to be polished containing titanium nitride by using the polishing composition according to claim 1 .

10. A manufacturing method of a semiconductor substrate, comprising polishing a substrate material by the polishing method according to claim 9 ,

wherein the object to be polished containing titanium nitride is the substrate material.

11. The polishing composition according to claim 8 , wherein the oxidizing agent is hydrogen peroxide and is present at a concentration of 0.1% by mass or more, with respect to the total mass of the polishing composition.

12. The polishing composition according to claim 11 , wherein the oxidizing agent is present at a concentration of 10% by mass or less, with respect to the total mass of the polishing composition.

13. The polishing composition according to claim 1 , wherein the aromatic heterocyclic ring contains one or more and three or fewer heteroatoms.

14. The polishing composition according to claim 1 , wherein the aromatic heterocyclic ring is an aromatic ring having one or more nitrogen atoms.

15. A production method of a polishing composition, comprising mixing silica particles, an oxidizing agent and a polishing accelerator with each other,

the polishing accelerator is a compound having an aromatic heterocyclic ring and an OH group or a group of a salt thereof directly bonded to the aromatic heterocyclic ring, wherein the aromatic heterocyclic ring is a monocyclic aromatic heterocyclic ring; and

the polishing composition has a pH exceeding 7 and is used for polishing an object to be polished containing titanium nitride.

16. The method according to claim 15 , further comprising mixing an inorganic acid salt with the silica particles, the oxidizing agent and polishing accelerator.

17. The method according to claim 16 , wherein the inorganic salt is selected from the group consisting of a nitrate salt, a phosphate salt, and a sulfate salt.

18. The method of claim 16 , wherein the inorganic salt is selected from the group consisting of potassium nitrate, ammonium nitrate, diammonium hydrogen phosphate, ammonium dihydrogen phosphate and ammonium sulfate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2021
From: SOUMIYA, AKIKO
To: FUJIMI INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 055546/0309 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-053111 · Mar 24, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210301174A1 · Sep 30, 2021