摘要
采用电子回旋共振等离子体化学气相沉积(ECR-CVD)方法,以C4F8和CH4为源气体在不同气体流量比R(R=[CH4]/{[CH4]+[C4F8]})条件下成功地沉积了氟化非晶碳(a-C:F)低介电常数(低后)材料。采用X光电子能谱和椭圆光谱方法分析了a-C:F薄膜的化学组分和光学性质。沉积的a-C:F薄膜介电常数约为2.1-2.4,热稳定性优于350℃。随着气体流量比的增大,沉积a-C:F薄膜中的碳含量增大,CF、CF2、CF3含量减少,C-C交链成分增加,从而使得π-π^*吸收增强,并引起薄膜光学带隙下降。氮气气氛下350℃温度退火后应力释放引起a-C:F薄膜厚度变化,变化量小于4%。450℃温度退火后,由于热分解作用薄膜厚度变化量在30%左右。
Low - dielectric - constant ( low - k) fluorinated amorphous carbon ( a - C : F) films were prepared by electron cyclotron resonance chemical vapor deposition ( ECR - CVD) method with varying the gas flow ratio R ( R = [ CH4 ] / { [ CH4 ] + [ C4F8] } ). Chemical compositions and optical properties were investigated by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and spectral ellipsometry (SE), respectively. a - C : F films with dielectric constant of 2.1 - 2.4 and thermal stability higher than 350℃ were obtained. The CF, CF2 and CF3 bonds decrease and the C - C bonds increase with increasing gas flow ratio, which leads to enhancement of π - π^* absorption and reduction of optical gap. Film thickness change is less than 4% due to stress release between the a - C : F films and the silicon substrates after 350℃ annealing. The film thickness change is around 30% mainly due to thermal decomposition of volatile fluorocarbon species after 450℃ heat treatment.
出处
《功能材料与器件学报》
EI
CAS
CSCD
北大核心
2006年第2期86-90,共5页
Journal of Functional Materials and Devices
基金
电子元器件可靠性物理及其应用技术国家级重点实验室项目(No.51433020205DZ01)