As-grown donor-like traps in low-k dielectrics and their impact on intrinsic TDDB reliability |
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| Affiliation: | 1. IMEC, Kapeldreef 75, Leuven B-3001, Belgium;2. MTM Department, KU Leuven, Leuven 3001, Belgium;3. Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PH, UK;1. SAGE-ENISo, National Engineering School of Sousse, 4023 University of Sousse, Tunisia;2. Al Leith Engineering College, Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia;3. ISIM, University of Gabes, 6072 Gabes, Tunisia;4. ESTACA Research Center, 92532 Levallois Perret, Paris, France;5. GPM-UMR CNRS 6634, University of Rouen, 76801 Saint Etienne du Rouvray, France;1. University of Vienna, Physics of Nanostructured Materials, Vienna, Austria;2. Materials Center Leoben Forschung GmbH, Leoben, Austria;3. Vienna University of Technology, Faculty of Technical Chemistry, Vienna, Austria;1. Departament d’Enginyeria Electrònica, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Valles, Spain;2. Departamento de Electricidad y Electrónica, Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain;3. Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland;1. Le2i, UMR CNRS 6306, University of Burgundy, 9 Avenue Alain Savary, 21000 Dijon, France;2. Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), 18 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31401 Toulouse, France;1. STMicroelectronics, 850, rue Jean Monnet, 38926 Crolles Cedex, France;2. Laboratory of Computer Sciences, Paris 6 (LIP6), Systems On Chips Department, UPMC University, 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France |
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| Abstract: | Highly porous low-k dielectrics are essential for downscaling of the interconnects for 20–10 nm technologies. A planar capacitor test vehicle was used to investigate the intrinsic time dependent dielectric breakdown (TDDB) reliability of low-k dielectrics and the origin of an observed C–V hysteresis was studied. We hypothesize that the hysteresis is caused by donor-like traps present in the bulk of the low-k but not by electron/hole trapping or mobile charges. It is proposed that porogen/carbon residues are the source of these donor-like traps. Using Ileak vs. time measurements, it was found that the donor-like traps accelerate the dielectric degradation due to an enhanced EOX, causing a localized partial breakdown. The intrinsic TDDB reliability of the low-k film was improved by adding a sealing layer as such layer blocked the donor-like traps discharging. |
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| Keywords: | Donor-like trap Low-k TDDB BEOL reliability |
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