Comparison of refractory metal and silicide capping effects on aluminum metallizations
- 13 January 2003
- conference paper
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- p. 463-469
- https://doi.org/10.1109/vmic.1989.78038
Abstract
The effects of various refractory metal and silicide capping layers on aluminum metallizations are investigated. Ti-Al, Mo-Al, Ta-Al, WSi/sub 2/-Al, and MoSi/sub 2/-Al layered structures are compared in terms of electromigration and stress-induced voiding. The authors have found that the Ti-Al layered structure can suppress stress-induced void formation in underlying Al conductors. The effect of the Ti-Al layered structure on the suppression of stress-induced voiding can be attributed to the formation of the intermetallic compound Al/sub 3/Ti, which prevents plastic deformation of the film. Electromigration results indicate that the capping layers of refractory metals and silicides such as Ti, W, WSi/sub 2/, and MoSi/sub 2/ improve the mean time to failure by 4-10 times compared with Al without capping.<>Keywords
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