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Thin Film Stresses in TiW/AlCuSi/TiW Sandwich Structures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2011

Iton Wang
Iton Wang*
Affiliation:
Circuit Technology Group, Hewlett Packard Company, 5301 Stevens Creek Blvd., Santa Clara, CA 95051
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Abstract

A highly reliable metallization for high current bipolar integrated circuits was developed with the aid of thin film stress analysis to optimize the process. The final structure was a sandwich layer of TiW and AlCuSi alloy. Film stresses were measured for individual TiW layers as well as for the sandwich layers of TiW/AlCuSi/TiW. In this paper, it will be shown how sputter deposition pressure can drastically affect film stress. For individual TiW layers, the film stress can be varied between compressive and highly tensile by adjusting the Argon pressure. Meanwhile, the AlCuSi layers were always tensile under the normal range of sputtering pressures. By controlling the individual film stresses, a sandwich layer can be designed so that the overall structure has a very low average stress. This work will also show how a TiW capping layer has a major effect on the final average stress of the sandwich structure.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 130: Symposium C – Thin Films: Stresses and Mechanical Properties I , 1988 , 341
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1989

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