WO2009134775A1 - Polishing pad composition and method of manufacture and use - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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- the present invention relates to the field of chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) and relates specifically to polishing pads for use in CMP and made of immiscible polymers.
- CMP chemical mechanical planarization
- CMP Chemical Mechanical Planarization
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- CMP Chemical Mechanical Planarization
- a polishing pad in motion relative to the wafer (e.g., the pad rotates relative to the wafer with the slurry dispersed therebetween).
- the resulting smooth flat surface is necessary to maintain photolithographic depth of focus for subsequent wafer processing steps and to ensure that the metal interconnects are not deformed over contour steps.
- Damascene processing requires metal, such as tungsten or copper, to be removed from the top surface of a dielectric to define interconnect structures, using CMP.
- polishing pads are made of polymers, typically urethane, either in cast form and filled with micro-porous elements or from non-woven felt coated with polyurethanes. During polishing operations, the polishing pad is rotated while contacting the wafer, which is also rotating, thus effecting polishing. Many pads have structures to provide for distributing slurry under the wafer during these polishing processes. Such slurry distribution structures include voids or micro-pores that are included by adding hollow micro-elements as described in U.S. Patent 5,578,362 or through the introduction of bubbles formed during a casting process. U.S. Patent 6,896,593 describes the use of supercritical CO 2 to form pores during molding processes.
- the polishing pad material undergoes plastic deformation that leads to deterioration of the pad's polishing ability. For example, such deformation during a polishing process results in that process becoming non-uniform and, as a result, the polishing operation can be accomplished only at a much lower removal rate.
- the polishing pad surface is periodically abraded (or conditioned) with a disk covered with fine grit diamond particles.
- the purpose of such conditioning is to remove the worn top layer of the pad and restore the texture of the top surface so as to effect consistent polishing.
- Such conditioning processes are well accepted for polishing processes employing hard pads. In the case of soft pads, however, conditioning processes are not as well accepted and, as such, tend to result in reduced useful lifetimes of such pads.
- a polishing pad or polishing element/surface of a pad is made from a combination of polyurethane and polyolefin, where polyurethane is the bulk phase and polyolefin is the dispersed phase.
- the bulk phase material polyurethane
- the bulk phase material may have particles less than 100 nm in size, while the size of particles of the dispersed phase may be greater than 1000 nm.
- the dispersed phase polymer (e.g., polyolefin or a blend of two different polyethylene materials) is preferably immiscible within the bulk phase polymer (polyurethane) and is releasable from the polishing pad during polishing, thereby causing areas of microporosity on an exposed surface of the polishing pad.
- the polyolefin material may include a polyethylene material and/or a polypropylene material.
- the materials selected for the polyurethane-polyolef ⁇ n polishing pad may be such that the ratio of the viscosity of the polyolefin to the viscosity of the polyurethane is less than 3.
- the tensile strength of the polyurethane material may be greater than 1000 pounds per square inch (psi), while the flexural modulus of the polyurethane material may be greater than 2000 psi, and the Shore D hardness of the polyurethane material may be greater than 25.
- the domain size of the dispersed polyolefin material may be 200 microns or less.
- the polyolefin material in the polishing pad may be 1 - 35% by volume. Exposed surfaces of such a polishing pad may include surface features.
- a polishing pad may include particles of polyolefin that are dispersed in isocyanate or polyol prior to a polyurethane formation reaction.
- the polyolefin particles may be 10 - 200 microns in size.
- the polyurethane may have the following properties: a tensile strength greater than 1000 psi, a flexural modulus greater than 2000 psi, and a Shore D hardness greater than 25.
- a polishing pad may include a polymer blend of a polyolefin material and a polyurethane material.
- the melt index of the polyolefin material may be less than or equal to 3 and the melt index of the polyurethane material may be greater than or equal to 15.
- the ratio of melt indices of the polyolefin material to the polyurethane material may be less than 0.2.
- the difference between the hardness of the polyolefin material and the polyurethane material may be less than 15 Shore D.
- a polishing pad may include one or more polishing elements made from a polymer blend of two polyolefin materials in a polyurethane matrix.
- the melt index of the first polyolefin material may be less than or equal to 3, while the melt index of the second polyolefin material may be greater than or equal to 25 and the melt index of the polyurethane material greater than or equal to 15. More specifically, the ratio of melt indices of a first one of the polyolefin materials to the polyurethane material may be less than 0.2 while the ratio of melt indices of the second one of the polyolefin materials to the polyurethane material may be greater than 1. The difference between the hardness of the polyolefin materials and the polyurethane material may be less than 15 Shore D.
- a polishing pad may include a polyurethane material with a melt index greater than 15 and a glass transition temperature (Tg) below room temperature, a first polyethylene material with a melt index of 25 or greater and a Tg below room temperature, and a second polyethylene material with a melt index of less than 3 and a Tg below room temperature.
- Tg glass transition temperature
- the difference between the hardnesses of the polyethylene materials and the polyurethane material may be less than IS Shore D.
- a polishing pad may include a first polyethylene material with a melt index less than or equal to 3, a second polyethylene material with a melt index greater than or equal to 25, and a polyurethane material with a melt index greater than or equal to 15.
- the ratio of melt indices of the first polyethylene material to the polyurethane material may be less than 0.2, and the ratio of melt indices of the second polyethylene material to the polyurethane material may be greater than 1.
- the hardness of the polyurethane material may be Shore D 70 or less, while the hardness of the first polyethylene material may be Shore D 60 or less, and the hardness of the second polyethylene material may be Shore D 60 or less.
- the difference between the hardnesses of the polyurethane material, and the first polyethylene material and/or the second polyethylene material may be 15 Shore D or less.
- a polishing pad may include a polyurethane material with a flexural modulus greater than 60 MPa and first and second polyethylene materials each with a flexural modulus greater than 200 MPa.
- the difference between the hardnesses of the polyurethane material, the first polyethylene material, and/or the second polyethylene material may be 15 Shore D or less.
- a polishing pad for use in CMP may be manufactured from two polymers that are immiscible in one another.
- the first polymer e.g., a polyurethane material
- the second polymer e.g., a poly olefin material
- the dispersed phase may be formed of, for example, a low- density polyethylene, a low-density polyethylene-butene, and/or a very low-density polyethylene-butene and may be removable when it is exposed by a conditioning process and/or a polishing process.
- the domain size of the first polymer may be different from that of the second polymer.
- the dispersed phase may be made up of two or more polyolefin materials, and in the case of a mixture of two polyolefin materials a first polyethylene material may have a melt index of 30 and a second polyethylene material may have a melt index of 0.75.
- the domain size of the first poly olefin materials may be greater than 10 nm and the domain size of the second polyolefin material may be less than 10 nm
- the two polymers may be mixed together and the resulting mixture injected into a mold cavity to form the pad or polishing element.
- the relative domain sizes of the first and second polymers included in the polishing pad may be tuned by, for example, varying respective amounts of the first and second polymers included in the mixture.
- Porosity may be introduced in a top polishing surface of polishing pads consistent with the present invention, for example due to wear experienced during a polishing process.
- pore sites may be generated in the polishing pad during manufacture thereof; and the size of such pore sites may be modulated during said manufacture.
- Figures 1(a) and 1(b) show cross-sections of different classes of polishing pads which, despite their differences, may be manufactured and used in accordance with embodiments of the present invention
- Figure 2(a) shows a magnified view of a polishing pad or polishing element/surface made of a polyurethane-polyolef ⁇ n blend in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention
- Figure 2(b) shows a close up of a single dispersed phase particle in a matrix of a polishing pad or element, consistent with an embodiment of the present invention.
- Figures 3-5 show inspection results for a part of a polishing pad/element made consistent with embodiments of the present invention and subsequently cross-sectioned and inspected with a scanning electron microscope (SEM).
- SEM scanning electron microscope
- a polishing pad having a polishing surface/polishing elements made of immiscible polymers, for example polyurethane and polyolefin.
- the bulk phase of the polishing surface/elements is made of polyurethan while the dispersed phase (which may be released during a polishing process) is made of polyolefin.
- the dispersed phase material is released during the polishing process, areas of micro-porosity are formed on the polishing surface/elements of the pad.
- Figure l(a) is a profile cutaway view of a class of polishing pads, such as the IC 1000 pads of Rohm and Haas, which may be updated by being manufactured and used in accordance with the present invention.
- Polishing pad 100 contains microelements 102 embedded in a polymeric matrix 104, which may be polyurethane.
- the pad surface contains grooves 106 for slurry transport during polishing processes. Polishing pads of this variety provide multiple surface modifications to effect slurry distribution across the surface of the pad.
- FIG. l(b) shows a cross-section of a polishing pad 108 made by Semi Quest, Inc.
- This polishing pad 108 is an engineered structure and is described in U.S. patent application 11/697,622, filed 06-APR-2007, assigned to the assignee of the present invention and incorporated herein by reference.
- Pad 108 consists of polishing elements 110, which rest on a compressible under-foam 114 and are supported in vertical orientation by a guide plate 112. Polishing action is provided by the polishing elements, which are made of a solid polymer material, while slurry distribution is effected by the open spaces between the polishing elements. The open space is filled with open cell foam.
- polishing surfaces 104 and 110 of these two different polishing pads may be made advantageously by using materials described herein.
- Figure 2(a) shows a magnified view of a polishing pad or polishing element/surface 200 made of a polyurethane-polyolefin blend.
- the dispersed phase 201 which may be polyolefin
- a matrix or bulk phase 203 which may be polyurethane.
- the size of the particles that make up the dispersed phase is on the order of 10-20 microns and the phase boundary 202 is distinct.
- Figure 2(b) shows a close up of a single dispersed phase particle in the matrix. Due to large differences in polarity and interfacial tension, the interface is smooth and the two surfaces show no adhesion. Polyolefin particles are pulled back from the polyurethane interface.
- a polishing pad (which may be any of the above-described configurations) includes one or more polishing elements or surfaces made from a polymer blend of polyolefin and polyurethane, where
- the ratio of the viscosity of the polyolefin to the viscosity of the polyurethane is less than 3,
- the tensile strength of the polyurethane is greater than 1000 pounds per square inch (psi);
- the domain size of the dispersed polyolefin phase is 200 microns or less.
- the polyolefin content of the polishing pad may be 1 - 35% by volume.
- the polyolefin may be polyethylene or polypropylene.
- Surface features of various types may be formed on the top surface of the pad (e.g., during or after formation of the pad), for example by machining the top surface of the pad.
- a further embodiment of the invention provides a polishing pad having one or more polishing elements or surfaces made by dispersing polyolefin particles in isocyanate or polyol prior to a urethane formation reaction.
- polyolefin particles may be 10 - 200 microns in size, the tensile strength of the polyurethane may be greater than 1000 psi; the flexural modulus of the polyurethane may be greater than 2000 psi; and/or the shore D hardness of the polyurethane may be greater than 25.
- the polyolefin may be polyethylene or polypropylene.
- Still another embodiment of the invention provides a method of manufacturing a polishing pad such as those discussed above using injection molding, extrusion, reaction injection molding, or sintering.
- polyolefin particles may be dispersed in a urethane precursor mix prior to a urethane forming reaction; polyolefin and thermoplastic polyurethane may be melt-mixed and subsequently injected into a mold to form the pad; and/or polyolefin and thermoplastic urethane may be mixed in-line in an injection molding machine used for forming the pad.
- Still a further embodiment of the invention provides a polishing pad having one or more polishing elements or surfaces made from a polymer blend of polyolefin and polyurethane where the melt index ratio of polyolefin to polyurethane is less than 0.2, the melt index of the polyolefin is less than or equal to 3, and the melt index of the polyurethane is greater than or equal to 15.
- the polyolefin may be polyethylene or polypropylene and the hardness of both the polyolefin and the polyurethane materials may differ by less than IS Shore D.
- Yet another embodiment of the invention provides a polishing pad having one or more polishing elements or surfaces made from a polymer blend of two polyolefins and polyurethane where the melt index ratio of a first one of the polyolefin materials to the polyurethane is less than 0.2, and the melt index ratio of the second one of the polyolefin materials to the polyurethane is greater than 1, where the melt index of the first polyolefin material is less than or equal to 3, the melt index of the second polyolefin material is greater than or equal to 25, and the melt index of the polyurethane is greater than or equal to 15.
- Either, or both, of the polyolefin materials may be polyethylene or polypropylene.
- at least one of the polyolefin materials is polypropylene.
- the hardness of all polyolefin and polyurethane materials may differ by less than 15 Shore D.
- Still a further embodiment of the present invention provides a method of making a solid polishing pad containing two distinct phase sizes, one less than 100 nm and another greater than 1000 nm, by mixing polyurethane having a melt index greater than 15 with a first polyethylene material having a melt index of 25 or greater and a second polyethylene material having a melt index less than 3, and subjecting the mixture to melt mixing in an injection molding machine or extruder before injection into a mold cavity.
- the polyurethane may have a glass transition temperature (Tg) below room temperature.
- the polyethylene may have a Tg below room temperature.
- the hardness of the polyurethane and polyethylene may differ by less than 15 Shore D.
- Another embodiment of the present invention provides a polishing pad having one or more polishing elements or surfaces made from a polymer blend of two polyethylenes and polyurethane where a ratio of melt indices of a first of the polyethylene materials to the polyurethane is less than 0.2 and a ratio of melt indices of a second of the polyethylene materials to the polyurethane is greater than 1, where the melt index of the first polyethylene material is less than or equal to 3, the melt index of the second polyethylene material is greater than or equal to 25, and the melt index of the polyurethane is greater than or equal to 15.
- the hardness of the polyurethane may be Shore D 75 or less.
- the hardness of the first polyethylene material may be Shore D 60 or less.
- the hardness of the second polyethylene material may be Shore D 60 or less.
- a range of hardnesses of all three materials i.e., differences between the various hardnesses of the respective materials) may be 15 Shore D or less.
- Another embodiment of the present invention provides a polishing pad having one or more polishing elements or surfaces made from a polymer blend of two polyethylenes and polyurethane where a ratio of melt indices of a first of the polyethylene materials to the polyurethane is less than 0.2 and a ratio of melt indices of the second polyethylene material to the polyurethane is greater than 1, where the melt index of the first polyethylene material is less than or equal to 3, the melt index of the second polyethylene material is greater than or equal to 25, and the melt index of the polyurethane is greater than or equal to 15.
- the flexural modulus of the polyurethane may be greater than 60 MPa.
- the flexural modulus of the first polyethylene material may be greater than 200 MPa.
- the flexural modulus of the second polyethylene material may be greater than 200 MPa.
- the range of hardness of all three materials i.e., differences between the various hardnesses of the respective materials) may be 15 Shore D or less.
- the present invention provides a method of introducing in-situ porosity in a polishing pad; means for modulating sizes of pore sites generated during manufacturing; and a polishing pad microstructure. A method of creating such microstructure with much reduced or no conditioning requirements is also provided.
- U.S. Patent 7,438,636 discloses mixing a lower modulus polymer in a higher modulus polymer matrix to improve toughness properties of a polishing pad.
- U.S. patent 7,371 ,160 describes dispersing an elastic phase in the matrix to improve polishing performance. In these modifications it is important for the dispersed phase to stay incorporated into the matrix, and the added elastomeric polymer preferably contains some chemical functionality that will enable it to form linkages with a polymeric matrix, such as a polyurethane matrix.
- U.S. Patents 7,077,879, 6,992,123, and 6,899,611 describe adding water-soluble polymer into the matrix. As the top surface of the pad is exposed to an aqueous environment during the polishing process, the water-soluble polymer is dissolved and carried away, leaving a cavity and thereby generating pores "in-situ”. Similarly, U.S. Patent 6,890,244 discloses adding soluble fibers to generate channel shaped porosity. U.S. Patent 6,685,540 describes polymer particles distributed in a matrix, wherein the distributed phase itself has a composite core-shell morphology. U.S.
- Patent 6,648,733 discloses a polishing pad containing co-polymers specifically to introduce hard and soft domains that are available during polishing.
- U.S. Patents 5,489,233, 5,578,362, 6,095,902, 6,217,434, and 6,896,593 describe various polishing pads and their methods of use.
- insoluble polymers are added to modify mechanical properties of a pad and participate in polishing while the soluble polymers dissolve into the polish medium and generate porosity.
- insoluble polymers that are used for the dispersed phase have carefully chosen properties, such as hardness, modulus and Tg, etc., that are distinctly different from those of the matrix polymer to achieve improved mechanical properties.
- Polymer blends are a class of materials made by mixing polymers to achieve new properties. Polymer mixtures thus created may be miscible, partially miscible or immiscible. Embodiments of the present invention utilize immiscible polymers where the appropriate domain size is achieved by selecting the immiscible polymers with appropriate melt indices and ratios of melt indices.
- n d is the viscosity of the dispersed phase
- n m is the viscosity of the matrix phase.
- MI melt index
- ASTM International D 1238 test procedure standardizes measurement of melt index as the weight of polymer extruded in 10 minutes at a constant temperature (190°C) through a tubular die of specified diameter (0.0825 in ⁇ 2.2 mm) when a standard weight (2160 grams) is placed on a driving piston.
- the capillary number Ca represents the relative effect of viscous forces versus surface tension acting across an interface and is given by:
- Ca Rn m Y '/a
- R is a characteristic droplet size
- n m viscosity of the matrix
- Y' is the deformation rate of the matrix
- a is the inteifacial tension.
- Porosity is an important aspect of polishing pad structure. In the absence of porosity, the polish rate is very low. For example, a non-porous pad used to polish a wafer with a silicon dioxide film, when pressed against the pad at S psi down force and 50 rpm pad speed, may show less than 200 A/min removal rate. When a porous pad is used under the same conditions, the film removal rate may be greater than 1000 A/min. [0047] A non-porous pad is able to achieve high film removal rates, similar to that of a porous pad, when it is subjected to diamond disk conditioning. The conditioning disk creates micro- asperities, which enable polishing to occur at a high rate.
- Porous pads also undergo degradation in removal performance over time (and wafers are generally polished for a long time). This is believed to be due to plastic flow of the pad material, which causes polish asperities to dull and pores to smear, reducing their ability to contain and transport slurry. Conditioning the pad surface with fine diamond disk, removes the damaged layer on the top surface of pad, exposes a fresh surface and regenerates asperities. Diamond conditioning is therefore an important part of a stable polish process.
- diamond conditioning also introduces variability in the process as disk-to-disk variations, as well as changes in diamond effectiveness over the lifetime of the conditioning disk cause process drifts that require frequent process monitoring and corrective actions. There is also a risk of diamond loss, which might see diamond dust embedded in the pad, causing catastrophic wafer loss due to scratches. It is therefore desirable to minimize, or possibly eliminate, conditioning as a process requirement.
- the present invention provides a polishing pad microstructure that requires minimal (if any) conditioning.
- the present pad consists of at least two distinct, dispersed domain sizes created by mixing polyurethane with two poluolef ⁇ ns having different melt indices.
- One of the domains has particles of 1 micron or less, and preferably less than 100 nm, and the other domain has particles of 5-20 microns, and preferably approximately 10 microns.
- the role of the nano-domains e.g., the >100 nm-sized domains
- the large-sized domains provide sites for larger porosity, which act as slurry reservoirs for polishing.
- the relative size of domains is important as the nano-domains are preferably smaller, and at least of the same order as the pad wear rate, for consistent polishing results. For example at 0.5 microns of pad wear per minute of polishing, the size of the smaller domains should be no more than 0.5 microns and, preferably, in the range of 100 nm - 200 nm.
- Slurry reservoir domains on the other hand, need to be larger by 1 - 2 orders of magnitude to provide stable slurry flow during polishing.
- the size of the dispersed phase is determined by the melt index of both polymers as well as the ratio of their respective melt indices. For example, when using polyurethane with melt index of 20 and polyethylene with a melt index of 30, polyethylene domains of 100 nm - 2 microns were obtained; whereas when polyethylene of melt index 0.75 was used, polyethylene domains of 5 - 15 microns were obtained. It is expected that by using a mixture of two polyethylenes with respective melt indices of 30 and 0.75, with polyurethane of melt index 20, both small and larger sized domains can be created. The ratio of small and larger sized domains can be tuned by varying the relative amount of the two polyethylenes.
- the matrix polymer may be Lubrizol Estane 58142 polyurethane (having a melt index of approximately 25) and the dispersed phase (making up approximately 10 percent by weight of the pad) may be 16MA400, a low-density polyethylene (having a melt index of approximately 30) available from Reliance Polymers India.
- These polymers were mixed in an injection molding machine to make polishing elements of 0.24" dia. x 0.140" high with a 0.32" flange base, containing a cylindrical cavity on the underside, in a 60 cavity mold. Injection molding was carried out at 225 °C and well-mixed opaque parts were created.
- the parts were cross-sectioned and scanning electron microscope (SEM) inspection of the parts showed round-shaped dispersed phase particles of approximately 100 nm to 1 microns. Most cavities showed smooth walls, indicating the polyethylene particles did not adhere to the matrix. Figure 3 shows these results.
- the matrix polymer is Lubrizol Estane 58144 polyurethane (with a melt index of approximately 20) and the dispersed phase (comprising approximately 10 percent by weight) is Dow DNDA 8335 NT 7, a low-density polyethylene- butene (with a melt index of approximately 30).
- the dispersed phase comprising approximately 10 percent by weight
- Dow DNDA 8335 NT 7 a low-density polyethylene- butene (with a melt index of approximately 30).
- These two materials were mixed in an injection molding machine to make polishing elements of 0.24" dia. x 0.140" high with a 0.32" flange base, containing a cylindrical cavity on the underside, in a 16 cavity mold. Injection molding was carried out at 215 °C and well-mixed opaque parts were created.
- the matrix polymer is Lubrizol Estane 58144 polyurethane (with a melt index of approximately 20) and the dispersed phase (comprising approximately 10 percent by weight) is Dow Flexomer DFDB1085 NT, a very low- density polyethylene-butene (with a melt index of approximately 0.75).
- the two materials were mixed in an injection molding machine to make polishing elements of 0.24" dia.
- the matrix polymer is Lubrizol Estane 58144 polyurethane (with a melt index of approximately 20) and the dispersed phase (comprising approximately 20 percent by weight) is Dupont 2020, a polyethylene (with a melt index of approximately 1.1).
- the two materials were mixed in an injection molding machine to make polishing elements of 0.24" dia. x 0.140" high with a 0.32" flange base, containing a cylindrical cavity on the underside, in a 32 cavity mold. Injection molding was carried out at 215 °C and well-mixed opaque parts were created. The parts were cross sectioned and SEM inspection of the parts showed round shaped dispersed phase particles of approximately range 5- 15 microns. Most cavities showed smooth walls, indicating the polyethylene particles did not adhere to the matrix.
- polishing pad for use in CMP and made from a combination of polyurethane and polyolefin, where polyurethane is the bulk phase and polyolefin is the dispersed phase, has been described.
- polyurethane is the bulk phase
- polyolefin is the dispersed phase
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