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Rapid Thermal Processing of Hydrogen Silsesquioxane for Low Dielectric Constant Performance
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 February 2011
Abstract
Low dielectric constant hydrogen silsesquioxane films were achieved by rapid thermal cure processing with production viable equipment. A reduced dielectric constant of k = 2.5–2.6 is demonstrated by optimizing rapid thermal cure process conditions to produce low density hydrogen silsesquioxane thin films. This is a significant reduction relative to production proven furnace cure processed hydrogen silsesquioxane with k = 2.9. Concurrent with reduced k performance is a characteristic film expansion which contributes to formation of a low density structure. A mechanism for film expansion and relevance to low k performance is described; and issues relative to integration of rapid thermal processed low k hydrogen silsesquioxane are discussed.
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