{"title":"Structural characterization of methylsilsesquioxane-based porous low-k thin films using X-ray porosimetry","authors":"H. Lee, C. Soles, D. Liu, B. Bauer, E. Lin, W. Wu","doi":"10.1109/IITC.2003.1219725","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Methylsilsesquioxane based porous low-k dielectric films with different porogen loading have been characterized using X-ray porosimetry to determine their pore size distribution, average density, wall density and porosity. By varying the porogen content from 1 % to 30 %, the porosity and the average pore size changed from 12 % to 34 % and from 10 /spl Aring/ to 15 /spl Aring/ in radius, respectively. The wall density was found to be independent of the porogen content and it appeared that the porogen is not 100% effective in generating pores. Pore size of these samples was also obtained from small angle neutron scattering measurements and the results were found to be consistent with that from XRP.","PeriodicalId":212619,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the IEEE 2003 International Interconnect Technology Conference (Cat. No.03TH8695)","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2003-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Proceedings of the IEEE 2003 International Interconnect Technology Conference (Cat. No.03TH8695)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IITC.2003.1219725","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Methylsilsesquioxane based porous low-k dielectric films with different porogen loading have been characterized using X-ray porosimetry to determine their pore size distribution, average density, wall density and porosity. By varying the porogen content from 1 % to 30 %, the porosity and the average pore size changed from 12 % to 34 % and from 10 /spl Aring/ to 15 /spl Aring/ in radius, respectively. The wall density was found to be independent of the porogen content and it appeared that the porogen is not 100% effective in generating pores. Pore size of these samples was also obtained from small angle neutron scattering measurements and the results were found to be consistent with that from XRP.