{"title":"Aluminide intermetallics for advanced interconnect metallization: thin film studies","authors":"J. Soulie, Z. Tokei, J. Swerts, C. Adelmann","doi":"10.1109/IITC51362.2021.9537441","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"AlNi, Al3Sc, AlCu, and Al2Cu thin films have been investigated as potential alternatives for Cu in interconnect metallization schemes. Stoichiometric NiAl thin films of 56 nm thickness show a resistivity of 13.9 μΩ cm after post-deposition annealing at 600°C. Different capping layers were tested to overcome the formation of an oxide top layer. Al3Sc presents a resistivity of 12.5 μΩ cm after post-deposition annealing at 500°C (for 24 nm thick films). AlCu and Al2Cu outperform Ru films at 20 nm thickness and above (9.5 μΩ cm for 28 nm films). Challenges and integration feasibility are discussed.","PeriodicalId":6823,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE International Interconnect Technology Conference (IITC)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"9","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2021 IEEE International Interconnect Technology Conference (IITC)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IITC51362.2021.9537441","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
AlNi, Al3Sc, AlCu, and Al2Cu thin films have been investigated as potential alternatives for Cu in interconnect metallization schemes. Stoichiometric NiAl thin films of 56 nm thickness show a resistivity of 13.9 μΩ cm after post-deposition annealing at 600°C. Different capping layers were tested to overcome the formation of an oxide top layer. Al3Sc presents a resistivity of 12.5 μΩ cm after post-deposition annealing at 500°C (for 24 nm thick films). AlCu and Al2Cu outperform Ru films at 20 nm thickness and above (9.5 μΩ cm for 28 nm films). Challenges and integration feasibility are discussed.