학술논문

Challenges of aluminum RIE technology at sub 0.45 /spl mu/m pitches [DRAM interconnects]
Document Type
Conference
Source
Proceedings of the IEEE 1999 International Interconnect Technology Conference (Cat. No.99EX247) Interconnect technology Interconnect Technology, 1999. IEEE International Conference. :203-205 1999
Subject
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Aluminum
Resists
Random access memory
Metallization
Fabrication
Wires
Etching
Costs
Stability
Microelectronics
Language
Abstract
Aluminum based wiring is common in the back-end-of-line (BEOL) metallization of DRAM chips. The 256 Mb DRAM chips necessitate the fabrication of wires at minimum pitch, especially when a stitched architecture is used. The critical topics related to extending aluminum interconnects by reactive ion etch (RIE) technology are discussed in this paper.