Halite salts as silicon carbide etchants for enhancing CMP material removal rate for SiC wafer
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국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
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국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B44C-001/22
C23F-001/00
C03C-015/00
C03C-025/68
H01L-021/302
H01L-021/461
C09K-013/00
C09G-001/02
B24C-011/00
H01L-021/321
C09G-001/00
C09G-001/04
H01L-021/02
H01L-021/306
출원번호
US-0332966
(2016-10-24)
등록번호
US-9944829
(2018-04-17)
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Fang, Treliant
출원인 / 주소
Fang, Treliant
대리인 / 주소
Hankin Patent Law, APC
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Silicon carbide (SiC) etchants with a generic formula of MXO2, where M is an alkali metal, X is a halogen, O is oxygen are disclosed. When mixed with an abrasive powder in an aqueous slurry form, this MXO2 etchant acts as tribochemical reactant in enhancing the SiC material removal rate during chemi
Silicon carbide (SiC) etchants with a generic formula of MXO2, where M is an alkali metal, X is a halogen, O is oxygen are disclosed. When mixed with an abrasive powder in an aqueous slurry form, this MXO2 etchant acts as tribochemical reactant in enhancing the SiC material removal rate during chemical mechanical polishing (CMP). The material removal rates can sometimes go up to a few order of magnitudes, as compared to the slurry without this MXO2 etchant. Typical metal in the formula MXO2 are K (potassium) and Na (sodium), X includes Cl (chlorine), Br (bromine) and I (iodine). The whole series of MXO2 compounds belong to the chemical family of metal halites or ammonium halites. Sodium chlorite, NaClO2, the simplest and most available member of the halite family, is a typical example. The enhanced polishing rate can be utilized to significantly increase the throughput of CMP operation for non-oxide wafer polishing. The polishing waste water from the CMP process can be treated with ease in the waste water treatment facilities because of the absence of toxic heavy metal ions in the polishing formulations.
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1. An aqueous polishing formulation for polishing a substrate comprising at least one single crystal silicon carbide layer, the formulation comprising: from about 11 g/L to about 200 g/L of an MXO2 etchant, wherein M is a metal or ammonium, X is bromine or chlorine, and O is oxygen; andfrom about 11
1. An aqueous polishing formulation for polishing a substrate comprising at least one single crystal silicon carbide layer, the formulation comprising: from about 11 g/L to about 200 g/L of an MXO2 etchant, wherein M is a metal or ammonium, X is bromine or chlorine, and O is oxygen; andfrom about 11 g/L to about 600 g/L of high purity alpha alumina particles, wherein the alpha alumina particles have a Mohs hardness of at least about 7, a grain size ranging from about 50 nm to about 300 nm, and a specific surface area ranging from about 5.5 m2/g to 15 m2/g;wherein the ratio of the MXO2 etchant to the high purity alpha alumina particles contained in the aqueous polishing formulation is from about 1:1 to about 1:10 on a weight bases;wherein the aqueous polishing formulation has a pH of from about 3.7 to about 6.3; and wherein the aqueous polishing formulation has a polishing rate for the at least one single crystal silicon carbide layer of greater than 500 nm/hour. 2. The aqueous polishing formulation of claim 1, wherein the high purity alpha alumina particles have a grain size of about 200 nm and a specific surface area of about 6 m2/g. 3. The aqueous polishing formulation of claim 2, wherein the MXO2 etchant is selected from the group consisting of metal chlorites, metal bromites, ammonium chlorites, and sodium bromites. 4. The aqueous polishing formulation of claim 2, wherein the ratio of the MXO2 etchant to the high purity alpha alumina particles contained in the aqueous polishing formulation is from about 1:1 to about 1:2 on a weight bases. 5. The aqueous polishing formulation of claim 2, wherein the concentration of MXO2 etchant is from about 20 g/L to about 100 g/L, and the concentration of high purity alpha alumina particles is from about 40 g/L to about 200 g/L. 6. The aqueous polishing formulation of claim 2, wherein high purity alpha alumina particles having a purity of at least about 99%. 7. The aqueous polishing formulation of claim 2, wherein the aqueous polishing formulation has a polishing rate for the at least one single crystal silicon carbide layer of from about 500 nm/hour to 1200 nm/hour. 8. The aqueous polishing formulation of claim 1, wherein the high purity alpha alumina particles have a grain size of about 50 nm and a specific surface area of about 15 m2/g. 9. The aqueous polishing formulation of claim 8, wherein the MXO2 etchant is selected from the group consisting of metal chlorites, metal bromites, ammonium chlorites, and sodium bromites. 10. The aqueous polishing formulation of claim 8, wherein the ratio of the MXO2 etchant to the high purity alpha alumina particles contained in the aqueous polishing formulation is from about 1:1 to about 1:2 on a weight bases. 11. The aqueous polishing formulation of claim 8, wherein the concentration of MXO2 etchant is from about 20 g/L to about 100 g/L, and the concentration of high purity alpha alumina particles is from about 40 g/L to about 200 g/L. 12. The aqueous polishing formulation of claim 8, wherein high purity alpha alumina particles having a purity of at least about 99%. 13. The aqueous polishing formulation of claim 8, wherein the aqueous polishing formulation has a polishing rate for the at least one single crystal silicon carbide layer of from about 500 nm/hour to 1200 nm/hour. 14. The aqueous polishing formulation of claim 1, wherein the high purity alpha alumina particles have a grain size of about 300 nm and a specific surface area of about 5.5 m2/g. 15. The aqueous polishing formulation of claim 14, wherein the MXO2 etchant is selected from the group consisting of metal chlorites, metal bromites, ammonium chlorites, and sodium bromites. 16. The aqueous polishing formulation of claim 14, wherein the ratio of the MXO2 etchant to the high purity alpha alumina particles contained in the aqueous polishing formulation is from about 1:1 to about 1:2 on a weight bases. 17. The aqueous polishing formulation of claim 14, wherein the concentration of MXO2 etchant is from about 20 g/L to about 100 g/L, and the concentration of high purity alpha alumina particles is from about 40 g/L to about 200 g/L. 18. The aqueous polishing formulation of claim 14 wherein high purity alpha alumina particles having a purity of at least about 99%. 19. The aqueous polishing formulation of claim 14, wherein the aqueous polishing formulation has a polishing rate for the at least one single crystal silicon carbide layer of from about 500 nm/hour to 1200 nm/hour.
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