An overview of stress free polishing of Cu with ultra low-k(k<2.0) films

An overview of the process performance of Stress Free Polishing technology (SFP) for copper removal at sub 90 nm nodes is presented in this paper. A brief description of the SFP process and polishing characteristics is provided along with electrical results. Dependence of post SFP copper surface quality on the roughness of the incoming films and post plating anneal conditions is also discussed.