November 11-13, 1998

Surface-Catalysed Atom-Atom Recombination

J.W. Coburn, Gowri P. Kota and David B. Graves (Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California Berkeley)

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High Aspect Ratio SiO2 Etching Employing Fluorocarbon Substituting Gases

Yannick Feurprier, Makoto Ogata, Masanori Ozawa, Toshiaki Kikuchi, Yasuhiko Chinzei, Haruo Shindo*, Takanori Ichiki and Yasuhiro Horiike** (Department of Electrical Engineering, Toyo University, *Department of Applied Physics, Tokai University, ** School of Materials Science Engineering, University of Tokyo)

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Characteristics of Fluorocarbon Polymer Films Analyzed by Photo-Elastic Modulated Fourier Transform Infrared (PEM FTIR) Spectroscopy

C.W. Chu, H.H. Doh, C.K. Lee, J.H. Kim, S.S. Jeong, C.J. Kang, T.H. Ahn and J.T. Moon (Semiconductor R&D Center, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)

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Surface Kinetics of CFx Radicals in Fluorocarbon Plasmas Studied by Laser-Induced Fluorescence

C. Suzuki, K. Sasaki and K. Kadota (Department of Electronics, Nagoya University)

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The Relationship of Ion-Induced Defects to Etching-Rate near Si and SiO2 Surface on SiO2 Plasma Etching

Mitsuru Okigawa, Tetsuya Tatsumi, Miyako Matsui, Yukinobu Hikosaka and Makoto Sekine (Plasma Technology Laboratory, Association of Super-Advanced Electronics Technologies)

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Diagnostics of Plasma-Surface Interactions in Fluorocarbon Plasmas

Jean Paul. Booth (University Joseph Fourier)

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Mechanism of Etch Rate Control in a Capacitive RF Plasma for ULSI Processing

Tetsuya Tatsumi, Yukinobu Hikosaka, Satoshi Morishita, Miyako Matsui and Makoto Sekine (Plasma Technology Laboratory, Association of Super-Advanced Electronics Technologies)

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Mechanism of W/WN/poly-Si Gate Etching

Tadashi Umezawa, Hiroshi Kawakami, Takafumi Tokunaga, Kazuo Nojiri, Kazutami Tago* and Kinya Kobayashi* (Device Development Center, *Hitachi Research Laboratory, Hitachi Ltd.)

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Silicon Oxide Selective Etching and Chamber Cleaning Process by Radical Control for Preventing Global Warming

Kazushi Fujita, Shigeto Kobayashi, Masafumi Ito, Masaru Hori and Toshio Goto (Department of Quantum Engineering, Nagoya University)

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Contact Plug Formation Using Chemical Dry Etching (CDE) Etch back of Blanket CVD W

Junko Abe, Akihiro Kojima, Takayuki Sakai, Hisataka Hayashi, Makoto Sekine, Tomoaki Yoshimori*, Sadayuki Jimbo**, Yukimasa Yoshida** and Tokuhisa Ohiwa (Microelectronics Engineering Laboratory, Toshiba Corp., *Shibaura Mechatronics Co., Ltd., **Integrated Circuit Advanced Process Engineering Department, Toshiba Corp.)

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Direct Deposition of Blanket Tungsten Layer on SiO2 by Pre-Exposure of Helium Plasma

Takashi Noma, Kwang Soo Seol*, Makoto Fujimaki* and Yoshimichi Ohki* (MOS-LSI Division, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., *Department of Electrical, Electrics and Computer Engineering, Waseda University)

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High Rate Formation of Poly-Silicon at Low temperature Using UHF SiH4/H2 Plasma

Ryohei Yoshida, Shigeaki Sumiya, Bencheruki Mebarki, Masafumi Ito, Masaru Hori, Toshio Goto, Seiji Samukawa* and Tsutomu Tsukada** (Department of Quantum Engineering, Nagoya University, *NEC Corp., **ANELVA Corp.)

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Special Lecture for 20th Anniversary

Jun-ichi Nishizawa (President, Iwate Prefectural University)

Study of Dominant Mechanisms in Dielectric Etching with a Physically-based Profile Simulator

V. Vahedi, D.J. Cooperberg, J.M. Cook and R.A. Gottscho (Lam Research Corp.)

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Effect of Pulse Modulated Plasma on a Charge Build-Up of the Microscopic Structure

Jun Matsui, Nobuhiko Nakano and Toshiaki Makabe (Department of Electrical Engineering, Facultyof Science and Technology, Keio University)

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Characterization and Elimination of a Novel Notching Caused by LOCOS Topography-Dependent Charging in Densely Patterned Polycide Gate Electrodes and Interconnects

Bor-Ru Sheu, Ming-Yuan Tsai, Tzu-Shih Yen and Erik S. Jeng (DRAM Technology Division, Vanguard International Semiconductor Corp.)

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Reduction of Topography-Dependent Charging Damage by the Pulse-Time-Modulated Plasma

Hiroto Ohtake, Seiji Samukawa, Ko Noguchi and Tadahiko Horiuchi (Silicon Systems Research Labs and ULSI Device Development Labs., NEC Corp.)

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Effect of the Pattern Structures on the Damage Current during Plasma Etching

Akihiro Hasegawa, Fumihiko Shimpuku, Masaaki Aoyama*, Koichi Hashimoto, Moritaka Nakamura and Daisuke Matsunaga (ULSI Development Division, Fujitsu Ltd., *VLSI Laboratory, Fujitsu VLSI Ltd.)

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Contactless Characterization of Plasma-Induced Damage in Si Substrate by Photoreflectance Spectroscopy

Hideo Wada, Masashi Agata, Koji Eriguchi*, Akira Fujimoto**, Takeshi Kanashima and Masanori Okuyama (Department of Physical Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, *Central Research Laboratory, Matsushita Electric Ind. Co., Ltd., **Department of Electrical Engineering,Wakayama National College of Technology)

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Control of the ExB Induced VT Shift in Merie Dielectric Etchers

Roger Lindley, Dave Galley*, Claes Jorkman, Hongching Shan, Kenny Doan and Kuang-Han Ke (Applied Materials Inc., *Atmel Corp.)

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The Generation Mechanism of Sidewall-Fence by Pt Etching -The Relation between Etching Area and Sidewall Fence-

Takashi Yunogami (Process Development Dept., Process Device Development Center, Hitachi Ltd.)

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Dry Etching Method of ITO Film Using HI Gas without Leaving the Iodide Materials

Mitsuru Sadamoto, Noriyuki Yanagawa and Satoru Iwamori (Performance Materials R&D Center, Mitsui Chemicals Inc.)

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Analyses of LiNbO3 Wafer Surface Etched by ECR Plasma of CHF3 & CF4

Naoki Mitsugi, Kaori Shima, Masumi Ishizuka and Hirotoshi Nagata (New Technology Research Laboratories, Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd.)

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Endpoint Monitoring Using Ar Mass Analysis in ECR Ion Stream Etching of Sputter-Deposited WSiN for GaAs-MESFET

Chiharu Takahashi, Yoshito Jin, Kazumi Nishimura and Toshiro Ono (NTT System Electronics Laboratories)

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Selectivity and Profile Control of Poly-Si Etching by Time Modulation Bias Method

Tetsuo Ono, Hiroshi Miyazaki, Tatsumi Mizutani, Yasuo Goto* and Tokuo Kure* (Kasado Works, *Central Research Laboratory, Hitachi Ltd.)

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Etch Characteristics of Shallow Trench Isolation for 0.18μm Devices

Choong-Bae Kim, Bum-Jin Jun, Jong-Kook Kim, W.G. Kim, Dong-Duk Lee, J.W. Kim, Yeo-Song Seol and I.H. Choi (Semiconductor Research Division, Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd.)

Effect of Etching By-Product on Profile Control and the Formation of Etching Residue in Shallow Trench Isolation Etching

Kazuyoshi Yoshida, Ken Tokashiki, Hidenobu Miyamoto (ULSI Device Development Laboratories, NEC Corp.)

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Control of Etched Shape and Selectivity in ECR Ion Stream Etching of Si with Fluoride Gas Mixture

Chiharu Takahashi and Seitaro Matsuo (NTT System Electronics Laboratories)

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Low-k Dielectric Materials for 0.13μm Logic CMOS and beyond

Tadahiko Horiuchi (ULSI Device Development Laboratories, NEC Corp.)

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Integration Challenges of Low-k Dielectrics for Advanced ICs

Wei W. Lee and Steve W. Russell* (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., *Texa Instruments, Inc.)

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Etching Characteristics of Organic Low-k Film

Masanaga Fukasawa, Toshiaki Hasegawa, Shinsuke Hirano* and Shingo Kadomura (ULSI R&D Laboratories, *Production Technology Department, Sony Corp.)

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In Situ FT-IR Spectroscopy on Fluorocarbon Plasmas Used for Low-k Film Deposition

Tatsuru Shirafuji (Department of Electronics and Information Science, Kyoto Institute of Technology)

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Spatially Resolved Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy in Microelectronics Processing Plasmas

G.A. Hebner (Sandia National Laboratories)

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Behaviors of CFx (x=1~3) and Polymeric Species in Electron Cyclotron Resonance Fluorocarbon Plasmas

Masayuki Nakamura, Kungen Teii, Hirotaka Nakayama, Masafui Ito, Masaru Hori, Akihiro Kono, Toshio Goto and Nobuo Ishii* (Department of Quantum Engineering, Nagoya University, *Central Reserch Laboratory, Tokyo Electron Ltd.)

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Spatial Structure Analysis of CF and CF2 Radical Densities in a 100-MHz Inductively Coupled Plasma

Hideo Nakagawa, Mitsuru Okigawa, Shuichi Noda, Satoshi Morishita, Katsumichi Ito*, Masami Inoue and Makoto Sekine (Association of Super-Advanced Electronics Technologies, *Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.)

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High Energy Electrons and Etching Performance in SWP and ICP

Hikaru Kokura*, Kengo Yamauchi, Naoki Matsumoto*, Keiji Nakamura, Daisuke Matsunaga**, Moritaka Nakamura** and Hideo Sugai (Department of Electrical Engineering, Nagoya University, *Electronics Engineering Laboratories, Sumitomo Metal Industries Co., Ltd., **ULSI Development Division, Fujitsu Co., Ltd.)

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Microwave Coupling as a Plasma Diagnostic in an Electron Cyclotron Resonance CVD Reactor

John E. Daugherty (Lam Research Corp.)

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Modeling of Two Frequency Capacitively-Coupled Plasma in Ar/CF4 Gas Mixture

Nobuhiko- Nakano and Toshiaki Makabe (Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University)

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Effect of Increasing the Upper Frequency on Dual Frequency Capacitive-Coupled Plasma

Akira Koshiishi, Masayuki Tomoyasu, Yoshifumi Tahara and Masayuki Kojima* (Tokyo Electron Yamanashi, *Semiconductor and IC Division, Hitachi Ltd.)

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Measurement and Comparison of EEDF Profiles for Various Types of Plasmas Using OES

Shuichi Noda, Keizou Kinoshita, Hideo Nakagawa, Mitsuru Okigawa, Tetsuya Tatsumi, Masami Inoue and Makoto Sekine (Association of Super-Advanced Electronics Technologies)

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Characterization of Dielectric Etching Processes by X Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Analyses in High Aspect Ratio Contact Holes

O. Joubert, L. Vallier, P. Czuprynski, F. Vinet*, P. Berruyer* and C. Verove** (Branche Developpement, France Telecom, *LETI (CEA-Technologies Avancees) MEL-CENG, **STMicroelectronics)

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Mechanisms of Highly Selective SiO2/Si3N4 Etching in High-Aspect-Ratio Self-Aligned Contact Hole

Akira Takahashi, Naokatsu Ikegami, Motoki Kobayashi and Jyun Kanamori (VSLI Research and Development Center, Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.)

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Influence of Electron Shading on Highly Selective SiO2 to Si Etching

Kazumasa Yonekura, Toshiharu Katayama, Takahiro Maruyama, Nobuo Fujiwara and Hiroshi Miyatake (ULSI Development Center, Mitsubishi Electric Corp.)

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Characterization of Highly Selective SiO2/Si3N4 Etching Using C5F8

Youbun Itoh, Akira Koshiishi, Ryukichi Shimizu, Masaaki Hagiwara, Koichiro Inazawa and Eiichi Nishimura (Tokyo Electron Yamanashi Ltd.)

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Chamber Wall Control by Ion Bombardment in Oxide Etcher

Keiji Nakamura, Shinichi Yoneda and Hideo Sugai (Department of Electrical Engineering, Nagoya University)

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Investigation of SiO2 Etching Using Low Global Warming Gas (Hexafluoropropylene)

Shigenori Sakamori, Junko Matsumoto, Kazumasa Yonekura, Nobuo Fujiwara and Hiroshi Miyatake (ULSI Development Center, Mitsubishi Electric Corp.)

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O2 Addition Effects to C3F6 + Trimethylsilane Mixture in High Aspect Ratio SiO2 Etching

Yasuhiko Chinzei, Yannick Feurprier, Takanori Ichiki and Yasuhiro Horiike* (Department of Electrical Engineering, Toyo University, *School of Materials Science Engineering, The University of Tokyo)

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