The Japan Society of Applied Physics

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM

[G-4-02] Dielectric Breakdown of Low Temperature Deposited SiCN Layers

Lin Hou1, Venkat Sunil Kumar Channam2, Alicja Lesniewska2, Serena Lacovo2, Shuo Kang2, Joeri De Vos2, Anne Jourdain2, Gerald Beyer2, Kristof Croes2, Edward Walsby3, Kath Crook3, Igor Belov3, Yangyin Chen1, Yan Li1, Eric Beyne2 (1. Western Digital (United States of America), 2. IMEC (Belgium), 3. SPTS (United States of America))

https://doi.org/10.7567/SSDM.2023.G-4-02

Temporary bonding material (TBM) enabled collective die-to-wafer (CoD2W) stacking requires the thermal budget to be well below 250 °C. This is incompatible with the standard process of record (POR) SiCN dielectric deposition temperature. In this work, we present a low-leakage and reliable SiCN material which is deposited at a lower temperature suitable for this application. The conduction mechanism and time dependent dielectric breakdown (TDDB) of LT SiCN dielectric layers with different compositions were investigated on a designed P-cap structure. Our studies indicate LT SiCN outperforms the POR SiCN by a significant margin. This improvement in the electrical characteristics has a good correlation to material composition. The optimized LT SiCN has a good potential to be applied to D2W and W2W processes to improve process compatibility.