Thermal stability and bonding interface in Cu/SiO2hybrid bonding on nano-Twinned copper

Jou Chun Ou, Yi Yun Tsai, Ting Chun Lin, Chin Li Kao, Shih Chieh Hsiao, Fei Ya Huang, Jui Chao Kuo

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Abstract

Cu/SiO2 hybrid bonding has been developed for the application of heterogeneous bond interfaces in 3D integrated circuits in which thermal stability and bonding behavior are important. Thus, nano-Twinned Cu (NT-Cu) is selected as the bonding material, and the thermal stability of NT-Cu and the bonding behavior of the interface between NT-Cu are investigated using a scanning electron microscope, electron backscatter diffraction, and focused ion beam. In addition to the microstructure analysis, nano-indentation and nano-scratch are employed to characterize the mechanical properties of the matrix and the interface between NT-Cu. As the bonding temperature increases from 200 to 300 °C for NT-Cu, the average grain sizes increase from 0.64 to 0.87 μm, and the rate of grain coarsening increases from 0.14 to 0.25 μm/h1/2. In addition, the fraction of voids at the bonding interface for NT-Cu interconnects decreases from 0.814% to 0.005%, and the penetration depth increases from 228 to 745 nm with an increase in the temperature from 200 to 300 °C. The hardness of the bonding interface obtained by nano-scratch and nano-indentation array testing is ∼1.8 GPa.

Original languageEnglish
Article number065201
JournalAIP Advances
Volume12
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022 Jun 1

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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