Polishing slurry, method of producing same, and method of polishing substrate

a technology of slurry and substrate, which is applied in the direction of lanthanide oxide/hydroxide, manufacturing tools, other chemical processes, etc., can solve the problems of reducing the removal speed of oxide layer, and reducing the removal speed of nitride layer, so as to reduce the number of micro-scratches

US20060032149A1Inactive Publication Date: 2006-02-16K C TECH +1
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2006-02-16
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Abstract

Disclosed is a polishing slurry, particularly, a slurry for chemical mechanical polishing, which is used in a chemical mechanical polishing process for flattening a semiconductor laminate. More particularly, the present invention provides a method of producing a slurry which has high removal selectivity to a nitride layer used as a barrier film in a shallow trench isolation CMP process needed to fabricate ultra highly integrated semiconductors of 256 mega D-RAM or more (Design rule of 0.13 μm or less) and which decreases the occurrence of scratches on a flattened surface, and a method of polishing a substrate using the same.
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0001] This application claims the priority of Korean Patent Application No. 2004-0059245, filed on Jul. 28, 2004, 2004-0059246, filed on Jul. 28, 2004, 2004-0067536, filed on Aug. 26, 2004 and 2004-0118158, filed on Dec. 31, 2004 in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference.

[0002] 1. Field of the Invention

[0003] The present invention relates to a polishing slurry, particularly, a slurry for chemical mechanical polishing (hereinafter, referred to as ‘CMP’), which is used in a chemical mechanical polishing process for flattening a semiconductor laminate. More particularly, the present invention pertains to a method of producing a slurry which has high removal selectivity to a nitride layer used as a barrier film in a shallow trench isolation CMP process needed to fabricate ultra highly integrated semiconductors of 256 mega D-RAM or more (Design rule of 0.13 μm or less) and which d...

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[0041] Hereinafter, a process of producing a polishing slurry according to the present invention and a characteristic analysis of the polishing slurry will be separately described in detail. Furthermore, a description will be given of a method of producing the polishing slurry using ceria as a polishing agent, deionized water as a dispersion medium thereof, and an anionic polymer dispersing agent as a dispersing agent. Additionally, a description will be given of the CMP results, such as an oxide film polishing speed and selectivity, depending on process conditions. Many modifications and variations of the present invention, which will be described later, are possible, and the scope of the present invention is not limited by the following description.

[0042] [Production of Ceria Slurry]

[0043] The ceria slurry of the present invention is produced so as to contain ceria powder, deionized (DI) water, anionic polymer dispersing agent, and an additive such as a weak acid or weak base. A ...