COMPOSITION FOR ADVANCED NODE FRONT - AND BACK-END OF LINE CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING

摘要

A highly dilutable chemical mechanical polishing concentrate comprises an abrasive, an acid, a stabilizer, and water with a point-of-use pH ranging from 2.2 - 3.5 for planarizing current and next generation semiconductor integrated circuit FEOL/BEOL substrates. A transistor is polished with the slurry, wherein the slurry comprises an abrasive, an acid, a stabilizer, and water. The transistor comprises a polysilicon gate, a hardmask over the polysilicon gate, an etch stop layer over the hardmask, and a dielectric layer over the etch stop layer. The polishing concentrate is used to polish the dielectric layer, the etch stop layer, the hardmask, and the polysilicon gate with the slurry. At least one of the layers is silicon carbide and at least one of the layers is a silica material.