METHOD FOR COPPER CMP USING POLYMERIC COMPLEXING AGENTS

摘要

The invention provides a method of polishing a substrate comprising a metal layer comprising copper. The method comprises the steps of (i) providing a chemical-mechanical polishing system comprising a liquid carrier, a polishing pad, an abrasive, and a negatively charged polymer or copolymer, (ii) contacting the substrate with the polishing system, and (iii) abrading at least a portion of the substrate to polish the metal layer of the substrate. The negatively charged polymer or copolymer comprises one or more monomers selected from sulfonic acids, sulfonates, sulfates, phosphonic acids, phosphonates, and phosphates, has a molecular weight of 20,000 g/mol or more, and coats at least a portion of the abrasive such that the abrasive has a zeta potential value that is lowered upon interaction of the negatively charged polymer or copolymer with the abrasive.