Microwave Characterization of Low-k Dielectric Thin Films using Microstrip Transmission Lines

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dc.contributor.advisorGalloway, Heather C.
dc.contributor.authorRadican, Kevin Patrick
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-20T15:43:46Z
dc.date.available2020-08-20T15:43:46Z
dc.date.issued2003-05
dc.description.abstractIn order to reduce the effects o f the parasitic RC time delay the microelectronics industry is moving to low-k dielectric materials for use with metal lines in future integrated circuit chips, as outlined by the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors. The high frequency electrical properties o f these new low-k materials are not always well known. This thesis presents a method to study the electrical properties o f several candidate low-k materials at frequencies o f 0.5 to 13.5 GHz using microstrip transmission lines both before and after chemical mechanical planarization (CMP). The microstrips are fabricated on wafer samples consisting of a 300 nm low-k thin film, and 100 nm SiC interlayer, using DC magnetron sputtering, laser beam photolithography, and reactive ion etching. In order to etch through the SiC under layer for a proper ground contact with the substrate, a reactive ion plasma etch process using RF magnetron sputtering with tetrafluoroethane and oxygen gases was also developed. A SiC etch rate with respect to oxygen concentration investigation was also entailed in this thesis. The electrical properties were measured with an Agilent 8719ES network analyzer and a Cascade Microtech microwave probe station.
dc.description.departmentPhysics
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dc.format.extent134 pages
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dc.identifier.citationRadican, K. P. (2003). Microwave characterization of low-k dielectric thin films using microstrip transmission lines (Unpublished thesis). Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/12424
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectdielectric films
dc.subjectstrip transmission lines
dc.subjectdielectric devices
dc.subjectdielectrics
dc.titleMicrowave Characterization of Low-k Dielectric Thin Films using Microstrip Transmission Lines
dc.typeThesis
thesis.degree.departmentPhysics
thesis.degree.grantorSouthwest Texas State University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science

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