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08-07-2011
Deposition
rate (/s)
Exposure
time (s)
RF Power
(W)
RF
Frequency
(Hz)
Pressure
(Torr)
Ar Flow
(sccm)
0.2
2500
200
811
2,4x10-7
45
Measurements/Tests:
1.
2.
Refraction index
Thickness ()
1st point
1,633
567
2nd point
1,633
560
Bias Current
t
L
External H
Neutralizadores
Sample holder
Obturador
Alvos
Sistema de vcuo
Inmeras:
-
Permitem:
-
Layer
SV stucture
Material
1
2
3
4
5
6
Buffer Layer
Ta
NiFe
CoFe
Cu
CoFe
IrMn
Free Layer
Spacer Layer
Pinned Layer
Exchange
Layer
Ta
60
400.00
231
1185.80
Total
Amostras de calibrao:
1) Lamela de vidro para medio de propriedades
magnticas VSM e GMR
2) Lamela de vidro para etch stop-point no passo 5
1200
1174.5
Beam
Negative
Current
Grid (V)
(mA)
300
22
291.25
21.88
Xe
Substrate
Subrotation
Flow
Inclination
(rpm)
(sccm)
()
2.4
15
80
2.45
n/a
n/a
Along Easy-Axis
-4
1.6x10
-4
1.4x10
-4
1.2x10
-4
1.0x10
-5
8.0x10
-5
6.0x10
-5
4.0x10
-5
2.0x10
0.0
-5
-2.0x10
-5
-4.0x10
-5
-6.0x10
-5
-8.0x10
-4
-1.0x10
-4
-1.2x10
-4
-1.4x10
-4
-1.6x10
-4
1.4x10
-4
1.2x10
-4
1.0x10
-5
8.0x10
-5
6.0x10
-5
4.0x10
-5
2.0x10
0.0
-5
-2.0x10
-5
-4.0x10
-5
-6.0x10
-1500
-1000
-500
500
1000
1500
-60
-50
-40
-30
-20
-10
10
20
30
40
50
60
Campo externo > 0: fcil alinhamento da free layer com a pinned layer mximo momento
Campo externo < 0: contra a pinned layer surge o exchange field e, depois, histerese
Campo externo < 0 intenso: a pinned layer virada pelo campo intenso
Perpendicular to easy-axis
-4
1.6x10
-4
1.4x10
-4
1.2x10
-4
1.0x10
-5
8.0x10
-5
6.0x10
-5
4.0x10
-5
2.0x10
0.0
-5
-2.0x10
-5
-4.0x10
-5
-6.0x10
-5
-8.0x10
-4
-1.0x10
-4
-1.2x10
-4
-1.4x10
-4
-1.6x10
-1200 -1000 -800 -600 -400 -200
200
400
600
28.6
28.4
28.2
28.0
27.8
-35 -30 -25 -20 -15 -10
-5
10
15
20
25
30
35
Resist coating:
Bake 60 sec @ 120 C
Cool 30 sec @ air
Dispense photoresist 5 sec @
800 rpm (1,5m)
Spin 40 sec @ 2,5k rpm 5
sec @ 1,6k rpm
Clean photoresist {wafer
border} 2 sec @ 1k rpm
Bake 60 sec @ 87C
Improves
resist
adherence!!
4.3) Development
Resist development:
Bake 60 sec @ 120 C
Cool 30 sec @ air
Water spray and rinse 1 sec @ 500
rpm
Dispense developer 5 sec @ 500
rpm
Developent 60 sec @ 0 rpm
Rinse with H2O 20 sec @ 1k rpm
Dry 30 sec @ 3,5k rpm
SV dims: 2,5x10 m
Problem!
But it is reversible
2nd
Lithography
OK!
Beam
current
(mA)
29-31
Power
(W)
65
Thickness Etching
()
time (s)
254,1
254,1
Declination
Rotation
Speed (rpm)
70
12
Etching steps:
1. Estabilizao do canho
2. Etch
3. End-etch
Note: last 30 seconds with +1W (power) ensure there is no
under-etch
Step 5 Result
Perfect!
7.1) Preparation
Vapour priming:
~2x2.5m for
contact-SV overlap
7.3) Development
Resist development (SVG Development track):
Bom alinhamento
entre a 1 e 2
litografia!
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Deposition
Parameters
Pressure
(mtorr)
Ar Flow
(sccm)
N2 Flow
(sccm)
Power
(W)
Voltage
(V)
Current
(A)
Deposition
Rate [/s]
Time
(s)
Soft sputter
Etching
50
RF1=60
RF2=40
~3/60 to 4/60
60
Al98.5Si1Cu0.5
3000
50
2k
400
38
60+20
Ti12.5W50(N37.5)
150
50
10
500
433,5
1,2
27
The initial soft sputter etching removes the first atomic layers
of the formed tantalum oxide, in order to improve the
electrical contact between Ta and AlSiCu.
The Nitrogen gas injected during the TiW deposition dopes
the TiW forming TiWN, giving a better resilience to corrosion.
IST-TMN-2S 10/11- Emanuel Antunes, Manuel Nascimento, Miguel
Leito
Callibration samples:
Deposited over piece one
big piece of glass,
marked with pen marker
lines to be used for two
tests:
Perfilometry
Resistivity
measurements
t1[]
t2[]
t3[]
t4[]
t5[]
Average []
Average [m]
3235 23.2
3216 42.2
3139 119.2
3592 333.8
3109 149.2
3258.2 333.8
0.32582 0.03338
As we can see the film is quite uniform and the total thickness is close to the
intended 3150 (covered by the error bar).
Resistivity Measurements:
With the aid of a diamond-tip a stripe of AlSiCu is defined by scratching two parallel
lines, which limit a rectangular area of AlSiCu used to calculate resistivity together
with current and voltage measurements obtained in the GMR bench via the probe
tips.
Distance between scratched lines: d = 31091 m (measured using the profilometer)
Distance between Voltage probes: L = 3162.8 200 m (measured using the dicing
microscope software ruler - 200m error bar)
I
L
t
d
RF Power (W)
Pressure (mTorr)
Ar flow (sccm)
Time
2000
140
3.15
20
1h30m
1. Profilometry - Dektak 3030 ST (SiO2 film thickness): ink lines are wiped off
with acetone, then sample is cleaned, dried and put into the profilometer to
measure the thickness of the film.
Height ()
Measured
Average
2502
2456
2043
2618
2404.75 361.75
2. Ellipsometry (film thickness + refraction index): the sample is put into the
ellipsometer after calibrating the machine via alignment of the reflected/refracted
beams with calibration sample. Parameters used: pattern 91, program 9.
Refractive index
1.54
1.48
1.49 0.04
1.48
1.48
Thickness ()
2236.00
2236.00
2224.33 23.33
(DD)
2201.00
()
(NR)
(NR)
249.87
270.12
()
(NR)
(<20)
17.56
25.25
Refraction index: Values close to each other, except the first one. This could probably be because the
deposition wasnt uniform all over the wafer, leading to a result a little further away from the others. and
are in a very high line density zone > small deviation in the measurement of and yield a wide range
for the refractive index results.
2. Ellipsometry
Thickness:
Close to 2000 with some deviation > deposition rate isnt constant in the UHV sputtering
system, but also because, as we have seen in the refractive index, and are in a very high
line density zone, making it difficult to determine accurately the thickness of the film.
The ellipsometer used has a good resolution up to 1000, and is unreliable for values higher.
Successive variations in thickness propagate through layers, increasing the non-uniformity of the
last layer.
11.1) Preparation
Vapour priming:
Exposure data:
Layer: Layer_3
Layer inversion: non-inverted
Layer colour: blue
Conversion name: g1pads
Focus: 70
Energy: File 30
Vista geral e detalhes da mscara.
Fotografias de microscpio
Machine: LAM
Pre-treatment: None needed
Calibration: Use the calibration sample prepared
on Step 10 to evaluate etching stop-point
Deposition settings:
Etching rate ~ 10 /s .
To ensure perfect contact pads exposure a 10% over-etch limit is applied.
It's better to do more runs of lesser time, than one run exceeding 150s as
the sample will be heated and that could harden the photo-resist making it
worse for resist-strip (He refrigerates wafer).
Measurements: Use of GMR test bench in order to confirm total removal of SiO2
over the contact pads (full exposure of contacts). Verification of proper SV
operation with GMR measurements.
Resistance [Ohm]
MR= 5.78%
111
110
109
108
OK!
107
106
105
104
-150
-100
-50
50
100
Although this is only one SV of the 144 fabricated, we can conclude that the
fabrication process was successful, and the pads are well exposed as
inspected optically.
Resistance [Ohm]
Resistance [Ohm]
104
103
98
97
96
102
95
101
94
100
93
99
92
-100
-50
50
MR=5.97%
Comportamento esperado.
100
-100
-50
MR= 5.81%
Histerese indesejada.
50
100
Resistance [Ohm]
Resistance [Ohm]
116
115
114
113
102
112
101
111
110
100
109
99
108
-100
-50
50
100
-100
-50
50
MR= 6.09%
Histerese indesejada.
100
MR= 5.98%
Histerese indesejada.
Agradecimentos
50
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g r u p o
EM&M&M (pela
ordem inversa na
foto) agradece a
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