[labnetwork] Copper Through-Glass Vias on fused silica

[Hathaway, Malcolm R]

Hi Larry,

As it happens, Cu is not an established ALD process yet (that I am aware of).

Pt is common, but for your purposes (filling a 20um diameter hole) Pt would likely too expensive.  In fact, ALD is probably not a viable option because you will need a layer slightly thicker than the radius of the hole (i.e. 10 um) and ALD of almost anything in a 10um thickness will take 2-3 weeks (at least in our systems).  We tend to speak of dep thickness/cycle (~1A) because to speak of rate in thickness/min is too embarrassing!

Which is to say, ALD is slow.

Typical films are under 200nm.

Material-wise, Pt, Ru, and some other conductors are available, but they tend to be on the (even) slower side.  Some newer systems will get cycle times down to achieve 20-30 cy/min, but still nothing approaching CVD growth rates.

A Pt liner (or other conductive material) with Cu electroplating is much closer to a standard process for this sort of thing.  And if you wanted to get fancy you could even consider selective W CVD, but that would require a bit of process development.

I'm happy to chat about this off-line if you like.  Hopefully others with proper electroplating experience will chime in shortly.


Mac
Harvard CNS


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Hi,

I am looking for a (hopefully established) source to deposit ALD copper on Though-Glass Vias.

The vias are about 20um in diameter with an aspect ratio of about 10:1.

I would also consider Cu electroplating( after an appropriate ALD adhesion/base layer), but I’m not sure how feasible that is given the via diameter and aspect ratio.



Thanks for your help!



Larry



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