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Frontiers of Cu Electrodeposition and Electroless Plating for On-chip Interconnects

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Copper Electrodeposition for Nanofabrication of Electronics Devices

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In the electronics industry, interconnect is defined as a conductive connection between two or more circuit elements. It interconnects elements (transistor, resistors, etc.) on an integrated circuit or components on a printed circuit board. The main function of the interconnect is to contact the junctions and gates between device cells and input/output (I/O) signal pads. These functions require specific material properties. For performance or speed, the metallization structure should have low resistance and capacitance. For reliability, it is important to have the capability of carrying high current density, stability against thermal annealing, resistance against corrosion and good mechanical properties.

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Acknowledgments

This work was part resourced by the Nano-EI project within CCAN—the Collaborative Centre for Applied Nanotechnology (www.ccan.ie), supported by Enterprise Ireland & IDA Ireland (grant no. CC/2009/0002). D. T. acknowledges financial support from Science Foundation Ireland (SFI; grant no. 11/SIRG/B2111).

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    James F. Rohan & Damien Thompson

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  1. Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, Osaka, Japan

    Kazuo Kondo

  2. Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, Oregon, USA

    Rohan N. Akolkar

  3. Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA

    Dale P. Barkey

  4. Industrial Technology Support Institute, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

    Masayuki Yokoi

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Rohan, J.F., Thompson, D. (2014). Frontiers of Cu Electrodeposition and Electroless Plating for On-chip Interconnects. In: Kondo, K., Akolkar, R., Barkey, D., Yokoi, M. (eds) Copper Electrodeposition for Nanofabrication of Electronics Devices. Nanostructure Science and Technology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9176-7_5

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