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Microscale Device Fabrication:Microscale Device Fabrication:Electrochemical Deposition Electrochemical Deposition
(EMD) of Metals(EMD) of Metals
By By
Mahmoud HayatMahmoud Hayat
andand
Cerise McLarenCerise McLaren
The ProjectThe ProjectThe goal of the project is to deposit copper onto a
pattern that is put on a silicon wafer. The copper deposit on the pattern creates a circuit on the silicon wafer. Copper is being used instead of a previously more commonly used silver because it has a greater conductivity and less resistivity than silver. The silicon wafer will be used as a printed circuit board (PCB) that are found in a variety of different mechanical equipment, such as computers and cell phones.
Day One: In the LabDay One: In the Lab
This is a photograph of our work station. This is a setup of the electrochemical deposition
of copper wires. In this experiment copper is
transferred from a positively charged wire to a negatively charged wire in a solution
made of H2SO4, HCL, CuSO4 and H2O. The negatively
charged wire becomes thicker with copper and the positively charged wire becomes thinner.
Day Two:Day Two:IME Manufacturing LabIME Manufacturing Lab
PhotolithographyPhotolithography
1. Clean silicon wafer with acetone, methanol and DI water. Blow dry with nitrogen gas.
2. Soft bake wafer at 90o C for two minutes.
3. Place wafer on spinner; turn on vacuum to prevent wafer from moving. Add 24 drops photo resist in center of wafer and start the spinner.
4. Hard bake wafer at 120o C for ten minutes.
The Process:
6. Place wafer under a mask that has a pattern where copper will be deposited onto the aluminum plated silicon wafer. Expose wafer to ultraviolet light for 30 seconds. Immerse wafer in developing solution for three to four minutes. Clean wafer with DI water and blow dry with nitrogen gas.
7. Soft bake wafer for two minutes and check the pattern on the wafer under a microscope.
The wafer is now ready for electrochemical deposition.
The wafers after the photolithography process.
Spin coater
Acetone, methanol and DI water used to clean the wafers
The lab equipment
Ovens and masking machine
Equipment in the IME Manufacturing LabEquipment in the IME Manufacturing Lab
Day Three: Deposition of CopperDay Three: Deposition of Copper
After creating an image on the silicon wafer the electrochemical deposition of copper can begin. The first step is to make the solution. After mixing the solution the beaker is to be placed on the mixer that uses a magnet stir bar to stir liquids. The surface area of the exposed spots on the silicon wafer are measured and put into an equation to calculate the amps needed to deposit copper onto the wafer. A piece of copper wire or sheet of copper is placed in the beaker with the positive alligator clip, held in place and allowed to sit in the solution. The silicon wafer is placed in the beaker with the negative alligator clip, held in place with the image side facing the piece of copper and allowed to sit in the solution about two or three centimeters from the piece of copper. The mixer is turned on at a medium speed and the power source is turned on to the amps that were calculated from the surface area. The process usually takes about twenty five minutes.
power source
solution
mixer
alligator clips
Day Three: Results and ConclusionsDay Three: Results and ConclusionsResultsResults
The expected result of the electrochemical deposition experiment was that copper would be deposited on the exposed pattern on the silicon wafer. The two wafers that were used in the experiments were not deposited with copper or had very small trace
amounts of copper.
ConclusionConclusionThe possible reasons that the exposed areas on the wafer did not become deposited
with copper are the following:
1) The aluminum plating on the silicon wafer was very thin. Because of this, the current travelling form the power source was not strong enough because the thin
aluminum was not thick enough to allow a strong current.
2) The silicon wafers may have been defected in the process of photolithography, such as being scratched or touched with invasive chemicals.
The Grand ConclusionThe Grand Conclusion
What we learned and what we could have done better
This project taught us…
• how to mix chemicals properly and safely
• how to deposit copper onto other metals
• the process of photolithography
• how silicon wafers are made and what they are used for
• how to calculate amps needed for a specific surface area
• how to work as a team
Electromechanical Deposition of Electromechanical Deposition of Copper: The Fun StuffCopper: The Fun Stuff
These are pieces of aluminum and brass that were deposited with copper
Acknowledgements
Partial support for this work was provided by the Intel Faculty Fellowship and the National Science Foundation’s Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement Program under grant
DUE-0127175