CMP compositions and methods for selective removal of silicon nitride

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9850402
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14100339

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The present invention provides chemical mechanical polishing compositions and methods for polishing a substrate comprising silicon dioxide and silicon nitride, which provide selective removal of SiN relative to silicon oxide (e.g., PETEOS) on patterned wafers. In one embodiment, a CMP method comprises abrading a surface of a substrate comprising SiN and silicon oxide with a CMP composition to remove at least some SiN therefrom. The CMP composition comprises, consists essentially of, or consists of a particulate abrasive (e.g., ceria) suspended in an aqueous carrier and containing a cationic polymer bearing pendant quaternized nitrogen-heteroaromatic moieties, wherein the composition has a pH of greater than about 3.

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  • CABOT MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION

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Dinega, Dmitry Aurora, US 3 12
Jia, Renhe Naperville, US 38 187
Mateja, Daniel Oswego, US 3 20
Shekhar, Sairam Manassas, US 2 15

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