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Publication
Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology
Paper
Tantalum, tantalum nitride, and chromium adhesion to polyimide: Effect of annealing ambient on adhesion
Abstract
The adhesion of Ta, TaN (cubic), TaNx (mixture of cubic and amorphous phases), and Cr to 3,3',4,4'-biphenylene tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride-p-phenylenediamine-derived polyimide (BPDA-PDA PI) has been characterized. The PI surface was subjected to CF4-reactiveion etching (RIE) and Ar-sputtering prior to interface preparation. The peel adhesion at T-0 (initial) shows the following order: TaNx∼ TaN < Ta∼ Cr, with all samples failing in apparently virgin PI. After ten thermal cycles to 400°C in forming gas the peel adhesionshowed the following trend: TaNx < TaN∼ Ta ∼ Cr, whereas if the annealing was done in N2 the order changed to TaNx∼ TaN « Ta < Cr. The peel locus of failure was always in the apparently virgin PI in the Cr/PI samples, while the Ta/PIsamples failed in the modified PI, and the TaN/PI and TaNx/PI samples failed between the Ta-nitride and the Cu peel backing film after thermal cycling. © 1998 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.