Low-permittivity nanocomposite materials using sculptured thin film technology

Abstract

The feasibility of using sculptured thin film technology to engineer multiphase low-permittivity (also called low-k) materials for microelectronic and electronic packaging applications is established via a numerical study. The chosen films are theoretically modeled as multiphase, uniaxial, dielectric nanocomposite materials and their anisotropic relative permittivity tensors are estimated using the Bruggeman formalism.