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Abbreviations

Al : Aluminium
2-D : Two Dimension
3-D : Three Dimension
AFM : Atomic Force Microscope
AFM : Atomic Force Microscopy
Ag : Silver
BEOL : Back End of Line
C : Carbon
CMP : Chemical Mechanical Polishing
CO2 : Carbon Dioxide
C-V : Capacitance Voltage
CVD : Chemical Vapour Deposition
DI : Distilled
EDX : Energy Dispersive x-ray Spectroscopy
F : Fluorine
FEOL : Front End of Line
FESEM : Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope
FSG : Fluorosilicate Glass (F-SiO2)
FTIR : Fourier Transform Infrared
GSI : Giant Scale Integration
HF : Hydrofluoric Acid
HMDS : HexaMethylDiSilazine
IBM : International Business Machine
IC : Integrated circuit
ILD : Interlayer Dielectric
IMD : Intermetal Dielectric
IPA : Isopropyl Alcohol
IR : Infrared
ITRS : International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors
I-V : Current- Voltage
k : Dielectric constant
LCO2 : Liquid Carbon Dioxide
LO : Longitudinal Optic
LSI : Large Scale Integration
MeV : Mega Electron Volt
MIS : Metal Insulator Semiconductor
MLM : Multilevel Metallization
MOS : Metal Oxide Semiconductor
MSI : Medium Scale Integration
MSQ : Methyl siliesquioxane
N2 : Nitrogen

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nm : Nanometer
ORMOSIL : Organically Modified Silicates
OSG : Organo-Silicate Glass
RC : Resistance Capacitance
RF : Radio Frequency
RI : Refractive index
RMS : Root Mean Square
RPM : Run per Minute
SC : Supercritical
SEM : Scanning Electron Microscopy
SHI : Swift heavy ions
Si : Silicon
SiO2 : Silicon dioxide
SOC : System-On-Chip
SOG : Spin-On Glass
SSI : Small Scale Integration
SSQ : Siliesquioxane
TCE : Trichloroethylene
TEFS : Triethoxyfluorosilane
TEOS : Tetraethylorthosilicate
TMCS : Trimethylcholorosilane
ULSI : Ultra Large Scale Integrated circuit
UV : Ultra Violet
VLSI : Very Large Scale Integrated Circuit
W : Tungsten
XRD : X-ray diffractometer

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