Research Article

Online Monitoring of Copper Damascene Electroplating Bath by Voltammetry: Selection of Variables for Multiblock and Hierarchical Chemometric Analysis of Voltammetric Data

Table 4

Individual (range by range) selection of the ranges of points of staircase voltammogram, variables , of Figure 1 determined based on results of Figure 3. The potentials are expressed versus reference electrode.

Data range index, kSignalRange of voltammogram, variables Width,
mV

mV

Reduction1401–143030−268−338
Oxidation1478–149619142322
Reduction1785–182642−197−287
Oxidation1871–188818162333
Reduction2173–221947−168−268
Oxidation2263–227917172262
Reduction2563–261250−158−248
Oxidation2655–267016182333
Reduction2955–300248−168−228
Oxidation3048–306215202343
Reduction3345–339551−158−238
Oxidation3441-345414222353
Reduction3735–378652−148−238
Oxidation3834–384613242363