process, which is used in our ASPECT 2 (a single poly emitter coupled technology) process.At one point of time, SOG films in the pre-metal dielectric layer (PMDL) had incidents of delamination after plasma partial etchback. A typical example of delaminated SOG film is shown in Fig. 1. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) cross-sectional imaging of the delaminated area further confirmed the delamination. A typical premetal dielectric layer is shown schematically in Fig. 2. Phos-