Gte Laboratories Incorporated

Eugene O Degenkolb

Marvin J Tabasky

Paul E Poppert

Method of producing two-layer metal interconnections in a semiconductor integrated circuit structure coated with silicon dioxide. Masking material is deposited on the silicon dioxide. Openings are formed in the masking material and then in the silicon dioxide to expose contact areas on the integrated circuit structure. A first metal, tungsten, is deposited on the masking material and on the contact areas exposed at the openings. The masking material and the overlying tungsten are stripped off leaving tungsten only on the contact areas. A second metal, aluminum, is deposited over the silicon dioxide and the tungsten on the contact areas. Aluminum is selectively removed to form a pattern of conductive members of tungsten-aluminum on the contact areas and of aluminum over the silicon dioxide.

Method of producing integrated circuit structures

Method of forming a substrate for fabricating CMOS FET's by forming sections of N and P-type conductivity in a body of silicon. Grooves are etched in the N and P-type sections to produce N and P-type sectors encircled by grooves. The surfaces of the grooves are oxidized, the grooves are filled with polycrystalline silicon, and exposed surfaces of the polycrystalline silicon are oxidized to form barriers which encircle the sectors and electrically isolate them. Shallow trenches are etched in regions of the body outside the N and P-type sectors and the trenches are filled with regions of silicon dioxide. A pair of complementary FET's are fabricated in the two sectors and a metal interconnection between them overlies a portion of a region of silicon dioxide.

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Wayland, MA, United States of America

Eugene O Degenkolb