International Business Machines Corporation

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd (corporation)

Hyung-yoon Choi

Wan-jae Park

Tong Qing Chen

Yi-Hsiung Lin

Method of Fabricating Interconnections of a Microelectronic Device Using a Dual Damascene Process. A method of fabricating interconnections of a microelectronic device includes preparing a semiconductor substrate comprising a lower dielectric layer and a lower interconnection, forming an etch stopper layer and an interlayer dielectric layer on the semiconductor substrate, forming a via hole in the interlayer dielectric layer so that the etch stopper layer is exposed through the via hole, performing carbon doping on the etch stopper layer, performing trench etching to form a trench in the interlayer dielectric layer so that the trench overlaps part of the via hole, removing the carbon-doped etch stopper layer, and filling the via hole and the trench with a conductive material to form an upper interconnection.

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Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Hyung-yoon Choi