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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2020
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Chih-Chao Yang, Glenmont, NY (US);
Baozhen Li, South Burlington, VT (US);
Raghuveer Reddy Patlolla, Guilderland, NY (US);
Cornelius Brown Peethala, Slingerlands, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Interconnect structures or memory structures are provided in the BEOL in which topography variation is reduced. Reduced topography variation is achieved by providing a structure that includes a first dielectric capping layer that has a planar topmost surface and/or a second dielectric capping layer that has a planar topmost surface. The first dielectric capping layer has a non-planar bottom surface that contacts both a recessed surface of an interconnect dielectric material layer and a planar topmost surface of at least one electrically conductive structure that is embedded in the interconnect dielectric material layer.