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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2020
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Koichi Motoyama, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Oscar van der Straten, Guilderland Center, NY (US);
Kenneth Chun Kuen Cheng, Albany, NY (US);
Joseph F. Maniscalco, Lake Katrine, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An interconnect structure of an integrated circuit (IC) in which dielectric material defines upper and lower cavities and a via cavity communicative with the upper and lower cavities at upper and lower ends thereof. The interconnect structure includes first conductive material filling the upper and lower cavities to form upper and lower lines, respectively and second conductive material filling the via cavity from the upper end thereof to the lower end thereof to form a via electrically communicative with the upper and lower lines.