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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2021
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Zhi-Sheng Zheng, New Taipei, TW;
Chih-Lin Wang, Hsinchu County, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A device comprises a first dielectric layer, a first conductor, a carbon-containing etch stop layer, a second dielectric layer, and a second conductor. The first conductor has a lower portion in the first dielectric layer. The carbon-containing etch stop layer wraps an upper portion of the first conductor. The second dielectric layer is over the carbon-containing etch stop layer. An interface formed by the second dielectric layer and the carbon-containing etch stop layer is higher over the first conductor than over the first dielectric layer. The second conductor is in the second dielectric layer.