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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2023
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Tzu-Hsuan Yeh, Taoyuan, TW;
Chern-Yow Hsu, Chu-Bei, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
The present disclosure, in some embodiments, relates to an integrated chip. The integrated chip includes a plurality of interconnects disposed within a dielectric structure over a substrate. A conductor is disposed over at least one of the plurality of interconnects. A protective layer is disposed on the conductor and a mask layer is disposed on the protective layer. One or more passivation layers are disposed on the mask layer. The protective layer, the mask layer, and the one or more passivation layers respectively have one or more sidewalls directly over the conductor.