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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2023
Lodestar Licensing Group Llc, Evanston, IL (US);
Rohit Kothari, Boise, ID (US);
Jason C. McFarland, Boise, ID (US);
Jason Reece, Boise, ID (US);
David A. Kewley, Boise, ID (US);
Adam L. Olson, Boise, ID (US);
Lodestar Licensing Group LLC, Evanston, IL (US);
Abstract
Methods of improving adhesion between a photoresist and conductive or insulating structures. The method comprises forming a slot through at least a portion of alternating conductive structures and insulating structures on a substrate. Portions of the conductive structures or of the insulating structures are removed to form recesses in the conductive structures or in the insulating structures. A photoresist is formed over the alternating conductive structures and insulating structures and within the slot. Methods of improving adhesion between a photoresist and a spin-on dielectric material are also disclosed, as well as methods of forming a staircase structure.