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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2024
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/532 (2006.01); H01L 21/324 (2006.01); H01L 21/768 (2006.01); H01L 23/522 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/53238 (2013.01); H01L 21/324 (2013.01); H01L 21/76876 (2013.01); H01L 23/5226 (2013.01);
Abstract
Interconnect structures and method of forming the same are disclosed herein. An exemplary interconnect structure includes a first contact feature in a first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer over the first dielectric layer, a third dielectric layer over the second dielectric layer, a second contact feature extending through the second dielectric layer and the third dielectric layer, and a graphene layer between the second contact feature and the third dielectric layer.