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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 24, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eddie Lee, Cupertino, CA (US);
JoAnn Grimley, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257753 ; 257506 ; 438638 ;
Abstract
The surface of an insulating layer is conditioned by treatment with ammonium hydroxide and hydrogen peroxide, thereby reducing the frequency of shorting between conductive lines of a subsequently formed conductive pattern thereon.