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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1997
Lawrence Robert Blumberg, Johnson City, NY (US);
William T Chen, Endicott, NY (US);
Mark David Poliks, Vestal, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of minimizing forming of white spots and delamination of a copper plane bonded to one surface of a dielectric material following additive pattern plating of copper onto the other surface of the material and in vias contacting the copper plane utilizing a plating solution containing a reducing agent and the resulting product is provided. The surface of the copper which has been bonded to the one surface of the dielectric has been treated, preferably by a sodium chlorite treatment to form a chemical roughened surface of copper oxide (CuO and CuO(II)) on the copper. Prior to the bonding, the roughened surface of the copper oxide is treated with a solution such as benzotriazole, which complexes with the copper oxide to prevent formation of white spots and delamination as a result of such plating.