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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:
Nov. 24, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 14, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ronald A Carpio, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Sematech, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; C09K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
438692 ; 438693 ; 438697 ; 438754 ; 216105 ; 252 791 ;
Abstract
There is described a slurry for use in chemical mechanical polishing of copper layers in integrated circuit fabrication. The slurry includes a chromate oxidant, such as sodium chromate tetrahydrate (Na.sub.2 CrO.sub.4.4H.sub.2 O). The chromate oxidant provides a slightly basic slurry solution that enhances removal characteristics for copper layers. In one embodiment, the slurry has a pH between about 6 and about 9.