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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:
Aug. 31, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
David S Soane, Piedmont, CA (US);
Assignee:
ZMS LLC, San Leandro, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ; B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428209 ; 428465 ; 257642 ; 257759 ; 257643 ; 174255 ; 174258 ;
Abstract
An interconnect platform and its method of fabrication is presented. The interconnect platform of the present invention includes a metal conductor, a dielectric layer, and a buffer layer separating at least one interface between the conductor and the dielectric layer when the buffer has a lower modulus of elasticity than the dielectric layer.