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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:
Oct. 17, 2000
Filed:
May. 19, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Daniel Charles Edelstein, New Rochelle, NY (US);
Vincent McGahay, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Henry A Nye, III, Brookfield, CT (US);
Brian George Ottey, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
William H Price, Cortlandt Manor, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
438618 ; 438627 ; 438628 ; 438637 ; 257762 ; 257751 ; 257750 ; 156664 ;
Abstract
A structure comprising a layer of copper, a barrier layer, a layer of AlCu, and a pad-limiting layer, wherein the layer of AlCu and barrier layer are interposed between the layer of copper and pad-limiting layer.