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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 31, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Krishna Seshan, San Jose, CA (US);
Neal R Mielke, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257640 ; 257643 ; 257620 ; 257758 ;
Abstract
An integrated circuit is provided. The integrated circuit includes a substrate and at least one dielectric layer and a metal layer formed upon the substrate. The at least one dielectric layer includes a terminal dielectric layer. The integrated circuit further includes a planar passivating layer formed upon the terminal dielectric layer.