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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1999
Umar Moez Uddin Ahmad, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Harsaran Singh Bhatia, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Satya Pal Singh Bhatia, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Hormazdyar Minocher Dalal, Milton, NY (US);
William Henry Price, Courtland Manor, NY (US);
Sampath Purushothaman, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A corrosion resistant, multi-layer structure on a substrate including an adhesion metallic layer on the substrate, a cushion metallic layer on the adhesion layer, a diffusion barrier layer on the cushion layer, and an impermeable gold layer that encapsulates all the layers, is substantially even on all sides of the layers, and contacts a region on the substrate adjacent the layers to prevent oxidation and corrosion.