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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 04, 1999
Kevin Shawn Petrarca, Newburgh, NY (US);
Sarah Knickerbocker, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Joyce C. Liu, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Rebecca D. Mih, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A structure and process are described for facilitating the conduction of heat away from a semiconductor device. Thermally conductive planes and columns are incorporated within the back-end structure and around the interconnect outside the chip. A thermally conductive plane is formed by forming a first insulating layer on an underlying layer of the device; forming a recess in the insulating layer; filling the recess with a thermally conductive material to form a lateral heat-dissipating layer; planarizing the heat-dissipating layer to make the top surface thereof coplanar with the unrecessed portion of the insulating layer; and forming a second insulating layer on the first insulating layer and the heat-dissipating layer, thereby embedding the heat-dissipating layer between the first and second insulating layers. The heat-dissipating layer is electrically isolated from the underlying layer of the device, and preferably is electrically grounded.