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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. 30, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 10, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Chien Chiang, Fremont, CA (US);
David B. Fraser, Danville, CA (US);
Anne S. Mack, Saratoga, CA (US);
Jin Lee, Mountain View, CA (US);
Sing-Mo Tzeng, Hsuinchu, TW;
Chuanbin Pan, San Jose, CA (US);
Vicky Ochoa, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Thomas Marieb, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sychyi Fang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/128 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/128 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to semiconductor devices. More specifically, the invention discloses the use of dummy structures to improve thermal conductivity, reduce dishing and strengthen layers formed with low dielectric constant materials.