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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Denis Morrissey, Huntington, NY (US);
David Merricks, Boston, MA (US);
Leon R. Barstad, Raynham, MA (US);
Eugene N. Step, Newton, MA (US);
Jeffrey M. Calvert, Acton, MA (US);
Robert A. Schetty, III, Fort Salonga, NY (US);
James G. Shelnut, Northoboro, MA (US);
Mark Lefebvre, Hudson, NH (US);
Martin W. Bayes, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Donald E. Storjohann, Watertown, MA (US);
Assignee:
Shipley Company, L.L.C., Marlborough, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25D 5/34 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C25D 5/34 ;
Abstract
Disclosed are methods of repairing metal seed layers prior to subsequent metallization. Such repair methods provide metal seed layers disposed on a substrate that are substantially free of metal oxide and substantially free of discontinuities.