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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gabriela Brase, Maroues-en-Hunpoix, FR;
Uwe Paul Schroeder, Dresden, DE;
Karen Lynne Holloway, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Assignee:
Infineon, AG, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/144 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/144 ;
Abstract
An interconnection pattern is formed over the surface of a silicon wafer in which both the vias and the trenches of the pattern are filled with copper. The process of filling the vias and trenches involves use of a silicon nitride film as an etch stop and the filling of the vias with an anti-reflection coating.