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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:
Nov. 25, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Edward J. Crawford, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/1302 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/1302 ;
Abstract
A method for circuit modification of an microelectronic chip having at least one conductor in an organic dielectric, includes applying a protective inorganic surface layer on top of the organic dielectric, forming at least one window in the protective inorganic surface layer to selectively expose the underlying organic dielectric, etching the organic dielectric in the window area to selectively remove the organic dielectric adjacent to the conductor, and performing at least one process that modifies the conductor.