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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ramkumar Subramanian, San Jose, CA (US);
Dawn M. Hopper, San Jose, CA (US);
Fei Wang, San Jose, CA (US);
Lynne A. Okada, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/14763 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/14763 ;
Abstract
The dimensional accuracy of trench formation and, hence, metal line width, in damascene processing is improved by employing a silicon carbide middle etch stop layer/ARC. Embodiments include via first-trench last dual damascene techniques employing a silicon carbide middle etch stop layer/ARC having an extinction coefficient (k) of about −0.10 to about −0.60.