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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Hsin-chu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/14763 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/14763 ;
Abstract
An improved and new process, used for the elimination of copper line damage, copper defects, non-uniformity improvement, with low dishing and erosion, in damacene processing, is disclosed. This invention relates to a method of fabrication used for semiconductor integrated circuit devices, and more specifically to the elimination of copper line damage for damascene processing, by depositing a multilayer interface material, consisting of a mechanically hard film and a soft film, over a low dielectric constant, interlevel metal dielectric (IMD), and subsequently chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) back the excess material to planarize the surface.