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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Habib Hichri, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Kelly Malone, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Arthur Martin, Glenham, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 5/140 ; C23C 1/600 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 5/140 ; C23C 1/600 ;
Abstract
A semiconductor wafer provided with a thermosetting porous insulating film, wherein the insulating film is made porous, cured and polymerized on the wafer. The film is characterized by a very low dielectric constant based on its constituency and porosity, the latter property of which is caused by the inclusion of liquid or supercritical carbon dioxide in the polymeric reaction mixture.