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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2002
Timothy G. Dunham, South Burlington, VT (US);
Ezra D. B. Hall, Colchester, VT (US);
Howard S. Landis, Underhill, VT (US);
Mark A. Lavin, Katonah, NY (US);
William C. Leipold, Enosburg Falls, VT (US);
Timothy G. Dunham, South Burlington, VT (US);
Ezra D. B. Hall, Colchester, VT (US);
Howard S. Landis, Underhill, VT (US);
Mark A. Lavin, Katonah, NY (US);
William C. Leipold, Enosburg Falls, VT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An interconnect structure for use in semiconductor devices which interconnects a plurality of dissimilar metal wiring layers, which are connected vias, by incorporating shaped voids in the metal layers. The invention also discloses a method by which such structures are constructed.