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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2003
Applicant:
Kuo Lung Lei, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Kuo Lung Lei, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Aptos Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for forming a copper bump for flip chip bonding having improved oxidation resistance and thermal stability including providing a copper column having a thickness of at least about 40 microns overlying a metallurgy including an uppermost copper metal layer and a lowermost titanium layer the lowermost titanium layer in contact with an exposed copper bonding pad portion surrounded by a passivation layer; and, selectively depositing at least one protective metal layer over the copper column according to an electrolytic deposition process.