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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2003
Hartmut Ruelke, Dresden, DE;
Joerg Hohage, Dresden, DE;
Thomas Werner, Dresden, DE;
Frank Mauersberger, Radebeul, DE;
Hartmut Ruelke, Dresden, DE;
Joerg Hohage, Dresden, DE;
Thomas Werner, Dresden, DE;
Frank Mauersberger, Radebeul, DE;
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of forming a multi-layer stack over a low-k dielectric layer is disclosed, wherein the multi-layer stack provides an improved anti-reflective effect and an enhanced protection of the underlying low-k dielectric material during the chemical mechanical polishing process. The multi-layer stack includes silicon dioxide based sub-layers, which may be formed in a highly efficient, non-expensive plasma enhanced deposition method, wherein the optical characteristics may be adjusted by varying a ratio of silane and nitrogen oxide during the deposition.