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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2007
Filed:
May. 04, 2005
Applicant:
Howard Test, Plano, TX (US);
Inventor:
Howard Test, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/53 (2006.01); H01L 23/12 (2006.01); H01L 23/48 (2006.01); H01L 23/52 (2006.01); H01L 29/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a metallization scheme, a method for manufacturing the metallization scheme, and an integrated circuit including the metallization scheme. In one aspect, the metallization scheme () includes a protective layer () located over a substrate (), and a conductive layer () located over the protective layer (). The metallization scheme () further includes a stress-reducing low-modulus material () located between the protective layer () and the conductive layer ().