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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2006
Valery M. Dubin, Portland, OR (US);
Peter K. Moon, Portland, OR (US);
Valery M. Dubin, Portland, OR (US);
Peter K. Moon, Portland, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention includes a method of providing a substrate; sequentially forming a seed layer over the substrate and forming a protection layer over the seed layer; and sequentially removing the protection layer and forming a conductor over the seed layer. The present invention further includes a structure having a substrate, the substrate having a device; an insulator disposed over the substrate, the insulator having an opening, the opening disposed over the device; a barrier layer disposed over the opening; a seed layer disposed over the barrier layer; and a protection layer disposed over the seed layer.