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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2007
Qinghuang Lin, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Elbert E. Huang, Tarrytown, NY (US);
Christy S. Tyberg, Mahopac, NY (US);
Ronald A. Dellaguardia, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Qinghuang Lin, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Elbert E. Huang, Tarrytown, NY (US);
Christy S. Tyberg, Mahopac, NY (US);
Ronald A. DellaGuardia, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method to fabricate interconnect structures that are part of integrated circuits and microelectronic devices by utilization of an irradiation to remove and clean a sacrificial material used therein is described. The advantages of utilizing the irradiation to remove the sacrificial material include reduced damage to interlayer dielectric layers that result in enhanced device performance and/or increased reliability.