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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2008
Fen Chen, Williston, VT (US);
Cathryn Jeanne Christiansen, Huntington, VT (US);
Michael Anthony Shinosky, Jericho, VT (US);
Timothy Dooling Sullivan, Underhill, VT (US);
Fen Chen, Williston, VT (US);
Cathryn Jeanne Christiansen, Huntington, VT (US);
Michael Anthony Shinosky, Jericho, VT (US);
Timothy Dooling Sullivan, Underhill, VT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An interconnect and method of making the interconnect. The method includes forming a dielectric layer on a substrate, the dielectric layer having a top surface and a bottom surface; forming a first wire and a second wire in the dielectric layer, the first wire separated from the second wire by a region of the dielectric layer; and forming metallic nanoparticles in or on the top surface of the dielectric layer between the first and second wires, the metallic nanoparticles capable of electrically connecting the first wire and the second wire only while the nanoparticles are heated to a temperature greater than room temperature and a voltage is applied between the first and second wires.