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Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012

Filed:

Aug. 11, 2011
Applicants:

Zukhra I. Niazimbetova, Westboro, MA (US);

Elie H. Najjar, Norwood, MA (US);

Maria Anna Rzeznik, Shrewsbury, MA (US);

Erik Reddington, Ashland, MA (US);

Inventors:

Zukhra I. Niazimbetova, Westboro, MA (US);

Elie H. Najjar, Norwood, MA (US);

Maria Anna Rzeznik, Shrewsbury, MA (US);

Erik Reddington, Ashland, MA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08G 59/14 (2006.01); C09K 3/00 (2006.01); C23C 18/38 (2006.01); C25D 3/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Copper plating baths containing a leveling agent that is a reaction product of a certain imidazole with a certain epoxide-containing compound that deposit copper on the surface of a conductive layer are provided. Such plating baths deposit a copper layer that is substantially planar on a substrate surface across a range of electrolyte concentrations. Methods of depositing copper layers using such copper plating baths are also disclosed.


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