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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2010
Kang Lee, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Thomas Forrester, Hacienda Heights, CA (US);
Eric Gans, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Kevin Carl Walter, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Tomasz Jannson, Torrance, CA (US);
Kang Lee, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Thomas Forrester, Hacienda Heights, CA (US);
Eric Gans, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Kevin Carl Walter, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Tomasz Jannson, Torrance, CA (US);
Physical Optics Corporation, Torrance, CA (US);
Abstract
An integrated circuit die comprises a device layer comprising a plurality of semiconductor devices; an interconnect layer comprising a plurality of interconnect paths connecting the semiconductor devices and embedded in a dielectric material; and a plurality of hard nanoparticles embedded in the dielectric material of the interconnect layer, the hard nanoparticles having a hardness greater than a hardness of the dielectric material and of a hardness of the interconnect paths.