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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2012
Mohammed Fazil Fayaz, Pleasantville, NY (US);
Jeffery Burton Maxson, New Windsor, NY (US);
Anthony Kendall Stamper, Williston, VT (US);
Daniel Scott Vanslette, Fairfax, VT (US);
Mohammed Fazil Fayaz, Pleasantville, NY (US);
Jeffery Burton Maxson, New Windsor, NY (US);
Anthony Kendall Stamper, Williston, VT (US);
Daniel Scott Vanslette, Fairfax, VT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and structures for controlling wafer curvature during fabrication of integrated circuits caused by stressed films. The methods include controlling the conductor density of wiring levels, adding compensating stressed film layers and disturbing the continuity of stress films with the immediately lower layer. The structure includes integrated circuits having compensating stressed film layers.