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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2011
Jeffrey A. Barnes, Bethlehem, CT (US);
Steven Lippy, Danbury, CT (US);
Peng Zhang, Montvale, NJ (US);
Rekha Rajaram, White Plains, NY (US);
Jeffrey A. Barnes, Bethlehem, CT (US);
Steven Lippy, Danbury, CT (US);
Peng Zhang, Montvale, NJ (US);
Rekha Rajaram, White Plains, NY (US);
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY MATERIALS, INC., Danbury, CT (US);
Abstract
Cleaning compositions and processes for cleaning post-plasma etch residue from a microelectronic device having said residue thereon. The composition achieves highly efficacious cleaning of the residue material, including titanium-containing, copper-containing, tungsten-containing, and/or cobalt-containing post-etch residue from the microelectronic device while simultaneously not damaging the interlevel dielectric, metal interconnect material, and/or capping layers also present thereon.