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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2015
Applicant:
Globalfoundries Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Inventors:
Sunil K. Singh, Mechanicville, NY (US);
Ravi P. Srivastava, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Mark A. Zaleski, Galway, NY (US);
Akshey Sehgal, Malta, NY (US);
Assignee:
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC., Grand Cayman, KY;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/66 (2006.01); H01L 21/4763 (2006.01); H01L 21/311 (2006.01); H01L 21/768 (2006.01); H01L 23/532 (2006.01); H01L 23/528 (2006.01); H01L 23/522 (2006.01); H01L 21/02 (2006.01); H01L 21/3105 (2006.01); H01L 21/3213 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/76828 (2013.01); H01L 21/02118 (2013.01); H01L 21/02126 (2013.01); H01L 21/31051 (2013.01); H01L 21/31138 (2013.01); H01L 21/32133 (2013.01); H01L 21/7681 (2013.01); H01L 21/7685 (2013.01); H01L 21/76802 (2013.01); H01L 21/76816 (2013.01); H01L 21/76832 (2013.01); H01L 21/76843 (2013.01); H01L 21/76877 (2013.01); H01L 21/76879 (2013.01); H01L 21/76892 (2013.01); H01L 23/528 (2013.01); H01L 23/5226 (2013.01); H01L 23/5329 (2013.01); H01L 23/53238 (2013.01); H01L 23/53295 (2013.01); H01L 23/5222 (2013.01); H01L 23/53223 (2013.01); H01L 23/53266 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a semiconductor structure for BEOL (back end of line) integration. A directed self assembly (DSA) material is deposited and annealed to form two distinct phase regions. One of the phase regions is selectively removed, and the remaining phase region serves as a mask for forming cavities in an underlying layer of metal and/or dielectric. The process is then repeated to form complex structures with patterns of metal separated by dielectric regions.