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Patent No.:

US 9379008 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016

Filed:

Feb. 20, 2015

Metal pvd-free conducting structures

Applicant:

Invensas Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Cyprian Emeka Uzoh, San Jose, CA (US);

Charles G. Woychik, San Jose, CA (US);

Michael Newman, Fort Collins, CO (US);

Pezhman Monadgemi, Fremont, CA (US);

Terrence Caskey, Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Assignee:

Invensas Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:

Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Roy Potter

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/768 (2006.01); H01L 23/48 (2006.01); H01L 23/498 (2006.01); H01L 23/532 (2006.01); H01L 21/3205 (2006.01); H01L 23/14 (2006.01); H01L 23/525 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/76877 (2013.01); H01L 21/32055 (2013.01); H01L 21/76802 (2013.01); H01L 21/76841 (2013.01); H01L 21/76858 (2013.01); H01L 21/76873 (2013.01); H01L 21/76874 (2013.01); H01L 21/76898 (2013.01); H01L 23/481 (2013.01); H01L 23/49816 (2013.01); H01L 23/49827 (2013.01); H01L 23/49866 (2013.01); H01L 23/53233 (2013.01); H01L 23/53238 (2013.01); H01L 23/147 (2013.01); H01L 23/525 (2013.01); H01L 2224/16 (2013.01); H01L 2924/0002 (2013.01);
Abstract

Structures and methods of forming the same are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a structure can comprise a region having first and second oppositely facing surfaces. A barrier region can overlie the region. An alloy region can overlie the barrier region. The alloy region can include a first metal and one or more elements selected from the group consisting of silicon (Si), germanium (Ge), indium (Id), boron (B), arsenic (As), antimony (Sb), tellurium (Te), or cadmium (Cd).

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