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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2015
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Neng Jiang, Plano, TX (US);
Elizabeth Costner Stewart, Dallas, TX (US);
Nicholas S. Dellas, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03H 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03H 3/02 (2013.01); H03H 2003/025 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of fabricating a sloped termination of a molybdenum layer includes providing the molybdenum layer and applying a photo resist material to the molybdenum layer. The photo resist material is exposed under a defocus condition to generate a resist mask having an edge portion. The molybdenum layer is etched at least at the edge portion of the resist mask to result in a sloped termination of the molybdenum layer.