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Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 29, 2016
Applicants:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Lam Research Corporation, Fremont, CA (US);

Inventors:

Frank W. Mont, Troy, NY (US);

Cornelius Brown Peethala, Albany, NY (US);

Shariq Siddiqui, Albany, NY (US);

Randolph F. Knarr, Voorheesville, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/44 (2006.01); H01L 21/306 (2006.01); H01L 21/285 (2006.01); H01L 21/768 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/30604 (2013.01); H01L 21/285 (2013.01); H01L 21/76883 (2013.01);
Abstract

An environmentally green wet etch process for selective removal of cobalt metal generally includes applying water that is free of added buffers, acids, and/or bases to a substrate including exposed cobalt metal. The process can be utilized to form recesses where desired such as may be implemented for metal contact fill, metal gate fill, interconnect fill, or the like.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Mont, Frank. (2018). Environmentally green process and composition for cobalt wet etch (U.S. Patent No. 9947547). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9947547

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