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Method for forming an aluminum interconnect structure on an integrated circuit chip

US4146440A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 3, 1978
Grant dateMar 27, 1979
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Expiry dateApr 3, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/32134
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method for forming an interconnect structure on an integrated circuit chip by employing a single chamber for both the required etching and anodization. It has been discovered that an etchant-electrolyte such as phosphoric acid solution in the ratios of one part phosphoric acid to four parts of water can serve as both an etchant and an electrolyte without causing deterioration of the photoresist pattern representing the interconnect structure.

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