Patent · US Expired

Process for the autopositioning of an interconnection line on an electric contact hole of an integrated circuit

US4624864A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 13, 1985
Grant dateNov 25, 1986
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 13, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/76838
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

This process consists of depositing a first conductive coating on the complete circuit, depositing on said coating a filling material used for filling the contact hole, the surface of said material being substantially planar, carrying out an anisotropic etching of said filling material so as to expose those parts of the first conductive coating located outside the contact hole and only retaining that part of said filling material which fills the contact hole, depositing on the structure obtained a second conductive coating in which the interconnection line will be formed, producing in the second conductive coating a resin mask used for defining the dimensions of the line, eliminating those parts of the second and first conductive coatings which are free from the mask and eliminating the mask.

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