Patent · US Expired

Method of cutting interconnection pattern with laser and apparatus thereof

US5208437A · kind A · utility

64Cited by
6References
21Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateMay 9, 1991
Grant dateMay 4, 1993
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 9, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L2924/0002
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In an interconnection film cutting method and apparatus therefor according to the present invention, a laser beam having a pulse width of 10.sup.-9 second or less is illuminated on a desired portion of the interconnection pattern of a semiconductor device, such as a link used for redundant operation of a defective bit in, for example, a LSI memory, or on a desired portion of the interconnection pattern of a large-scaled interconnection substrate through a transmission type liquid crystal mask in the form of a desired pattern so as to cut the interconnection pattern without damaging a layer disposed below the interconnection pattern.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.