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Method for forming an interconnection in a semiconductor device

US6242340A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 29, 1999
Grant dateJun 5, 2001
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Expiry dateJul 29, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/76816
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of forming an interconnection layer in a semiconductor device is provided that improves the mass productivity and the reliability of the interconnection by forming a sidewall spacer on the sidewalls of a trench that is formed in an insulation film having a low dielectric constant. The sidewall spacer maintains the sidewall profile of the trench during subsequent processing steps.

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