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Two step semiconductor manufacturing process for copper interconnects

US7122466B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 28, 2003
Grant dateOct 17, 2006
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Expiry dateJul 28, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L2924/0002
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An embodiment of the invention is a method of manufacturing copper interconnects 30 on a semiconductor wafer 10 where an electroplating process is used to deposit a first layer of copper grains 30d having an initial grain size and a second layer of copper grains 30e having a different initial grain size.

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