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Integrated low-k hard mask

US7199473B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 3, 2005
Grant dateApr 3, 2007
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Expiry dateJun 13, 2025

Classification

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

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention provide a device with a hard mask layer between first and second ILD layers. The hard mask layer may have a k value approximately equal to the first and/or second ILD layers.

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