Semiconductor device manufacturing: process – Chemical etching – Combined with the removal of material by nonchemical means
Patent
1998-12-17
2000-10-24
Utech, Benjamin L.
Semiconductor device manufacturing: process
Chemical etching
Combined with the removal of material by nonchemical means
438693, 438695, 438697, H01L 21302
Patent
active
061367141
ABSTRACT:
A method for enhancing the removal rate of a metal barrier layer during CMP includes providing a semiconductor wafer having an insulator layer, a metal barrier layer formed on at least a portion of the insulation layer and a conductive layer formed thereon and contacting the semiconductor wafer with a chemical-mechanical polishing slurry containing a metal removal-enhancing amount of at least one chelating agent.
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Paschburg Donald B.
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
Tran Binh
Utech Benjamin L.
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