Semiconductor device and process for production thereof

Details Semiconductor device and process for production thereof Semiconductor device and process for production thereof

1993-12-27

1996-10-15

Picardat, Kevin M.

Fishing, trapping, and vermin destroying

437187, 437196, 437197, 437199, H01L 2144

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055653804

ABSTRACT:
A semiconductor device having an interconnecting line formed of aluminum containing a predetermined additive element, wherein a segregate layer of the additive element is formed along aluminum grain boundaries in the interconnecting line on the basis of a heat treatment after the formation of the interconnecting line.

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