Semiconductor device manufacturing: process – Coating with electrically or thermally conductive material – To form ohmic contact to semiconductive material
Reexamination Certificate
2007-11-30
2010-11-09
Le, Dung A. (Department: 2818)
Semiconductor device manufacturing: process
Coating with electrically or thermally conductive material
To form ohmic contact to semiconductive material
C438S627000, C438S643000, C438S508000, C075S672000, C075S673000, C075S674000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07829460
ABSTRACT:
By forming an aluminum nitride layer by a self-limiting process sequence, the interface characteristics of a copper-based metallization layer may be significantly enhanced while nevertheless maintaining the overall permittivity of the layer stack at a lower level.
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Translation of Official Communication from German Patent Office for German Patent Application No. 10 2007 004 867.1-33 dated Jul. 13, 2007.
Kahlert Volker
Streck Christof
GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.
Le Dung A.
Williams Morgan & Amerson
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