Method for coating heterogeneous substrates with homogeneous layers
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United States of America Patent
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Nov 2, 1999
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Nov 6, 1996
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Sep 29, 1995
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Abstract
The present invention is predicated on applicants' discovery that inhomogeneity in films deposited on heated heterogeneous substrates can be substantially reduced by patterning the large area metal structures. Specifically, metal structures having areas in excess of about 2 mm.sup.2 are patterned so that the metal is within 1 mm of a metal edge. Thus, for example, a normally solid chromium bonding pad on a glass substrate is conveniently made as a patterned, open grid of 1 mm chromium lines. With such patterning, a subsequently deposited layer of silicon nitride has enhanced homogeneity over a large area, including enhanced uniformity of etching rate.
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