Method to reduce depth delta between dense and wide features in dual damascene structures

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8822342
APP PUB NO 20120168957A1
SERIAL NO

12981519

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A method of forming a device is disclosed. The method includes providing a substrate prepared with a dielectric layer having first and second regions. The first region comprises wide features and the second region comprises narrow features. A depth delta exists between bottoms of the wide and narrow features. A non-conformal layer is formed on the substrate and it lines the wide and narrow trenches in the first and second regions. The non-conformal layer is removed. Removing the non-conformal layer reduces the depth delta between the bottoms of the wide and narrow features in the first and second region.

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INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES NORTH AMERICA CORPINTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEPARTMENT 1730 NORTH FIRST STREET SAN JOSE CA 95112

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Angyal, Matthew Stormville, US 9 47
Child, Craig Hopewell Junction, US 9 98
Hichri, Habib Poughkeepsie, US 41 241
Miyajima, Hideshi Clifton Park, US 44 1042
Ogunsola, Oluwafemi O Hopewell Junction, US 6 456
Pallachalil, Muhammed Shafi Kurikka Valappil Wappingers Falls, US 1 14
Srivastava, Ravi Prakash Fishkill, US 25 135

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