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Patent Inventor Names
Duofeng Yue0
Noel M. Russell0
Montray Leavy0
Satyavolu S. Papa Rao0
Stephan Grunow0
Date of Patent
August 14, 2007
0Patent Application Number
110029350
Date Filed
December 2, 2004
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
The present invention provides a method for forming an interconnect on a semiconductor substrate 100. The method includes forming an opening 230 over an inner surface of the opening 130, the depositing forming a reentrant profile near a top portion of the opening 130. A portion of barrier 230 is etched, which removes at least a portion of the barrier 230 to reduce the reentrant profile. The etching also removes at least a portion of the barrier 230 layer at the bottom of the opening 130.
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