Patent 7276442 was granted and assigned to Micron Technology on October, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A method for depositing metal on a semiconductor device having a substrate, an exposed first surface, and an exposed second surface is provided. Metal ions are deposited on the exposed first surface and on the exposed second layer by applying a first voltage between the substrate and an anode in the presence of an electrolytic bath, and metal ions are removed from the exposed first surface by applying a second voltage between the substrate and the anode in the presence of the electrolytic bath. Other aspects and embodiments are provided herein.