摘要:
A ball-limiting metallurgy includes a substrate, a barrier layer formed over the substrate, an adhesion layer formed over the barrier layer, a first solderable layer formed over the adhesion layer, a diffusion barrier layer formed over the adhesion layer, and a second solderable layer formed over the diffusion barrier layer.
摘要:
An electrical structure including a substrate and an interconnect. The substrate includes an electrically conductive and corrosion resistant metallic layer on a metal layer. The interconnect is electrically coupled to the metallic layer. A top surface of the metallic layer is above a top surface of the substrate and a bottom surface of the metallic layer is in direct mechanical contact with a first portion of a top surface of the metal layer. The metal layer is unalloyed and includes a metal.
摘要:
The invention provides a process to increase the reliability of BEOL interconnects. The process comprises forming an array of conductors on a dielectric layer on a wafer substrate, polishing the upper surface so that the surfaces of the conductors are substantially co-planar with the upper surface of the dielectric layer, forming an alloy film on the upper surfaces of the conductors, and brush cleaning the upper surfaces of the conductors and the dielectric layer.
摘要:
Circuit boards are manufactured by forming a substrate with a dielectric surface and laminating a metal foil onto the substrate. The metal foil is patterned to form a first wiring layer. A permanent photoimagable dielectric layer is formed over the wiring layer and via holes are formed through the dielectric layer over pads and conductors of the wiring layer. Holes are formed through the substrate and substrate surfaces including the photoimagable dielectric, walls of the via holes, and walls of the through holes subjected to an electroless copper plating process. The process includes seeding the surface, coating the surface with a first solution containing surfactant and electroplating in a second solution in which the level of surfactant is regulated by determining the surface tension and metering surfactant addition to the second solution depending on the determination of surface tension. The copper plating on the photoimagable dielectric is patterned to form an exterior wiring layer which is covered by solder resist with windows over lands around the through holes and surface mount connection pads of the exterior wiring layer to form a high density circuitized substrate. Surface mount components and/or pin in hole components are attached to the circuitized substrate with solder joints between terminals of the components and the lands and/or connection pads to form a high density circuit board assembly. One or more of the circuit board assemblies are mounted in an enclosure with a power supply, CPU, RAM, and I/O means to form an information handling system with increased performance due to shorter signal flight times due to the higher device density.
摘要:
A damascene interconnect containing a dual etch stop/diffusion barrier. The conductive material of the damascene interconnect is capped with a conductive metal diffusion barrier cap, typically using electroless deposition, and, optionally, with a dielectric etch-stop layer. An optional chemical mechanical polish-stop layer may also be present. The different methods of the invention allow the CMP stop, reactive-ion etch stop, and metal diffusion barrier requirements of the different layers to be decoupled. A preferred conductive material is copper.
摘要:
The present invention provides a process for electrolytic printing using an improved electrode. The electrode has a region which is an oxide of a metal from the group of ruthenium, iridium, platinum or an alloy thereof. The oxide region is at the extremity of the electrode which during the printing is in close proximity to the printing medium. This oxide region provides an increase in wear resistance of about two orders of magnitude over non-oxidized electrodes. Method for fabricating the described electrode is also set forth.
摘要:
An electrochromic printhead and a method of construction thereof in which the printhead is fabricated from an array of spaced, precisely positioned, small glass tubes. The array of glass tubes defines an array of cylindrical apertures extending through the printhead to form a printing pattern at a printing surface. Each cylindrical aperture has a conductor therein as an active electrode, which defines one dot of an array or matrix of dots possibly formed by the electrochromic printer. An additional conductor is provided as a reference electrode, such that a voltage may be applied between selected active electrodes and the reference electrode to define a particular printing pattern. Electrode wear is substantially eliminated by applying a coating of rutenium oxide crystals on each active electrode at the printing surface. In one disclosed embodiment, each active electrode is formed by a conductive coating applied along the interior surface of each cylindrical aperture. In a further disclosed embodiment, each active electrode comprises a cylindrical wire positioned within each cylindrical aperture. In yet another embodiment, each active electrode is formed by a conductive filler placed within each cylindrical aperture.
摘要:
Films are disclosed which are constituted essentially of iodides of heavy metals to which catalysts or sensitizing agents are added to make the films highly sensitive to light and current at room temperature, thus increasing the speed of writing and erasing cycles. The disclosure provides for producing and erasing images on such light and current sensitive films prepared on substrates such as ordinary paper or transparent non-reactive materials. Marking on the films is achieved by light e.g., laser beam and Xenon lamp, or electrical current. Exemplary erasing is done by application of heat. Several examples are disclosed of the formation of these films adherently on non-reactive surfaces.
摘要:
A self-aligned process for fabricating a corrosion-resistant conductive pad on a substrate, and a structure that includes an interconnect to allow a terminal connection to the pad. The process generates a metallic layer on an initially exposed metal layer. The metallic layer is electrically conductive and corrosion resistant. The process includes providing a substrate having a metal layer with an exposed surface, depositing a second metal layer on the exposed surface, annealing the substrate to alloy a portion of the metal layer that includes the exposed surface and a portion of the second metal layer, and removing the unalloyed portion of the second metal layer. An alternative process includes providing a metal layer on the substrate, and electroless plating a corrosion-resistant metal or alloy on the metal layer. The alternative process may additionally include electroless plating a second corrosion-resistant metal on the corrosion-resistant metal or alloy.