摘要:
A semiconductor chip carrying integrated circuits has lead lines terminating in conductive terminal pads exposed to the exterior through openings in a passivation layer. The pads include pedestals or bumps extending up from them. Each of the pedestals includes a thin metallic adhesion layer deposited on the pad. A thick metallic layer of aluminum or an alloy of aluminum is deposited upon said thin metallic adhesion layer. The thick metallic layer includes at least one metal selected from the group consisting of aluminum, aluminum plus a small percentage of Cu, Ni, Si, or Fe. Several other alternative metals can be added to aluminum to form an alloy. The thick metallic layer forms the bulk of the height of the pedestal. An adhesion layer is deposited on the bump of aluminum composed of a thin film of titanium or chromium. A barrier layer is deposited on the adhesion layer composed of copper, nickel, platinum, palladium or cobalt. A noble metal consisting of gold, palladium, or platinum is deposited on the barrier layer. In a variation of the top surface, a thick cap of a reworkable bonding metal is deposited above the metallic bump as the top surface of said bump. The bump can be composed of a number of metals such as gold, copper, nickel and aluminum in this case with aluminum being preferred. In place of the adhesion and barrier metals one can employ a layer of titanium nitride deposited on said thick layer of metal.
摘要:
An alloy for contacting portions of a conductive interconnect layer exposed by an overlying organic insulating layer having apertures therethrough. The alloy contains chromium and titanium, and is formed such that at least 50 atm % of the total content of the alloy is titanium at the alloy-insulating layer interface.
摘要:
The present invention relates generally to a new interconnection and a method for making the same, and more particularly, to an elongated solder interconnection and a method for making the same. On an electronic carrier, a pad is formed on which a solder mass is deposited and capped with a metal layer, thereby forming an elongated solder interconnection. A further elongated solder interconnection can now be formed by forming a second solder mass on the first solder mass that has been capped by a metal layer. Additional elongated solder interconnection can be formed by capping the preceding solder mass and/or the last solder mass with a metal capping layer. Alternatively, the encapsulating layer can be in the form of a sidewall spacer formed on the sidewalls of the solder mass.
摘要:
The present invention relates generally to a new interconnection and a method for making the same, and more particularly, to an elongated solder interconnection and a method for making the same. On an electronic carrier, a pad is formed on which a solder mass is deposited and capped with a metal layer, thereby forming an elongated solder interconnection. A further elongated solder interconnection can now be formed by forming a second solder mass on the first solder mass that has been capped by a metal layer. Additional elongated solder interconnection can be formed by capping the preceding solder mass and/or the last solder mass with a metal capping layer. Alternatively, the encapsulating layer can be in the form of a sidewall spacer formed on the sidewalls of the solder mass.
摘要:
A method for manufacturing high performance copper inductors includes providing a tall, Cu laminate spiral inductor is formed at the last metal level, and at the last metal +1 level, with the metal levels being interconnected by a bar via having the same spiral shape as the spiral metal inductors at the last metal level and the last metal +1 level. The method includes integrating the formation of thick inductors with the formation of bond pads, terminals and interconnect wiring with the last metal +1 wiring. Included are dielectric deposition and spacer formation steps, and/or selective deposition of a passivating metal such as CoWP, to passivate a Cu inductor that is formed after the last metal layer.
摘要:
A method for controlling the composition of a chemical bath in which predictive dosing is used to account for changes in the composition of the bath in which the operating characteristics of the process are partitioned into a plurality of operating modes and the consumption or generation of materials related to the process are determined empirically and additions of material are made as appropriate.
摘要:
The fuse link includes a first and second interconnect, with interconnects each being substantially longer than deep. The interconnects are disposed toward each other with a insulator region between them. A fusible conductor, spanning the insulator region, is attached at the top of the interconnects. The present device allows the length of the fusible conductor to be shortened, and results in a fuse link that can be consistently blown with a single laser pulse. Additionally, the fuse link can be used in a staggered layout. The staggered layout of parallel fuse links allows a high number of links in a relatively small area, with or without the use of tungsten barriers, and allows accessing all fuse links through a single fuse blow window.
摘要:
Methods and compositions for electro-chemical-mechanical polishing (e-CMP) of silicon chip interconnect materials, such as copper, are provided. The methods include the use of compositions according to the invention in combination with pads having various configurations.
摘要:
An intermediate semiconductor structure and method for low-pressure wire bonding that reduces the propensity of dielectric material to mechanical failure due to any wire bonding stresses. Roughened surfaces such as metal pillars or metal dendrites are provided on a bonding pad, bonding wire or both. These roughened surfaces increase reactivity between the bond wire and the bond pad to form strong bonds. This increased activity as a result of the roughened bonding pad and/or wire surfaces reduce the amount of pressure, temperature and energy required for wire bonding, which in turn, avoids damage to the bonding pad as well as the semiconductor substrate.
摘要:
The present disclosure sets forth an improved integrated circuit in which circuit elements, adjacent to a fuse, are protected by barriers positioned adjacent the fuse. In the improved integrated circuit the barriers are non-frangible, high melting point structures buried in the passivating layer, covering a wiring layer containing a fuse, and are between the fuse and adjacent circuit elements in the wiring layer structures.Also taught is a method of protecting circuit elements adjacent a fuse comprising the steps of depositing an insulating layer on the surface of a semiconductor device having active regions therein, forming a plurality of fuses and circuit elements in said layer, coating said fuses and elements with a second insulating layer, patterning said second insulating layer to form grooves between each of said fuses and any adjacent fuse or circuit element, and depositing a high melting point and non-frangible material in said grooves.