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Number: 438/622
Name: Semiconductor device manufacturing: process > Coating with electrically or thermally conductive material > To form ohmic contact to semiconductive material > Contacting multiple semiconductive regions (i.e., interconnects) > Multiple metal levels, separated by insulating layer (i.e., multiple level metallization)
Description: Processes wherein there are plural levels of metal forming electrical contact material, the levels being separated by intervening dielectric material except at designated openings therethrough.


Sub-classes under this class:

Class Number Class Name Patents
438/625 At least one metallization level formed of diverse conductive layers 420
438/631 Having planarization step 680
438/623 Including organic insulating material between metal levels 768
438/636 Including use of antireflective layer 395
438/635 Insulator formed by reaction with conductor (e.g., oxidation, etc.) 202
438/641 Selective deposition 184
438/624 Separating insulating layer is laminate or composite of plural insulating materials 1,371
438/637 With formation of opening (i.e., viahole) in insulative layer 2,502


Patents under this class:

Patent Number Title Of Patent Date Issued
7619310 Semiconductor interconnect and method of making same Nov. 17, 2009
7618887 Semiconductor device with a metal line and method of forming the same Nov. 17, 2009
7615481 Method of manufacturing multilevel interconnect structure and multilevel interconnect structure Nov. 10, 2009
7615480 Methods of post-contact back end of the line through-hole via integration Nov. 10, 2009
7611982 Method of forming sheet having foreign material portions used for forming multi-layer wiring board and sheet having foreign portions Nov. 3, 2009
7601632 Method of forming a metal line of a semiconductor device Oct. 13, 2009
7601631 Very low dielectric constant plasma-enhanced CVD films Oct. 13, 2009
7601577 Work function control of metals Oct. 13, 2009
7598174 Feature patterning methods Oct. 6, 2009
7598167 Method of forming vias in semiconductor substrates without damaging active regions thereof and resulting structures Oct. 6, 2009
7598166 Dielectric layers for metal lines in semiconductor chips Oct. 6, 2009
7598165 Methods for forming a multiplexer of a memory device Oct. 6, 2009
7595269 Semiconductor device comprising a copper alloy as a barrier layer in a copper metallization layer Sep. 29, 2009
7592252 Versatile system for charge dissipation in the formation of semiconductor device structures Sep. 22, 2009
7592250 Multilayer wiring board, manufacturing method thereof, semiconductor device, and wireless electronic device Sep. 22, 2009
7592248 Method of forming semiconductor device having nanotube structures Sep. 22, 2009
7589014 Semiconductor device having multiple wiring layers and method of producing the same Sep. 15, 2009
7589013 Electrode structure and method of manufacturing the same, phase-change memory device having the electrode structure and method of manufacturing the same Sep. 15, 2009
7589011 Semiconductor device and method of forming intermetal dielectric layer Sep. 15, 2009
7589008 Methods for forming interconnects in microelectronic workpieces and microelectronic workpieces formed using such methods Sep. 15, 2009
7588950 Test pattern for reliability measurement of copper interconnection line having moisture window and method for manufacturing the same Sep. 15, 2009
7586194 Semiconductor device having exposed heat dissipating metal plate Sep. 8, 2009
7586175 Semiconductor wafer having embedded electroplating current paths to provide uniform plating over wafer surface Sep. 8, 2009
7585763 Methods of fabricating integrated circuit devices using anti-reflective coating as implant blocking layer Sep. 8, 2009
7585758 Interconnect layers without electromigration Sep. 8, 2009
7579278 Topography directed patterning Aug. 25, 2009
7579270 Method for manufacturing a semiconductor device Aug. 25, 2009
7576405 Semiconductor integrated circuit for reducing leak current through MOS transistors Aug. 18, 2009
7576382 Semiconductor integrated device and method of providing shield interconnection therein Aug. 18, 2009
7575999 Method for creating conductive elements for semiconductor device structures using laser ablation processes and methods of fabricating semiconductor device assemblies Aug. 18, 2009
7575995 Method of forming fine metal pattern and method of forming metal line using the same Aug. 18, 2009
7575981 Method for fabricating isolation layer in semiconductor device Aug. 18, 2009
7572710 Methods of forming conductive contacts to source/drain regions and methods of forming local interconnects Aug. 11, 2009
7569845 Phase-change memory and fabrication method thereof Aug. 4, 2009
7569477 Method for fabricating fine pattern in semiconductor device Aug. 4, 2009
7569476 Semiconductor integrated circuit device and a method of manufacturing the same Aug. 4, 2009
7566650 Integrated circuit solder bumping system Jul. 28, 2009
7563730 Hafnium lanthanide oxynitride films Jul. 21, 2009
7563728 Methods of modifying interlayer adhesion Jul. 21, 2009
7563705 Manufacturing method of semiconductor device Jul. 21, 2009
7563704 Method of forming an interconnect including a dielectric cap having a tensile stress Jul. 21, 2009
7563701 Self-aligned contacts for transistors Jul. 21, 2009
7560376 Method for adjoining adjacent coatings on a processing element Jul. 14, 2009
7560375 Gas dielectric structure forming methods Jul. 14, 2009
7560307 Resin composition, heat-resistant resin paste and semiconductor device using these and method of preparing the same Jul. 14, 2009
7557447 Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing same Jul. 7, 2009
7557025 Method of etching a dielectric layer to form a contact hole and a via hole and damascene method Jul. 7, 2009
7554176 Integrated circuits having a multi-layer structure with a seal ring Jun. 30, 2009
7554145 Magnetic memory cells and manufacturing methods Jun. 30, 2009
7553756 Process for producing semiconductor integrated circuit device Jun. 30, 2009



 
 
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