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An absorbing layer approach to reducing reflections in multilayer metal lithographic processes

Pearce et al., 1994

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4362822808727432715
Author
Pearce C
Marshall G
Roman R
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Journal of the Electrochemical Society

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We demonstrate that the use of an absorbing layer on top of an interlevel oxide can be used in lieu of the normal antireflective layer approaches to isolate the lithography of a via or contact window level from the reflections of an underlying metal layer. Specifically, we show …
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    • H01L21/04—Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof the devices having at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier, e.g. PN junction, depletion layer, carrier concentration layer
    • H01L21/18—Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof the devices having at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier, e.g. PN junction, depletion layer, carrier concentration layer the devices having semiconductor bodies comprising elements of Group IV of the Periodic System or AIIIBV compounds with or without impurities, e.g. doping materials
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    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
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