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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a structure which reduces the dielectric constant between conductive lines by providing an air dielectric. SOLUTION: In a multilevel microelectronic integrated circuit, air comprises a permanent line level dielectric, and an ultra-low-k material constitutes a via level dielectric. In the IC structure, air is supplied to the line level after removal of a sacrificial material by clean thermal decomposition and auxiliary diffusion of byproducts through porosities. Optionally, air is also included within porosities in the via level dielectric. By incorporating air into the extension produced in the invention, intralevel and interlevel dielectric values are minimized. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of forming in-layer and interlayer air bridge structures, in a large scale integrated circuit (VLSI) device, a very large scale integrated circuit (ULSI) device, and a high-performance package. SOLUTION: The method of forming low k (dielectric constant) and ultra-low k multilayer mutual connections on a substrate is provided with a process to form a pair of mutual connection, separated along a side face by an air gap and a support layer in a via level of a dual damascene structure which exists only under a metal wiring, a process to remove a sacrificial dielectric through a holed bridge layer to connect an upper surface of the mutual connection along the side face, a process of executing a multilayer level extraction of the sacrificial layer, a process of sealing the bridge by a controlled method, and a process of reducing the effective dielectric constant of a film holed by using a patterning technology of a quasi-optical lithography. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide conductive paste material safe for the environment and manufacturable at a low cost. SOLUTION: The paste material is made from a polymeride material and particles of Cu, etc., having conductive coatings, for example Sn coating. Coupling is established by melting the coatings of adjoining particles with heat. The polymeride material should be of thermoplastic type and is applied to two surfaces having electric conductivity, for example between a chip and the pad of a substrate so that electric connection and adhesion between the pads are established.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a semiconductor device which includes a diffused barrier layer. SOLUTION: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate including a conductive metallic element and a diffused barrier layer in contact with the conductive metallic element is bonded to at least a part of the substrate, has upper/lower faces and a center part, formed of silicon, carbon, nitrogen and hydrogen and in which silicon is distributed nonuniformly over the whole diffused barrier layer. Thus, concentration of nitrogen near the lower and upper faces of the diffused barrier layer is higher than at the center part of the diffused barrier layer. Then, a method for manufacturing the semiconductor device is also provided.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a semiconductor device of high strength that lowers an effective dielectric constant k eff , maintains an inter-level vertical capacity in an interconnection at a low level and a manufacturing method of the same. SOLUTION: The method of manufacturing the device comprises a step for providing a structure having an insulating layer 120 of at least one interconnection 130 and a step for forming a sublithographic template mask 150 on the insulating layer. A sublithographic feature 135a is formed in the vicinity of at least one intereconnection by performing etching on the insulating layer through the sublithographic template mask using a selective etching step. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a structure which realizes high performance interconnection including copper wiring and an insulator having an extremely low dielectric constant (k). SOLUTION: In this structure, wiring is supported by a low-k dielectric material having relatively high durability, such as SiLk(R) or SiO 2 , and then the remaining spaces in the structure are filled with a gap filling dielectric material that has an extremely low-k and a small hardness. Accordingly, in the structure, durable layers for obtaining the strength are bonded with an extremely low-k dielectric material for achieving electric performance of the interconnection. As a result, damages to and an increase in dielectric constant of the extremely low-k dielectric material caused during the manufacturing process are avoided, and delamination in the structure during the metal chemical mechanical polishing processes is prevented. Further, photoresist poisoning troubles caused by interaction with the extremely low-k dielectric material can be removed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system making an interconnection with a quite high density by connecting device chips and a chip carrier by using a microjoint interconnect structure. SOLUTION: In the system, a pair of device chips is mounted on a microjoint interconnect chip carrier by using a microjoint interconnect structure. The microjoint interconnect chip carrier comprises a multilayer substrate having a plurality of receptacles on its surface. A pair of microjoint interconnect pads corresponding to the receptacles is provided on the device chips. Interconnecting wiring enabling an interconnection between the device chips is provided between the receptacles. COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To widen a scope of material and process which can be used for a thin film transistor device by a method wherein, by use of an organic semiconductor layer coming into contact with a gate insulator of an inorganic mixture oxide, any one of the semiconductor layer and gate insulator is deposited to the other at substrate temperatures in a predetermined range. SOLUTION: An organic semiconductor layer 15 of a thin film transistor(TFT) device is deposited onto a gate insulation layer 13 as an inorganic oxide at temperatures close to room temperatures. An organic semiconductor material suitable therefor is pentacene. The TFT is constituted by depositing a source 16 and drain 17 to an exposed surface of the organic semiconductor layer 15 by a low temperatures deposition process at temperatures close to room temperatures in compliance with a position of a gate 12, so that a channel definition isolation region 18 is positioned at a center of the gate 12. The layer operating by deposition at the temperatures close to the room temperatures such as 25 deg.C to 150 deg.C is suitable for an appropriate dielectric property demanded for the organic semiconductor, and it becomes possible to process by a substrate enduring at fairly lower temperatures, and a use for such substrate is spread.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To form the alignment layer which has its characteristics improved without any mechanical contact with a striking directional particle beam to impinge on a film surface and arranging at least one liquid crystal on the struck surface. SOLUTION: High-cost excessive layers and machining steps, and mechanical contact with the surface of the alignment layer are avoided by depositing the alignment layer directly on the surface with directivity. A substrate 10 is exposed to an ion beam 12 at a certain angle 14 of incidence. When the surface 16 is deposited with an ion beam 12, a material is deposited directly or indirectly on the surface 16 or is injected into the surface to form the alignment layer used to align light crystal. The layer can be made homogeneous by bonds preferentially aligned on the substrate surface 16 and the liquid crystal can be controlled more precisely. The thickness and electron characteristics of the alignment layer can be adapted such that optical performance can be obtained. Further, this alignment is manufactured economically in terms of time and cost. COPYRIGHT: (C)1999,JPO
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for fabricating a nanocolumnar airbridge structure in a Very-Large Scale Integrated (VLSI) and Ultra-Large Scale Integrated (ULSI) devices, and also to provide high performance packaging. SOLUTION: A method for producing a low k, ultra-low k, and super ultra-low-k multilayer interconnect structures on a substrate, in which the interconnect line structure bodies are separated laterally by a dielectric with vertically oriented nanoscale voids, formed by perforating the voids using sub-optical lithography patterning and etching techniques and closing off the tops of the perforations by a dielectric deposition step. The lines are supported by either solid or patterned dielectric features underneath. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI