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- Patent Title: Back-end-of-line wiring structures with integrated passive elements and design structures for a radiofrequency integrated circuit
- Patent Title (中): 具有集成无源元件的后端线路结构和用于射频集成电路的设计结构
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Application No.: US12182585Application Date: 2008-07-30
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Publication No.: US08089135B2Publication Date: 2012-01-03
- Inventor: Peter J. Lindgren , Anthony K. Stamper
- Applicant: Peter J. Lindgren , Anthony K. Stamper
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machine Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machine Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP
- Main IPC: H01L21/02
- IPC: H01L21/02

Abstract:
Back-end-of-line (BEOL) wiring structures that include a passive element, such as a thin film resistor or a metal-insulator-metal capacitor, and multiple-height vias in a metallization level, as well as design structures for a radiofrequency integrated circuit. The wiring structures generally include a first metal-filled via in a dielectric layer having sidewalls that intersect the passive element and a second metal-filled via in the dielectric layer with sidewalls that do not intersect the passive element. The bottom of the first via includes a conductive layer that operates as an etch stop to prevent deepening of the sidewalls of the first via into a portion of the passive element when the second via is fully etched through the dielectric layer. A liner is applied to the layer of conductive material and the sidewalls of the first via, and the remaining space is filled with another conductive layer.
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