Patents Assigned to Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd. Pte
  • Patent number: 5175125
    Abstract: The method of forming a highly conductive electrical contact to a semiconductor region of an integrated circuits device is described. An opening to the semiconductor region is provided through an insulating layer. A thin first layer of aluminium having a first grain size is sputter deposited over and in the opening covering the surface of the semiconductor region. A second layer of aluminium having a second and substantially different grain size from the thin first layer of aluminium is sputter deposited thereover. The resulting aluminum structure is subjected in its normal process of manufacture to temperature cycling of greater than about 300.degree. C. whereby any formed silicon nodules are preferentially formed at the boundary of the thin first layer of aluminium and the second layer of aluminium. The second layer of aluminium may in one alternative completely fill the opening. In another alternative, a third layer having substantially the same grain size as the first aluminum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1992
    Assignee: Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd. Pte
    Inventor: George Wong