PROCESS FOR MAKING AIR GAP CONTAINING SEMICONDUCTING DEVICES AND RESULTING SEMICONDUCTING DEVICE

A method of forming at least a partial air gap within a semiconducting device and the resulting devices, said method comprising the steps of: (a) depositing a sacrificial polymeric composition in one or more layers of the device during its formation; (b) coating the device with one or more layers of...

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Main Authors TOWNSEND, PAUL, H., III, FOSTER, KENNETH, L
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 05.01.2005
Edition7
Subjects
BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
ELECTRICITY
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
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Summary:A method of forming at least a partial air gap within a semiconducting device and the resulting devices, said method comprising the steps of: (a) depositing a sacrificial polymeric composition in one or more layers of the device during its formation; (b) coating the device with one or more layers of a relatively non-porous, organic, polymeric, insulating dielectric material (hardmask) having a density less than 2.2 g/cm3; and (c) decomposing the sacrificial polymeric composition such that the decomposition products permeate at least partially through the one or more hardmask layers, thereby forming at least a partial air gap within the device.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20030728320