Inventor
MARATHE AMIT P
US46 patents
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ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC
43 patentsUS6822437B1Nov 23, 2004
Interconnect test structure with slotted feeder lines to prevent stress-induced voids
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC53 citations96
US7310155B1Dec 18, 2007
Extraction of tool independent line-edge-roughness (LER) measurements using in-line programmed LER and reliability structures
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC25 citations93
US6858511B1Feb 22, 2005
Method of semiconductor via testing
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC19 citations93
US6599827B1Jul 29, 2003
Methods of forming capped copper interconnects with improved electromigration resistance
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC41 citations93
US6531777B1Mar 11, 2003
Barrier metal integrity testing using a dual level line to line leakage testing pattern and partial CMP
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC36 citations93
US6531780B1Mar 11, 2003
Via formation in integrated circuit interconnects
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC20 citations93
US6506677B1Jan 14, 2003
Method of forming capped copper interconnects with reduced hillock formation and improved electromigration resistance
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC34 citations93
US6498384B1Dec 24, 2002
Structure and method of semiconductor via testing
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC25 citations93
US6432822B1Aug 13, 2002
Method of improving electromigration resistance of capped Cu
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC33 citations93
US7451411B2Nov 11, 2008
Integrated circuit design system
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC23 citations92
US6952052B1Oct 4, 2005
Cu interconnects with composite barrier layers for wafer-to-wafer uniformity
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC51 citations92
US6867056B1Mar 15, 2005
System and method for current-enhanced stress-migration testing of interconnect
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC31 citations92
US6822473B1Nov 23, 2004
Determination of permeability of layer material within interconnect
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC28 citations92
US6762597B1Jul 13, 2004
Structure, system, and method for assessing electromigration permeability of layer material within interconnect
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC25 citations92
US6727592B1Apr 27, 2004
Copper interconnect with improved barrier layer
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC23 citations92
US6426293B1Jul 30, 2002
Minimizing resistance and electromigration of interconnect by adjusting anneal temperature and amount of seed layer dopant
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC22 citations92
US6075293AJun 13, 2000
Semiconductor device having a multi-layer metal interconnect structure
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC26 citations91
US7379924B1May 27, 2008
Quantifying and predicting the impact of line edge roughness on device reliability and performance
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC9 citations84
US7288782B1Oct 30, 2007
Use of Ta-capped metal line to improve formation of memory element films
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC14 citations84
US6825684B1Nov 30, 2004
Hot carrier oxide qualification method
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC14 citations84
US6590288B1Jul 8, 2003
Selective deposition in integrated circuit interconnects
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC16 citations84
US6417566B1Jul 9, 2002
Void eliminating seed layer and conductor core integrated circuit interconnects
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC16 citations84
US7146588B1Dec 5, 2006
Predicting EM reliability by decoupling extrinsic and intrinsic sigma
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC14 citations83
US6897476B1May 24, 2005
Test structure for determining electromigration and interlayer dielectric failure
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC15 citations82
US6939803B2Sep 6, 2005
Method for forming conductor reservoir volume for integrated circuit interconnects
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC8 citations74
US6717266B1Apr 6, 2004
Use of an alloying element to form a stable oxide layer on the surface of metal features
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC12 citations74
US6649511B1Nov 18, 2003
Method of manufacturing a seed layer with annealed region for integrated circuit interconnects
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC7 citations74
US6621290B1Sep 16, 2003
Characterization of barrier layers in integrated circuit interconnects
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC8 citations74
US6498397B1Dec 24, 2002
Seed layer with annealed region for integrated circuit interconnects
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC8 citations74
US6472757B2Oct 29, 2002
Conductor reservoir volume for integrated circuit interconnects
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC7 citations74
US6462417B1Oct 8, 2002
Coherent alloy diffusion barrier for integrated circuit interconnects
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC9 citations74
US6348701B1Feb 19, 2002
Method for determining metal concentration in a field area
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC9 citations74
US6100101AAug 8, 2000
Sensitive technique for metal-void detection
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC9 citations71
US6445070B1Sep 3, 2002
Coherent carbide diffusion barrier for integrated circuit interconnects
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC10 citations70
US6770847B2Aug 3, 2004
Method and system for Joule heating characterization
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC10 citations67
US6856160B1Feb 15, 2005
Maximum VCC calculation method for hot carrier qualification
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC4 citations63
US6710452B1Mar 23, 2004
Coherent diffusion barriers for integrated circuit interconnects
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC2 citations63
US6649034B1Nov 18, 2003
Electro-chemical metal alloying for semiconductor manufacturing
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC2 citations63
US6599835B1Jul 29, 2003
Testing dielectric and barrier layers for integrated circuit interconnects
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC6 citations63
US6476498B1Nov 5, 2002
Elimination of flux divergence in integrated circuit interconnects
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC4 citations63
US6462416B1Oct 8, 2002
Gradated barrier layer in integrated circuit interconnects
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC5 citations63
US6455938B1Sep 24, 2002
Integrated circuit interconnect shunt layer
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC4 citations63
US6706630B1Mar 16, 2004
Method for forming an alloyed metal conductive element of an integrated circuit
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC1 citations52