Method of making an electronic device having an integrated inductor
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1. A method of making an electronic device comprising:
- providing a device substrate;
forming a solid state device in the device substrate;
forming an interconnect layer overlying the solid state device, the interconnect layer having interconnects;
forming a dielectric layer over the interconnect layer;
sputtering a sputtered titanium tungsten layer over the dielectric layer;
sputtering a sputtered copper layer over the sputtered titanium tungsten layer;
plating a plated copper layer over the sputtered copper layer; and
forming a planar integrated inductor from the plated copper layer, the sputtered copper layer, and the sputtered titanium tungsten layer by concurrently etching the plated copper layer at a first rate and the sputtered copper layer at a second rate to expose the sputtered titanium tungsten layer, wherein the first rate is less than the second rate, and by etching the sputtered titanium tungsten layer.
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Abstract
An electronic device (10) comprises a copper integrated inductor (11) overlying other solid state components (31) of the device (10). Preferably, the copper inductor (11) is formed of plated copper to a thickness of several microns. The preferred integrated inductor (11) provides significant advantage over external inductors of the past with respect to simplicity of manufacture as well as system size and cost. Additionally, the preferred inductor (11) provides improved inductance per area, lower series resistance and higher Q values, relative to inductors of the past.
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1. A method of making an electronic device comprising:
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providing a device substrate; forming a solid state device in the device substrate; forming an interconnect layer overlying the solid state device, the interconnect layer having interconnects; forming a dielectric layer over the interconnect layer; sputtering a sputtered titanium tungsten layer over the dielectric layer; sputtering a sputtered copper layer over the sputtered titanium tungsten layer; plating a plated copper layer over the sputtered copper layer; and forming a planar integrated inductor from the plated copper layer, the sputtered copper layer, and the sputtered titanium tungsten layer by concurrently etching the plated copper layer at a first rate and the sputtered copper layer at a second rate to expose the sputtered titanium tungsten layer, wherein the first rate is less than the second rate, and by etching the sputtered titanium tungsten layer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of making an electronic device comprising:
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providing a substrate having a semiconductor device; depositing a dielectric layer over the substrate; providing a metal layer over the dielectric layer; providing a first copper layer over the metal layer; patterning a photoresist layer over a first portion of the first copper layer while exposing a second portion of the first copper layer; providing a second copper layer over the second portion of the first copper layer;
`etching the first copper layer at a first rate while etching the second copper layer at a second rate, wherein the first rate is greater than the second rate; andetching the metal layer, wherein etching the first copper layer and etching the metal layer defines a passive component. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of making an electronic device having an inductor, comprising:
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providing a semiconductor substrate; forming a semiconductor device in the semiconductor substrate; providing a copper diffusion barrier over the semiconductor substrate;
`depositing a sputtered copper layer over the copper diffusion barrier;patterning a plated copper layer over a first portion of the sputtered copper layer while leaving a second portion of the sputtered copper layer exposed; concurrently etching the second portion of the sputtered copper layer at a first rate while etching the plated copper layer at a second rate to expose a portion of the copper diffusion barrier, wherein the first rate is greater than the second rate; and etching the portion of the copper diffusion barrier, wherein an inductor is defined by etching the second portion of the sputtered copper layer and etching the portion of the copper diffusion barrier. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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