Method for coating heterogeneous substrates with homogeneous layers

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PATENT NO 5976637
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08746184

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The present invention is predicated on applicants' discovery that inhomogeneity in films deposited on heated heterogeneous substrates can be substantially reduced by patterning the large area metal structures. Specifically, metal structures having areas in excess of about 2 mm.sup.2 are patterned so that the metal is within 1 mm of a metal edge. Thus, for example, a normally solid chromium bonding pad on a glass substrate is conveniently made as a patterned, open grid of 1 mm chromium lines. With such patterning, a subsequently deposited layer of silicon nitride has enhanced homogeneity over a large area, including enhanced uniformity of etching rate.

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BELL SEMICONDUCTOR LLCONE WEST BROAD STREET SUITE 901 BETHLEHEM PA 18018

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Gottscho, Richard Alan Maplewood, NJ 14 393
Gregus, Jeffrey Alan Bethlehem, PA 3 83
Lu, Po-Yen Mendham, NJ 18 215

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