Methods of fabricating photomasks for improving damascene wire uniformity without reducing performance

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8399181
APP PUB NO 20120110524A1
SERIAL NO

13346776

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A method of improving damascene wire uniformity without reducing performance. The method includes simultaneously forming a multiplicity of damascene wires and a multiplicity of metal dummy shapes in a dielectric layer of a wiring level of an integrated circuit chip, the metal dummy shapes being dispersed between damascene wires of the multiplicity of damascene wires; and removing or modifying those metal dummy shapes of the multiplicity of metal dummy shapes within exclusion regions around selected damascene wires of the multiplicity of damascene wires. Also a method of fabricating a photomask and a photomask for use in improving damascene wire uniformity without reducing performance.

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GLOBALFOUNDRIES INCCAYMAN ISLANDS GRAND CAYMAN GRAND CAYMAN CAYMAN ISLANDS

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Grant, Casey J Hinesburg, US 14 79
Hankey, Jude L Essex Junction, US 2 13

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