AESF Heritage: SUR/FIN 2000 – European Academy of Surface Technology: Copper Microelectrodeposition: The Influence of Different Additives on Growth in Microprofiles
In this work, a pH 3.0, 0.8M copper sulfate electrolyte was used for plating onto both blanket and patterned silicon wafers. This novel electrolyte, proposed by U. Landau, involves a number of beneficial effects with respect to the conventional bath.
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AESF Heritage: SUR/FIN 2000 – European Academy of Surface Technology: Copper Micro-electrodeposition: The Influence of Different Additives on Growth in Microprofiles
This is a republished paper presented during SUR/FIN 2000 in Chicago, Illinois, part of the European Academy of Sciences (EAST) Seminar.
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