Patent ID: 11869843
Assignee: KEPLER COMPUTING INC.
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 2:
3. The method of claim 1, wherein depositing the first conductive hydrogen barrier layer comprises utilizing a first atomic layer deposition process to blanket deposit the first conductive hydrogen barrier layer on the first conductive interconnect and on sidewalls of the etch stop layer to form a conductive hydrogen barrier layer having a lateral portion and substantially vertical portions connected to the lateral portion, and wherein depositing the first conductive hydrogen barrier layer comprising using a second atomic layer deposition process to deposit a material comprising TiAlN with greater than 30 atomic percent AlN, TaN with greater than 30 atomic percent N, TiSiN with greater than 20 atomic percent SiN, TaC, TiC, WC, WN, carbonitrides of Ta, Ti, or W, TiO, Ti2O, WO3, SnO2, ITO, IGZO, zinc oxide or METGLAS series of alloys.