Patent ID: 6010945
Filing Date: 2000-01-04
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
A method for preventing alignment marks from disappearing after chemical mechanical polishing, suitable for a substrate on which devices and first alignment marks are already formed, comprising:forming a metal layer on said substrate, thereby forming second alignment marks on said metal layer above said first alignment marks;forming a required metal pattern on said metal layer and removing part of said metal layer on said first alignment marks;forming a first dielectric layer, an etching stop and a second dielectric layer over said substrate, thereby forming third alignment marks, fourth alignment marks and fifth alignment marks on said first dielectric layer, said etching stop and said second dielectric layer, respectively;performing chemical mechanical polishing, causing the disappearance of said fifth alignment marks; andforming contact windows in said first dielectric layer and clear out windows on said fourth alignment marks to make said fourth alignment marks reappear.