Patent ID: 7335964
Filing Date: 2008-02-26
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A semiconductor structure, comprising: a semiconductive substrate having an uneven surface topology, the uneven surface topology comprising a valley between a pair of outwardly projecting features; a layer over the uneven surface topology, the layer comprising outwardly projecting portions over the outwardly projecting features of the uneven surface topology and comprising a gap over the valley, the layer having a pair of sidewall periphery portions along the gap and a bottom periphery portion extending between the pair of the sidewall periphery portions, the bottom periphery portion comprising material of the layer; polymeric material only within the gap and only along the pair of the sidewall periphery portions; and wherein each one of the pair of the sidewall periphery portions comprises an upper sidewall segment and a lower sidewall segment elevationally below the upper sidewall segment, and wherein an entirety of the polymeric material is along the upper sidewall segment and not along the lower sidewall segment.