Patent ID: 8610278

Claim:
An interconnect structure comprising: at least one copper-containing structure located on a surface of a substrate; a contiguous layer of graphene comprising a first portion located on each exposed sidewall surface of said at least one copper-containing structure and a second portion located on a topmost surface of said at least one copper-containing structure, wherein a bottommost surface of said first portion of said contiguous layer of graphene is in contact with a portion of said surface of said substrate; and a dielectric material portion having a dielectric constant of less than silicon dioxide located on each side of the at least one copper-containing surface, wherein each dielectric material portion has a bottommost surface in contact with another portion of said surface of said substrate, a topmost surface that is horizontally coplanar with a topmost surface of said second portion of said contiguous layer of graphene and a sidewall surface in contact with said first portion of said at least one copper-containing structure.