Patent ID: 8685909

Claim:
A method of removing post-chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) residue from a microelectronic device having said post-CMP residue thereon, said method comprising contacting the microelectronic device with a cleaning composition for sufficient time to at least partially clean said post-CMP residue from the microelectronic device, wherein the cleaning composition includes at least one solvent, at least one corrosion inhibitor, and at least one amine, wherein the corrosion inhibitor comprises a species selected from the group consisting of barbituric acid and derivatives thereof, glucuronic acid, squaric acid, alpha-keto acids, adenosine and derivatives thereof, guanine, hypoxanthine, xanthine, theobromine, caffeine, isoguanine, phenanthroline/ascorbic acid, nicotinamide and derivatives thereof, flavonols and derivatives thereof, anthocyanins and derivatives thereof, flavonol/anthocyanin, and combinations thereof.