IP Library Granted Patent US 7,288,836
Granted Patent B2
US 7,288,836 · App. 11/162,117 · Granted Oct 30, 2007

Stacked alignment mark and method for manufacturing thereof

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,288,836
App. No.
11/162,117
Granted
Oct 30, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A stacked alignment mark. The stacked alignment mark comprises a first alignment mark and a second alignment mark. The first alignment mark is located in a first film layer, wherein the first alignment mark is composed of a plurality of conductive wires. The second alignment mark is located in a second film layer under the first film layer. The first alignment mark is located in a first region corresponding to a second region in which the second alignment mark is located. Moreover, the second alignment mark at least contains a third region directly under a space between each two adjacent first conductive wires.

Claims (10)

1. A stacked alignment mark, comprising:

a first alignment mark located in a first film layer, wherein the first alignment mark is composed of a plurality of conductive wires; and

a second alignment mark located in a second film layer under the first film layer, wherein the first alignment mark is located in a first region corresponding to a second region in which the second alignment mark is located and the second alignment mark at least contains a third region directly under a space between each two adjacent first conductive wires.

2. The stacked alignment mark of claim 1 , wherein the second alignment mark is composed of a plurality of second conductive wires.

3. The stacked alignment mark of claim 1 , wherein the second alignment mark is in a form of window lattice structure.

4. The stacked alignment mark of claim 1 , wherein the second alignment mark is in a form of rectangle structure.

5. The stacked alignment mark of claim 1 , wherein the first alignment mark is selectively made of aluminum, tungsten, copper or alloy thereof.

6. The stacked alignment mark of claim 1 , wherein the second alignment mark is selectively made of aluminum, tungsten, copper or alloy thereof.

7. The stacked alignment mark of claim 1 , wherein the first film layer is selectively made of silicon oxide, silicon nitride, silicon oxy-nitride or other dielectric material.

8. The stacked alignment mark of claim 1 , wherein the second film layer is selectively made of silicon oxide, silicon nitride, silicon oxy-nitride or other dielectric material.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 26, 2021
From: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: MARLIN SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
Reel/Frame 056991/0292 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 29, 2005
From: CHIA, WEI-SHENG; CHEN, CHIH-JUNG; CHEN, CHUNG-AN; HUANG, CHIH-CHUNG
To: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
Reel/Frame 016468/0004 →