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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention may generally provide a small volume electrochemical plating cell. The plating cell generally includes a fluid basin configured to contain a plating solution therein, the fluid basin having a substantially horizontal weir. The cell further includes an anode positioned in a lower portion of the fluid basin, the anode having a plurality of parallel channels formed therethrough, and a base member configured to receive the anode, the base member having a plurality of groves formed into an anode receiving surface, each of the plurality of grooves terminating into an annular drain channel. A membrane support assembly configured to position a membrane immediately above the anode in a substantially planar orientation with respect to the anode surface is provided, the membrane support assembly having a plurality of channels and bores formed therein.
Description
The application is that the name of submitting on July 24th, 2003 is called: the dividing an application of the Chinese patent application 038200554 of " electrochemical processing cell ".
The cross reference of related application
The application requires the right of priority of No. 60/398345 temporary patent application of the U.S. of submission on July 24th, 2002, and this application is incorporated herein by reference at this.
Technical field
Embodiments of the invention relate generally to the low capacity electrochemical processing cell and electro-conductive material are deposited to method on the substrate with electrochemical means.
Background technology
The metallization of the parts of inferior 1/4 micron size is the basic fundamental of present and following integrated circuit fabrication process.Especially, in device such as ultra-large integrated type, the device that just has the unicircuit that surpasses 1,000,000 logical gate, the multilayer interconnection that is positioned at these device centers generally are to form by the interconnecting member of filling high aspect ratio (for example greater than 4: 1) such as copper or aluminium with electro-conductive material.Traditionally, deposition technique is used to fill these interconnecting members such as chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and physical vapor deposition (PVD) always.But,, fill all the more difficulty that becomes by the void-free interconnect of traditional metallization technology along with the increase with aspect ratio of reducing of interconnect sizes.Therefore, () coating technology occurred, just electrochemistry plating (ECP) and electroless plating technology are as the promising technology of the tight filling of the high aspect ratio interconnecting member that is used for the 1/4 micron size in the integrated circuit fabrication process Central Asia.
In ECP technology, for example, form the high aspect ratio parts of the 1/4 micron size in Asia of substrate surface (perhaps deposition insulation layer thereon) and filled effectively such as copper by electro-conductive material.The ECP electroplating technology generally is a two-stage process, and wherein Seed Layer (seed layer) at first forms on the surface elements of substrate, and the surface elements of substrate is exposed to electrolytic solution then, and carries out electrical bias simultaneously between Seed Layer and the copper anode in electrolytic solution.Described electrolytic solution generally contains the lip-deep ion that will be plated to substrate, and therefore, the application of electrical bias makes these ions be driven out from electrolytic solution and be plated on the Seed Layer.
Coating bath and pivot suspension formula (pivot-type) substrate that the general usage level of traditional chemical coating bath is placed immerse process.Yet, the known generation that in pivot suspension formula immersion process, can cause bubble on the substrate surface by the variation that pivot suspension immerses the immersion angle of device.Known these bubbles can cause coating uniformity coefficient problem, and therefore, minimizing of bubble is desired.In addition, substrate surface does not parallel with the anode of plating tank in the pivot suspension formula immersion process of traditional electrical coating bath, and therefore, electric field is not crossed over substrate surface with constant, and this also can cause the uniformity coefficient problem.
Therefore, need a kind of improved electrochemistry coating bath, be designed in immersion and electroplating process, keep substrate to immerse it with a constant immersion angle.
Summary of the invention
The embodiment of the invention generally provides a kind of low capacity electrochemical plating cell.Plating tank generally comprises a liquid pool that is used for holding electroplate liquid, and this liquid pool has the weir of an approximate horizontal.Plating tank also comprises an anode that is positioned at the liquid pool bottom, and this anode has many parallel grooves that connect itself; Bottom part, it has many grooves that the anode receiving surface is advanced in a plurality of formation, and every groove ends at an annular row liquid bath.The membrane support assembly is designed to the directly dividing plate above anode of location, and with respect to anode surface, the basic planar orientation of dividing plate has a lot of grooves and hole on the membrane support assembly.
The embodiment of the invention can further provide a membrane support assembly, and this membrane support components zone has from a plurality of through holes and subregion that upper surface passes and has many grooves that pass from lower surface.The membrane support assembly is designed to and supports the directly dividing plate above anode, this anode general planar orientation, simultaneously also can allow dividing plate at its groove position slight deformation to be arranged, like this, bubble and other can be driven to the dividing plate periphery than light liquid and discharge from the anolyte compartment then.
The embodiment of the invention can further provide the bottom part that is used for placing anode assembly.Bottom part generally comprises one and is designed to place the anodic groove part.Many liquid communication grooves are arranged on the groove walls.In addition, bottom portion of groove has a ring discharge liquid groove and many grooves, and these many grooves pass the bottom and its two ends end at the discharge opeing groove.
The embodiment of the invention can further provide one to be used for metal is plated to device on the substrate with electrochemical means.This device generally has a liquid pool that is used for holding electroplate liquid, this liquid pool that a last weir of level is substantially arranged; A dividing plate that is positioned at the liquid pool inner periphery, dividing plate are used for the cathode compartment that is positioned at liquid pool top is kept apart with the anolyte compartment that is positioned at the liquid pool bottom; First fluid inlet that is designed to catholyte is supplied to cathode compartment; Second fluid inlet that is designed to anolyte is supplied to the anolyte compartment; Catholyte and anolyte are different solutions, and anode is positioned at the anolyte compartment, and anode has a horizontal upper surface substantially, and this upper surface is with respect to substantially being the weir setting that has a certain degree on the planar.
The embodiment of the invention can further provide a kind of low capacity electrochemical plating cell.Electrochemical plating cell generally comprises a liquid pool that is used for holding electroplate liquid; An anode that is arranged in liquid pool; A dividing plate that is positioned at the anode top and strides across liquid pool; A diffuser plate (diffusion plate) that is positioned at dividing plate top and strides across liquid pool, diffuser plate is parallel to each other with anode and become a pitch angle to place with respect to the electroplate liquid upper surface.
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By reference example, some embodiment wherein illustrate in the accompanying drawings, can understand above-described feature of the present invention in more detail, particularly can obtain the description of the more details of summarizing above of the present invention.But should be noted that accompanying drawing has only illustrated exemplary embodiments of the present invention, therefore be not considered to limit its scope, because the present invention can comprise that other has the embodiment of identical effect.
Figure 1 shows that the cut-away section skeleton view of the little plating tank of exemplary electrical chemistry of the present invention.
Figure 2 shows that the skeleton view of anode basal disc of the present invention.
Figure 3 shows that it is provided with the skeleton view of anodic exemplary anode basal disc of the present invention.
Figure 4 shows that separator plate supporting component decomposition diagram of the present invention.
Figure 5 shows that the phantom view of a side of plating tank of the present invention.
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The present invention generally provides a kind of low capacity groove that is designed to be used in that metal is plated to electrochemical plating cell on the semiconducter substrate, that is to say, groove weir self capacity holds and is less than 4 liters electrolytic solution, preferably between 1 to 3 liter, other has an appointment 2 to 8 liters of electrolytic solutions in adjacent and service tank that tank liquid communicates.These operate the required small amount of liquid of groove of the present invention makes plating tank to use in the target substrate scope, promptly uses in the 100-200 substrate scope.Solution can be thrown away or be replaced by new soln then.Electrochemical plating cell generally is designed to come coating electrode to the anode of plating tank and negative electrode or plating tank to carry out isolation on the liquid by a cation membrane between the anode of desire plating substrate and plating tank.In addition, plating tank of the present invention generally is designed to supply with first kind of solution and gives anolyte compartment, the just capacity between anode 105 upper surfaces and dividing plate 502 lower surfaces; Supply with second kind of solution (a kind of electroplate liquid) and give cathode compartment, just the above liquid capacity of dividing plate upper surface.On the anode 105 of plating tank many slits are arranged generally, these grooves are parallel to each other and be designed to make in electroplating process dense thick hydrokinetics Newtonian fuid layer to flow away from anode surface.On first side of membrane support assembly 106 many slits or groove are arranged, and a plurality of holes that are positioned at membrane support assembly second side, the slit of wherein a plurality of Kong Keyu membrane support assembly opposite sides carries out liquid communication.
Figure 1 shows that the perspective and the phantom view of a kind of exemplary electrochemical plating cell 100 of the present invention.Plating tank 100 generally comprises outer pond 101 and is positioned at the pond 102 in outer pond.Interior pond 102 generally is designed to hold electroplating solution, and this electroplating solution is used for will for example being plated on the substrate for the metal of copper in the electrochemistry electroplating technology.In electroplating process, generally be pond 102 in electroplate liquid is constantly supplied with (for example, supplying with 10 liters plating tank with the speed of about 1 gpm), therefore, electroplate liquid from interior pond 102 vertexs constantly overflow and enter outside pond 101.The electroplate liquid that overflows collect by outer pond 101 and from wherein discharging so that in being circulated again into the pond 102.As shown in Figure 1, plating tank 100 is generally placed with a certain inclination angle, and promptly the frame parts 103 of plating tank 100 generally has a side slightly high, so that the inclination angle of plating bath 100 parts is between 3 ° and 30 °.Therefore, for the electroplate liquid in the pond 102 in guaranteeing in implementing plating has proper depth, the vertex in interior pond 102 can be along extending on the side direction of plating tank 100, so that the vertex maintenance level substantially in interior pond 102 and electroplate liquid is constantly overflowed along the periphery in interior pond 102.
The frame parts 103 of plating tank 100 generally comprises circular bottom part parts 104 that are fixed on the frame parts 103.Because frame parts 103 has a side slightly high, bottom part 104 upper surfaces and horizontal plane have angle, and this angle is consistent with frame parts 103 inclination angle with respect to the horizontal plane.Bottom part 104 comprises an annular or discous groove, and this annular recesses is used for placing discous anode component 105.Bottom part 104 comprises that also being positioned at a plurality of of its bottom surface advances/liquid outlet 109.Each advances/and liquid outlet 109 generally is designed to respectively a kind of liquid be supplied with the anolyte compartment or the cathode compartment of plating tank 100, or anolyte compartment or the cathode compartment discharge of a kind of liquid from plating tank 100.Many the slits 107 that connect itself are generally arranged on the anode component 105, and these slits 107 generally are distributed in anode 105 surfaces parallel to each other, as shown in Figure 3.These slits of parallel orientation can flow in the slit 107 through anode surface downwards together with the dense thick liquid that above-mentioned inclination angle makes anode surface produce.Plating tank 100 also comprises a membrane support assembly 106.Membrane support assembly 106 generally is fixed in the external margin of bottom part 104, it comprise can be used to make liquid by a series of slits that are oppositely arranged and hole the interior region 108 from wherein flowing through.Membrane support assembly 106 can comprise near the O-ring packings that are positioned at membrane support assembly 106 periphery, wherein said sealing member be designed to stop liquid from the effluent that is fixed in membrane support assembly 106 of dividing plate 502 to opposite side.
Figure 2 shows that the skeleton view of bottom part 104.The upper surface of bottom part 104 generally comprises an annular recesses 201 that is designed to place disk-shaped anode 105.In addition, on the annular recesses 201 many grooves 202 are arranged generally.Every groove 202 is parallel to each other substantially and ends at the edge of grooved area 201.In addition, also there is a ring discharge liquid groove 203 around its edge at the edge of grooved area 201.The two ends of every groove that be arranged in parallel 202 all end at ring discharge liquid groove 203.Therefore, groove 202 can receive dense thick liquid from anode slit 302, as shown in Figure 3, then it is transported to discharge opeing groove 203 by groove 202.The straight wall that forms grooved area 201 generally comprises position many slits 204 thereon.Every slit 204 is generally parallel to each other, and, general be positioned at grooved area 201 and hang down lip-deep grooves 202 and parallel.Bottom part 104 also comprises a liquid supplying duct 205 that is designed to distribute the liquid to the anode region of plating tank 100 at least, and an electroplate liquid supplying duct 206 that is designed to electroplate liquid is assigned to the cathode compartment of plating tank 100.Two mutually independently supplying duct 205 and 206 general and at least one feed tube for liquid line 109 that are positioned at bottom part 104 lower surfaces carry out liquid communication, as shown in Figure 1.Bottom part 104 generally comprises a plurality of conduit (not shown), and wherein these conduits are designed to every feed tube for liquid line 109 collected liquid are flowed to respectively by conduit 205 and 206 cathode compartment and the anolyte compartment of plating tank 100.
Figure 3 shows that the skeleton view of bottom part 104 with disk-shaped anode 105.Anode 105 generally is a discous copper part, that is to say, generally carries out electrochemistry copper facing operation with a soluble-type copper anode, and many slits 302 are generally arranged on the copper part.Slit 302 is general to connect the inside of anodes 105 and with the upper and lower surface of anode 105 liquid communication is arranged all.Similarly, slit 302 allows liquid to be passed through the inside of anode 105 to lower surface by upper surface.Slit 302 is parallel to each other.Yet, as shown in Figure 3, when anode 105 is arranged in the annular recesses 201 of bottom part 104, the slit 204 and groove 202 quadratures of the general and bottom part 104 of the parallel slot of anode 105 302.In addition, slit 302 generally is discontinuous on the upper surface of anode 105.But slit 302 quilts are blocked than in the middle of eldest son's section 303 and short sub-section 304, the two sub-sections interval 305 being arranged, and this can make the flow path (current path) that passes through anode 105 from an end to its other end elongated at interval.In addition, the interval 305 of 302 of adjacent slots is in the couple positioned opposite of anode upper surface.From anode than low side to the flow path of anode higher-end generally comprise one slit 302 by 305 Reciprocatory path at interval.In addition, slit 302 and at interval 305 layout dense thick Newtonian fuid is flowed away more up hill and dale from anode 105 surfaces because the dense thick liquid that is set to of slit 302 flows to a distance that may flow the shortest is provided in the slit 302.
Figure 4 shows that the decomposition diagram of exemplary median septum supporting component 106 of the present invention.Membrane support assembly 106 generally comprises the annular support member 401 on a top, the membrane support member 400 and a lower support member 402 at a middle part.The support component 401 and 402 of upper and lower generally is designed to provide structural support to intermediate membrane support member 400, that is to say, when having placed intermediate membrane support member 400 on the bottom support component 402, upper support member 401 is used for intermediate membrane support member 400 is fixed on the lower support member 402.Intermediate membrane support member 400 generally comprises the upper surface of a substantially flat, is formed with the hole of many perforations on the subregion on surface.The lower surface of intermediate membrane support member 400 generally comprises the external portion 403 of a taper and the internal partition bonding surface 406 of a substantially flat.The upper surface of lower support member 402 can comprise that a corresponding tapered section is designed to hold the tapered section 403 of intermediate membrane support member 400.Generally comprise many on the dividing plate bonding surface 406 to be arranged in parallel/directed groove 405.Every the groove 405 that forms on the lower surface that advances intermediate membrane support member 400 carries out liquid communication with a plurality of holes (not shown) that partly forms by smooth surface area at least.Groove 405 can make dividing plate (as shown in Figure 5) the slightly upwards distortion in groove 405 zones that is arranged in membrane support assembly 400, the bubble and the low-concentration liquid that can be like this in the cathode compartment provide a flowing-path, so that it is movable to the periphery of dividing plate and discharges from the anolyte compartment.
In the operation, plating tank 100 of the present invention provides and can be used for for example low capacity of electrochemistry copper-plating technique (electrolytic solution capacity) treatment trough.As shown in Figure 1, but plating tank 100 levels or tilt to place that is to say that plating tank one side raises and is higher than the opposite side of plating tank in vertical direction.If plating tank 100 is the placement of tilting, so available one assembly that tilts and substrate support member that is to say that with a constant angle submergence substrate angle between substrate and the electrolytic solution upper surface does not change in the immersion process.In addition, immersion speed can change, and that is to say, with cumulative speed substrate is immersed in the electrolytic solution.Constant immersion angle and variable immersion speed combination can be eliminated the bubble of substrate surface.
Suppose to adopt and tilt to place, in the electroplate liquid in substrate at first is immersed in so in the pond 102.Electroplate liquid generally comprises copper sulfate, chlorine and one or more are used for controlling organic plating additive (leveler, inhibitor, promotor (accelerator) etc.) of electroplating parameter, in case substrate is immersed in the electroplate liquid, just applies and electroplate electrical bias (electrical plating bias) in the Seed Layer on the substrate with between the anode 105 of plating tank 100 bottoms.Electroplating electrical bias generally can make the metal ion in the electroplate liquid be deposited on cathodic substrate surface.The electroplate liquid in pond 102 is by advancing/liquid outlet 109 constantly circulation in interior pond 102 in supplying with.More particularly, electroplate liquid can enter plating tank 100 by fluid inlet 109.Solution can pass bottom part 104 lower surfaces and upwards pass through an electroplate liquid feed line 206.Then, electroplate liquid can enter cathode compartment by the groove that forms plating tank 100, the groove of plating tank 100 a bit communicating above membrane support 106 wherein with cathode compartment, as shown in Figure 5 and the description of carrying out with reference to Fig. 5.Similarly, electroplate liquid can be discharged from cathode compartment by the liquid discharge pipe of membrane support 106 tops, and wherein, by an electroplate liquid feed line 206, leakage fluid dram carries out liquid communication with a liquid discharge pipe 109 that is positioned at the lower surface of bottom part 104.For example, bottom part 104 comprises the first and second electroplate liquid feed lines 206 that are positioned on the relative both sides of bottom part 104.The relative electroplate liquid feed line 206 in position can be used for making electroplate liquid to pass in and out cathode compartment in a predetermined direction respectively, and this can make flow direction be controlled equally.Flow direction control can be controlled on the dividing plate lower surface than light liquid discharge and bubble from the discharge of anolyte compartment, and can help dense thick or flow away from anode surface by the groove on the bottom part 104 202 than the heavy-fluid body.
In case electroplate liquid flows into cathode compartment, electroplate liquid will upwards flow through diffuser plate 110.Diffuser plate 110 is generally pottery or other porous disk shaped part, generally is used as liquid stream restrictor so that liquid flows through substrate surface reposefully.In addition, diffuser plate 110 can be used to reduce electrical variation (electrical variation) on the electrochemistry generation area between anode and the cation membrane surface with resistance mode (resistively damp), and this electrical variation can reduce the coating uniformity coefficient as everyone knows.In addition, embodiments of the invention consider that available wetting ability plastic components replaces, for example, selected polyethylene part, polyvinyladine floride parts, polypropylene member or other existing porous and have available other material that reduces the feature that electrically changes with resistance mode of pottery.Yet, the electroplate liquid that enters cathode compartment is generally the cathodic electricity plating bath, just with the electroplate liquid of additive, do not allow that it enters the anolyte compartment by the dividing plate 502 on the lower surface 404 that is positioned at membrane support assembly 106, because anolyte compartment and cathode compartment are separated (fluidly separate) by the fluidity of dividing plate.The anolyte compartment comprises separately independently liquid supply and the liquid source of discharging, and this liquid source is designed to supply with anolyte to the anolyte compartment.The solution of supplying with the anolyte compartment is only in anolyte compartment's internal recycle and indiffusion or flow to cathode compartment, and this solution is generally copper sulfate in the electrochemistry copper plating system, because the dividing plate that is positioned on the membrane support assembly 106 is all impermeable at both direction.
In addition, control the direction of the fluid solution mobile (anolyte just, does not contain the electroplate liquid of additive, refers to and is similar to a kind of original solution) that enters into the anolyte compartment here so that the electroplating parameter maximization.For example, anolyte can enter the anolyte compartment by one of them fluid inlet 109.Fluid inlet 109 can carry out liquid communication with the liquid groove on bottom part 104 bottoms, and the liquid groove can make anolyte flow in the liquid feed line 205.Sealing member is positioned at the radial outer periphery of liquid feed line 205 and cooperates mutually with member on every side, make progress flowing liquid feed line 205 and enter slit 204 of direct anode electrolytic solution.Then, generally the flow through upper surface of anode 105 of anolyte arrives the opposite side of bottom part 104, is designed under the tilted-putted situation at bottom part 104, and this side is generally plating tank 100 1 sides.The anolyte anodic surface of flowing through, anode are positioned at directly under thereon the dividing plate.In case anolyte arrives the opposite side of anode 105, it will flow into corresponding liquid groove 204 and discharge to continue circulation from plating tank 100 then.
In carrying out the electroplating operations process, the plating electrical bias between anode and the negative electrode generally can make the anolyte in the anolyte compartment decompose.More particularly, this electroplates biasing can produce the multilayer copper-bath in the anolyte compartment hydrokinetics layer or newton's layer.These hydrokinetics layers generally comprise and close on anodic vitriol oil copper layer, and intermediary normal copper sulfate layer closes on the depleted copper sulfate layer at the lighter top of dividing plate.The depleted copper sulfate layer is generally the low and lighter layer of copper sulfate of concentration of copper sulfate than initial supply anolyte compartment, and dense thick layer is generally denseer heavier layer of copper sulfate and viscosity is even.The concentration of closing on the thick layer of anodic farming evenly can produce electrical conductivity problems (or being known as anode passivation) on the anode of no slit 302.Yet slit 302 is cooperated mutually with the vergence direction of plating tank 100 and can be received the dense viscosity layer of copper sulfate and it is flowed away from anode surface, so just can eliminate the variation of specific conductivity.In addition, plating tank 100 generally has a side direction to tilt or vertically is positioned on the opposite side, and therefore, anode 105 surfaces generally also are tilting plane.This tilt generally can make result from anode 105 surfaces vitriol oil copper layer under action of gravity to dirty.Along with vitriol oil copper sulfate layer flows downhill, be received among the slit 302 and and flow away from anode surface.As mentioned above, slit 302 is general parallel to each other and vertical with slit 204.Therefore, slit 302 is also perpendicular to groove 202, and forms in bottom part 104 lower surfaces.Similarly, every slit 302 is final crossing with several grooves 202.This design makes vitriol oil copper can enter slit 302 and flows in one or more groove 202.Thereafter, vitriol oil copper can flow among the ring discharge liquid groove 203 that is arranged in groove 201 by groove 202.The discharge opeing groove 203 that communicates with groove 202 generally can run through basal disc 104 and turn back to the anolyte service tank of central authorities, and the vitriol oil copper that flows away from anode surface can carry out again fused with the stored copper sulfate as anolyte of certain volume herein.
Similarly, upper portion of anode chamber produces the depleted copper sulfate layer of one deck near dividing plate.As shown in Figure 5, the depleted copper sulfate layer can flow away from the anolyte compartment by air vent/drain 501.Air vent/drain 501 can comprise a plurality of ports, and it generally is positioned at the upper end of electrochemical plating cell 100, therefore, promptly can be used to discharge the bubble of intercepting and capturing and can be used to discharge the depleted copper sulfate that produces on the baffle surface again in the anolyte compartment.Venting hole 501 generally can carry out liquid communication with aforesaid anode electrolytic solution case, therefore, can send the depleted copper sulfate that receives back to the anolyte case, depleted copper sulfate can be carried out again fused to form the copper sulfate of desired concn in the anolyte case with the vitriol oil copper that flows to by slit 302 therein.Be deflated the bubble hole 501 intercepted and captured also can be discharged to the air or just be trapped in the anolyte case and be not recycled in the cathode compartment from cathode compartment.
Though aforementionedly be described according to the embodiment of the invention, under the situation that does not exceed base region of the present invention, can design other more embodiment of the invention, the scope of the invention is indicated in the appended claims.
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1. one kind is used for electrochemical metal is electroplated onto anode on the substrate, it is characterized in that, comprising:
The discous parts of cardinal principle, it has many slits that connect formation therein.
2. anode according to claim 1 is characterized in that, substantially discous parts are used will electroplated metal manufacturing in the electrochemistry electroplating technology.
3. anode according to claim 1 is characterized in that, discous parts are made of copper substantially.
4. anode according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, described a plurality of slit comprises many eldest son's sections and many short son sections, a weak point section in the described a plurality of short sub-section of every eldest son Duan Douyu correspondence of described many eldest son's sections is vertical in abutting connection with setting, and is separated by described anodic remainder therebetween.
5. an anode that is used in the electrochemical plating cell is characterized in that, comprising:
The discous parts of cardinal principle, it has a plurality of slits that connect formation therein, and wherein said a plurality of slits are parallel to first direction and arrange.
6. anode according to claim 5 is characterized in that, substantially discous parts are used will electroplated metal manufacturing in the electrochemistry electroplating technology.
7. anode according to claim 5 is characterized in that, discous parts are made of copper substantially.
8. anode according to claim 5 is characterized in that, described a plurality of slits comprise one or more slits with first length and the one or more slits with second length, and described first length is longer than described second length.
9. an anode that is used in electrochemical plating cell is characterized in that, comprising:
The discous parts of cardinal principle, it has a plurality of slits that connect formation therein, and wherein said a plurality of slits are parallel to first direction to be arranged, and described a plurality of slit comprises:
First group of slit, it comprises at least the first slit and second slit, described first slit has first length and first end, described second slit has second length and second end, and wherein said second slit and first slit are positioned at and form first gap between described first end and described second end; And
Second group of slit, described second group of slit is parallel to described first group of slit and first direction, wherein, described second group of slit comprises at least the three slit and the 4th slit, described the 3rd slit has the 3rd length and the 3rd end, described the 4th slit has the 4th length and the 4th end, and wherein said the 4th slit and the 3rd slit are positioned at and form second gap between described third and fourth end.
10. anode according to claim 9 is characterized in that, described second slit and first slit are oriented to conllinear, and described the 4th slit and the 3rd slit are oriented to conllinear.
11. anode according to claim 9 is characterized in that, described first group of slit and second group of slit are at the spaced apart certain distance of the direction that is basically perpendicular to described first direction.
12. anode according to claim 9 is characterized in that, substantially discous parts are used will electroplated metal manufacturing in the electrochemistry electroplating technology.
13. anode according to claim 9 is characterized in that, discous parts are made of copper substantially.
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