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To: Katherine Derbyshire who wrote (94781)2/23/2000 11:17:00 AM
From: Jim McMannis  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1572310
 
RE:". An alloy might be easier, but would also have higher resistance.
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Maybe a trade off is in order or maybe they use a different polishing compound (mississippi mud). Do you think AMD can do it?
I see you are an fellow Alumnus, Gaucho, welcome to the thread.

Regards, Jim



To: Katherine Derbyshire who wrote (94781)2/23/2000 5:54:00 PM
From: Dan3  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1572310
 
Re: And part of the problem is that copper is just a pain in the neck to polish...

Thanks for your post.

Do you consider it likely that sensitivity to pressure variations (or other issues) would make moving to 300mm wafers more difficult with copper than Aluminum?

Regards,

Dan


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