摘要:
A semiconductor comprising a semiconductor device formed on a semiconductor substrate, an interlevel insulating film having holes and a ring-shaped groove in a circuit area formed on the semiconductor substrate and having the semiconductor element formed therein, the ring-shaped groove seamlessly surrounding an outer periphery of the circuit area, via plugs formed in the holes in the interlevel insulating film, a wiring connected to the plug electrodes and mainly comprising copper, and a via ring having a layer formed in the ring-shaped groove and mainly comprising aluminum, wherein no layer mainly comprising copper is formed in the via ring layer.
摘要:
A semiconductor device manufacturing method comprises a step of forming a trench to a first insulation film formed on a semiconductor substrate, and forming a lower level wiring in the trench, a step of forming at least one conductive layer on the semiconductor substrate to coat the lower level wiring, a step of forming at least one thin film layer on the conductive layer, a step of forming a hard mask by patterning the thin film, a step of etching the conductive layer by using the hard mask as an etching mask, and forming a conductive pillar-shaped structure, whose upper surface is covered with the hard mask, on the lower level wiring, a step of forming a second insulation film on the semiconductor substrate so that the pillar-shaped structure is buried, a step of forming a wiring trench in which at least the hard mask is exposed, and a step of burying a conductor into the wiring trench after the hard mask is removed, and forming an upper level wiring in the wiring trench.
摘要:
Disclosed is a low dielectric constant insulating film formed of a polymer containing Si atoms, O atoms, C atoms, and H atoms, which includes straight chain molecules in which a plurality of basic molecules with an SiO structure are linked in a straight chain, binder molecules with an SiO structure linking a plurality of the straight chain molecules. The area ratio of a signal indicating a linear type SiO structure is 49% or more, and the signal amount of the signal indicating Si(CH3) is 66% or more.
摘要:
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device, includes forming a dielectric film above a substrate; forming an opening in the dielectric film; forming a first film containing a metal whose energy for forming silicide thereof is lower than that of Cu silicide inside the opening; forming a second film that is conductive and contains copper (Cu) in the opening in which the first film containing the metal is formed; and forming a compound film containing Cu and silicon (Si) selectively on the second film in an atmosphere in which a temperature of the substrate is below 300° C.
摘要:
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device, includes forming a dielectric film above a substrate; forming an opening in the dielectric film; forming a first film containing a metal whose energy for forming silicide thereof is lower than that of Cu silicide inside the opening; forming a second film that is conductive and contains copper (Cu) in the opening in which the first film containing the metal is formed; and forming a compound film containing Cu and silicon (Si) selectively on the second film in an atmosphere in which a temperature of the substrate is below 300° C.
摘要:
A semiconductor device, may include a first insulating layer formed on a semiconductor substrate, a contact provided in the first insulating layer, a second dielectric layer formed on the first insulating layer, the second insulating layer having lower dielectric constant than the first dielectric layer, a wiring formed in the second insulating layer and being electrically connected to the contact, a first barrier metal formed on a bottom of the contact and on a side surface of the wiring, and a second barrier metal formed on a side surface of the bottom and on the first barrier metal.
摘要:
A method for generating a pattern includes reading out an interconnect layout and a hole layout, the interconnect layout prescribing interconnect patterns, the hole layout prescribing hole patterns configured to connect to the interconnect patterns; extracting one of the hole patterns to be connected within the same interconnect layer level to one of the interconnect patterns in a pattern processing area; extracting a first processing area including the extracted hole pattern; calculating a first pattern density of the interconnect patterns included in the first processing area; and generating first additional patterns in the first processing area based on the first pattern density.
摘要:
A semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of chip regions and a plurality of chip rings. The plurality of chip regions include semiconductor integrated circuits each having a multilayered wiring structure using a metal wiring, and are formed into independent chips. The plurality of chip rings has the multilayered wiring structure using the metal wiring, and surround the respective chip regions. The plurality of chip rings are electrically connected to one another.
摘要:
A semiconductor device includes first level wires; a low-dielectric constant film on the first level wires; first flat vias embedded in the low-dielectric constant film connected to the first level wires, each via having a first length in a longitudinal direction of the first level wires and a second length in a orthogonal direction to the first direction on a plane where the first level wires are disposed, aspect ratio of at least one of the first and second lengths to a height perpendicular to the plane is over 1; and second level wires disposed on the low-dielectric constant film connected to the first vias.
摘要:
A semiconductor device includes first level wires; a low-dielectric constant film on the first level wires; first flat vias embedded in the low-dielectric constant film connected to the first level wires, each via having a first length in a longitudinal direction of the first level wires and a second length in a orthogonal direction to the first direction on a plane where the first level wires are disposed, aspect ratio of at least one of the first and second lengths to a height perpendicular to the plane is over 1; and second level wires disposed on the low-dielectric constant film connected to the first vias.