摘要:
A semiconductor device comprising conductors electrically connected through a contact hole interlayer insulation layer with a trilayer barrier layer comprising a titanium silicide layer, titanium silicide layer formed on the titanium silicide by collimation sputtering, and a thermally nitrided titanium formed on the titanium nitride layer. The use of a trilayer barrier layer enables through the capacity of the collimation sputtering apparatus to be increased, prevents particles from occurring, and formation of a low resistance electrical connection between conductors, in addition to preventing diffusion from the titanium nitride layer and the second titanium layer to the thermally nitrided titanium layer, and between conductors.
摘要:
In a semiconductor device having a Low-k film as an interlayer insulator, peeling of the interlayer insulator in a thermal cycle test is prevented, thereby providing a highly reliable semiconductor device. In a semiconductor device having a structure in which interlayer insulators in which buried wires each having a main electric conductive layer made of copper are formed and cap insulators of the buried wires are stacked, the cap insulator having a relatively high Young's modulus and contacting by its upper surface with the interlayer insulator made of a Low-k film having a relatively low Young's modulus is formed so as not to be provided in an edge portion of the semiconductor device.
摘要:
A metal layer (7), a metallic compound layer (8) and a metal layer (9) are stacked in this order when viewed from the side of a first copper interconnect line (2) and an interlayer insulating film (5) to constitute a second conductive barrier layer (20). As the material for the metal layers (7) and (9), an element having an atomic weight higher than that of copper such as tungsten (W) or tantalum (Ta) is applicable. A second copper interconnect line (6) is conductively connected to the first copper interconnect line (2) at a contact hole (12) through the second conductive barrier layer (20). As the ratio of the volume of the second copper interconnect line (6) at the region for filling a trench (11) to the volume of the second copper interconnect line (6) at the region for filling the contact hole (12) increases, tensile stress to be concentrated at the contact hole (12) becomes greater. As a result, a void is likely to be generated in the contact hole (12). In view of this, in order to improve the adhesion especially between the second copper interconnect line (6) at the region for filling the contact hole (12) and the second conductive barrier layer (20), the metal layer (9) is provided.
摘要:
A metal layer (7), a metallic compound layer (8) and a metal layer (9) are stacked in this order when viewed from the side of a first copper interconnect line (2) and an interlayer insulating film (5) to constitute a second conductive barrier layer (20). As the material for the metal layers (7) and (9), an element having an atomic weight higher than that of copper such as tungsten (W) or tantalum (Ta) is applicable. A second copper interconnect line (6) is conductively connected to the first copper interconnect line (2) at a contact hole (12) through the second conductive barrier layer (20). As the ratio of the volume of the second copper interconnect line (6) at the region for filling a trench (11) to the volume of the second copper interconnect line (6) at the region for filling the contact hole (12) increases, tensile stress to be concentrated at the contact hole (12) becomes greater. As a result, a void is likely to be generated in the contact hole (12). In view of this, in order to improve the adhesion especially between the second copper interconnect line (6) at the region for filling the contact hole (12) and the second conductive barrier layer (20), the metal layer (9) is provided.
摘要:
In a semiconductor device having a Low-k film as an interlayer insulator, peeling of the interlayer insulator in a thermal cycle test is prevented, thereby providing a highly reliable semiconductor device. In a semiconductor device having a structure in which interlayer insulators in which buried wires each having a main electric conductive layer made of copper are formed and cap insulators of the buried wires are stacked, the cap insulator having a relatively high Young's modulus and contacting by its upper surface with the interlayer insulator made of a Low-k film having a relatively low Young's modulus is formed so as not to be provided in an edge portion of the semiconductor device.
摘要:
A wire width and a wiring space of each of signal wires 1 and ground/power wires 2 are determined to be a wire width W1 (the minimum wire width) and a wiring space S1, respectively. A wire width and a wiring space of the via-hole neighboring region 1a or 2a are determined to be a wire width W2 (>W1) and a wiring space S2 (
摘要:
A preferred aim of the invention is to provide technique for improving reliability of semiconductor devices when using a low-dielectric-constant film having a lower dielectric constant than a silicon oxide film to a part of an interlayer insulating film. More specifically, to achieve the preferred aim, an interlayer insulating film IL1 forming a first fine layer is formed of a middle-Young's-modulus film, and thus it is possible to separate an integrated high-Young's-modulus layer (a semiconductor substrate 1S and a contact interlayer insulating film CIL) and an interlayer insulating film (a low-Young's-modulus film; a low-dielectric-constant film) IL2 forming a second fine layer not to let them directly contact with each other, and stress can be diverged. As a result, film exfoliation of the interlayer insulating film IL2 formed of a low-Young's-modulus film can be prevented and thus reliability of semiconductor devices can be improved.
摘要:
A seal ring is provided between a region where a circuit is formed on a semiconductor substrate and a dicing region. The seal ring has a portion where sealing layers of which the cross sectional form is in T-shape are layered and a portion where sealing layers of which the cross sectional form is rectangular are layered.
摘要:
A seal ring is provided between a region where a circuit is formed on a semiconductor substrate and a dicing region. The seal ring has a portion where sealing layers of which the cross sectional form is in T-shape are layered and a portion where sealing layers of which the cross sectional form is rectangular are layered.
摘要:
A main electrode is connected to an n-type semiconductor layer selectively formed on a major surface of a silicon substrate. A silicide layer is interposed between the main electrode and the semiconductor layer. The silicide layer is heat-treated at 600° C. to 850° C. for at least 30 minutes, to have an epitaxial layer selectively epitaxially growing in a specific direction such as the direction toward the semiconductor layer. Therefore, irregularities are formed on the interface between the suicide layer and the semiconductor layer. The interface resistivity between the silicide layer and the semiconductor layer is low due to the presence of the epitaxial layer, and besides the contact area of the interface is large due to the irregularities of the interface. Consequently, the contact resistance between the main electrode and the semiconductor layer is effectively reduced. Thus, the contact resistance between the main electrode and the semiconductor substrate is reduced.