Abstract:
A semiconductor device includes an active pattern on a substrate, a source/drain pattern on the active pattern, a first metal layer on the source/drain pattern, the first metal layer comprising a power interconnection line, a through-via electrically connected to the power interconnection line, the through-via vertically extending to penetrate the substrate, a power delivery network layer on a bottom surface of the substrate, and a lower through-via between the power delivery network layer and the through-via. The through-via includes a first metal pattern connected to the lower through-via, and a second metal pattern stacked on the first metal pattern. A density of the first metal pattern is greater than a density of the second metal pattern. A resistivity of the first metal pattern is greater than a resistivity of the second metal pattern.
Abstract:
A method of forming a metal interconnection of semiconductor device is provided. The method includes forming a low-k dielectric layer including an opening; forming a barrier metal pattern conformally covering a bottom surface and an inner sidewall of the opening; forming a metal pattern exposing a part of the inner sidewall of the barrier metal pattern in the opening; forming a metal capping layer on the top surfaces of the metal pattern and the low-k dielectric layer using a selective chemical vapor deposition process, wherein the thickness of the metal capping layer on the metal pattern is greater than the thickness of the metal capping layer on the low-k dielectric layer; and forming a metal capping pattern covering the top surface of the metal pattern by planarizing the metal capping layer down to the top surface of the low-k dielectric layer.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device includes a lower structure, a first interlayer dielectric (ILD) on the lower structure, first pattern regions extending inside the first ILD in a first direction, the first pattern regions being spaced apart from each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, each of the first pattern regions including at least one first pattern, and both ends of the at least one first pattern in the first direction being concave, and second pattern regions extending inside the first ILD in the first direction, the second pattern regions being spaced apart from each other in the second direction and alternating with the first pattern regions in the second direction, and each of the second pattern regions including at least one second pattern.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a semiconductor device fabrication method including forming an interlayer dielectric layer and a lower mask layer on a substrate, forming on the lower mask layer first and second upper mask patterns spaced apart from each other in a first direction, wherein each of the first and second upper mask patterns has a line part extending in a second direction and a first protruding part protruding from the line part, forming a spacer covering sidewalls of the line parts of the first and second upper mask patterns and a filling pattern filling a space between the first protruding parts of the first and second upper mask patterns, etching the lower mask layer to form lower mask patterns, etching the interlayer dielectric layer to form grooves on the interlayer dielectric layer, and forming wiring lines in the grooves.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a first surface and a second surface facing the first surface and including, in a plan view, a main chip region and a sealing region surrounding the main chip region, a front wiring layer on the first surface of the semiconductor substrate and including a front wiring structure, a back wiring layer on the second surface of the semiconductor substrate and including a power wiring structure, a front ring structure in the front wiring layer of the sealing region, and a back ring structure in the back wiring layer of the sealing region.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device includes an insulating layer including a first surface, a second surface, and an element isolation trench, an insulating pattern on the first surface of the insulating layer, an active pattern on the insulating pattern and including channel patterns, a source/drain pattern on at least one side of the active pattern, a lower wiring structure on the second surface of the insulating layer, and a through-via that extending in the insulating layer and connecting the source/drain pattern and the lower wiring structure, where the insulating pattern may include a first portion between the insulating layer and the active pattern, a second portion surrounding at least a portion of the through-via, and a third portion on a bottom surface of the element isolation trench.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device may include first active patterns adjacent to each other on a substrate, first source/drain patterns respectively on the first active patterns and adjacent to each other, a first division structure and a second division structure crossing the first active patterns and arranged on the substrate such that adjacent ones of the first source/drain patterns are interposed between the first division structure and the second division structure, a first penetration via between adjacent ones of the first source/drain patterns, a first power line on the first penetration via and electrically connected to the first penetration via, a power delivery network layer on a bottom surface of the substrate, and a first lower penetration via between the power delivery network layer and the first penetration via.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device includes a substrate. A wiring layer is over the substrate. A first via structure directly contacts a lower portion of the wiring layer. A second via structure directly contacts an upper portion of the wiring layer. The first via structure generates first stress in the wiring layer. The second via structure generates second stress in the wiring layer. The second stress is of an opposite type to the first stress. The first stress and the second stress compensate for each other in the wiring layer.
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device including forming an insulating structure, forming a hard mask layer on the insulating structure, performing a first etching process to form a first opening at the hard mask layer, forming a first sacrificial pattern in the first opening, forming, on the hard mask layer, a first photoresist pattern including a second opening and a third opening, the second opening exposing a top surface of the first sacrificial pattern, the third opening exposing a top surface of the hard mask layer, and performing a second etching process using the first photoresist pattern as an etch mask may be provided.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device including a transistor on a substrate; an interlayer insulating layer on the transistor; a first metal-containing layer on the interlayer insulating layer; and a second metal-containing layer on the first metal-containing layer, wherein the second metal-containing layer includes a resistor, the resistor includes a first insulating layer on the first metal-containing layer; a resistor metal layer on the first insulating layer; and a second insulating layer on the resistor metal layer, and the resistor metal layer includes a recessed side surface.