Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080237793 | Semiconductor device having projection on lower electrode and method for forming the same - A method of forming a semiconductor device, includes forming a lower electrode including a metal and a nitrogen on a semiconductor substrate, irradiating a reducing gas to a surface of the lower electrode, and irradiating a gas containing silicon to the surface of the lower electrode to form a projection containing silicide by reacting the metal with the silicon in an island shape on the surface of the lower electrode. Then, a capacitor film is formed on the lower electrode and the projection, and an upper electrode is formed on the capacitor film. | 10-02-2008 |
20080277762 | Semiconductor device including capacitor including upper electrode covered with high density insulation film and production method thereof - A semiconductor device includes a lower electrode provided on a semiconductor substrate, an upper electrode provided on the lower electrode to overlap a part of the lower electrode, a first insulating film provided between the lower electrode and the upper electrode, and a second insulating film provided in contact with an upper part of the upper electrode and on the upper part of the lower electrode, and having a density higher than that of the first insulating film, the second insulating film covering a side surface and a top surface of the upper electrode. | 11-13-2008 |
20090115022 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device | 05-07-2009 |
20090121360 | Semiconductor device having dual damascene structure - The semiconductor device includes multilayer wirings of a dual damascene structure. The multilayer wirings include a first wiring layer formed on a semiconductor substrate and a second wiring layer formed on the first wiring layer. The first wiring layer includes a first insulation film, plural first vias provided in the first insulation film, a second insulation film provided on the first insulation film, and a first wiring provided on the first vias and connected to those first vias in the second insulation film. The second wiring layer includes a third insulation film, plural second vias provided in the third insulation film, an adhesive layer provided on the third insulation film, a fourth insulation film provided on the adhesive layer, and a second wiring provided on the second vias and connected to those second vias in the fourth insulation film. In the first wiring layer, the aspect ratio L of a wiring having the minimum wiring width and the via aspect ratio V are in a relationship of L≧V and in the second wiring layer, the aspect ratio L of a wiring having the minimum wiring width and the via aspect ratio V is in a relationship of L05-14-2009 | |
20090149018 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING AN INTERCONNECT STRUCTURE THAT INCREASES IN IMPURITY CONCENTRATION AS WIDTH INCREASES - The present invention provides a semiconductor device capable of suppressing an increase in electrical resistance of a narrow interconnect, while keeping reliability of a wide interconnect from being degraded. A semiconductor device comprises a plurality of interconnect layers, and an interconnect in at least one interconnect layer among the plurality of interconnect layers contains an impurity, and the wider the interconnect in the at least one interconnect layer is, the higher concentration of the impurity the interconnect contains. | 06-11-2009 |
20090176364 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING A REFRACTORY METAL CONTAINING FILM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same of the present invention in which the semiconductor device is provided with a fuse structure or an electrode pad structure, suppress the copper blowing-out from a copper containing metal film. The semiconductor device comprises a silicon substrate, SiO | 07-09-2009 |
20090184421 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH HIGH RELIABILITY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor device is provided, which includes a substrate, an insulator film formed over the substrate, and plural metal wirings with different widths containing copper as a main component and an impurity which is different from copper. The plural metal wirings includes a first metal wiring having a concentration profile where the concentration of the impurity metal increases from the center part of the stacking direction to the surface and the second metal wiring having a concentration profile where the concentration of the impurity metal decreases from the bottom surface of the stacking direction to the surface. Moreover, the width of the second metal wiring may be larger than the width of the first metal wiring. | 07-23-2009 |
20090305496 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A post-CMP cleaning process of a copper layer is to be performed as follows. An alkaline aqueous solution, a polycarboxylic acid, BTA, and an alkaline aqueous solution are sequentially brought into contact with a primary surface of a silicon substrate over which the copper layer is provided. | 12-10-2009 |
20100032797 | Electrical fuse and semiconductor device - An electrical fuse comprises: an interconnect to be cut; and a first terminal and a second terminal which are respectively provided at both ends of the interconnect to be cut. The interconnect to be cut comprises: a first orientation film which contains copper as a main component and is oriented in a (111) plane; and a second orientation film which contains copper as a main component and is oriented in a (511) plane. The second orientation film is provided inside the first orientation film over a width direction of the first orientation film, which is perpendicular to a direction from the first terminal toward the second terminal, so as to partition the first orientation film. Accordingly, it becomes possible to securely cut the electrical fuse whose constituent material is copper, and moreover, to maintain a satisfactory cut state of the electrical fuse after the cutting. | 02-11-2010 |
20110169172 | Semiconductor Device having dual damascene structure - A semiconductor device, includes a semiconductor substrate, a first wiring layer formed on the semiconductor substrate, the first wiring layer containing a first via having a first aspect ratio and a first wire having a second aspect ratio, the first aspect ratio being equal to or larger than the second aspect ratio, and a second wiring layer overlying the first wiring layer, the second wiring layer containing a second via having a third aspect ratio and a second wire having a fourth aspect ratio, the third aspect ratio being smaller than the fourth aspect ratio. | 07-14-2011 |
20110230051 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A post-CMP cleaning process of a copper layer is to be performed as follows. An alkaline aqueous solution, a polycarboxylic acid, BTA, and an alkaline aqueous solution are sequentially brought into contact with a primary surface of a silicon substrate over which the copper layer is provided. | 09-22-2011 |
20110318900 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device including: a substrate; an insulating film formed over the substrate; a copper interconnect, having a plurality of hillocks formed over the surface thereof, buried in the insulating film; a first insulating interlayer formed over the insulating film and the copper interconnect; a second insulating interlayer formed over the first insulating interlayer; and an electroconductive layer formed over the second insulating interlayer, wherein the top surface of at least one hillock highest of all hillocks is brought into contact with the lower surface of the second insulating interlayer is provided. | 12-29-2011 |
20120115324 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING A REFRACTORY METAL CONTAINING FILM - A semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same of the present invention in which the semiconductor device is provided with a fuse structure or an electrode pad structure, suppress the copper blowing-out from a copper containing metal film. The semiconductor device comprises a silicon substrate, SiO | 05-10-2012 |
20120231623 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A HIGH-RELIABILITY SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device is provided, which includes a substrate, an insulator film formed over the substrate, and plural metal wirings with different widths containing copper as a main component and an impurity which is different from copper. The plural metal wirings includes a first metal wiring having a concentration profile where the concentration of the impurity metal increases from the center part of the stacking direction to the surface and the second metal wiring having a concentration profile where the concentration of the impurity metal decreases from the bottom surface of the stacking direction to the surface. Moreover, the width of the second metal wiring may be larger than the width of the first metal wiring. | 09-13-2012 |