Abstract:
A semiconductor device including a low dielectric constant film of which the relative dielectric constant is less than 3.5, is provided with one or more seal rings that are moisture blocking walls forming a closed loop in a plan view, and where at least one of the seal rings includes a seal ring protrusion portion in inward protruding form in the vicinity of a chip corner.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device according to the invention is a semiconductor device which includes a low dielectric constant film of which the relative dielectric constant is less than 3.5, is provided with one or more seal rings that are moisture blocking walls in closed loop form in a plan view, and where at least one of the seal rings includes a seal ring protrusion portion in inward protruding form in the vicinity of a chip corner.
Abstract:
In a semiconductor having a multilayer wiring structure device on a semiconductor substrate, the multilayer wiring structure includes an interlayer insulating film having at least an organic siloxane insulating film. The organic siloxane insulating film has a relative dielectric constant of 3.1 or less, a hardness of 2.7 GPa or more, and a ratio of carbon atoms to silicon atoms between 0.5 and 1.0, inclusive. Further, the multilayer wiring structure may include an insulating layer having a ratio of carbon atoms to silicon atoms not greater than 0.1, the insulating layer being formed on the top surface of the organic siloxane insulating film as a result of carbon leaving the organic siloxane insulating film.
Abstract:
There is provided a semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same that employs an insulation film of a borazine-based compound to provided enhanced contact between a material for insulation and that for interconnection, increased mechanical strength, and other improved characteristics. The semiconductor device includes a first insulation layer having a recess with a first conductor layer buried therein, an etching stopper layer formed on the first insulation layer, a second insulation layer formed on the etching stopper layer, a third insulation layer formed on the second insulation layer, and a second conductor layer buried in a recess of the second and third insulation layers. The second and third insulation layers are grown by chemical vapor deposition with a carbon-containing borazine compound used as a source material and the third insulation layer is smaller in carbon content than the second insulation layer.
Abstract:
A semiconductor substrate in a state that an inter-layer insulation film is formed is loaded in a chamber, air in the chamber is purged by introducing a large amount of a nitrogen gas in the chamber, and an atmospheric gas in the chamber is substituted with a nitrogen gas. After that, UV cure is performed by introducing a small amount of an oxygen gas adjusted to an atmospheric pressure or a little more positive pressure in the chamber by nitrogen purge. For the introduction of an oxygen gas, an oxygen gas is introduced while controlling the flow rate by using a flow meter, and adjustment is performed using the flow meter so that the oxygen concentration in the chamber becomes a constant value in the range of 5 ppm to 400 ppm.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device is equipped with a semiconductor chip which has at least one layer of first insulating film formed on a substrate, and a plurality of pads arranged on a layer higher than the first insulating film. The plurality of pads on the semiconductor chip are arranged parallel to a predetermined chip edge of the semiconductor chip. The first insulating film has a reinforcement pattern in a region underneath each of the plurality of pads. In the region underneath each pad, occupancy of the reinforcement pattern in the first insulating film is within a predetermined range permitted for the region underneath each pad and occupancy of the reinforcement pattern in a whole area of a row where the reinforcement pattern is arranged in a line in a direction perpendicular to the predetermined chip edge is higher than occupancy of the reinforcement pattern in a whole area of a row where the reinforcement pattern is arranged in a line in a direction parallel to the chip edge.
Abstract:
Implemented is a method of manufacturing a contact structure having a combination of formation of a buried wiring and that of a low dielectric constant interlayer insulating film in which a connecting hole to be formed in a low dielectric constant interlayer insulating film does not turn into an abnormal shape. A fourth interlayer insulating film 11 is formed on an upper surface of a third interlayer insulating film 10. Next, patterning for a wiring trench and a connecting hole is carried out into the fourth interlayer insulating film 11 and the third interlayer insulating film 10, respectively. Then, a pattern of the connecting hole is first formed in a third low dielectric constant interlayer insulating film 9. Thereafter, a second interlayer insulating film 8 exposed in the pattern is removed and a pattern of the wiring trench is formed in the third interlayer insulating film 10. Subsequently, second and third low dielectric constant interlayer insulating films 7 and 9 are etched, and the wiring trench and the connecting hole are formed at the same time. Thus, a photoresist can be formed again without the second and third low dielectric constant interlayer insulating films 7 and 9 exposed, and an abnormal shape is generated in the connecting hole with difficulty.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device including a low dielectric constant film of which the relative dielectric constant is less than 3.5, is provided with one or more seal rings that are moisture blocking walls forming a closed loop in a plan view, and where at least one of the seal rings includes a seal ring protrusion portion in inward protruding form in the vicinity of a chip corner.
Abstract:
There is provided a semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same that employs an insulation film of a borazine-based compound to provided enhanced contact between a material for insulation and that for interconnection, increased mechanical strength, and other improved characteristics. The semiconductor device includes a first insulation layer having a recess with a first conductor layer buried therein, an etching stopper layer formed on the first insulation layer, a second insulation layer formed on the etching stopper layer, a third insulation layer formed on the second insulation layer, and a second conductor layer buried in a recess of the second and third insulation layers. The second and third insulation layers are grown by chemical vapor deposition with a carbon-containing borazine compound used as a source material and the third insulation layer is smaller in carbon content than the second insulation layer.
Abstract:
There is provided a semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same that employs an insulation film of a borazine-based compound to provided enhanced contact between a material for insulation and that for interconnection, increased mechanical strength, and other improved characteristics. The semiconductor device includes a first insulation layer having a recess with a first conductor layer buried therein, an etching stopper layer formed on the first insulation layer, a second insulation layer formed on the etching stopper layer, a third insulation layer formed on the second insulation layer, and a second conductor layer buried in a recess of the second and third insulation layers. The second and third insulation layers are grown by chemical vapor deposition with a carbon-containing borazine compound used as a source material and the third insulation layer is smaller in carbon content than the second insulation layer.