IP Library Granted Patent US 6,960,833
Granted Patent B2
US 6,960,833 · App. 10/350,219 · Granted Nov 1, 2005

Semiconductor device having multilevel copper wiring layers and its manufacture method

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Patent No.
US 6,960,833
App. No.
10/350,219
Granted
Nov 1, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a semiconductor device having copper wiring layers and organic insulating resin layers with less separation and its manufacture method. A semiconductor device has: a semiconductor substrate formed with a number of semiconductor elements; a first interlayer insulating film formed above the semiconductor substrate and having a first wiring recess; a first copper wiring embedded in the first wiring recess; a second interlayer insulating film having a second wiring recess, the second interlayer insulating film including a copper diffusion preventing layer formed on the first copper wiring and the first interlayer insulating film, an oxide film formed on the copper diffusion preventing layer, and an organic insulating resin layer formed on the oxide film; and a second copper wiring embedded in the second wiring recess.

Claims (30)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a semiconductor substrate formed with a number of semiconductor elements;

a first interlayer insulating film formed above said semiconductor substrate and having a first wiring recess;

a first copper wiring embedded in the first wiring recess;

a second interlayer insulating film having a second wiring recess comprising a wiring trench and a via hole extending in a depth direction from a bottom of said wiring trench, said second interlayer insulating film including a copper diffusion preventing layer formed on said first copper wiring and said first interlayer insulating film, an oxide film formed on the copper diffusion preventing layer, and an organic insulating resin layer formed on the oxide film, said wiring trench being formed in said organic insulating resin layer; and

a second copper wiring embedded in the second wiring recess.

2. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the copper diffusion preventing layer is a first SiC layer and the organic insulating resin layer has a specific dielectric constant of 3 or lower.

3. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the oxide film is 5 to 20 nm.

4. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein said second interlayer insulating film further includes a hard mask layer formed on the organic insulating resin layer.

5. A semiconductor device according to claim 4 , wherein the hard mask layer is a second SiC layer.

6. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the organic insulating resin is polyarylene ether.

7. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising steps of:

(A) forming a first interlayer insulating film above a semiconductor substrate formed with a number of semiconductor elements;

(B) forming a first wiring recess through said first interlayer insulating film;

(C) embedding a first copper wiring in said first wiring recess;

(D) forming a second interlayer insulating film on said first interlayer insulating film, said second interlayer insulating film covering said first copper wiring and including a copper diffusion preventing layer, a first oxide film and an organic insulating resin layer in this order from a bottom;

(E) forming a second wiring recess comprising a wiring trench and a via hole extending in a depth direction from a bottom of said wiring trench through said second interlayer insulating film, said wiring trench being formed in said organic insulating resin layer; and

(F) embedding a second copper wiring in said second wiring recess.

8. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 7 , wherein the copper diffusion preventing layer is a first SiC layer and the organic insulating resin layer has a specific dielectric constant of 3 or lower.

9. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 7 , wherein said second interlayer insulating film further includes a hard mask layer formed on the organic insulating resin layer.

10. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein the hard mask layer includes a second SiC layer and a second oxide film formed on the second SiC layer.

11. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 10 , wherein said step (F) includes a step of depositing a layer of the second copper wiring and a step of polishing and removing an unnecessary layer of the second copper wiring on said second interlayer insulating film and the second oxide film.

12. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 7 , wherein the organic insulating resin is polyarylene ether.

13. A semiconductor device comprising:

a semiconductor substrate formed with a number of semiconductor elements;

a first interlayer insulating film formed above said semiconductor substrate and having a first wiring recess;

a first copper wiring embedded in the first wiring recess;

a second interlayer insulating film having a second wiring recess, said second wiring recess comprising a wiring trench and a via hole extending in a depth direction from a bottom of said wiring trench, said second interlayer insulating film including a copper diffusion preventing layer formed on said first copper wiring and said first interlayer insulating film, an adhesion layer formed of an oxide film on the copper diffusion preventing layer, and an organic insulating resin layer formed on said adhesion layer, said adhesion layer enhancing adhesion between said organic insulating resin layer and said copper diffusion preventing layer, said wiring trench being formed in said organic insulating resin layer; and

a second copper wiring embedded in the second wiring recess.

14. A semiconductor device according claim 13 , wherein the organic insulating resin is polyarylene ether.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Dec 23, 2016
From: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
To: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
Reel/Frame 041188/0401 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 11, 2010
From: FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED
To: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
Reel/Frame 024365/0875 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 5, 2008
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 021976/0876 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 24, 2003
From: OTSUKA, SATOSHI; FUKUYAMA, SHUN-ICHI
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 013698/0635 →