IP Library Granted Patent US 6,969,911
Granted Patent B2
US 6,969,911 · App. 10/760,457 · Granted Nov 29, 2005

Wiring structure of semiconductor device and production method of the device

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Patent No.
US 6,969,911
App. No.
10/760,457
Granted
Nov 29, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a wiring structure of a semiconductor device, dielectric tolerance of the wiring is improved by preventing diffusion of the wiring material. The wiring structure of the semiconductor device includes a first insulating film having plural grooves, plural wiring films formed protrusively above tops of the first insulating film among the grooves, plural barrier films formed on bottoms of the wiring films and up to a higher position than the tops on sides of the wiring films, first cap films including metal films formed on tops of the wiring films, and a second cap film formed on at least respective sides of the first cap films and the barrier films.

Claims (21)

1. A wiring structure of a semiconductor device comprising,

a first insulating film having plural grooves,

plural wiring films formed such that the films are protruded above tops of the first insulating film among the grooves,

plural barrier films formed on bottoms of the wiring films and up to a higher position than the tops on sides of the wiring films,

first cap films comprising metal films formed on tops of the wiring films, and

a second cap film formed on at least respective sides of the first cap films and the barrier films.

2. The wiring structure of the semiconductor device according to claim 1 wherein the first cap films are formed by electroless plating.

3. The wiring structure of the semiconductor device according to claim 2 wherein the first cap films are metal films containing Co or Ni as a main component.

4. The wiring structure of the semiconductor device according to claim 3 wherein the wiring films are metal films of Cu or metal films containing Cu as a main component.

5. The wiring structure of the semiconductor device according to claim 1 wherein the second cap film is formed on an entire surface extending from tops of the first cap films to the tops of the first insulating film.

6. The wiring structure of the semiconductor device according to claim 5 wherein the second cap film is an insulating film of Si x N y , Si x O y N z , or Si x C y , or an insulating film containing Si x C y as the main component.

7. The wiring structure of the semiconductor device according to claim 1 wherein the second cap film is formed separately for each of the grooves.

8. The wiring structure of the semiconductor device according to claim 7 wherein the second cap film is formed only on respective sides of the first cap films and the barrier films.

9. The wiring structure of the semiconductor device according to claim 8 wherein the second cap film is an insulating film of Si x N y , Si x O y N z , or Si x C y , or an insulating film containing Si x C y as the main component.

10. The wiring structure of the semiconductor device according to claim 8 wherein the second cap film is a metal film comprising Ta x N y , Ta, or Ta x Si y N z .

11. The wiring structure of the semiconductor device according to claim 8 wherein the second cap film is a metal film comprising Ti x N y or Ti x Si y N z .

12. The wiring structure of the semiconductor device according to claim 8 wherein the second cap film is a metal film comprising W x N y or W x Si y N z .

13. The wiring structure of the semiconductor device according to claim 1 wherein the barrier films are metal films comprising Ta x N y , Ta, or Ta x Si y N z .

14. The wiring structure of the semiconductor device according to claim 1 wherein the barrier films are metal films comprising Ti x N y or Ti x Si y N z .

15. The wiring structure of the semiconductor device according to claim 1 wherein the barrier films are metal films comprising W x N y or W x Si y N z .

16. The wiring structure of the semiconductor device according to claim 1 wherein the wiring films are concaved with respect to the barrier films.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 21, 2014
From: OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD
To: LAPIS SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 032495/0483 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 24, 2008
From: OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
To: OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 022052/0797 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 21, 2004
From: ABE, KAZUHIDE
To: OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 014914/0110 →