IP Library Granted Patent US 7,338,905
Granted Patent B2
US 7,338,905 · App. 10/838,218 · Granted Mar 4, 2008

Semiconductor device manufacture method

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Patent No.
US 7,338,905
App. No.
10/838,218
Granted
Mar 4, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electric conductive film is formed on the insulating surface of a substrate, the substrate having a trench formed on the insulating surface, and the conductive film being filled in the trench. Chemical mechanical polishing is executed to expose the insulating surface of the substrate and leave a portion of the conductive film in the trench. The surface of the substrate having the exposed conductive film in the trench and the exposed insulating surface is exposed to first liquid. After being exposed to the first liquid, the surface of the substrate is exposed to second liquid. The first liquid is either solution which contains at least one first substance selected from a first group consisting of benzotriazole, derivative of benzotriazole and interfacial active agent, or water. The second solution is solution which contains the first substance at a density higher than a density of the first liquid.

Claims (14)

1. A semiconductor device manufacture method, comprising steps of:

polishing a substrate using chemical mechanical polishing; and

removing foreign matters left on a polished surface of the substrate in a separate cleaning step after completion of the chemical mechanical polishing of the substrate;

wherein the step of removing foreign matters include steps of:

bringing the polished surface of the substrate into contact with first liquid; and

bringing the polished surface of the substrate into contact with second liquid after being brought into contact with to the first liquid, and

wherein the first liquid is either solution which contains at least one first substance selected from a first group consisting of benzotriazole, derivative of benzotriazole and interfacial active agent, or water, and the second liquid is solution which contains at least one of the first group consisting of benzotriazole, derivative of benzotriazole and interfacial active agent at a weight percentage higher than a weight percentage of the first group in the first liquid.

2. A semiconductor device manufacture method according to claim 1 , wherein in the step of bringing into contact with the first liquid, the polished surface of the substrate is polished using the first liquid as polishing liquid under pressure.

3. A semiconductor device manufacture method according to claim 1 , wherein in the step of bringing into contact with the second liquid, the polished surface of the substrate is polished using the second liquid as polishing liquid under pressure.

4. A semiconductor device manufacture method according to claim 1 , wherein the second liquid contains benzotriazole or benzotriazole derivative at a weight percentage of 0.001 wt. % or more.

5. A semiconductor device manufacture method according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate includes an insulating surface occupying a portion of the polished surface and made of second substance selected from a group consisting of silicon oxide, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, silicon carbooxide and silicon carbonitride.

6. A semiconductor device manufacture method according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate includes a conductive film exposed on the polished surface and made of: metal material selected from a second group consisting of Cu, Ta, W, Ti, Al, Ru, Pt and Ir; alloy which contains one metal material selected from the second group; conductive oxide compound of one metal material selected from the second group; conductive nitride compound of one metal material selected from the second group; conductive carbide compound of one metal material selected from the second group; polysilicon; or amorphous silicon.

7. A semiconductor device manufacture method according to claim 1 , wherein after polishing the substrate, the polished surface of the substrate is brought into contact with the first liquid without drying the surface, and after being brought into contact with the first liquid, the polished surface of the substrate is brought into contact with the second liquid without drying the surface.

8. A semiconductor device manufacture method according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second liquids are free of abrasives.

Assignments (9)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2025
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 073964/0516 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 27, 2024
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 069454/0333 →
MERGER Recorded May 24, 2023
From: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 064221/0545 →
CHANGE OF NAME AND CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jul 16, 2020
From: AIZU FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
To: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
Reel/Frame 053481/0962 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2020
From: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
To: AIZU FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
Reel/Frame 053209/0468 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Dec 23, 2016
From: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
To: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
Reel/Frame 041188/0401 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 9, 2010
From: FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED
To: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
Reel/Frame 024651/0744 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 9, 2008
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 021976/0089 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 5, 2004
From: SHIRASU, TETSUYA; KARASAWA, TOSHIYUKI; MISAWA, NOBUHIRO; YAMAMOTO, TAMOTSU; NAKANO, KENJI
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 015298/0195 →