IP Library Granted Patent US 7,338,899
Granted Patent B2
US 7,338,899 · App. 11/295,115 · Granted Mar 4, 2008

Method of forming contact plug in semiconductor device

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Patent No.
US 7,338,899
App. No.
11/295,115
Granted
Mar 4, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of forming a contact plug of a semiconductor device wherein, after a contact plug is formed in an interlayer insulation film, the interlayer insulation film is selectively etched so that the top surface of the contact plug is higher than the top surface of the interlayer insulation film. It is thus possible to prevent generation of voids when a subsequent metal layer is formed in the interlayer insulation film.

Claims (8)

1. A method of forming a contact plug of a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of:

forming a source/drain junction unit on a semiconductor substrate housing a surface;

forming an interlayer insulation film being one layer over the semiconductor substrate including the source/drain junction unit;

forming a contact hole by etching the interlayer insulation film;

forming a material for the contact plug over the interlayer insulation film;

forming a contact plug having a top surface in the contact hole by using an etch back process to expose a top surface of the interlayer insulation film;

selectively etching the interlayer insulation film using a wet etch process using an etchant so that the top surface of the contact plug becomes higher than the top surface of the interlayer insulation film; and

forming a metal layer on the interlayer insulation film including the contact plug.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE IS HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. NOT HYNIX-SEMICONDUCTOR INC. THERE IS NO HYPHEN IN THE NAME. PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 67328 FRAME 814. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded May 14, 2024
From: HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
To: SK HYNIX INC.
Reel/Frame 067412/0482 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 9, 2024
From: SK HYNIX INC.
To: MIMIRIP LLC
Reel/Frame 067369/0832 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 6, 2024
From: HYNIX-SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
To: SK HYNIX INC.
Reel/Frame 067328/0814 →