IP Library Granted Patent US 7,575,980
Granted Patent B2
US 7,575,980 · App. 11/312,595 · Granted Aug 18, 2009

Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same

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Patent No.
US 7,575,980
App. No.
11/312,595
Granted
Aug 18, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device and a method manufacturing the same prevents copper from being exposed to a surface of a passivation film after a copper metal line formation, to avoid contamination of processing equipment and the process environment. The method includes providing a substrate with a scribe lane and a chip area in which metal wiring layers are formed, forming a dielectric film, forming a conductive film on the dielectric film in a chip area and an alignment mark on the dielectric film in a scribe lane, forming passivation films, exposing the conductive film by removing the passivation films in a bonding pad portion in a chip area, forming another conductive film in the bonding pad portion to electrically connect with the conductive film, forming another passivation film, and selectively removing the passivation films.

Claims (14)

1. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising:

providing a semiconductor substrate with a scribe lane and a chip area in which a plurality of metal wiring layers are formed;

forming a dielectric film on the semiconductor substrate;

forming a first conductive film on the dielectric film in the chip area;

forming an alignment mark on the dielectric film in the scribe lane;

forming a first passivation film and a second passivation film on an entire surface of the semiconductor substrate including the first conductive film and the alignment mark sequentially, wherein the first passivation film and the second passivation film have different etch selectivities;

exposing the first conductive film by removing the first passivation film and the second passivation film corresponding to a portion for a bonding pad in the chip area;

forming a second conductive film on the portion for the bonding pad to electrically connect with the first conductive film;

forming a third passivation film on the entire surface of the semiconductor substrate including the second conductive film;

selectively removing the third passivation film of the portion for the bonding pad; and

selectively removing the second passivation film and the third passivation film in the scribe lane.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first conductive film and the alignment mark are formed of copper.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first passivation film is a silicon nitride film and the second passivation film is a tetra-ethyl-ortho-silicate oxide film.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second conductive film is formed of aluminum.

Assignments (9)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 19, 2025
From: TESSERA ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: ADEIA SEMICONDUCTOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Reel/Frame 073635/0304 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 11, 2020
From: ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
To: TESSERA, INC.; INVENSAS BONDING TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (F/K/A ZIPTRONIX, INC.); FOTONATION CORPORATION (F/K/A DIGITALOPTICS CORPORATION AND F/K/A DIGITALOPTICS CORPORATION MEMS); INVENSAS CORPORATION; TESSERA ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES, INC; DTS, INC.; DTS LLC; PHORUS, INC.; IBIQUITY DIGITAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052920/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 1, 2020
From: ROVI SOLUTIONS CORPORATION; ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION; ROVI GUIDES, INC.; TIVO SOLUTIONS INC.; VEVEO, INC.; INVENSAS CORPORATION; INVENSAS BONDING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; TESSERA, INC.; TESSERA ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; DTS, INC.; PHORUS, INC.; IBIQUITY DIGITAL CORPORATION
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
Reel/Frame 053468/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 2, 2016
From: INVENSAS CORPORATION; TESSERA, INC.; TESSERA ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; ZIPTRONIX, INC.; DIGITALOPTICS CORPORATION; DIGITALOPTICS CORPORATION MEMS; DTS, LLC; DTS, INC.; PHORUS, INC.; IBIQUITY DIGITAL CORPORATION
To: ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 040797/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2015
From: STRATEGIC GLOBAL ADVISORS OF OREGON, INC.
To: TESSERA ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 035620/0771 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 24, 2015
From: DONGBU HITEK CO., LTD.
To: STRATEGIC GLOBAL ADVISORS OF OREGON, INC.
Reel/Frame 035491/0744 →
MERGER Recorded Apr 22, 2015
From: DONGBU ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: DONGBU HITEK CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 035469/0801 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 15, 2006
From: DONGBUANAM SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
To: DONGBU ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 018176/0351 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 21, 2005
From: KIM, YUNG PIL
To: DONGBUANAM SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
Reel/Frame 017367/0751 →