IP Library Granted Patent US 7,652,380
Granted Patent B2
US 7,652,380 · App. 11/638,550 · Granted Jan 26, 2010

Semiconductor device and method of producing the same

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Patent No.
US 7,652,380
App. No.
11/638,550
Granted
Jan 26, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a substrate; a wiring formed on the substrate; a base portion disposed at an end portion of the wiring; and an electrode formed on the base portion. The base portion has a size smaller than that of the electrode, so that the base portion is not shifted out of the electrode.

Claims (18)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a substrate;

a seed layer formed on the substrate;

a wiring formed on the seed layer;

a base portion disposed at an end portion of the wiring; and

an electrode formed on the base portion and having a size greater than that of the base portion so that the base portion is not shifted out of the electrode, said electrode having a cylindrical column shape extending from the base portion, said electrode being directly connected to the seed layer.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein said wiring includes a plurality of wiring sections, each of said wiring sections having the base portion and the electrode so that the base portion is not exposed from the electrode between the electrodes arranged adjacent to each other.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein said base portion has a diameter smaller than that of the electrode.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein said base portion has a diameter smaller than that of the electrode such that a difference between the diameter of the base portion and that of the electrode becomes greater than mask overlapping accuracy when the electrode is formed with photolithography.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein said base portion has a portion having a cross shape.

6. A method of producing a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of:

forming a seed layer on a substrate;

forming a plurality of wirings on the seed layer;

forming a base portion at an end portion of each of the wirings such that at least one of the base portions has a shape different from that of the other of the base portions;

conducting mask matching using the one of the base portions as a positioning mark; and

forming an electrode on each of the base portions with photolithography so that the electrode has a size greater than that of each of the base portions so that each of the base portions is not shifted out of the electrode, and the electrode is directly connected to the seed layer.

7. The method of producing a semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein, in the step of forming the base portion at the end portion of each of the wirings, said at least one of the base portions is formed to have a cross shape.

8. The method of producing a semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein, in the step of forming the electrode, said electrode has a cylindrical column shape extending from each of the base portions.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 21, 2014
From: OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD
To: LAPIS SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
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