IP Library Granted Patent US 7,923,843
Granted Patent B2
US 7,923,843 · App. 11/806,231 · Granted Apr 12, 2011

Semiconductor device with a contact plug connected to multiple interconnects formed within

Assignee: NEC Electronics Corporation
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Patent No.
US 7,923,843
App. No.
11/806,231
Granted
Apr 12, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

Two interconnect layers are electrically connected while reducing the number of manufacturing steps. A contact plug 9 c which is formed into a beaded shape in a layer underlying two interconnects 11 C and 11 D and which also electrically connects the two interconnects 11 C and 11 D is included. The two interconnects 11 C and 11 D are separated to each other and are formed in a same layer. The contact plug 9 c is simultaneously formed with a contact plug 9 b to be connected to an interconnect 4 b and a contact plug 9 a to be connected to a source/drain region 6.

Claims (20)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a first region with Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) cells formed on a substrate thereof;

a power supply hanging portion provided for a predetermined number of said SRAM cells;

a second region between said first region and said power supply hanging portion; and

an embedded interconnect, which electrically connects said first region to said power supply hanging portion, being continuous from said first region to said power supply hanging portion,

said first region, said second region, and said supply power hanging portion being continuous and sequentially disposed in a direction horizontal to said substrate.

2. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a contact plug formed into a beaded shape or a slit shape in a layer underlying two interconnects, said contact plug electrically connecting said two interconnects; and

a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor element, said MIM capacitor element comprising:

one of said two interconnects;

a dielectric film disposed on said one of said two interconnects; and

an electrode disposed on said dielectric film,

wherein said dielectric film is disposed only on said one of said two interconnects, entirely in an upper layer of said interconnects, and

wherein said electrode is disposed in a different layer than said other one of said two interconnects.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein said embedded interconnect is disposed entirely below, and is in direct contact with, said first region, said second region, and said power supply hanging portion.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein said first region comprises a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor element, said MIM capacitor element comprising:

an interconnect;

a dielectric film disposed on said interconnect; and

an electrode disposed on said dielectric film, said electrode comprising a metal barrier layer and a metal layer, said metal layer being disposed on a surface of said metal barrier layer.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 4 , wherein ends of said dielectric film and said electrode extend up to a vicinity of a middle section of said second region.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 2, 2010
From: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025235/0456 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 30, 2007
From: KOBAYASHI, MICHIHIRO; NIKAIDO, HIROFUMI; KATSUKI, NOBUYUSKI; KAWAKATSU, YASUHIRO
To: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 019418/0704 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2006-152104 · May 31, 2006 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20070278694A1 · Dec 6, 2007