IP Library Patent Application 12125535
Patent Application
App. No. 12/125,535

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PRODUCTION METHOD

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12/125,535
Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to stabilize the polishing film thickness during the overpolishing following the removal of barrier metal in Cu-CMP (chemical mechanical polishing). To this end, a table in which the relationship between wire perimeter and overpolishing process polishing rate is created. The polishing time is calculated based on the wire perimeter in determining the overpolishing time after the removal of barrier metal in Cu-CMP to stabilize the overpolishing film thickness.

Claims (8)

1 . A semiconductor device production method for forming wirings using copper wiring materials, characterized by comprising:

a polishing step in which overpolishing after the removal of barrier metal is performed by chemical mechanical polishing; and

a calculation step in which the polishing time is calculated based on the wire perimeter on the surface to be polished of a semiconductor wafer.

2 . The semiconductor device production method according to claim 1 wherein said calculation step is an APC system calculation step in which an APC (advanced process control) system is used to calculate the polishing time.

3 . A semiconductor device production method for forming wirings using copper wiring materials, characterized by comprising

a polishing step in which overpolishing after the removal of barrier metal is performed by chemical mechanical polishing; and

an APC system calculation step in which an APC (advanced process control) system is used to calculate the polishing time by estimating the polishing rate from monitoring data obtained from the substrate processing apparatus in real time.

4 . The semiconductor device production method according to claim 3 wherein said APC system calculation step is a step of calculating the polishing time based on the wire perimeter on the surface to be polished of a semiconductor wafer.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 3, 2008
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021779/0851 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 25, 2008
From: SATO, NAOAKI
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 021290/0364 →