IP Library Granted Patent US 7,897,509
Granted Patent B2
US 7,897,509 · App. 12/823,913 · Granted Mar 1, 2011

Semiconductor wafer and method of manufacturing the same and method of manufacturing semiconductor device

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Patent No.
US 7,897,509
App. No.
12/823,913
Granted
Mar 1, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor wafer comprising: a tubular trench formed at a position to form a through-hole electrode of a wafer; an insulating member buried inside the trench and on an upper surface of the trench; a gate electrode film and a metal film formed on an upper surface of the insulating member; a multilevel columnar wiring via formed on an upper surface of the metal film; and an external connection electrode formed electrically connected to the metal film via the multilevel columnar wiring via. In this manner, it is unnecessary to have a new process of dry etching to form a through-hole electrode after thinning the wafer and equipment development. Moreover, introduction of a specific design enables formation of through-hole electrodes with significantly reduced difficulties of respective processes.

Claims (44)

1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device on a semiconductor wafer comprising:

a hollow tubular trench formed at a position to form a through-hole electrode of a silicon wafer;

an insulating member buried inside the trench and on an upper surface of the silicon wafer surrounded by the trench;

a conducting film formed on an upper surface of the insulating member;

a conducting member formed on the conducting film; and

an external connection electrode formed electrically connected to the conducting film via the conducting member,

the method comprising steps of:

thinning the semiconductor wafer from its back surface and exposing the insulating member buried inside the trench;

dissolving the insulating member inside and on an upper surface of the trench by wet etching; and

forming a silicon hole part reaching the conducting film by dropping a silicon piece of an inner surface of the trench.

2. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 1 further comprising the steps of:

forming an insulating film in an inner surface of the silicon hole part and on a whole surface of the back surface of the semiconductor wafer;

exposing the conducting film by removing the insulating film on a bottom part of the silicon hole part; and

forming a seed layer for electrolytic plating and an electrolytic plating film on the inner surface of the silicon hole part and a predetermined area of the back surface of the semiconductor wafer so as to form a through-hole electrode electrically connected to the external connection electrode.

3. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the steps from exposing the insulating member to forming the silicon hole part are performed with the semiconductor wafer adhered to a holding member, and the semiconductor wafer is separated from the holding member after finishing manufacturing.

4. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor wafer comprising the steps of:

forming a hollow tubular trench at a position to form a through-hole electrode of a silicon wafer;

burying an insulating member inside the trench and on an upper surface of the silicon wafer surrounded by the trench;

forming a conducting film on an upper surface of the insulating member;

forming a conducting member on an upper surface of the conducting film;

forming an external connection electrode electrically connected to the conducting film via the conducting member;

thinning the silicon wafer from its back surface and exposing the insulating member buried inside the trench;

dissolving the insulating member inside and on an upper surface of the trench by wet etching;

forming a silicon hole part reaching the conducting film by dropping a silicon piece of an inner surface of the trench;

forming an insulating film in an inner surface of the silicon hole part and on a surface of the back surface of the silicon wafer;

exposing the conducting film by removing the insulating film only on a bottom part of the silicon hole part; and

forming a seed layer for electrolytic plating and an electrolytic plating film on the inner surface of the silicon hole part and a predetermined area of the back surface of the silicon wafer so as to form a through-hole electrode electrically connected to the external connection electrode.

5. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor wafer comprising the steps of:

forming a hollow tubular trench at a position to form a through-hole electrode of a silicon wafer;

burying an insulating member inside the trench and on an upper surface of the silicon wafer surrounded by the trench;

forming a conducting film on an upper surface of the insulating member;

forming a conducting member on an upper surface of the conducting film;

forming an I/O wiring, a power wiring, or a ground wiring in an LSI electrically connected to the conducting film via the conducting member;

thinning the silicon wafer from its back surface and exposing the insulating member buried inside the trench;

dissolving the insulating member inside and on an upper surface of the trench by wet etching;

forming a silicon hole part reaching the conducting film by dropping a silicon piece of an inner surface of the trench;

forming an insulating film in an inner surface of the silicon hole part and on a whole surface of the back surface of the silicon wafer;

exposing the conducting film by removing the insulating film only on a bottom part of the silicon hole part; and

forming a seed layer for electrolytic plating and an electrolytic plating film on the inner surface of the silicon hole part and a predetermined area of the back surface of the silicon wafer so as to form a through-hole electrode electrically connected to the external connection electrode.

6. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 2 comprising the steps of:

dicing the semiconductor wafer having the through-hole electrode formed therein into a size of each chip; and

forming a gold bump on the external connection electrode of each of the diced chips,

wherein, to stack a second chip having the gold bump on a first chip having the through-hole electrode, the gold bump of the second chip is pressed into the inside of through-hole electrode of the first chip and mechanically caulked so as to electrically connect between the stacked chips.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Nov 29, 2017
From: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044928/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 27, 2010
From: RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORP.
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024900/0594 →