IP Library Granted Patent US 8,658,534
Granted Patent B2
US 8,658,534 · App. 13/054,614 · Granted Feb 25, 2014

Method for producing a semiconductor component, and semiconductor component

Inventors: Franz Schrank (Graz, AT); Günther Koppitsch (Lieboch, AT); Michael Beutl (Graz, AT); Sara Carniello (Graz, AT); Jochen Kraft (Oberaich, AT)
Assignee: AMS AG
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Patent No.
US 8,658,534
App. No.
13/054,614
Granted
Feb 25, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

In an insulation layer of an SOI substrate, a connection pad is arranged. A contact hole opening above the connection pad is provided on side walls and on the connection pad with a metallization that is contacted on top side with a top metal.

Claims (21)

1. A method for the manufacture of a semiconductor component, comprising:

providing a substrate made from a semiconductor material with a buried insulation layer and a connection pad made from an electrically conductive material arranged in the insulation layer;

creating an opening extending from a top side of the substrate up to the insulation layer above the connection pad;

depositing a dielectric layer;

removing the dielectric layer and the insulation layer within the opening to an extent that a top side of the connection pad is exposed;

depositing a metallization that contacts the connection pad; and

manufacturing a via contact extending from a back side of the substrate opposite the opening up to the connection pad.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the opening is formed with a vertical side wall by an anisotropic etching process.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the metallization is removed outside of the opening, and wherein a top metal is deposited such that the top metal contacts the top edges of the metallization.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the metallization is initially manufactured over the entire surface area and then etched back at an etching rate that is higher on the top side than on the base and on the side walls of the openings, so that a portion of the metallization remains on the base of the opening.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the top side of the substrate is provided with an intermetal dielectric and metal planes of a wiring before the etching of the opening,

wherein the top side of the intermetal dielectric is covered with a liner, and

wherein the material of the liner is selected so that the liner functions as an etching stop layer for the partial removal of the dielectric layer.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate is manufactured such that a first semiconductor body is provided on a top side with an insulation layer,

wherein a second semiconductor body is mounted on the insulation layer, and

wherein, before the connection of the semiconductor body, a connection pad is deposited on the insulation layer or on the top side of the second semiconductor body to be connected to the insulation layer.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a passivation is manufactured on the metallization.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the passivation is manufactured from at least two layers of different materials.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein a tempering step is carried out only before the last layer of the passivation has been deposited.

10. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the passivation is manufactured such that an oxide layer is initially deposited and a nitride layer is deposited on the oxide layer.

11. The method according to claim 7 , wherein a tempering step is carried out only before the passivation is deposited.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 16, 2013
From: AUSTRIAMICROSYSTEMS AG
To: AMS AG
Reel/Frame 030228/0326 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 20, 2011
From: SCHRANK, FRANZ; KOPPITSCH, GUNTHER; BEUTL, MICHAEL; CARNIELLO, SARA; KRAFT, JOCHEN
To: AUSTRIAMICROSYSTEMS AG
Reel/Frame 026480/0158 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2008 033 395 · Jul 16, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110260284A1 · Oct 27, 2011