Method for manufacturing semiconductor device
View Patent ↗In order to provide a semiconductor device that includes a conductive layer on one surface of a semiconductor substrate with an insulating layer therebetween, a bump on the other surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a through-electrode through the semiconductor substrate connecting the conductive layer with the bump, a through-hole is formed from the other surface of the semiconductor substrate to be connected to the conductive layer, a seed metal film is formed on the through-hole and the other surface, a photoresist is formed thereon, a mask layer is formed by processing the photoresist with a pattern larger than the through-hole, a plated film is grown by electrolytic plating so as to integrally form the through-electrode and a part of the bump.
1. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device including a first semiconductor chip and a second semiconductor chip, comprising:
forming each of the first and second semiconductor chips by:
forming a trench on one surface of a semiconductor substrate, the trench being connected to a conductive layer formed over the other surface of the semiconductor substrate, and an insulating layer being interposed between the conductive layer and the semiconductor substrate;
depositing a seed metal layer on the one surface of the semiconductor substrate and on an inner surface of the trench;
forming a plating mask layer having an opening larger than the trench in diameter and exposing an opening of the trench on the one surface of the semiconductor substrate; and
growing a first plated film in the trench and the opening of the plating mask layer by electrolytic plating using the plating mask layer as a mask so as to integrally form a first portion including an embedded portion in the trench and a second portion protruding from the one surface of the semiconductor substrate in the opening of the plating mask layer, wherein an uppermost surface of the first plated film protrudes from the one surface of the semiconductor substrate, and is substantially flat and continuous after growing of said first plated film; and
stacking the first and second semiconductor chips, the first plated film of the first semiconductor chip being connected to a solder ball that directly contacts the conductive layer of the second semiconductor chip.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the forming a plating mask layer includes providing a photoresist film on the one surface of the semiconductor substrate, exposing the photoresist film to light and developing the photoresist film.
3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the developing the photoresist film includes removing the photoresist film being on the surface of the seed metal layer in the trench.
4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the developing the photoresist film includes a plurality of sets of steps for developing a photoresist performed successively, the unit set of steps for developing a photoresist includes a step of supplying a developer onto a substrate with a rotation of the substrate, a step of performing development with the rotation stopped and with the developer kept on the substrate, and a step of spinning out the developer from the substrate with a rotation of the substrate.
5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the concentration of the developer is reduced sequentially or step by step in each of the sets of steps for developing a photoresist.
6. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the developing the photoresist includes at least one rinsing process between the sets of steps for developing a photoresist.
7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the growing a first plated film is performed under a film-growing condition: d/r 2 ≦R/r 1 , where R and d are the radius and depth of the trench after the seed metal layer is formed, respectively, r 1 is an average film-growing rate horizontally growing around the opening of the trench, and r 2 is an average film-growing rate upwardly growing in the depth direction of the trench.
8. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising growing an additional plated film made of the same material as the first plated film on the first plated film under a film-growing condition different from the film-growing condition of the first plated film.
9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the growing a first plated film is performed under a film-growing condition in which a film-growing rate for growing the first plated film upward from the bottom of the trench reaches the substrate surface before the opening of the trench is closed by the first plated film horizontally growing around the opening of the trench.
10. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising forming a second plated film with a different material from the first plated film on the first plated film.
11. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising forming an insulating film on the side surface of the trench before the forming a seed metal layer.
12. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device including a first semiconductor chip and a second semiconductor chip, comprising:
forming the first semiconductor chip by:
forming a trench on a surface of a semiconductor substrate,
depositing a seed metal layer on the surface of the semiconductor substrate and on an inner surface of the trench, and
forming an electrode that comprises a single piece of conductive material including a first portion and a second portion by electrolytic plating, the first portion including an embedded portion in the trench, the second portion protruding from the surface of the semiconductor substrate, wherein the first portion of the electrode is formed under a film-growing condition d/r 2 ≦R/r 1 , where R and d are a radius and depth of the trench after the seed metal layer is formed, respectively, r 1 is an average film-growing rate horizontally growing around an opening of the trench, and r 2 is an average film-growing rate upwardly growing in the depth direction of the trench, and wherein an uppermost surface of the second portion is substantially flat and continuous after forming the electrode; and
stacking the first and second semiconductor chips, the second portion of the conductive material of the first semiconductor chip being connected to a solder ball that directly contacts the second semiconductor chip.
13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the forming the electrode comprises forming the first portion of the electrode under a film-growing condition in which a film-growing rate for growing a conductor upward from the bottom of the trench reaches the substrate surface before an opening of the trench is closed by the conductive material horizontally growing around the opening of the trench.
14. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the forming the electrode further comprises growing the conductive material including the same material as the first portion of the electrode as a main component under a film-growing condition different from the film-growing condition under which the forming the first portion of the electrode is performed, successively after the forming the first portion of the electrode.
15. The method according to claim 12 , further comprising forming a plating mask layer having an opening larger than the trench in diameter and exposing an opening of the trench before the forming the electrode,
wherein the forming the electrode comprises growing a conductive material in the trench and the opening of the plating mask layer by electrolytic plating using the plating mask layer as a mask so as to integrally form the first portion including an embedded portion in the trench and the second portion in the opening of the plating mask layer.