IP Library Granted Patent US 9,082,778
Granted Patent B2
US 9,082,778 · App. 13/954,457 · Granted Jul 14, 2015

Semiconductor device and manufacturing method of same

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Patent No.
US 9,082,778
App. No.
13/954,457
Granted
Jul 14, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate; a metal layer arranged above the semiconductor substrate; a first passivation film that contacts at least a portion of one side surface of the metal layer; and a second passivation film that is arranged extending from the first passivation film to the metal layer, and contacts an upper surface of the first passivation film, and contacts at least a portion of an upper surface of the metal layer.

Claims (12)

1. A semiconductor device manufacturing method comprising:

forming a metal layer above a semiconductor substrate;

forming a first passivation film that contacts a top surface of the metal layer and at least a portion of one side surface of the metal layer;

removing a first portion of the first passivation film that is on the top surface of the metal layer such that the top surface of the metal layer is exposed;

baking the first passivation film such that (i) an upper surface of the first passivation film becomes lower than the top surface of the metal layer, and (ii) a second portion of the first passivation film is in contact with the one side surface of the metal layer; and

after baking the first passivation film, forming a second passivation film extending from the first passivation film to the metal layer, the second passivation film contacting the upper surface of the first passivation film and at least a portion of the upper surface of the metal layer,

wherein a linear expansion coefficient of the metal layer is greater than a linear expansion coefficient of the second passivation film, and a linear expansion coefficient of the first passivation film is greater than the linear expansion coefficient of the second passivation film.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first passivation film includes a polyimide.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second passivation film is semiconductive.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising forming a peripheral voltage-resistant region at an outer peripheral portion of the semiconductor substrate, wherein the second passivation film is positioned in the peripheral voltage-resistant region.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second passivation film is a two-layered structure.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first passivation film has a thickness in a first direction that is greater than a height of a portion of the second passivation film that contacts the portion of the upper surface of the metal layer.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2020
From: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: DENSO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052285/0419 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 30, 2013
From: KAMIJO, TAKUMA
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 030966/0076 →