IP Library Granted Patent US 9,105,532
Granted Patent B2
US 9,105,532 · App. 14/503,698 · Granted Aug 11, 2015

Semiconductor device and method of forming interconnect structure over seed layer on contact pad of semiconductor die without undercutting seed layer beneath interconnect structure

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Patent No.
US 9,105,532
App. No.
14/503,698
Granted
Aug 11, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device has a semiconductor die with a first conductive layer formed over the die. A first insulating layer is formed over the die with a first opening in the first insulating layer disposed over the first conductive layer. A second conductive layer is formed over the first insulating layer and into the first opening over the first conductive layer. An interconnect structure is constructed by forming a second insulating layer over the first insulating layer with a second opening having a width less than the first opening and depositing a conductive material into the second opening. The interconnect structure can be a conductive pillar or conductive pad. The interconnect structure has a width less than a width of the first opening. The second conductive layer over the first insulating layer outside the first opening is removed while leaving the second conductive layer under the interconnect structure.

Claims (35)

1. A method of making a semiconductor device, comprising:

providing a substrate;

forming an insulating layer over the substrate;

forming a first conductive layer into an opening of the insulating layer; and

forming an interconnect structure including a first width within the opening and below a surface of the insulating layer and a second width less than the first width outside the opening of the insulating layer.

2. The method of claim 1 , further including forming a second conductive layer over the substrate.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the interconnect structure includes a conductive pillar.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the interconnect structure includes a first conductive pad.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the interconnect structure further includes a second conductive pad formed over the first conductive pad.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the interconnect structure further includes a bump material deposited over the first conductive pad.

7. A method of making a semiconductor device, comprising:

providing a substrate including an insulating layer disposed over the substrate; and

forming an interconnect structure including a first width within an opening of the insulating layer and below a surface of the insulating layer and a second width outside the opening of the insulating layer.

8. The method of claim 7 , further including forming a conductive layer over the substrate into the opening of the insulating layer.

9. The method of claim 7 , further including forming a conductive layer below the insulating layer.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the interconnect structure includes a conductive pillar.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein the second width of the interconnect structure is less than the first width of the interconnect structure.

12. The method of claim 7 , wherein the interconnect structure includes a first conductive pad.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the interconnect structure further includes a bump material deposited over the first conductive pad.

14. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a substrate including an insulating layer disposed over the substrate; and

a first conductive material including a first width within an opening in the insulating layer and a second width less than the opening of the insulating layer.

15. The semiconductor device of claim 14 , further including a conductive layer formed in the opening of the insulating layer.

16. The semiconductor device of claim 14 , wherein the first conductive material forms a conductive pillar.

17. The semiconductor device of claim 14 , wherein the first conductive material forms a first conductive pad.

18. The semiconductor device of claim 17 , further including a second conductive material disposed over the first conductive material to form a second conductive pad over the first conductive pad.

19. The semiconductor device of claim 17 , further including a bump material deposited over the first conductive pad.

20. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a substrate including an insulating layer disposed over the substrate; and

an interconnect structure extending from the substrate through an opening in the insulating layer.

21. The semiconductor device of claim 20 , further including a conductive layer formed in the opening of the insulating layer.

22. The semiconductor device of claim 20 , wherein the interconnect structure includes a width less than the opening of the insulating layer.

23. The semiconductor device of claim 20 , wherein the interconnect structure includes a first conductive pad.

24. The semiconductor device of claim 23 , wherein the interconnect structure further includes a second conductive pad formed over the first conductive pad.

25. The semiconductor device of claim 23 , wherein the interconnect structure further includes a bump material deposited over the first conductive pad.

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