IP Library Granted Patent US 9,349,685
Granted Patent B2
US 9,349,685 · App. 14/678,431 · Granted May 24, 2016

Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing semiconductor device

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Patent No.
US 9,349,685
App. No.
14/678,431
Granted
May 24, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a first insulating film formed above a semiconductor substrate, a fuse formed above the first insulating film, a second insulating film formed above the first insulating film and the fuse and including an opening reaching the fuse, and a third insulating film formed above the second insulating film and in the opening.

Claims (39)

1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising:

forming a first insulating film above a semiconductor substrate;

forming a fuse above the first insulating film;

forming a fourth insulating film on the first insulating film and the fuse, whole of the side surface of the fuse being covered by a part of the fourth insulating film;

forming a second insulating film above the fuse and the first insulating film;

forming an opening through the second insulating film and above the fuse, the opening exposing the part of the fourth insulating film; and

forming a third insulating film above the second insulating film and in the opening, whole of the part of the fourth insulating film being covered by the third insulating film.

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

a melting point of the third insulating film is lower than a melting point of the second insulating film.

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

a stress the second insulating film applies to the semiconductor substrate is larger than a stress the first insulating film and the third insulating film apply to the semiconductor substrate.

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

the second insulating film is an etching stopper film, and

the third insulating film is an inter-layer insulating film.

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

the second insulating film is formed of an insulating material mainly formed of silicon nitride, and

the third insulating film is formed of an insulating material mainly formed of silicon oxide.

6. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising:

forming a first insulating film above a semiconductor substrate;

forming a fuse above the first insulating film;

forming a fifth insulating film on the first insulating film and the fuse, whole of the side surface of the fuse being covered by a part of the fifth insulating film;

forming a second insulating film in contact with the first insulating film above the semiconductor substrate and above the fuse;

forming a third insulating film above the second insulating film;

forming an opening through the second insulating film and the third insulating film and above the fuse, the opening exposing the part of the fifth insulating film; and

forming in the opening a fourth insulating film formed of an insulating material whose melting point is lower than a melting point of the third insulating film.

7. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein

the fourth insulating film is formed of silicon oxide containing impurity, or SOG.

8. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein

in forming the opening, the second insulating film and the third insulating film is etched, and thereafter the first insulating film is isotropically etched to form the opening, the opening further exposing an underside of the fuse.

9. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 8 , wherein

in forming the fourth insulating film, the fourth insulating film is not formed below the underside of the fuse to form a gap below the underside of the fuse.

10. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein

a stress the second insulating film applies to the semiconductor substrate is larger than a stress the first insulating film and the third insulating film apply to the semiconductor substrate.

11. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein

the second insulating film is an etching stopper film, and

the third insulating film is an inter-layer insulating film.

12. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein

the second insulating film is formed of an insulating material mainly formed of silicon nitride, and

the third insulating film is formed of an insulating material mainly formed of silicon oxide.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 29, 2025
From: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY SOLUTION LIMITED
To: RAMXEED LIMITED
Reel/Frame 070054/0242 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2020
From: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
To: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY SOLUTION LIMITED
Reel/Frame 053195/0249 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Dec 23, 2016
From: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
To: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
Reel/Frame 041188/0401 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 6, 2015
From: TAKEDA, SHIGETOSHI
To: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
Reel/Frame 035341/0568 →