IP Library Granted Patent US 9,870,987
Granted Patent B2
US 9,870,987 · App. 15/251,410 · Granted Jan 16, 2018

Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same

Inventors: Akira Nakajima (Yokkaichi, JP); Masaaki Hatano (Yokkaichi, JP)
Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
H01L23/5226H01L21/7685H01L21/76843
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Patent No.
US 9,870,987
App. No.
15/251,410
Granted
Jan 16, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes an insulator. The device further includes a plug provided in the insulator, the plug including a first barrier metal layer and a first conductive layer that is provided on the first barrier metal layer. The device further includes an interconnect provided outside the insulator, the interconnect being provided on the plug and the insulator and including the first barrier metal layer, the first conductive layer and a second conductive layer that is provided on the first conductive layer.

Claims (15)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

an insulator;

a plug provided in the insulator, the plug including a first barrier metal layer and a first conductive layer that is provided on the first barrier metal layer;

an interconnect provided outside the insulator, the interconnect being provided on the plug and the insulator and including the first barrier metal layer, the first conductive layer and a second conductive layer that is provided on the first conductive layer, and the first barrier metal layer including a first portion that is provided outside the insulator and is provided on an upper face of the insulator; and

the second conductive layer is provided above the upper face of the insulator through the first portion of the first barrier metal layer, and is provided above the upper face of the insulator through no first conductive layer, wherein the first barrier metal layer comprises first and second metal layers, and the second conductive layer is provided above the upper face of the insulator through the first metal layer, and is provided above the upper face of the insulator through no second metal layer.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein a specific resistance of the second conductive layer is lower than a specific resistance of the first conductive layer.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the second conductive layer is thicker than a thickness of the first conductive layer in the interconnect.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first conductive layer is a tungsten layer, and the second conductive layer is an aluminum layer.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first conductive layer comprises a seam above the plug.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the second conductive layer is provided on the first conductive layer through a second barrier metal layer.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the second conductive layer is provided on the first conductive layer through no barrier metal layer.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the second conductive layer is provided above the upper face of the insulator through the first portion the first barrier metal layer and the first conductive layer.

9. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first conductive layer comprises:

a first part provided in the insulator and having a first width in a first direction that is parallel to the upper face of the insulator, and

a second part provided outside the insulator and having a second width in the first direction, the second width being larger than the first width.

Assignments (5)
MERGER Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: K.K. PANGEA
Reel/Frame 055659/0471 →
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: KIOXIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055669/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: K.K. PANGEA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055669/0401 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 29, 2017
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043052/0218 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 30, 2016
From: NAKAJIMA, AKIRA; HATANO, MASAAKI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 039585/0476 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62301154 · Feb 29, 2016
Related Publication 20170250131A1 · Aug 31, 2017