IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,018,085
Granted Patent B2
US 11,018,085 · App. 15/464,773 · Granted May 25, 2021

Semiconductor device

Inventors: Naoya Inoue (Ansan-si, KR); Dong Won Kim (Hwaseong-si, KR); Young Woo Cho (Yongin-si, KR); Ji Won Kang (Seoul, KR); Song Yi Han (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H01L23/5222H01L21/7682H01L23/5226H01L23/53295H01L21/76834H01L23/53223H01L23/53238H01L23/53266
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,018,085
App. No.
15/464,773
Granted
May 25, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a first lower line and a second lower line on a substrate, the first and second lower lines extending in a first direction, being adjacent to each other, and being spaced apart along a second direction, orthogonal the first direction, an airgap between the first and second lower lines and spaced therefrom along the second direction, a first insulating spacer on a side wall of the first lower line facing the second lower line, wherein a distance from the first airgap to the first lower line along the second direction is equal to or greater than an overlay specification of a design rule of the semiconductor device, and a second insulating spacer between the airgap and the second lower line.

Claims (21)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a first interlayer insulation film on a substrate;

a first lower line and a second lower line in the first interlayer insulation film, the first and second lower lines extending in a first direction, being spaced apart along a second direction, orthogonal to the first direction;

a first airgap and a second airgap between the first lower line and the second lower line along the second direction;

a second interlayer insulation film covering the first and second airgaps; and

a liner film on a bottom surface and a sidewall of the first and second airgaps,

wherein the first interlayer insulation film is between the first lower line and the first airgap,

wherein the first airgap is immediately adjacent to the first lower line and the second airgap is immediately adjacent to the second lower line, and

wherein a first thickness of the liner film, the first interlayer insulation film, and the second interlayer insulation film between the first lower line and the first airgap, and a second thickness of the liner film and the second interlayer insulation film between the second lower line and the second airgap are different.

2. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first thickness is thicker than the second thickness.

3. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

an upper line on the first lower line, the upper line at least partially overlapping the first lower line; and

a via through which the upper line is connected to the first lower line.

4. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a top of each of the first airgap and the second airgap is not higher than a top surface of the first lower line.

5. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

the second airgap has a first side wall adjacent to the second lower line and a second side wall opposed to the first side wall,

the first side wall and a bottom surface of the second airgap make a first angle, and

the second side wall and the bottom surface of the second airgap make a second angle, the first angle being different from the second angle.

6. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the first angle is larger than the second angle.

7. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a first distance between the first lower line and the first airgap, and a second distance between the second lower line and the second airgap are different.

8. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the first distance is larger than the second distance.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 21, 2017
From: INOUE, NAOYA; KIM, DONG WON; CHO, YOUNG WOO; KANG, JI WON; HAN, SONG YI
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 041663/0259 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2016-0034031 · Mar 22, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170278786A1 · Sep 28, 2017
Cited By (3)
US 12,514,017 US 12,514,018 US 12,696,694