IP Library Granted Patent US 10,522,465
Granted Patent B2
US 10,522,465 · App. 16/149,800 · Granted Dec 31, 2019

Semiconductor device

Inventor: Jun Okawara (Nisshin, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H01L23/5283H01L23/5226H01L23/5329H01L23/53223H01L23/53266H01L23/53271H01L29/1095H01L29/41708H01L29/41741H01L29/4238H01L29/456H01L29/7397H01L29/7813
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Patent No.
US 10,522,465
App. No.
16/149,800
Granted
Dec 31, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device may include: a semiconductor substrate; an interlayer insulating film; a contact plug penetrating the interlayer insulating film; a first metal layer covering a surface of the interlayer insulating film; a protective insulating film covering a part of of the first metal layer; and a second metal layer covering the surface of the first metal layer. A peripheral region may be a region in which the protective insulating film is located; an active region may be a region in which a plurality of first parts of the contact plug is located; and an intermediate region may be a region which is located between the peripheral region and the active region and in which a second part of the contact plug is located. The first parts may extend toward an edge portion of the protective insulating film, and the second part may extend along the edge portion.

Claims (15)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a semiconductor substrate;

an interlayer insulating film located on the semiconductor substrate;

a contact plug constituted of a metal, penetrating the interlayer insulating film, and being in contact with the semiconductor substrate;

a first metal layer covering a surface of the interlayer insulating film and a surface of the contact plug;

a protective insulating film covering a part of a surface of the first metal layer; and

a second metal layer covering the surface of the first metal layer, being in contact with an edge portion of the protective insulating film, and constituted of a metal different from that of the first metal layer,

wherein

the semiconductor device comprises a peripheral region, an active region, and an intermediate region in a view along a thickness direction of the semiconductor device,

the peripheral region is a region in which the protective insulating film is located;

the active region is a region in which a plurality of first parts of the contact plug is located; and

the intermediate region is a region which is located between the peripheral region and the active region and in which at least one second part of the contact plug is located,

the first parts extend toward the edge portion of the protective insulating film, and

the at least one second part extends along the edge portion of the protective insulating film.

2. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of the second parts of the contact plug is located in the intermediate region.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2020
From: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: DENSO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052281/0019 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 2, 2018
From: OKAWARA, JUN
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 047040/0056 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-193529 · Oct 3, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190103355A1 · Apr 4, 2019