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Granted Patent B2
US 10,418,323 · App. 14/994,263 · Granted Sep 17, 2019

Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof

Inventors: Yoshihisa Matsubara (Ibaraki, JP); Takashi Ishigami (Ibaraki, JP)
Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
H01L23/528H01L23/4824H01L23/5286H01L24/00H01L29/66795H01L2224/05624H01L2224/45147H01L2924/0002
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Patent No.
US 10,418,323
App. No.
14/994,263
Granted
Sep 17, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An improvement is achieved in the performance of a semiconductor-device. The semiconductor device includes MISFETs formed in the upper surface of a substrate, a plurality of wiring layers stacked over the upper surface of the substrate, and a plurality of plugs each coupling two of the wiring layers to each other. The wiring layers located under the uppermost wiring layer include wires. The uppermost wiring layer includes a pad, an insulating film formed over the pad, and an opening extending through the insulating film and reaching the pad. The MISFETs and the wires overlap the opening in plan view. None of the plurality of plugs overlaps the opening in plan view.

Claims (72)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a semiconductor substrate;

a semiconductor element formed in a main surface of the semiconductor substrate;

a plurality of wiring layers stacked over the main surface of the semiconductor substrate; and

a plurality of first coupling electrodes each of which couples different two of the wiring layers to each other,

wherein the one of the wiring layers which is located under the uppermost wiring layer includes a first wire,

wherein the uppermost one of the wiring layers includes:

an electrode terminal;

an insulating film formed over the electrode terminal; and

an opening extending through the insulating film and reaching the electrode terminal,

wherein the semiconductor element and the first wire overlap the opening in plan view,

wherein the plurality of wiring layers comprise all wiring layers between the opening and the main surface of the semiconductor substrate,

wherein the plurality of first coupling electrodes comprise all coupling electrodes that couple any one of the plurality of wiring layers with another one of the plurality of wiring layers; and

wherein none of the plurality of first coupling electrodes overlaps the opening in plan view.

2. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a semiconductor substrate;

a semiconductor element formed in a main surface of the semiconductor substrate;

a plurality of wiring layers stacked over the main surface of the semiconductor substrate;

a plurality of first coupling electrodes each of which couples different two of the wiring layers to each other; and

a plurality of second coupling electrodes which couple the lowermost one of the wiring layers to the semiconductor element,

wherein the one of the wiring layers which is located under the uppermost wiring layer includes a first wire,

wherein the uppermost one of the wiring layers includes:

an electrode terminal;

an insulating film formed over the electrode terminal; and

an opening extending through the insulating film and reaching the electrode terminal,

wherein the semiconductor element and the first wire overlap the opening in plan view,

wherein none of the first coupling electrodes overlaps the opening in plan view,

wherein the semiconductor element is a first field effect transistor,

wherein the first field effect transistor includes a first source region and a first drain region,

wherein each of the second coupling electrodes couples the lowermost wiring layer to the first source region or the first drain region, and

wherein none of the second coupling electrodes overlaps the opening in plan view.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a third coupling electrode which couples the lowermost one of the wiring layers to the semiconductor element,

wherein the semiconductor element is a second field effect transistor,

wherein the second field effect transistor includes a gate electrode, a second source region, and a second drain region,

wherein the third coupling electrode couples the lowermost wiring layer to the second source region or the second drain region, and

wherein the third coupling electrode extends in a first direction as a gate width direction of the gate electrode and overlaps the opening in plan view.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the second field effect transistor includes a fin made of a semiconductor region formed over the main surface of the semiconductor substrate and having a cubic shape,

wherein, in plan view, the fin extends in a second direction as a gate length direction of the gate electrode,

wherein the gate electrode is placed over the fin via a first gate insulating film and extends in the first direction in plan view,

wherein the second source region is formed in a portion of the fin which is located on a first side of the gate electrode,

wherein the second drain region is formed in a portion of the fin which is located on a side of the gate electrode opposite to the first side, and

wherein the third coupling electrode is formed over the second source region or the second drain region.

5. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a semiconductor substrate;

a semiconductor element formed in a main surface of the semiconductor substrate;

a plurality of wiring layers stacked over the main surface of the semiconductor substrate; and

a plurality of first coupling electrodes each of which couples different two of the wiring layers to each other,

wherein the one of the wiring layers which is located under the uppermost wiring layer includes a first wire,

wherein the uppermost one of the wiring layers includes:

an electrode terminal;

an insulating film formed over the electrode terminal; and

an opening extending through the insulating film and reaching the electrode terminal,

wherein the semiconductor element and the first wire overlap the opening in plan view,

wherein none of the first coupling electrodes overlaps the opening in plan view,

wherein the one of the wiring layers which is located under the uppermost layer includes a plurality of the first wires,

wherein each of the first wires overlaps the opening in plan view,

wherein, in plan view, a ratio of a total area of portions of the opening which individually overlap the first wires to an area of the opening is 1 to 50%,

wherein a width of each of the first wires is less than 1 μm, and

wherein a thickness of the electrode terminal is not more than 3 μm.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein, to a portion of the electrode terminal which is exposed in the opening, a copper wire is bonded.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the electrode terminal is made of aluminum,

wherein the first wire is made of copper, and

wherein the first coupling electrodes are each made of copper.

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the electrode terminal is made of aluminum,

wherein the first wires are each made of copper, and wherein the first coupling electrodes are each made of copper.

9. The semiconductor device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the gate electrode is made of a metal film.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 13, 2016
From: MATSUBARA, YOSHIHISA; ISHIGAMI, TAKASHI
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037475/0846 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-013970 · Jan 28, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160218060A1 · Jul 28, 2016
Cited By (1)
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