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Granted Patent B2
US 10,535,533 · App. 15/868,544 · Granted Jan 14, 2020

Semiconductor device

Inventors: Yanghee Lee (Incheon, KR); Jonghyuk Park (Hwaseong-si, KR); Choongseob Shin (Uiwang-si, KR); Hyojin Oh (Seongnam-si, KR); Boun Yoon (Seoul, KR); Ilyoung Yoon (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H01L21/481H01L21/76898H01L25/0657H01L27/10808H01L27/10852H01L2225/06541
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Patent No.
US 10,535,533
App. No.
15/868,544
Granted
Jan 14, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor may include a substrate including a cell array region and a TSV region, an insulation layer disposed on the substrate and having a recess region on the TSV region, a capacitor on the insulation layer of the cell array region, a dummy support pattern disposed on the insulation layer of the TSV region and overlapping the recess region, when viewed in plan, and a TSV electrode penetrating the dummy support pattern and the substrate.

Claims (49)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a substrate including a cell array region and a through-silicon-via (TSV) region;

an insulation layer on the substrate within the cell array region and the TSV region, the insulation layer including a recess region within the TSV region;

a capacitor on the insulation layer within the cell array region;

a dummy support pattern on the insulation layer within the TSV region such that the dummy support pattern overlaps the recess region, when viewed in plan view;

a plurality of dummy pads in the insulation layer within the TSV region; and

a TSV electrode penetrating the dummy support pattern and the substrate.

2. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the TSV electrode traverses the recess region.

3. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein an area of the dummy support pattern is greater than an area of the recess region, when viewed in plan view.

4. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the dummy support pattern comprises:

a first segment and a second segment, the first segment of the dummy support pattern being at a center of the dummy support pattern, and the second segment of the dummy support pattern being around the first segment such that a level of the first segment of the dummy support pattern is lower than a level of the second segment of the dummy support pattern with respect to the substrate.

5. The semiconductor device of claim 4 , wherein the second segment of the dummy support pattern surrounds the first segment of the dummy support pattern, when viewed in plan view.

6. The semiconductor device of claim 4 , wherein

the first segment of the dummy support pattern overlaps the recess region, when viewed in plan view, and

at least a portion of the second segment of the dummy support pattern does not overlap the recess region, when viewed in plan view.

7. The semiconductor device of claim 4 , wherein the first segment of the dummy support pattern and the second segment of the dummy support pattern have substantially a same thickness.

8. The semiconductor device of claim 4 , wherein the dummy support pattern further comprises:

a third segment connecting the first segment of the dummy support pattern and the second segment of the dummy support pattern.

9. The semiconductor device of claim 4 , wherein the TSV electrode penetrates the first segment of the dummy support pattern.

10. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a buried insulation pattern underneath the dummy support pattern with respect to the substrate such that the buried insulation pattern fills the recess region.

11. The semiconductor device of claim 10 , wherein a sidewall of the buried insulation pattern is laterally recessed from a sidewall of the dummy support pattern.

12. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the dummy support pattern is a first dummy support pattern, and the semiconductor device further comprises:

a second dummy support pattern between the insulation layer and the first dummy support pattern such that the TSV electrode penetrates the second dummy support pattern.

13. The semiconductor device of claim 12 , wherein the second dummy support pattern comprises:

a first segment and a second segment, the first segment of the second dummy support pattern being at a center of the second dummy support pattern, and the second segment of the second dummy support pattern being around the first segment of the second dummy support pattern such that a level of the first segment of the second dummy support pattern is lower than a level of the second segment of the second dummy support pattern with respect to the substrate.

14. The semiconductor device of claim 13 , wherein

the first segment of the second dummy support pattern overlaps the recess region, when viewed in plan view, and

at least a portion of the second segment of the second dummy support pattern does not overlap the recess region, when viewed in plan view.

15. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a plurality of landing pads in the insulation layer within the cell array region, at least one of the plurality of landing pads being connected to the capacitor.

16. The semiconductor device of claim 15 , wherein the plurality of dummy pads are not in the insulation layer within the recess region.

17. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a substrate including a cell array region and a through-silicon-via (TSV) region;

an insulation layer within the cell array region and the TSV region, the insulation layer including a recess region within the TSV region;

a plurality of bottom electrodes on the insulation layer within the cell array region;

a support pattern on sidewalls of each of the plurality of bottom electrodes;

a dummy support pattern on the insulation layer within the TSV region such that the dummy support pattern overlaps the recess region, when viewed in plan view;

a plurality of dummy pads in the insulation layer within the TSV region; and

a TSV electrode penetrating the dummy support pattern and the substrate.

18. The semiconductor device of claim 17 , wherein a level of a bottom surface of the dummy support pattern is lower than a level of a bottom surface of the support pattern with respect to the substrate.

19. The semiconductor device of claim 17 , wherein a level of a top surface of the dummy support pattern is substantially at a same level as a level of a top surface of the support pattern with respect to the substrate.

20. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a substrate including a cell array region and a through-silicon-via (TSV) region;

an insulation layer on the substrate within the cell array region and the TSV region, the insulation layer including a plurality of recess regions within the TSV region;

a capacitor on the insulation layer within the cell array region;

a dummy support pattern on the insulation layer within the TSV region such that the dummy support pattern overlaps each of the plurality of recess regions, when viewed in plan view;

a plurality of dummy pads in the insulation layer within the TSV region; and

a plurality of TSV electrodes within the TSV region each penetrating the dummy support pattern and the substrate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 12, 2018
From: LEE, YANGHEE; PARK, JONGHYUK; SHIN, CHOONGSEOB; OH, HYOJIN; YOON, BOUN; YOON, ILYOUNG
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 044607/0132 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0088655 · Jul 12, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190019742A1 · Jan 17, 2019