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Granted Patent B2
US 11,367,712 · App. 17/120,514 · Granted Jun 21, 2022

Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof

Inventor: Takashi Watanabe (Yokkaichi, JP)
Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
H01L25/0657H01L23/544H01L24/08H01L24/80H01L25/50H01L2223/54426H01L2224/0217H01L2224/08145H01L2224/8013H01L2224/80895H01L2224/80896H01L2225/06593
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Patent No.
US 11,367,712
App. No.
17/120,514
Granted
Jun 21, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device according to the present embodiment includes a first chip and a second chip. A first pad is disposed so as to be exposed from a first region on a first surface. A first mark is provided by a first pattern and is disposed so as to be exposed from a second region. The second chip includes a second substrate, a second wire, a second pad, and a second mark. The second wire is disposed on the second substrate. The second pad is disposed so as to be exposed from a third region on a second surface, and is electrically connected to the second wire and the first pad. The second mark is provided by a second pattern corresponding to the first pattern, is disposed so as to be exposed from a fourth region, and has a thinner thickness than the second pad.

Claims (52)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first chip; and

a second chip having a second surface on which the second chip is bonded to the first chip, the second surface being opposed to a first surface of the first chip, wherein

the first chip includes

a first substrate,

a first wire that is disposed on the first substrate,

a first pad that is disposed so as to be exposed from a first region on the first surface and that is electrically connected to the first wire, and

a first mark that is provided by a first pattern and that is disposed so as to be exposed from a second region which is different from the first region, and

the second chip includes

a second substrate,

a second wire that is disposed on the second substrate,

a second pad that is disposed so as to be exposed from a third region on the second surface and that is electrically connected to the second wire and the first pad, and

a second mark that is provided by a second pattern corresponding to the first pattern, that is disposed so as to be exposed from a fourth region which is different from the third region, and that has a thinner thickness from the second surface than the second pad.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein

a width of the second mark is narrower than a width of the second pad.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein

the second pad includes

a first pad portion that is disposed so as to be exposed from the third region, and that has a thickness from the second surface equal to a thickness, of the second mark, from the second surface, and

a second pad portion that is disposed below the first pad portion, and that is different in a width from the first pad portion.

4. A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device, the method comprising:

forming a first hole and a first trench of a first pattern, in a first region and a second region different from the first region on a first surface of a first wafer;

forming, in the first hole, a first pad that is electrically connected to a first wire in the first wafer, and further, forming a first mark in the first trench;

forming, in a third region and a fourth region different from the third region on a second surface of a second wafer, a second hole and a second trench of a second pattern corresponding to the first pattern, the second trench being shallower from the second surface than the second hole;

forming, in the second hole, a second pad that is electrically connected to a second wire in the second wafer, and further, forming a second mark in the second trench;

bonding the first wafer and the second wafer together such that the first surface is opposed to the second surface; and

detecting a positional deviation between the first pad and the second pad in accordance with the first mark and the second mark.

5. The manufacturing method of a semiconductor device according to claim 4 , further comprising:

detecting a positional deviation between the first pad and the second pad by detecting a position of the first mark and a position of the second mark from the second wafer side.

6. The manufacturing method of a semiconductor device according to claim 5 , further comprising:

forming, on the first surface, a mask having a thickness that is thinner in the third region than in the fourth region, prior to forming the second hole and the second trench; and

forming the second hole, and further, forming the second trench.

7. The manufacturing method of a semiconductor device according to claim 6 , comprising

forming the mask by lithography using a photomask in which a transmittance corresponding to the third region is higher than a transmittance corresponding to the fourth region, prior to forming the second hole and the second trench.

8. The manufacturing method of a semiconductor device according to claim 6 , comprising

forming the mask by lithography using a template that has a plurality of projections such that a projection corresponding to the third region is higher than a projection corresponding to the fourth region, prior to forming the second hole and the second trench.

9. The manufacturing method of a semiconductor device according to claim 5 , comprising

forming the second hole, and further, forming the second trench that is shallower than the second hole by forming the second trench having a narrower width than the second hole.

10. The manufacturing method of a semiconductor device according to claim 5 , comprising:

forming, in the third region, a third hole having a first width; and

forming the second hole by forming, in the third region, a fourth hole having a second width different from the first width, and further, forming the second trench.

11. The manufacturing method of a semiconductor device according to claim 4 , further comprising:

forming, on the first surface, a mask having a thickness that is thinner in the third region than in the fourth region, prior to forming the second hole and the second trench; and

forming the second hole, and further, forming the second trench.

12. The manufacturing method of a semiconductor device according to claim 11 , comprising

forming the mask by lithography using a photomask in which a transmittance corresponding to the third region is higher than a transmittance corresponding to the fourth region, prior to forming the second hole and the second trench.

13. The manufacturing method of a semiconductor device according to claim 11 , comprising

forming the mask by lithography using a template that has a plurality of projections such that a projection corresponding to the third region is higher than a projection corresponding to the fourth region, prior to forming the second hole and the second trench.

14. The manufacturing method of a semiconductor device according to claim 4 , comprising

forming the second hole, and further, forming the second trench that is shallower than the second hole by forming the second trench having a narrower width than the second hole.

15. The manufacturing method of a semiconductor device according to claim 4 , comprising:

forming, in the third region, a third hole having a first width; and

forming the second hole by forming, in the third region, a fourth hole having a second width different from the first width, and nuttier, forming the second trench.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 14, 2020
From: WATANABE, TAKASHI
To: KIOXIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054632/0231 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-040202 · Mar 9, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210280561A1 · Sep 9, 2021
Cited By (1)
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