IP Library Granted Patent US 12,016,178
Granted Patent B2
US 12,016,178 · App. 18/097,592 · Granted Jun 18, 2024

Semiconductor device

Inventors: Kyoung-Hee Kim (Hwaseong-si, KR); Woo Choel Noh (Hwaseong-si, KR); Ik Soo Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Jun Kwan Kim (Seoul, KR); Jinsub Kim (Seoul, KR); Yongjin Shin (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H10B41/46H10B41/10H10B41/20H10B43/10H10B43/20H10B43/40
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Patent No.
US 12,016,178
App. No.
18/097,592
Granted
Jun 18, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device including a substrate that includes a cell array region and a peripheral circuit region; a cell transistor on the cell array region of the substrate; a peripheral transistor on the peripheral circuit region of the substrate; a first interconnection layer connected to the cell transistor; a second interconnection layer connected to the peripheral transistor; an interlayer dielectric layer covering the first interconnection layer; and a blocking layer spaced apart from the first interconnection layer, the blocking layer covering a top surface and a sidewall of the second interconnection layer.

Claims (58)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a substrate including a cell array region and a peripheral circuit region;

a cell transistor on the cell array region of the substrate;

a peripheral transistor on the peripheral circuit region of the substrate;

a first interconnection layer connected to the cell transistor;

a second interconnection layer connected to the peripheral transistor;

a first interlayer dielectric layer covering the first interconnection layer; and

a second interlayer dielectric layer spaced apart from the first interconnection layer and covering the second interconnection layer,

wherein the second interlayer dielectric layer has a hydrogen concentration less than a hydrogen concentration of the first interlayer dielectric layer.

2. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second interlayer dielectric layer includes silicon oxide.

3. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each of the first interconnection layer and the second interconnection layer has a lower width and an upper width on the lower width in a direction that is parallel to a top surface of the substrate, the upper width being less than the lower width.

4. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a data storage structure connected to the first interconnection layer.

5. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a passivation layer on the first interlayer dielectric layer and the second interlayer dielectric layer.

6. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a top surface of the second interlayer dielectric layer is coplanar with a top surface of the first interlayer dielectric layer.

7. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a material of the first interlayer dielectric layer is different from a material of the second interlayer dielectric layer.

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

a first antireflective layer on the first interconnection layer; and

a second antireflective layer on the second interconnection layer.

9. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the second interlayer dielectric layer covers a top surface of the second antireflective layer.

10. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a substrate including a cell array region and a peripheral circuit region;

a cell transistor on the cell array region of the substrate;

a peripheral transistor on the peripheral circuit region of the substrate;

a first interconnection layer connected to the cell transistor;

a second interconnection layer connected to the peripheral transistor;

a first interlayer dielectric layer covering the first interconnection layer; and

a second interlayer dielectric layer spaced apart from the first interconnection layer and covering the second interconnection layer,

wherein a top surface of the first interlayer dielectric layer is coplanar with a top surface of the second interlayer dielectric layer, and

wherein a material of the first interlayer dielectric layer is different from a material of the second interlayer dielectric layer.

11. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 10 , further comprising an interface layer between the substrate and the first interconnection layer and the second interconnection layer.

12. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 10 , further comprising:

a first antireflective layer on the first interconnection layer; and

a second antireflective layer on the second interconnection layer.

13. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the second interlayer dielectric layer covers a sidewall of the second interconnection layer and a top surface of the second antireflective layer.

14. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 10 , wherein each of the first interconnection layer and the second interconnection layer has a lower width and an upper width on the lower width in a direction that is parallel to a top surface of the substrate, the upper width being less than the lower width.

15. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the second interlayer dielectric layer includes silicon oxide.

16. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a substrate including a cell array region and a peripheral circuit region;

a plurality of cell transistors on the cell array region of the substrate;

a plurality of capacitors on the plurality of cell transistors, each of the plurality of capacitors connected to a corresponding one of the plurality of cell transistors;

a plurality of peripheral transistors on the peripheral circuit region of the substrate;

a first lower interconnection layer connected to one of the plurality of capacitors;

a second lower interconnection layer connected to one of the plurality of peripheral transistors;

an interface layer covering the first lower interconnection layer and the second lower interconnection layer;

a first upper interconnection layer connected to the first lower interconnection layer;

a second upper interconnection layer connected to the second lower interconnection layer;

a first interlayer dielectric layer covering the first upper interconnection layer;

a second interlayer dielectric layer spaced apart from the first upper interconnection layer and covering the second upper interconnection layer; and

a passivation layer on the first interlayer dielectric layer and the second interlayer dielectric layer,

wherein the semiconductor device includes:

a plurality of first impurity regions and a plurality of second impurity regions in an upper portion of an active section defined by a device isolation layer;

a plurality of bit-line contacts connected to the plurality of first impurity regions; and

a plurality of node contacts connected to the plurality of second impurity regions, and

wherein each of the plurality of capacitors includes a bottom electrode, a top electrode, and a dielectric layer between the bottom electrode and the top electrode.

17. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the first lower interconnection layer or the second lower interconnection layer includes a barrier layer.

18. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 16 , wherein a material of the first interlayer dielectric layer is different from a material of the second interlayer dielectric layer.

19. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the second interlayer dielectric layer has a hydrogen concentration less than a hydrogen concentration of the first interlayer dielectric layer.

20. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 16 , wherein a top surface of the second interlayer dielectric layer is coplanar with a top surface of the first interlayer dielectric layer.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0064170 · May 28, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17099994 · Nov 17, 2020
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