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US 12,431,447 · App. 18/678,306 · Granted Sep 30, 2025

Semiconductor device having a passivation layer

Inventors: Yu-Lung Shih (Hsinchu, TW); Chao-Keng Li (Hsinchu, TW); Alan Kuo (Hsinchu, TW); C. C. Chang (Hsinchu, TW); Yi-An Lin (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
H01L24/03H01L21/02164H01L21/0217H01L21/02271H01L21/02274H01L21/76837H01L23/3171H01L23/3192H01L24/11H01L2224/0391H01L2224/1191H01L2924/30205
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Patent No.
US 12,431,447
App. No.
18/678,306
Granted
Sep 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a conductive pad over an interconnect structure, wherein the conductive pad is electrically connected to an active device. The semiconductor device further includes a dielectric layer over the conductive pad, wherein the dielectric layer has a first conformity. The semiconductor device further includes a passivation layer over the dielectric layer, wherein the passivation layer has a second conformity different from the first conformity.

Claims (30)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a conductive pad over an interconnect structure, wherein the conductive pad is electrically connected to an active device;

a dielectric layer over the conductive pad, wherein the dielectric layer has a first conformity; and

a passivation layer over the dielectric layer, wherein the passivation layer has a second conformity different from the first conformity.

2. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the second conformity is higher than the first conformity.

3. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the dielectric layer is a continuous layer over sidewalls and a top surface of the conductive pad.

4. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the passivation layer is a continuous layer.

5. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the dielectric layer and the passivation layer comprise a same material.

6. The semiconductor device of claim 5 , wherein an interface exists between the dielectric layer and the passivation layer.

7. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the dielectric layer and the passivation layer comprise different materials.

8. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein a total thickness of the conductive pad, the dielectric layer and the passivation layer ranges from about 25,000 angstroms to about 30,000 angstroms.

9. A semiconductor device comprising:

a conductive pad over an interconnect structure;

a dielectric layer over the conductive pad, wherein the dielectric layer has a first conformity; and

a passivation layer over the dielectric layer, wherein the passivation layer has a second conformity different from the first conformity, wherein a top surface of the conductive pad is co-planar with a top surface of the dielectric layer or a top surface of the passivation layer.

10. The semiconductor device of claim 9 , wherein the top surface of the conductive pad is co-planar with the top surface of the dielectric layer and the top surface of the passivation layer.

11. The semiconductor device of claim 9 , wherein the dielectric layer is between a sidewall of the conductive pad and the passivation layer.

12. The semiconductor device of claim 9 , wherein a thickness of the passivation layer ranges from about 200 Angstroms to about 15,000 Angstroms.

13. The semiconductor device of claim 9 , wherein the dielectric layer comprises a different material from the passivation layer.

14. The semiconductor device of claim 9 , further comprising a second passivation layer over the passivation layer, wherein the second passivation layer comprises a different material from the passivation layer.

15. The semiconductor device of claim 14 , wherein the top surface of the conductive pad is co-planar with a top surface of the second passivation layer.

16. A semiconductor device comprising:

a conductive pad over an interconnect structure, wherein the conductive pad is electrically connected to an active device;

a dielectric layer over the conductive pad, wherein the dielectric layer has a first conformity; and

a first passivation layer over the dielectric layer; and

a second passivation layer over the dielectric layer, wherein the second passivation layer has a second conformity different from the first conformity.

17. The semiconductor device of claim 16 , wherein the first passivation layer has the second conformity.

18. The semiconductor device of claim 16 , wherein a thickness of the first passivation layer is different from a thickness of the second passivation layer.

19. The semiconductor device of claim 16 , wherein the second conformity is greater than the first conformity.

20. The semiconductor device of claim 16 , wherein at least one of the first passivation layer or the second passivation layer comprises a material different from the dielectric layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 30, 2024
From: SHIH, YU-LUNG; LI, CHAO-KENG; KUO, ALAN; CHANG, C. C.; LIN, YI-AN
To: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 067565/0418 →
Continuity (5)
Division 17319641 · May 13, 2021
Continuation 16410258 · May 13, 2019
Division 15617405 · Jun 8, 2017
Provisional Application 62434243 · Dec 14, 2016
Related Publication 20240321787A1 · Sep 26, 2024
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