IP Library Granted Patent US 7,339,270
Granted Patent B2
US 7,339,270 · App. 11/492,007 · Granted Mar 4, 2008

Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same

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Patent No.
US 7,339,270
App. No.
11/492,007
Granted
Mar 4, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device has a porous low-dielectric-constant film formed on a substrate and having an opening and a fine particle film composed of a plurality of aggregately deposited fine particles each having a diameter of not less than 1 nm and not more than 2 nm and formed on a surface of the portion of the porous low-dielectric-constant film which is formed with the opening. The fine particles are filled in voids exposed at the surface of the portion of the porous low-dielectric-constant film which is formed with the opening.

Claims (12)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a porous low-dielectric-constant film formed on a substrate and having an opening; and

a fine particle film composed of a plurality of aggregately deposited fine particles each having a diameter of not less than 1 nm and not more than 2 nm and formed on a surface of the portion of the porous low-dielectric-constant film which is formed with the opening, wherein

the fine particles are filled in voids exposed at the surface of the portion of the porous low-dielectric-constant film which is formed with the opening.

2. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein a conductive material forming a via or an interconnect is buried in the opening such that the fine particle film is interposed between the conductive material and the porous low-dielectric-constant film.

3. The semiconductor device of claim 2 , wherein a barrier film is interposed between at least the conductive material and the fine particle film.

4. The semiconductor device of claim 2 , wherein the conductive material is Cu.

5. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein each of the fine particles is made of a fullerene or silicon dioxide.

6. A method for fabricating a semiconductor device, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) forming a porous low-dielectric-constant film on a substrate;

(b) forming an opening in the porous low-dielectric-constant film; and

(c) coating a solution containing a plurality of fine particles each having a diameter of not less than 1 nm and not more than 2 nm on a surface of the portion of the porous low-dielectric-constant film which is formed with the opening and removing a solvent of the solution therefrom to form a fine particle film composed of the plurality of aggregately deposited fine particles.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 20, 2008
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021930/0876 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 3, 2007
From: OGAWA, SHINICHI
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 019244/0875 →