IP Library Patent Application 13271853
Patent Application
App. No. 13/271,853

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME, AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM

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13/271,853
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a first interlayer insulating film over the semiconductor substrate, a first interconnect over the first interlayer insulating film, and a via plug penetrating the semiconductor substrate and the first interlayer insulating film. The via plug is coupled to the first interconnect.

Claims (69)

1 . A semiconductor device comprising:

a semiconductor substrate having a memory cell region and a peripheral circuit region;

memory cells in the memory cell region;

buried word lines in a plurality of grooves of the semiconductor substrate in the memory cell region;

a first interlayer insulating film over the semiconductor substrate;

a first interconnect over the first interlayer insulating film in the peripheral circuit region; and

a via plug penetrating the semiconductor substrate and the first interlayer insulating film, the via plug being coupled to the first interconnect in the peripheral circuit region.

2 . The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the via plug is in contact with the first interconnect.

3 . The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first interconnect comprises a local interconnect disposed on the first interlayer insulating film.

4 . The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the via plug includes a projecting portion that projects from the semiconductor substrate.

5 . The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a first insulating film on a first surface of the semiconductor substrate,

wherein the first interlayer insulating film is disposed over a second surface of the semiconductor substrate, the second surface is opposite to the first surface,

wherein the via plug penetrates the first insulating film, the semiconductor substrate and the first interlayer insulating film, and

wherein the projecting portion projects from the first insulating film.

6 . The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a first isolating film in the semiconductor substrate, the first isolating film surrounding the via plug in the semiconductor substrate, the first isolating film isolating the via plug from outside the first isolating film.

7 . The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a capacitive contact pad disposed over the first interlayer insulating film, and the capacitive contact pad being in a memory cell region of the semiconductor substrate,

wherein the first interconnect comprises a local interconnect disposed over the first interlayer insulating film, the local interconnect being in a peripheral circuit region of the semiconductor substrate,

the capacitive contact pad comprises a first patterned portion of a conductive film, and

the first interconnect comprises a second patterned portion of the conductive film.

8 . The semiconductor device according to claim 7 , further comprising:

a capacitor being disposed in the memory cell region, the capacitor being coupled to the capacitive contact pad.

9 . The semiconductor device according to claim 8 , further comprising:

a second interlayer insulating film covering the capacitive contact pad and the first interconnect, the second interlayer insulating film burying the capacitor.

10 . The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , further comprising:

a third interlayer insulating film disposed over the second interlayer insulating film; and

multi-level interconnects buried in the third interlayer insulating film.

11 . The semiconductor device according to claim 10 , further comprising:

a first bump disposed over the third interlayer insulating film in the peripheral circuit region; and

a contact plug penetrating the second and third interlayer insulating films in the peripheral circuit region, the contact plug being coupled through the multi-level interconnects to the first bump, and the contact plug being coupled through the first interconnect to the via plug.

12 . The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the via plug comprises:

a copper bump;

a seed film covering side surfaces and a top surface of the copper bump, the top surface facing to the first interconnect; and

a metal film covering a bottom surface of the copper bump, the bottom surface being projected outside the semiconductor substrate.

13 . A semiconductor device comprising:

a semiconductor substrate having a memory cell region and a peripheral circuit region;

a first interlayer insulating film over the semiconductor substrate;

a first local interconnect disposed over the first interlayer insulating film, the first local interconnect being in the peripheral circuit region, the first local interconnect comprising a first patterned portion of a conductive film;

a capacitive contact pad disposed over the first interlayer insulating film, the capacitive contact pad being in the memory cell region, the capacitive contact pad comprising a second patterned portion of the conductive film; and

a via plug penetrating the semiconductor substrate and the first interlayer insulating film, the via plug being coupled to the first local interconnect.

14 . The semiconductor device according to claim 13 , further comprising:

a capacitor being disposed in the memory cell region, the capacitor being coupled to the capacitive contact pad.

15 . The semiconductor device according to claim 13 , wherein the via plug includes a projecting portion that projects from the semiconductor substrate.

16 . A semiconductor device comprising:

a semiconductor substrate having a memory cell region and a peripheral circuit region;

a first interlayer insulating film over the semiconductor substrate;

memory cells in the memory cell region;

buried word lines in a plurality of grooves of the semiconductor substrate in the memory cell region;

a first local interconnect disposed over the first interlayer insulating film, the first local interconnect being in the peripheral circuit region, the first local interconnect comprising a first patterned portion of a conductive film;

a capacitive contact pad disposed over the first interlayer insulating film, the capacitive contact pad being in the memory cell region, the capacitive contact pad comprising a second patterned portion of the conductive film;

a via plug penetrating the semiconductor substrate and the first interlayer insulating film, the via plug being coupled to the first interconnect, the via plug including a projecting portion that projects from the semiconductor substrate.

17 . The semiconductor device according to claim 16 , further comprising:

a capacitor being disposed in the memory cell region, the capacitor being coupled to the capacitive contact pad;

a second interlayer insulating film over the first interlayer insulating film, the second interlayer insulating film burying the first local interconnect and the capacitive contact pad;

a third interlayer insulating film over the second interlayer insulating film;

a fourth interlayer insulating film over the third interlayer insulating film;

a first bump over the fourth interlayer insulating film, the first bump being in the peripheral circuit region;

multi-level interconnects buried in the fourth interlayer insulating film, the multi-level interconnects being in the peripheral circuit region; and

a contact plug structure penetrating the second, third and fourth interlayer insulating films in the peripheral circuit region, the contact plug structure being coupled through the multi-level interconnects to the first bump, and the contact plug structure being coupled through the first local interconnect to the via plug.

18 . The semiconductor device according to claim 17 , further comprising:

a first isolating film in the semiconductor substrate, the first isolating film surrounding the via plug in the semiconductor substrate, the first isolating film isolating the via plug from outside the first isolating film.

19 . The semiconductor device according to claim 17 , further comprising:

a bottom insulating film on a first surface of the semiconductor substrate,

wherein the first interlayer insulating film is disposed over a second surface of the semiconductor substrate, the second surface is opposite to the first surface,

wherein the via plug penetrates the bottom insulating film, the semiconductor substrate and the first inter-layer insulating film, and

wherein the projecting portion projects from the first insulating film.

20 . The semiconductor device according to claim 16 , wherein the first local interconnect and the capacitive contact pad have substantially the same thickness and substantially the same material.

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 24, 2016
From: PS5 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
To: LONGITUDE SEMICONDUCTOR S.A.R.L.
Reel/Frame 039793/0880 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 24, 2016
From: PS4 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
To: PS5 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
Reel/Frame 039818/0506 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 15, 2014
From: ELPIDA MEMORY, INC.
To: PS4 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
Reel/Frame 032898/0319 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 29, 2013
From: PS4 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
To: ELPIDA MEMORY INC.
Reel/Frame 032414/0261 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 13, 2011
From: NAKAMURA, NOBUYUKI
To: ELPIDA MEMORY, INC.
Reel/Frame 027056/0995 →