IP Library Granted Patent US 9,099,446
Granted Patent B2
US 9,099,446 · App. 14/304,069 · Granted Aug 4, 2015

Semiconductor device and method for producing same

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Patent No.
US 9,099,446
App. No.
14/304,069
Granted
Aug 4, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for producing a semiconductor device includes: a process for forming a first conductor on a first interlayer insulating film provided on a semiconductor substrate, a process for forming in order a first stopper interlayer film, a second interlayer insulating film, a second stopper interlayer film, and a third interlayer insulating film on the first interlayer insulating film to cover the first conductor, a process for penetrating the third interlayer insulating film, the second stopper interlayer film, and the second interlayer insulating film, and forming a first contact hole having a first inner diameter on a position corresponding to the first conductor, a process for expanding the inner diameter of the first contact hole on the second interlayer insulating film to a second inner diameter larger than the first inner diameter, and a process for forming on the first stopper interlayer film a second contact hole.

Claims (24)

1. A method for producing a semiconductor device, comprising:

a process for forming a first conductor on a first interlayer insulating film provided on a semiconductor substrate;

a process for forming in order a first stopper interlayer film, a second interlayer insulating film, a second stopper interlayer film, and a third interlayer insulating film on the first interlayer insulating film covering the first conductor;

a process for penetrating the third interlayer insulating film, the second stopper interlayer film, and the second interlayer insulating film, and forming a first contact hole having a first inner diameter on a position corresponding to the first conductor;

a process for expanding the inner diameter of the first contact hole on the second interlayer insulating film to a second inner diameter larger than the first inner diameter; and

a process for forming on the first stopper interlayer film a second contact hole successive to the first contact hole, having a third inner diameter larger than the first inner diameter, and exposing the first conductor.

2. The method for producing a semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the inner diameter of the first contact hole on the third interlayer insulating film is expanded to a fourth inner diameter larger than the first inner diameter during the process for expanding the inner diameter of the first contact hole on the second interlayer insulating film to the second inner diameter; and

the third inner diameter is larger than the fourth diameter.

3. The method for producing a semiconductor device according to claim 1 ;

wherein the inner diameter of the first contact hole on the second stopper interlayer film is maintained at the first inner diameter during the process for expanding the inner diameter of the first contact hole on the second interlayer insulating film to the second inner diameter.

4. The method for producing a semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the process for forming the second contact hole comprises:

a process for forming a preliminary hole on the first stopper interlayer film having the first inner diameter; and

a process for enlarging an inner diameter of the preliminary hole to the second inner diameter and making it the second contact hole.

5. The method for producing a semiconductor device according to claim 4 , wherein the inner diameter of the first contact hole on the second stopper interlayer film is expanded during the process where the inner diameter of the preliminary hole is expanded to the second inner diameter.

6. The method for producing a semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising a process for forming a second conductor covering an inner wall of the first contact hole and the second contact hole and connected to the first conductor after the second contact hole has been formed.

7. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first interlayer insulating film, a first stopper interlayer film a second interlayer insulating film, and a second stopper interlayer film that are layered in order on a semiconductor substrate;

a first conductor formed on the first interlayer insulating film; and

a crown-shaped second conductor including a lower portion that penetrates the first stopper interlayer film, the second interlayer insulating film, and the second stopper interlayer film and is connected to the first conductor, and an upper portion that protrudes more towards the upside than the second stopper interlayer film; and

an outer diameter of the lower portion being larger than an outer diameter of the upper portion.

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 7 , wherein the outer diameter of the portion contacting the second interlayer insulating film of the second conductor is larger than the outer diameter of the portion contacting the first stopper interlayer film.

9. The semiconductor device according to claim 7 , wherein the outer diameter of the portion contacting the first stopper interlayer film of the second conductor is larger than the outer diameter of the first conductor.

10. The semiconductor device according to claim 7 , wherein the second conductor is one electrode of a capacitor.

11. The semiconductor device according to claim 10 , wherein the capacitor is a DRAM cell capacitor.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2018
From: LONGITUDE SEMICONDUCTOR S.A.R.L.
To: LONGITUDE LICENSING LIMITED
Reel/Frame 046863/0001 →
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 →