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Semiconductor device with wiring layer

Assignee: NEC Electronics Corp
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Filing: 1994-06-15
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Granted: 1996-03-26
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Expires: 2014-06-15
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Abstract

Abstract The present invention relates to a semiconductor device which has a wiring system including a wiring formed by completely surrounding a periphery of isolation films with a metal conductor as a main wiring material as viewed in a cross sectional profile and a contact opening and a through hole opening where the main wiring material is buried and a manufacturing method thereof.

Inventors

  • 👤 Noriaki Oda

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-31 18:44
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10W; H10W20/00; H10W20/40; H10W20/41; H10W20/425; H10W20/435; H10W20/44; H10W20/4403; H10W20/4432

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim 102 words
A semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor substrate, an insulating layer formed to cover said semiconductor substrate, and a wiring layer selectively formed on and extended along said insulating layer, said wiring layer comprising a conductive layer having a cavity therein, and an isolation film filling said cavity, wherein a conductive region is provided between said insulating layer and said wiring layer, said conductive region being in contact with said insulating layer, and wherein said conductive region includes a layer of titanium-tungsten which is in contact with said insulating layer and a layer of platinum which is in contact with said wiring layer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 102 words
A semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor substrate, an insulating layer formed to cover said semiconductor substrate, and a wiring layer selectively formed on and extended along said insulating layer, said wiring layer comprising a conductive layer having a cavity therein, and an isolation film filling said cavity, wherein a conductive region is provided between said insulating layer and said wiring layer, said conductive region being in contact with said insulating layer, and wherein said conductive region includes a layer of titanium-tungsten which is in contact with said insulating layer and a layer of platinum which is in contact with said wiring layer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 134 words
A semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor substrate, an insulating layer covering said semiconductor substrate, a conductive region formed on said insulating layer, a contact hole selectively formed in said insulating layer, and a wiring layer formed in contact with said conductive region and extending along said contact hole, said wiring layer including a first conductive film which is in contact with said conductive region, an isolation film formed on said first conductive film, and a second conductive film formed to cover said isolation film, said first and second conductive films having portions connected to each other so as to completely envelope said isolation film, wherein said conductive region includes a layer of titanium-tungsten which is in contact with said insulating layer and a layer of platinum which is in contact with said wiring layer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 134 words
A semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor substrate, an insulating layer covering said semiconductor substrate, a conductive region formed on said insulating layer, a contact hole selectively formed in said insulating layer, and a wiring layer formed in contact with said conductive region and extending along said contact hole, said wiring layer including a first conductive film which is in contact with said conductive region, an isolation film formed on said first conductive film, and a second conductive film formed to cover said isolation film, said first and second conductive films having portions connected to each other so as to completely envelope said isolation film, wherein said conductive region includes a layer of titanium-tungsten which is in contact with said insulating layer and a layer of platinum which is in contact with said wiring layer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 119 words
A semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor substrate, an insulating layer covering said semiconductor substrate, a conductive region formed on said insulating layer, a contact hole selectively formed in said insulating layer, and a wiring layer formed in contact with said conductive region and extending along said contact hole, said wiring layer including a first conductive film which is in contact with said conductive region, an isolation film formed on said first conductive film, and a second conductive film formed to cover said isolation film, said first and second conductive films having portions connected to each other so as to completely envelope said isolation film, wherein said first and second conductive films and said portions thereof are made of gold.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 119 words
A semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor substrate, an insulating layer covering said semiconductor substrate, a conductive region formed on said insulating layer, a contact hole selectively formed in said insulating layer, and a wiring layer formed in contact with said conductive region and extending along said contact hole, said wiring layer including a first conductive film which is in contact with said conductive region, an isolation film formed on said first conductive film, and a second conductive film formed to cover said isolation film, said first and second conductive films having portions connected to each other so as to completely envelope said isolation film, wherein said first and second conductive films and said portions thereof are made of gold.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 95 words
A semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor substrate, an insulating layer covering said semiconductor substrate, contact holes selectively formed in said insulating layer, a conductive region including a conductive layer of titanium-tungsten selectively formed on said insulating layer in contact with said insulating layer and bottoms and edges of said contact holes, a layer of platinum on said conductive layer, and a wiring layer selectively formed on said platinum layer and including a first conductive film, an isolation film formed on said first conductive film and a second conductive film formed to cover said isolation film.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 95 words
A semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor substrate, an insulating layer covering said semiconductor substrate, contact holes selectively formed in said insulating layer, a conductive region including a conductive layer of titanium-tungsten selectively formed on said insulating layer in contact with said insulating layer and bottoms and edges of said contact holes, a layer of platinum on said conductive layer, and a wiring layer selectively formed on said platinum layer and including a first conductive film, an isolation film formed on said first conductive film and a second conductive film formed to cover said isolation film.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 18 words
The semiconductor device according to claim 4, wherein said first and second conductive films are made of gold.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 18 words
The semiconductor device according to claim 4, wherein said first and second conductive films are of metal conductor.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 61 words
The semiconductor device according to claim 6, wherein said metal conductor is a main wiring material and has a thickness (3/2)×δ or over and (5/2)×δ or under where δ is a skin depth defined by δ=√2/wσμ where w is an angular frequency, σ is conductivity of said metal conductor and μ is permeability of an isolation film around said wiring layer.

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