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Electroless plating bath used for forming a wiring of a semiconductor device, and method of forming a wiring of a semiconductor device
Assignee: Panasonic Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1995-07-13
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Granted: 1997-07-08
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Expires: 2015-07-13
Abstract
Abstract A contact hole and a wiring groove are formed in an insulating layer formed on a semiconductor substrate. A silver layer is formed inside of the contact hole and the wiring groove and on the insulating layer with the use of an electroless plating bath comprising: silver nitrate containing silver ions; tartaric acid serving as a reducing agent of the silver ions; ethylenediamine serving as a complexing agent of the silver ions; and metallic ions of tetramethylammoniumhydroxide serving as a pH control agent. Then, the silver layer on the insulating layer is removed by a chemical and mechanical polishing method such that an embedded wiring is formed in each of the contact hole and the wiring groove.
Inventors
- 👤 Masayuki Endo
- 👤 Akemi Kawaguchi
- 👤 Mikio Nishio
- 👤 Shin Hashimoto
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 19:14
CPC Classifications
C; C23; C23C; C23C18/00; C23C18/16; C23C18/31; C23C18/38; C23C18/40; C23C18/32; C23C18/34; C23C18/42; C23C18/44
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
113 words
An electroless plating bath to be used for forming a wiring of a semiconductor device, comprising: a metallic material containing metallic ions; a reducing agent of said metallic ions which contains no metal in the chemical formula thereof; a complexing agent of said metallic ions which contains no metal in the chemical formula thereof; and a pH control agent which contains no metal in the chemical formula thereof, wherein said metallic ions are silver ions, copper ions, gold ions or palladium ions, and said reducing agent comprises at least one substance selected from the group consisting of tartaric acid, tartrate containing no metal in the chemical formula thereof, monosaccharide, disaccharide, polysaccharide and polyol.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
113 words
An electroless plating bath to be used for forming a wiring of a semiconductor device, comprising: a metallic material containing metallic ions; a reducing agent of said metallic ions which contains no metal in the chemical formula thereof; a complexing agent of said metallic ions which contains no metal in the chemical formula thereof; and a pH control agent which contains no metal in the chemical formula thereof, wherein said metallic ions are silver ions, copper ions, gold ions or palladium ions, and said reducing agent comprises at least one substance selected from the group consisting of tartaric acid, tartrate containing no metal in the chemical formula thereof, monosaccharide, disaccharide, polysaccharide and polyol.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
63 words
An electroless plating bath to be used for forming a wiring of a semiconductor device, comprising: a metallic material containing metallic ions which is composed of silver nitrate; a reducing agent of said metallic ions which is composed of tartaric acid; a complexing agent of said metallic ions which is composed of ethylenediamine; and a pH control agent which is composed of tetramethylammoniumhydroxide.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
63 words
An electroless plating bath to be used for forming a wiring of a semiconductor device, comprising: a metallic material containing metallic ions which is composed of silver nitrate; a reducing agent of said metallic ions which is composed of tartaric acid; a complexing agent of said metallic ions which is composed of ethylenediamine; and a pH control agent which is composed of tetramethylammoniumhydroxide.
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