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US5866920A
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Semiconductor device and manufacturing method of the same
Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corp
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Filing: 1997-03-07
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Granted: 1999-02-02
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Expires: 2017-03-07
Abstract
Abstract A semiconductor device, in which wiring layers are electrically isolated from each other by an insulating film which includes an amorphous carbon fluoride film insulating film containing carbon and fluorine as main components and the wiring layers are electrically connected to each other by a conductive material buried in a hole penetrating through the insulating film, is manufactured by selectively etching the amorphous carbon fluoride film. Moreover, a silicon oxide film, a silicon nitride film, or a silicon oxynitride film is formed on both of the amorphous carbon fluoride film and a side surface of said hole, or one of the amorphous carbon fluoride film and the side surface thereof.
Inventors
- 👤 Yoshishige Matsumoto
- 👤 Yoshitake Ohnishi
- 👤 Kazuhiko Endo
- 👤 Toru Tatsumi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-30 20:47
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10W; H10W20/00; H10W20/40; H10W20/41; H10W20/42; H10W20/01; H10W20/071; H10W20/074; H10W20/076; H10P; H10P50/00; H10P50/73; H10W20/031; H10W20/056; H10W20/081; H10P14/00; H10P14/60; H10P14/63; H10P14/6326; H10P14/6328; H10P14/6334; H10P14/6336; H10P14/66; H10P14/662; H10P14/68; H10P14/683; H10P14/687; H10P14/69; H10P14/692; H10P14/6921; H10P14/69215; H10P14/6922; H10P14/6927; H10P14/694; H10P14/6943; H10P14/69433
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
118 words
A semiconductor device, wherein wiring layers are electrically isolated from each other by an insulating film which includes an amorphous carbon fluoride film containing carbon and fluorine as main components, and said wiring layers are electrically connected by a conductive material buried in a hole penetrating through said insulating film, wherein said insulating film further includes one of a silicon oxide film, a silicon nitride film, and a silicon oxynitride film, formed on at least an upper surface of said amorphous carbon fluoride film, and wherein said amorphous carbon fluoride film is at least one order of magnitude greater in thickness than said one of said silicon oxide film, said silicon nitride film, and said silicon oxynitride film.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
118 words
A semiconductor device, wherein wiring layers are electrically isolated from each other by an insulating film which includes an amorphous carbon fluoride film containing carbon and fluorine as main components, and said wiring layers are electrically connected by a conductive material buried in a hole penetrating through said insulating film, wherein said insulating film further includes one of a silicon oxide film, a silicon nitride film, and a silicon oxynitride film, formed on at least an upper surface of said amorphous carbon fluoride film, and wherein said amorphous carbon fluoride film is at least one order of magnitude greater in thickness than said one of said silicon oxide film, said silicon nitride film, and said silicon oxynitride film.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
44 words
The semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein said one of said silicon oxide film, said silicon nitride film and said silicon oxynitride film is formed at least on one of a top surface and a bottom surface of said amorphous carbon fluoride film.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
46 words
The semiconductor device according to claim 2, wherein a stoichiometric ratio of an interface portion of said one of said silicon oxide film, said silicon nitride film, and said silicon oxynitride film, which contacts with at least said amorphous carbon fluoride film, is excessive in silicon.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
39 words
The semiconductor device according to claim 2, wherein at least an interface portion of said amorphous carbon fluoride film contacting with said one of said silicon oxide film, said silicon nitride film and said silicon oxynitride film contains hydrogen.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
53 words
The semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein one of a silicon oxide film, a silicon nitride film, and a silicon oxynitride film is formed on at least an interface with said amorphous carbon fluoride film exposed to a side surface among the side surfaces in said hole penetrating through said insulating film.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
53 words
The semiconductor device according to claim 5, wherein a stoichiometric ratio of at least an interface portion of one of said silicon oxide film, said silicon nitride film and said silicon oxynitride film formed on a side surface of said hole, which contact with said amorphous carbon fluoride film, is excessive in silicon.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
97 words
The semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein an opening cross section area of said hole in said amorphous carbon fluorine film is larger than that of said hole in said one of said silicon oxide film, said silicon nitride film, and said silicon oxynitride film of said insulating film; and wherein said one of said silicon oxide film, said silicon nitride film, and said silicon oxynitride film is formed at an interface with said amorphous carbon fluoride film exposed to at least a side surface among side surfaces of said hole penetrating through said insulating film.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
111 words
The semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein wherein said one of said silicon oxide film, said silicon nitride film, and said silicon oxynitride film is formed at least on an interface with said amorphous carbon fluoride film exposed to a side surface among side surfaces of said hole penetrating through said insulating film; and wherein a thickness of said one of said silicon oxide film, said silicon nitride film, and said silicon oxynitride film formed on a side surface of said hole is thinner than that of said one of said silicon oxide film, said silicon nitride film, and said silicon oxynitride film on other portions of said insulating film.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
54 words
The semiconductor device according to claim 2, wherein said one of said silicon oxide film, said silicon nitride film, and said silicon oxynitride film is formed at least on an interface with said amorphous carbon fluoride film exposed to a side surface among the side surfaces in said hole penetrating through said insulating film.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
54 words
The semiconductor device according to claim 3, wherein said one of said silicon oxide film, said silicon nitride film, and said silicon oxynitride film is formed at least on an interface with said amorphous carbon fluoride film exposed to a side surface among the side surfaces in said hole penetrating through said insulating film.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
54 words
The semiconductor device according to claim 4, wherein said one of said silicon oxide film, said silicon nitride film, and said silicon oxynitride film is formed at least on an interface with said amorphous carbon fluoride film exposed to a side surface among the side surfaces in said hole penetrating through said insulating film.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
44 words
The semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein the thickness of said one of said silicon oxide film, said silicon nitride film, and said silicon oxynitride film is approximately 5 nm, and the thickness of said amorphous carbon fluoride film is approximately 400 nm.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
41 words
The semiconductor device according to claim 2, wherein said one of said silicon oxide film, said silicon nitride film, and said silicon oxynitride film is formed on both the top surface and the bottom surface of said amorphous carbon fluoride film.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
60 words
The semiconductor device according to claim 13, wherein the thickness of said one of said silicon oxide film, said silicon nitride film, and said silicon oxynitride film at both the top surface and the bottom surface of said amorphous carbon fluoride film is approximately 5 nm, and wherein the thickness of said amorphous carbon fluoride film is approximately 400 nm.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
22 words
The semiconductor device according to claim 4, wherein the interface portion of said amorphous carbon fluoride film is several nm in thickness.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
37 words
The semiconductor device according to claim 15, wherein the interface portion provides an adhesion between said amorphous carbon fluorine film and said one of said silicon oxide film, said silicon nitride film, and said silicon oxynitride film.
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