Semiconductor device manufacturing: process – Coating with electrically or thermally conductive material – To form ohmic contact to semiconductive material
Reexamination Certificate
2011-08-02
2011-08-02
Richards, N Drew (Department: 2895)
Semiconductor device manufacturing: process
Coating with electrically or thermally conductive material
To form ohmic contact to semiconductive material
C438S618000, C438S624000, C438S633000, C438S638000, C257SE21579
Reexamination Certificate
active
07989334
ABSTRACT:
In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device which method is made up of a process of forming a wiring groove using a hard mask, a metal hard mask107is used to form a wiring groove111, allowing the shape of the wiring groove111to be stabilized. Furthermore, a part or all of the metal hard mask107is removed before the formation of TaN and Cu layers in the wiring groove111. This enables a reduction in possible damage, which may increase the dielectric constant of the surface of low-dielectric-constant film, and thus in possible inter-wire leakage current. As a result, a reliable semiconductor device can be provided.
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Lee Kyoung
Panasonic Corporation
Richards N Drew
Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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