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Semiconductor device having multilevel copper wiring layers and its manufacture method

Granted 1 Nov 2005 · 16 office actions

Current assignee: Fujitsu Semiconductor America · originally Fujitsu Limited

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Inventors: Shun-ichi Fukuyama, Satoshi Otsuka · Examiner: Dilinh Nguyen

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Abstract

To provide a semiconductor device having copper wiring layers and organic insulating resin layers with less separation and its manufacture method. A semiconductor device has: a semiconductor substrate formed with a number of semiconductor elements; a first interlayer insulating film formed above the semiconductor substrate and having a first wiring recess; a first copper wiring embedded in the first wiring recess; a second interlayer insulating film having a second wiring recess, the second interlayer insulating film including a copper diffusion preventing layer formed on the first copper wiring and the first interlayer insulating film, an oxide film formed on the copper diffusion preventing layer, and an organic insulating resin layer formed on the oxide film; and a second copper wiring embedded in the second wiring recess.

Claims

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Classifications

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IPC · International Patent Classification
Section H — Electricity
  • H01L023/48
USPC · US Patent Classification
257/758438/622438/623257/759

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Office actions
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7
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Examiner
Dilinh Nguyen
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related publicationUS 20030227086 A111 Dec 2003

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