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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

US5795828A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 3, 1996
Grant dateAug 18, 1998
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Expiry dateJul 3, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC23C18/44
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

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.

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