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Method of forming a semiconductor device using CMP to polish a metal film

US6482743B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateSep 13, 2000
Grant dateNov 19, 2002
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Expiry dateSep 13, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/7684
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

For the purpose of providing a semiconductor and its manufacturing that can attain local smoothing by removing local defective surface morphology while attaining global surface smoothing, a substrate surface is smoothed by conducting chemical mechanical polishing in a plurality of separate steps using different types of slurry which are different in degree of dispersion of abrasive particles. For example, chemical mechanical polishing is first conducted by using non-suspension-type slurry, and chemical mechanical polishing is next conducted by using suspension-type slurry. By polishing a Cu film, for example, by using this chemical mechanical polishing, a plug is made in a via hole.

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