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Semiconductor device with suppressed copper migration

US7157797B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 6, 2005
Grant dateJan 2, 2007
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Expiry dateJun 6, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L2924/0002
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A semiconductor device having: a semiconductor substrate; a plurality of circuit regions formed on the semiconductor substrate, the circuit regions including circuits driven at multiple supply voltages; interlayer insulating film or films formed above the semiconductor substrate; copper wirings buried in the interlayer insulating film or films, a minimum wiring spacing between adjacent wirings in a same layer so that an electric field between adjacent wirings due to an applied voltage difference is set to 0.4 MV/cm or lower; and a copper diffusion preventive film formed on the interlayer insulating film, covering an upper surface of the copper wirings. A semiconductor device is provided which has copper wirings capable of realizing a high reliability in a long term, basing upon newly found knowledge of time dependent failure rate of wiring.

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