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Electroless plating method and semiconductor wafer on which metal plating layer is formed

US7179741B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 26, 2003
Grant dateFeb 20, 2007
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Expiry dateAug 18, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L2221/1089
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to provide a semiconductor wafer on which a thin, smooth, uniform and good adhesive electroless plating layer that can be suitable for a seed layer is formed, and to provide an electroless plating method which is suitable for use in the manufacture of such a semiconductor wafer.A semiconductor wafer is coated with a silane coupling agent which has a functional group that is able to capture a metal, and is further coated with an organic-solvent solution of a palladium compound such as palladium chloride or the like. Afterward, the wafer is electroless plated. As a result of such an electroless plating method, a semiconductor wafer having a thickness of 70 to 5000 angstroms and a mean surface roughness Ra of 10 to 100 angstroms can be obtained.

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