Patent · US Expired

Semiconductor device fabrication method

US7419914B2 · kind B2 · utility

0Cited by
4References
12Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateFeb 21, 2006
Grant dateSep 2, 2008
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 23, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/76814
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for fabricating a semiconductor device with a borderless via/wiring structure includes the steps of performing borderless via etching using a resist mask to form a contact hole in an interlevel dielectric layer over a semiconductor substrate so as to expose two different metal materials of lower layer patterns in the contact hole; andperforming plasma irradiation using an H2O-containing gas prior to a wet process when removing the resist mask.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.