Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Comp. Ltd.

Chao-Keng Li

Yi-An Lin

C C Chang

Yu-Lung Shih

Alan Kuo

Hsu-Shui Liu

Feng-Kuang Wu

Sing-Tsung Li

Wun-Kai Tsai

Zheng-Jie Xu

Wen-Che Liang

Wen-Kung Cheng

Chen-Peng Fan

Ming-Hsien Chen

Yao Hsiang Liang

Chih-Kuo Chang

Jung-Chen Yang

Richard Chen

Wen-Yu Ho

Yong-Sin Chang

Labo Chang

A semiconductor device includes a conductive pad over an interconnect structure, wherein the conductive pad is electrically connected to an active device. The semiconductor device further includes a dielectric layer over the conductive pad, wherein the dielectric layer has a first conformity. The semiconductor device further includes a passivation layer over the dielectric layer, wherein the passivation layer has a second conformity different from the first conformity.

Semiconductor device having a passivation layer

A fabrication system for fabricating IC is provided. A processing tool includes at least one electrode and a RF sensor. The electrode is configured to receive a radio frequency (RF) signal from an RF signal generator during first and second semiconductor manufacturing processes. The RF sensor wirelessly detects intensity of the RF signal. A computation device extracts statistical characteristics with a sampling rate based on the detected intensity of the RF signal. A fault detection and classification (FDC) system includes a processor. The processor is configured to determine whether or not the detected intensity of the RF signal exceeds a threshold value or a threshold range according to the extracted statistical characteristics. When the detected intensity of the RF signal exceeds the threshold value or the threshold range, the processor notifies the processing tool to adjust the RF signal or stop tool to check parts damage.

Arcing protection method, processing tool and fabrication system

Semiconductor device having a passivation layer and method of making

A fabrication system for fabricating an IC is provided which includes a processing tool, a computation device and a FDC system. The processing tool includes an electrode and an RF sensor to execute a semiconductor manufacturing process to fabricate the IC. The RF sensor wirelessly detects the intensity of the RF signal. The computation device extracts statistical characteristics based on the detection of the intensity of the RF signal. The FDC system determines whether or not the intensity of the RF signal meets a threshold value or a threshold range according to the extracted statistical characteristics. When the detected intensity of the RF signal exceeds the threshold value or the threshold range, the FDC system notifies the processing tool to adjust the RF signal or stop tool to check parts damage.

Arcing protection method and processing tool

A semiconductor device includes a conductive pad over an interconnect structure, wherein the conductive pad is electrically connected to an active device. The semiconductor device includes a dielectric layer over the conductive pad, wherein the dielectric layer comprises silicon oxide. The semiconductor device includes a first passivation layer directly over the dielectric layer, wherein the first passivation layer comprises silicon oxide. The semiconductor device includes a second passivation layer directly over the first passivation layer, wherein the second passivation layer comprises silicon nitride.

A method of making a semiconductor device includes depositing a dielectric layer over a conductive pad using a first deposition process. The method further includes depositing a first passivation layer directly over the dielectric layer using a high density plasma chemical vapor deposition (HDPCVD). The first deposition process is different from HDPCVD. A thickness of the dielectric layer is sufficient to prevent charges generated by depositing the first passivation layer from reaching the conductive pad.

Semiconductor device having a passivation layer and method of making the same

A semiconductor structure includes a transistor formed over a substrate. The transistor includes a transistor gate and at least one source/drain region. The semiconductor structure includes a pre-determined region coupled to the transistor. The semiconductor structure further includes a resist protection oxide (RPO) layer formed over the pre-determined region, wherein the RPO layer has a level of nitrogen of about 0.35 atomic % or less.

Image sensor having an RPO layer containing nitrogen

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Chao-Keng Li