Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Comp. Ltd.

Ding-Da Hu

Hsueh-Chung Chen

Chien-Jung Wang

Su-Chen Fan

A wiring structure with improved resistance to void formation and a method of making the same are described. The wiring structure has a first conducting layer that includes a large area portion which is connected to an end of a protrusion with a plurality of 'n' overlapping segments and at least one bending portion. The other end of the protrusion is connected to the bottom of a via which has an overlying second conducting layer. A bend is formed by overlapping the ends of two adjacent segments at an angle between 45&#xb0; and 135&#xb0;. The protrusion may also include at least one extension at a segment end beyond a bend. A bending portion and extension are used as bottlenecks to delay the diffusion of a vacancy from the large area portion to the vicinity of the via and is especially effective for copper interconnects or in a via test structure.

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Ding-Da Hu