Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Minjung Choi

Yeonjin Lee

Junghoon Han

Sooho Shin

Jongmin Lee

Junyong Noh

Jimin Choi

Jeonil Lee

Jihoon Chang

Jung-Hoon Han

Jiho Kim

Young-Yong Byun

Juik Lee

Yunrae Cho

A semiconductor device according to the disclosure includes a substrate, a transistor connected to the substrate, and a wiring structure including contact wirings electrically connected to the transistor. The wiring structure further includes a first wiring insulating layer, a first material layer contacting the first wiring insulating layer, a second material layer contacting the first material layer, and a second wiring insulating layer contacting the second material layer. The first material layer includes SiN, and the second material layer includes SiCN. A dielectric constant of the first wiring insulating layer is greater than a dielectric constant of the second wiring insulating layer.

Semiconductor device including multi-capping layer and method for manufacturing the same

A semiconductor device includes a substrate, an etch stop layer on the substrate, a through-hole electrode extending through the substrate and the etch stop layer in a vertical direction substantially perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate, and a conductive pad. The etch stop layer includes a first surface adjacent to the substrate and a second surface opposite the first surface. The through-hole electrode includes a protrusion portion that protrudes from the second surface of the etch stop layer. The conductive pad covers the protrusion portion of the through-hole electrode. The protrusion portion of the through-hole electrode is not flat.

Semiconductor devices including a through-hole electrode

A semiconductor device includes; a semiconductor substrate including a chip area and a scribe lane area, a low-k layer on the semiconductor substrate, an interlayer insulating layer on the low-k layer, a trench area in the scribe lane area, a gap-fill insulating layer in the trench area and vertically extending from the semiconductor substrate through the low-k layer and the interlayer insulating layer to expose an upper surface of the gap-fill insulating layer through the interlayer insulating layer, and a first metal liner covering a side surface of the gap-fill insulating layer and disposed between the gap-fill insulating layer and the low-k layer and between the gap-fill insulating layer and the interlayer insulating layer.

Semiconductor device with crack-preventing structure

A semiconductor device includes an interlayer insulating layer disposed on a substrate; a plurality of middle interconnections disposed in the interlayer insulating layer; a pad disposed on the interlayer insulating layer; an upper interconnection disposed on the interlayer insulating layer; a protective insulating layer covering an edge of the pad, the upper interconnection, and a horizontal gap between the pad and the upper interconnection, the protective insulating layer having an opening on the pad; and a bump disposed on the pad, the bump extending on the protective insulating layer and overlapping the upper interconnection from a top-down view. At least one of the plurality of middle interconnections from among middle interconnections vertically closest to the pad has a first vertical thickness, the pad has a second vertical thickness that is twice to 100 times the first vertical thickness, a length of the gap between the pad and the upper interconnection is 1 μm or more, and an upper surface of the protective insulating layer is planar.

Semiconductor devices including a thick metal layer and a bump

A detection pad structure in a semiconductor device may include a lower wiring on a substrate, an upper wiring on the lower wiring, and a first pad pattern on the upper wiring. The upper wiring may be connected to the lower wiring and include metal patterns and via contacts on the metal patterns that are stacked in a plurality of layers. The first pad pattern may be connected to the upper wiring. A semiconductor device may include an actual upper wiring including actual metal patterns and actual via contacts stacked in a plurality of layers. At least one of the metal patterns of each layer in the upper wiring may have a minimum line width and a minimum space of the metal patterns of each layer in the actual upper wiring. Metal patterns and via contacts of each layer in the upper wiring may be regularly and repeatedly arranged.

Detection pad structure for analysis in a semiconductor device

A semiconductor device includes an interlayer insulating layer disposed on a substrate; a plurality of middle interconnections disposed in the interlayer insulating layer; a pad disposed on the interlayer insulating layer; an upper interconnection disposed on the interlayer insulating layer; a protective insulating layer covering an edge of the pad, the upper interconnection, and a horizontal gap between the pad and the upper interconnection, the protective insulating layer having an opening on the pad; and a bump disposed on the pad, the bump extending on the protective insulating layer and overlapping the upper interconnection from a top-down view. At least one of the plurality of middle interconnections from among middle interconnections vertically closest to the pad has a first vertical thickness, the pad has a second vertical thickness that is twice to 100 times the first vertical thickness, a length of the gap between the pad and the upper interconnection is 1 &#x3bc;m or more, and an upper surface of the protective insulating layer is planar.

A semiconductor chip includes a device layer on a substrate, the device layer including a plurality of semiconductor devices; a wiring structure and a lower inter-wiring dielectric layer each on the device layer, the lower inter-wiring dielectric layer surrounding the wiring structure and having a lower permittivity than silicon oxide; an upper inter-wiring dielectric layer arranged on the lower inter-wiring dielectric layer; an isolation recess arranged along an edge of the substrate, the isolation recess formed on side surfaces of the lower and upper inter-wiring dielectric layers and having a bottom surface at a level equal to or lower than that of a bottom surface of the lower inter-wiring dielectric layer; and a cover dielectric layer covering the side surfaces of the lower and upper inter-wiring dielectric layers and the bottom surface of the isolation recess.

Semiconductor chip including low-k dielectric layer

A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a first part and a second part, a memory cell disposed on the first part, an insulation layer disposed on the first part and the second part, the insulation layer covering the memory cell, a portion of the insulation layer on the second part including a stepped sidewall, and a first pattern group disposed on the second part and in the portion of the insulation layer and the substrate. A first sidewall of the semiconductor device corresponds to the stepped sidewall including an upper sidewall, a lower sidewall and a connecting surface connecting the upper sidewall to the lower sidewall. The lower sidewall disposed under the upper sidewall is closer to the substrate than the upper sidewall, and has surface roughness different from surface roughness of the upper sidewall.

Semiconductor devices including scribe lane and method of manufacturing the semiconductor devices

A semiconductor device including a substrate including a chip region and an edge region; integrated circuit elements on the chip region; an interlayer insulating layer covering the integrated circuit elements; an interconnection structure on the interlayer insulating layer and having a side surface on the edge region; a first and second conductive pattern on the interconnection structure, the first and second conductive patterns being electrically connected to the interconnection structure; a first passivation layer covering the first and second conductive patterns and the side surface of the interconnection structure; and a second passivation layer on the first passivation layer, wherein the second passivation layer includes an insulating material different from the first passivation layer, and, between the first and second conductive patterns, the second passivation layer has a bottom surface that is located at a vertical level lower than a top surface of the first conductive pattern.

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Minjung Choi