Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.

C.uyemura Co., Ltd.

Takayasu Horasawa

Hitoshi Fujiwara

Yuichi Urano

Kenichi Kazama

A semiconductor apparatus includes an aluminum electrode film formed on a semiconductor chip; and a nickel plated layer formed on the aluminum electrode film, wherein a concentration of sodium and potassium present in the nickel plated layer and at an interface between the nickel plated layer and the aluminum electrode film is 3.20&#xd7;10atoms/cmor less.

Semiconductor apparatus and fabrication method thereof

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device on a semiconductor substrate, includes the steps of forming a first metal film on a front surface of the semiconductor substrate; forming a second metal film on the surface of the first metal film; activating a surface of the second metal film to provide an activated surface; and forming a plated film on the activated surface by a wet plating method in a plating bath that includes a reducing agent that is oxidized during plating and that has a rate of oxidation, wherein the second metal film is a metal film mainly composed of a first substance that enhances the rate of oxidation of the reducing agent in the plating bath. Wet plating is preferably an electroless process.

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Matsumoto, Japan

Takayasu Horasawa