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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2022
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Minjung Choi, Suwon-si, KR;
Yeonjin Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Jeonil Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Jongmin Lee, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Abstract
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.