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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 27, 1997
Nobuyuki Takeyasu, Chiba, JP;
Hiroshi Yamamoto, Chiba, JP;
Yumiko Kawano, Chiba, JP;
Eiichi Kondoh, Chiba, JP;
Tomoharu Katagiri, Chiba, JP;
Tomohiro Ohta, Urayasu, JP;
Kawasaki Steel Corporation, Kobe, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor device has a multilevel interconnection structure that includes an insulating interlayer formed on a lower wiring layer, a semiconductor substrate, and at least one via hole. The via plug partially fills the via hole, and the upper surface of the via plug may have a convex shape or a surface of the lower wiring layer at a bottom of the via hole may have a concave shape. Where two via holes are present, one via plug substantially fills the shallowest via hole, and partially fills the deepest via hole. The upper wiring layer may be formed over the via plug to fill a remaining portion of the via hole not filled by the via plug.