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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 27, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Akemi Kawaguchi, Neyagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ; H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
438635 ; 438645 ; 438687 ; 257762 ; 257767 ;
Abstract
On a semiconductor substrate, an SiO.sub.2 layer as an insulating layer and an intermediate insulating layer are stacked successively. The intermediate insulating layer selectively has an opening portion and a copper wiring is formedwithin the opening portion. The copper wiring is covered with an anti-oxidation layer. The anti-oxidation layer is formed of copper sulfide so that it becomes unnecessary to form another anti-oxidation layer which does not contain copper, the treatment in the vacuum can be simplified or thermal treatment step at high temperatures can be omitted.