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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:
Jul. 23, 2002
Filed:
May. 04, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Toshiyuki Oashi, Hyogo, JP;
Takashi Uehara, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/348 ; H01L 2/352 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/348 ; H01L 2/352 ;
Abstract
A semiconductor device having copper wiring and capable of reliably preventing copper atoms from diffusing into a memory storage region even in a slight amount is obtained. This semiconductor device includes on a semiconductor substrate a memory cell portion and a wiring portion including copper wires, and includes in a region surrounding the memory cell portion a copper-diffusion preventing film for blocking diffusion of copper atoms from the wiring portion.