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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2002
Akira Sugawara, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuhiro Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Ichiro Uehara, Kanagawa, JP;
Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd., Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Abstract
A simple technique of forming a low-resistant wire is provided in place of a Damascene method. In a three-layer wire composed of a first layer metal film wire, a second layer metal film wire that has fixed side etching portions, and an insulating film pattern, a low-resistant metal such as copper or silver is deposited in concave regions corresponding to the side etching portions of the second layer metal film wire through electrodeposition by electroplating. The above process is applied to a gate electrode and wire of a semiconductor device to obtain a semiconductor device that has high operation speed.