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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2004
Shin Hashimoto, Osaka, JP;
Tadaaki Mimura, Osaka, JP;
Shin Hashimoto, Osaka, JP;
Tadaaki Mimura, Osaka, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor device comprises a first insulating film formed on a semiconductor substrate, a first metal pattern formed on the first insulating film, a second insulating film formed on the first metal pattern, a second metal pattern formed on the second insulating film, and a third metal pattern formed in the second insulating film and connecting between the first metal pattern and the second metal pattern. The third metal pattern is a single continuous structure, and the principal orientation axes of crystals of a metal constituting the third metal pattern are parallel to the principal surface of the semiconductor substrate.