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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2006
Byung Ho Kim, Seoul, KR;
Byung Ho Kim, Seoul, KR;
Dongbu HiTek Co., Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
There is provided a semiconductor device in which extension units are formed in the ends of a slit that constitutes a slit pattern to relieve stress transmitted between interconnect layers. The embodiments relate to a semiconductor device which includes a first metal layer included on a semiconductor substrate, an interlayer dielectric layer having a low dielectric constant and being formed on the first metal layer, via patterns formed on the interlayer dielectric layer, a second metal layer formed on the interlayer dielectric layer having the low dielectric constant, and slit patterns formed immediately above regions of the second metal layer where the via patterns of the interlayer dielectric layer are not formed, wherein extension units are formed at an end of a slit that constitutes a slit pattern.