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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2006
Applicant:
Hiroki Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroki Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Electronics Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A silica residue is generated, due to a presence of a step formed by a presence of the first layer metallic interconnect, and then, the residual silica is etched to form hollow portions when vias for the metallic interconnect provided in a layer above thereof is formed, and further, insulating materials remained above the hollow portions flakes off to create contaminants, leading to a reduction in the production yield. In the present invention, interconnects provided in a layer underlying a via group, which are provided for coupling to the upper layer interconnect layer, are disposed so as to cover vias composing its via group.