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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2011
Applicant:
Toshiyuki Kosaka, Yokohama, JP;
Inventor:
Toshiyuki Kosaka, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Sumitomo Electric Device Innovations, Inc., Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A process to form a via hole in a semiconductor wafer is disclosed. The process includes steps of, preparing a metal mask and etching the wafer by the metal mask as the etching mask. The preparation of the metal mask includes steps of: coating a nega-resist on the back surface of the wafer, carrying out the photolithography for the coated nega-resist, plating a metal selectively by the patterned photoresist, and removing the patterned photoresist.