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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2013
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Min-sung Kang, Yongin-si, KR;
Se-myeong Jang, Anyang-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A semiconductor device may include a semiconductor layer including at least one unit device, a first interconnection on the semiconductor layer and electrically connected to the at least one unit device, a diffusion barrier layer on the first interconnection, an intermetallic dielectric layer on the diffusion barrier layer, a plug in a first region of the intermetallic dielectric layer and passing through the diffusion barrier layer so that a bottom surface thereof contacts the first interconnection, and a first dummy plug in a second region of the intermetallic dielectric layer, passing through the diffusion barrier layer, and disposed apart from the first interconnection so that a bottom surface of the first dummy plug does not contact the first interconnection.