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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2016
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Yi-Ruei Lin, Taipei, TW;
Yen-Ming Peng, Taoyuan County, TW;
Han-Wei Yang, Hsinchu, TW;
Chen-Chung Lai, Hsinchu, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A semiconductor device structure and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate and an interconnection structure formed over the substrate. The interconnection structure includes a first dielectric layer and a first stress-reducing structure formed in the first dielectric layer. The interconnection structure further includes a first conductive feature formed in the first dielectric layer, and the first conductive feature is surrounded by the first stress-reducing structure.