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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2016
Renesas Electronics Corporation, Koutou-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Tonegawa, Ibaraki, JP;
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Properties of a semiconductor device are improved. A semiconductor device is configured so as to have a protective film provided over an interconnection and having an opening, and a plating film provided in the opening. A slit is provided in a side face of the opening, and the plating film is also disposed in the slit. Thus, the slit is provided in the side face of the opening, and the plating film is also grown in the slit. This results in a long penetration path of a plating solution during subsequent formation of the plating film. Hence, a corroded portion is less likely to be formed in the interconnection (pad region). Even if the corroded portion is formed, a portion of the slit is corroded prior to the interconnection (pad region) at a sacrifice, making it possible to suppress expansion of the corroded portion into the interconnection (pad region).