Semiconductor device
AssigneeRenesas Electronics Corporation
InventorKazuo Tomita
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a technique for improving the reliability of a semiconductor device where spreading of cracking that occurs at the time of dicing to a seal ring can be restricted even in a semiconductor device with a low-k film used as an interlayer insulating film. Vias are formed in each layer on a dicing region side. The vias are formed at the same intervals in a matrix as viewed in a top view. Even in the case where cracking occurs at the time of dicing, the cracking can be prevented from spreading to a seal ring by the vias. As a result, resistance to moisture absorbed in a circuit formation region can be improved, and deterioration in reliability can be prevented.
Claims18
A semiconductor device comprising:
- a substrate;
- a first interlayer insulating film formed on the substrate;
- a seal ring comprising a slit via formed in the first interlayer insulating film, the slit via extending along a first direction in plan view;
- a first dummy via formed in the first interlayer insulating film without intervening any via between the slit via and the first dummy via in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction in plan view;
- a second dummy via formed in the first interlayer insulating film with intervening the first dummy via between the slit via and the second dummy via in the second direction, and without intervening any via between the first dummy via and the second dummy via in the second direction;
- a first dummy metal formed in the first interlayer insulating film and on the first dummy via and the second dummy via;
- a third dummy via formed in the first interlayer insulating film without intervening any via between the slit via and the third dummy via in the second direction;
- a fourth dummy via formed in the first interlayer insulating film with intervening the third dummy via between the slit via and the fourth dummy in the second direction, and without intervening any via between the third dummy via and the fourth dummy via in the second direction;
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- a second dummy metal formed in the first interlayer insulating film and on the third dummy via and the fourth dummy via,
- wherein, in the second direction, a first distance between the slit via and the first via is smaller than a second distance between the slit via and the second via, and
- wherein, in the second direction, a third distance between the slit via and the third via is smaller than a fourth distance between the slit via and the fourth via,
- wherein the first distance, the second distance, the third distance and the fourth distance are different from each other,
- wherein a plurality of dummy vias including the first dummy via, the second dummy via, the third dummy via and the fourth dummy via are arranged along the slit via in plan view,
- wherein, in plan view, a first column comprised of the first dummy via and the second dummy via of the plurality of dummy vias, is arranged adjacent to a second column comprised of the third dummy via and the fourth dummy via of the plurality of dummy vias, and
- wherein, in plan view, the first dummy metal and the second dummy metal are adjacent to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.