Semiconductor device with contact structure
AssigneeNanya Technology Corporation
InventorChih-Hsuan Yeh
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Abstract
The present application discloses a semiconductor device with a contact structure. The semiconductor device includes a bottom dielectric layer positioned on a substrate; a bottom conductive layer positioned in the bottom dielectric layer; an etch stop layer positioned on the bottom conductive layer; a first inter-dielectric layer positioned on the etch stop layer; and a contact structure including a body portion positioned along the first inter-dielectric layer and extending to the etch stop layer, and a contact portion positioned in the etch stop layer and contacting the body portion and the bottom conductive layer. A width of the body portion is greater than a width of the contact portion.
Claims12
A semiconductor device, comprising:
- a bottom dielectric layer positioned on a substrate;
- a bottom conductive layer positioned in the bottom dielectric layer;
- an etch stop layer positioned on the bottom conductive layer, wherein the etch stop layer is a single layer made of silicon carbonitride, or silicon oxycarbide, wherein a height of the bottom conductive layer is equal to a thickness of the bottom dielectric layer, such that a bottom surface of the bottom conductive layer is in contact with a top surface of the substrate while a top surface of the bottom conductive layer is in contact with a bottom surface of the etch stop layer;
- a first inter-dielectric layer positioned on the etch stop layer, wherein the first inter-dielectric layer is a single layer, wherein the first inter-dielectric layer and the etch stop layer are made of different materials;
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- a contact structure comprising:
- a body portion positioned along the first inter-dielectric layer and extending to the etch stop layer, wherein a bottom surface of the body portion is positioned below a top surface of the etch stop layer;
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- a contact portion positioned in the etch stop layer, wherein the contact portion is extended from the body portion and is in contact with a portion of the top surface of the bottom conductive layer, wherein a height of the contact portion is less than a thickness of the etch stop layer;
- wherein a width of the body portion is greater than a width of the contact portion;
- wherein a height of the body portion is greater than a height of the bottom conductive layer;
- wherein a height of the contact portion is less than a height of the etch stop layer;
- wherein a width of the bottom conductive layer is greater than the width of the body portion of the contact structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.