Semiconductor devices and methods of forming interconnection lines therein
AssigneeDongbu Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorSang-Kwon Kim
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Abstract
An example disclosed semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a lower interlayer insulating layer formed on the substrate, a lower wire formed on the lower interlayer insulating layer, and an upper interlayer insulating layer which is formed on the lower interlayer insulating layer and has a via hole to expose the lower wire. The lower wire includes a metal layer pattern and a conductive layer pattern, and the metal layer pattern has a protruding portion and the conductive layer pattern is formed on the upper part of the protruding portion of the metal layer pattern and has a hole to expose the protruding portion.
Claims18
A semiconductor device, comprising:
- a semiconductor substrate;
- a lower interlayer insulating layer formed on the substrate;
- a lower wire formed on the lower interlayer insulating layer;
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- an upper interlayer insulating layer which is formed on the lower interlayer insulating layer and has a via hole to expose the lower wire,
- wherein the lower wire comprises a metal layer pattern and a conductive layer pattern, and the metal layer pattern has a protruding portion and the conductive layer pattern is formed on the upper part of the protruding portion of the metal layer pattern and has a hole to expose the protruding portion.
A method of forming an interconnection line of a semiconductor device, comprising:
- sequentially forming a metal layer and a conductive layer on a semiconductor substrate including a lower interlayer insulating layer;
- forming a first conductive layer pattern including a hole to partially expose the metal layer by patterning the conductive layer;
- forming a mask pattern which fills the hole of the first conductive layer pattern and masks the first conductive layer pattern around the hole;
- dividedly forming a second conductive layer pattern by etching the first conductive layer pattern using the mask pattern;
- forming a first metal layer pattern including a protruding portion by partially etching the metal layer up to a predetermined thickness with the use of both the mask pattern and the second conductive layer pattern;
- removing the mask pattern;
- forming a spacer on a sidewall of each the second conductive layer pattern and the protruding portion of the first metal layer pattern;
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- forming a lower wire comprising the second conductive layer pattern and a second metal layer pattern, the second metal layer pattern being dividedly formed by etching the first metal layer pattern with the use of the spacer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.