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Method for forming an electrode layer by a laser flow technique
Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co Ltd
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Filing: 1990-03-16
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Granted: 1991-03-05
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Expires: 2010-03-16
Abstract
Abstract A method for forming an electrode wiring by laser flowing a semiconductive wafer having an intermediate insulating film, a contact hole in the film and an Al alloy film serving as a wiring metal film and formed over the intermediate insulating film and the contact hole, which method comprises forming an anti-reflective film on the Al alloy film, irradiating individual IC chips on the semiconductive wafer with a laser beam in such a way that the beam size is larger than an IC chip size and the laser beam is irradiated on an adjacent IC chip in a subsequent irradiation cycle as superposed on a grid line of the semiconductive wafer which has been irradiated with the first laser beam irradiation at least partly, thereby causing the Al alloy film to be metal flow to fill the contact hole. The thus flown Al alloy film on which the anti-reflective film has been formed is subjected to patterning to form a wiring layer.
Inventors
- 👤 Shoji Madokoro
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 17:55
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10P; H10P95/00; H10W; H10W20/00; H10W20/01; H10W20/031; H10W20/056; H10W20/057
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 24
Claim 1
Independent Claim
177 words
A method for forming an electrode wiring conductor on a semiconductor wafer which comprises the steps of: depositing an intermediate insulating film on portions of the semiconductor wafer and making a contact hole in the intermediate insulating film; depositing an aluminum (Al) alloy film over said contact hole in the intermediate insulating film; forming an anti-reflective film on the Al alloy film, and forming a plurality of IC dies on the semiconductor wafer, the IC dies being separated from one another by a grid line region; successively irradiating one or more of the IC dies on said wafer with a laser beam controlled to have a beam size larger than a die size and to cause a superposed portion of the beam to be set on a grid line region of the semiconductor wafer until the Al alloy film flows, thereby filling said contact hole with the Al alloy film; and selectively etching the anti-reflective film and the Al alloy film successively, thereby forming on said contact hole an Al wiring conductor having the anti-reflective film thereon.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
177 words
A method for forming an electrode wiring conductor on a semiconductor wafer which comprises the steps of: depositing an intermediate insulating film on portions of the semiconductor wafer and making a contact hole in the intermediate insulating film; depositing an aluminum (Al) alloy film over said contact hole in the intermediate insulating film; forming an anti-reflective film on the Al alloy film, and forming a plurality of IC dies on the semiconductor wafer, the IC dies being separated from one another by a grid line region; successively irradiating one or more of the IC dies on said wafer with a laser beam controlled to have a beam size larger than a die size and to cause a superposed portion of the beam to be set on a grid line region of the semiconductor wafer until the Al alloy film flows, thereby filling said contact hole with the Al alloy film; and selectively etching the anti-reflective film and the Al alloy film successively, thereby forming on said contact hole an Al wiring conductor having the anti-reflective film thereon.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
40 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said anti-reflective film is a refractory metal film which is difficult to react with the Al alloy and said refractory metal film is left on said Al alloy film after the selective etching.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said anti-reflective film comprises a member selected from the group consisting of W, TiW, TiN, Ti, Mo and Cu.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said anti-reflective film has a thickness of not less than 20 nm.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
A method according to claim 1, further comprising another refractory metal film formed below the Al alloy film.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
16 words
A method according to claim 5, wherein said another refractory metal film is made of Ta-Si.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
31 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the laser beam irradiation is effected in such a way that the semiconductive substrate is heated to a recrystalization temperature of the Al alloy.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
18 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said laser beam has a wavelength in a UV light range.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
18 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the laser beam irradiation is effected in an inert gas atmosphere.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
17 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the laser beam irradiation is effected at a reduced pressure.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
39 words
A method according to claim 1, further comprising repeating the laser beam irradiation and the selective etching procedures on all the IC dies on the semiconductive wafer, thereby forming an electrode wiring conductor on all of the IC dies.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
127 words
A method of processing a seimconductor wafer to form electrode wiring conductors on integrated circuit dies on the wafer, the dies being delineated by a grid line region, comprising the steps of: establishing an intermediate insulating film on the wafer and forming a contact hole in said film; establishing an aluminum alloy film over said contact hole; establishing an antireflective film on said alloy film; irradiating one or more of said dies successively with a laser beam controlled to have a beam size larger than the size of a die and causing said beam to set on said grid line region until said alloy film flows to fill said contact hole; and thereafter selectively etching the antireflective film and alloy film to form the elctrode wiring conductors.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
127 words
A method of processing a seimconductor wafer to form electrode wiring conductors on integrated circuit dies on the wafer, the dies being delineated by a grid line region, comprising the steps of: establishing an intermediate insulating film on the wafer and forming a contact hole in said film; establishing an aluminum alloy film over said contact hole; establishing an antireflective film on said alloy film; irradiating one or more of said dies successively with a laser beam controlled to have a beam size larger than the size of a die and causing said beam to set on said grid line region until said alloy film flows to fill said contact hole; and thereafter selectively etching the antireflective film and alloy film to form the elctrode wiring conductors.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
24 words
The improved method of claim 12 further comprising the step of forming an antireflective film on said alloy film prior to said irradiating step.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
93 words
An improved method of processing a semiconductor wafer to form electrode wiring conductors on integrated circuit dies on the wafer, comprising the steps of: configuring the dies to be separated by a grid line region of the wafer; establishing an aluminum alloy film upon said dies; and irradiating one or more of said dies successively with a laser beam controlled to have a beam size larger than the size of a die and causing said beam to set on said grid line region until said alloy film flows to fill a contct hole.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
93 words
An improved method of processing a semiconductor wafer to form electrode wiring conductors on integrated circuit dies on the wafer, comprising the steps of: configuring the dies to be separated by a grid line region of the wafer; establishing an aluminum alloy film upon said dies; and irradiating one or more of said dies successively with a laser beam controlled to have a beam size larger than the size of a die and causing said beam to set on said grid line region until said alloy film flows to fill a contct hole.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 14 further comprising the step of forming an antireflective film on said alloy film prior to said irradiating step.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of claim 15 further comprising selectively etching said antireflective film and said alloy film.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
56 words
The method of claim 14 further comprising forming an intermediate insulating film upon portions of said dies, forming a contact hole in said intermediate insulating film; wherein said step of establishing an aluminim alloy film occurs after said step of forming a contact hole, and wherein said aluminum alloy film is established over said contact hole.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
56 words
The method of claim 16 further comprising forming an intermediate insulating film upon portions of said dies, forming a contact hole in said intermediate insulating film; wherein said step of establishing an aluminim alloy film occurs after said step of forming a contact hole, and wherein said aluminum alloy film is established over said contact hole.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said dies are irradiated one by one.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method of claim 12 wherein said dies are irradiated one by one.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method of claim 14 wherein said dies are irradiated one by one.
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