US2001028079A1PendingUtilityA1

Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same

Priority: Nov 22, 1996Filed: May 30, 2001Published: Oct 11, 2001
Est. expiryNov 22, 2016(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Hideaki Kuroda
H10W 20/084H10W 20/056H10W 20/40H10W 20/085H10B 12/482H10B 12/09H10B 12/485
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Abstract

A semiconductor device wherein in formation of the wiring connection, an opening is made up to the middle of the insulating film, a side wall is formed, a burying wiring with the lower portion is arranged, a pad is formed, and a pad is formed in a polyplug contact without a masking step. Further, a conductive material is filled in the hole in the insulating film, a hole is opened in this material, a side wall is formed on the inner wall, a shrunken contact is opened by using this as a mask, and the conductive material is filled.

Claims

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What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A semiconductor device provided with: 
 a conductive layer pattern formed on a substrate;    an inter-layer insulating film which covers said conductive layer pattern and is formed on said substrate;    a first connection hole formed in a upper layer of said inter-layer insulating film above said conductive layer pattern;    a second connection hole which reaches said conductive layer pattern from the bottom portion of said first connection hole and then has a smaller diameter than that of said first connection hole and formed on said inter-layer insulating film; and    a plug having conductivity formed in a state filling internal portions of said first connection hole and said second connection hole.    
     
     
         2 . A semiconductor device according to    claim 1   , wherein the upper surface of said plug is formed to almost the same height as the surface height of said inter-layer insulating film.  
     
     
         3 . A semiconductor device according to    claim 1   , wherein provision is made of: 
 an upper insulating film formed on said inter-layer insulating film;    a third connection hole which reaches said plug and is formed on said inter-layer insulating film; and    a conductive portion which is connected to said plug and formed in said third connection hole.    
     
     
         4 . A semiconductor device according to    claim 2   , wherein provision is made of: 
 an upper insulating film formed on said inter-layer insulating film;    a third connection hole which reaches said plug and is formed on said inter-layer insulating film; and    a conductive portion which is connected to said plug and formed in said third connection hole.    
     
     
         5 . A semiconductor device according to    claim 3   , wherein said plug and said conductive portion are the storage node contact portion of a dynamic random access memory.  
     
     
         6 . A semiconductor device according to    claim 4   , wherein said plug and said conductive portion are the storage node contact portion of the dynamic random access memory.  
     
     
         7 . A method of manufacture of a semiconductor device comprising: 
 a step of forming an inter-layer insulating film on the substrate covering the conductive layer pattern formed on the substrate;    a step of forming a first connection hole in the upper layer of said inter-layer insulating film above said conductive layer pattern;    a step of forming a side wall in the side wall of said first connection hole;    a step of forming a second connection hole which reaches said conductive layer pattern from the bottom portion of said first connection hole and has a smaller diameter than that of the first connection hole in said inter-layer insulating film by self alignment by utilizing said side wall as a mask; and    a step of forming the conductive plug in said first connection hole and said second connection hole in a filled state.    
     
     
         8 . A method of manufacture of a semiconductor device according to    claim 7   , wherein: 
 said first connection hole is formed in said first film above said conductive layer pattern and the upper layer of said inter-layer insulating film after forming the first film on said inter-layer insulating film;    said second connection hole is formed in said inter-layer insulating film by the etching using said first film and said side wall as the mask in a state where it reaches said conductive layer pattern from the bottom portion of said first connection hole after forming said side wall on the side wall of said first connection hole; and    said plug is formed by said side wall and said plug forming film of the part filled in said first connection hole and said second connection hole by removing said first film, said side wall and said plug forming film located at a higher position than the height of the surface of said inter-layer insulating film after forming the plug forming film in a state of filling the internal portions of said first connection hole and said second connection hole.    
     
     
         9 . A method of manufacture of a semiconductor device according to    claim 8   , wherein: 
 after the first film is formed on said inter-layer insulating film, a second film acting as the etching mask when forming said side wall is formed on the first film; and    the first connection hole is formed penetrating through said second film in the step of forming the first connection hole in the said first film above said conductive layer pattern and the upper layer of said inter-layer insulating film.    
     
     
         10 . A method of manufacture of a semiconductor device according to    claim 7   , further comprising: 
 a step of forming an upper layer insulating film on said inter-layer insulating film;    a step of forming a third connection hole in said upper layer insulating film reaching said plug; and    a step of forming a conductive film connected to said plug in said third connection hole.    
     
     
         11 . A method of manufacture of a semiconductor device according to    claim 8   , further comprising: 
 a step of forming the upper layer insulating film on said inter-layer insulating film;    a step of forming the third connection hole in said upper layer insulating film reaching said plug; and    a step of forming the conductive film connected to said plug in said third connection hole.    
     
     
         12 . A method of manufacture of a semiconductor device according to    claim 9   , wherein it comprises: 
 a step of forming the upper layer insulating film on said inter-layer insulating film;    a step of forming the third connection hole in said upper layer insulating film reaching said plug and;    a step of forming the conductive film connected to said plug in said third connection hole.    
     
     
         13 . A method of manufacture of a semiconductor device according to    claim 10   , wherein said plug and said conductive film form the storage node contact portion of the dynamic random access memory.  
     
     
         14 . A method of manufacture of a semiconductor device according to    claim 11   , wherein said plug and said conductive film form the storage node contact portion of the dynamic random access memory.  
     
     
         15 . A method of manufacture of a semiconductor device according to    claim 12   , wherein said plug and said conductive film form the storage node contact portion of the dynamic random access memory.  
     
     
         16 . A semiconductor device having: 
 a burying wiring layer for filling a wiring use groove dug in an inter-layer insulating film;    a conductive plug which penetrates through the inter-layer insulating film and connects the burying wiring layer and a connection region beneath the same; and    an inter-layer insulating film covering the wiring layer.    
     
     
         17 . A semiconductor device according to claim  16 , wherein said conductive plug penetrates through the burying wiring layer.  
     
     
         18 . A semiconductor device according to    claim 16   , wherein said burying wiring layer constitutes a bit line of a dynamic random access memory.  
     
     
         19 . A semiconductor device according to    claim 18   , wherein said burying wiring layer is formed on the inter-layer insulating film directly burying the transistor.  
     
     
         20 . A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device comprising: 
 a step of forming a wiring use groove in an inter-layer insulating film;    a step of filling the wiring use groove by a conductive material;    a step of forming a preparatory contact hole in the conductive material filling the wiring use groove;    a step of forming a side wall constituted by the conductive material on an inner wall of the preparatory contact hole;    a step of opening a contact hole in the inter-layer insulating film by using a side wall as a mask;    a step of filling the contact hole by the conductive material;    a step of flattening an inter-layer insulating film and the conductive material filling the wiring use groove and forming the burying wiring layer; and    a step of forming the inter-layer insulating film covering the burying wiring layer.    
     
     
         21 . A method of manufacture of a semiconductor device according to    claim 20    wherein the inter-layer insulating film in which the wiring use groove is formed directly buries the transistor.  
     
     
         22 . A method of manufacture of a semiconductor device according to    claim 20   , wherein the burying wiring layer constitutes the bit line of a dynamic random access memory.

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