With technological advances, the integration and consolidation of semiconductor packages have been gradually enhanced, and electronic devices are developing in the direction of miniaturization, high-speed, high-reliability, low-cost, and low-power consumption, and high bandwidth memory (HBM) products are in short supply. To realize high-capacity HBMs, a wafer on wafer (WoW) packaging technology or a chip-on-chip (CoC) packaging technology is required.
However, in a semiconductor packaging technology, secondary processing is required after wafer-level testing. In order to ensure a flat bonding interface, it is often necessary to achieve flatness by depositing a thick dielectric layer multiple times as well as chemical mechanical polishing, and on this basis, the dielectric layer is subjected to a deep hole etching or damascene process. The process is more complex, and deep hole etching is prone to metal contact problems caused by excessive by-products.
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of semiconductor technologies, and in particular, to a semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method therefor.
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method therefor, which at least helps improve electrical performance of the semiconductor structure.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, one aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure, including: a first substrate; multiple first conductive pads, located on the first substrate; multiple second conductive pads, at least one of the first conductive pads and at least one of the second conductive pads being electrically connected through a first conductive interconnection structure extending in a direction perpendicular to the first substrate; and a filling layer, the filling layer being filled in the outer periphery of each of the first conductive pads, the first conductive interconnection structure, and each of the second conductive pads, where the first conductive interconnection structure has a surface buried by the filling layer between adjacent second conductive pads.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, another aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure further provides a manufacturing method for a semiconductor structure, including: providing a first substrate; forming multiple first conductive pads located on the first substrate; forming a first opening, the first opening exposing the surface of at least one of the first conductive pads; forming a first conductive interconnection structure filling the first opening; and forming multiple second conductive pads on the first conductive interconnection structure, so that at least one of the first conductive pads and at least one of the second conductive pads are electrically connected through the first conductive interconnection structure; where a filling layer is formed on the outer periphery of each of the first conductive pads, each of the second conductive pads, and the first conductive interconnection structure, and the first conductive interconnection structure has a surface buried by a filling layer between adjacent second conductive pads.
The technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure have at least the following advantages:
An electrical signal in a semiconductor device is transferred to another electrical device through a first conductive pad, a first conductive interconnection structure, and a second conductive pad, or an electrical signal in another electrical device is transferred to a semiconductor device through a second conductive pad, a first conductive interconnection structure, and a first conductive pad. On this basis, the first conductive pad is mainly configured to implement an electrical connection to the semiconductor device, the second conductive pad is mainly configured to implement an electrical connection to another electrical device, and the first conductive interconnection structure is mainly configured to implement an electrical connection between the first conductive pad and the second conductive pad.
On this basis, the first conductive interconnection structure has a surface buried by a filling layer between adjacent second conductive pads. In other words, orthographic projections of at least two second conductive pads on a first substrate are designed to overlap an orthographic projection of one first conductive interconnection structure on the first substrate, so that one first conductive interconnection structure is in electrical contact with at least two second conductive pads. On one hand, transmission efficiency of an electrical signal in the first conductive pad, the first conductive interconnection structure, and the second conductive pad is improved. On the other hand, in the horizontal direction, the length of the first conductive interconnection structure is greater than the length of the second conductive pad, which helps improve alignment accuracy between the second conductive pad and the first conductive interconnection structure, thereby increasing a contact area between the second conductive pad and the first conductive interconnection structure, so as to reduce a contact resistance between the second conductive pad and the first conductive interconnection structure, thereby further improving transfer efficiency of the electrical signal.
One or more embodiments are exemplified with the figures in the accompanying drawings corresponding to the one or more embodiments. These example descriptions are not intended to limit the embodiments. Elements with the same reference numerals in the accompanying drawings are similar elements, and unless specifically stated, no scale limitations are constituted by the figures in the accompanying drawings. To describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure or the conventional technologies more clearly, the accompanying drawings required by the embodiments are briefly described below. Clearly, the accompanying drawings in the following description show merely some embodiments of the present disclosure, and other drawings may be obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art from these accompanying drawings without creative efforts.
It may be learned from the background that electrical performance of a semiconductor structure needs to be improved.
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method therefor. In the semiconductor structure, a first conductive pad is mainly configured to implement an electrical connection to a semiconductor device, a second conductive pad is mainly configured to implement an electrical connection to another electrical device, and a first conductive interconnection structure is mainly configured to implement an electrical connection between the first conductive pad and the second conductive pad. On this basis, the first conductive interconnection structure has a surface buried by a filling layer between adjacent second conductive pads. In other words, orthographic projections of at least two second conductive pads on a first substrate are designed to overlap an orthographic projection of one first conductive interconnection structure on the first substrate, so that one first conductive interconnection structure is in electrical contact with at least two second conductive pads. On one hand, transmission efficiency of an electrical signal in the first conductive pad, the first conductive interconnection structure, and the second conductive pad is improved. On the other hand, in the horizontal direction, the length of the first conductive interconnection structure is greater than the length of the second conductive pad, which helps improve alignment accuracy between the second conductive pad and the first conductive interconnection structure, thereby increasing a contact area between the second conductive pad and the first conductive interconnection structure, so as to reduce a contact resistance between the second conductive pad and the first conductive interconnection structure, thereby further improving transfer efficiency of the electrical signal.
The embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, it may be understood by a person of ordinary skill in the art that in the embodiments of the present disclosure, many technical details are provided to enable readers to better understand the embodiments of the present disclosure. However, the technical solutions claimed in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented even without these technical details and various changes and modifications made based on the following embodiments.
An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure. The following describes in detail the semiconductor structure provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that, for ease of description and a clear indication of a characteristic of a semiconductor structure,
Referring to
In addition, the first conductive interconnection structure 103 has a surface 103b buried by a filling layer 142 between adjacent second conductive pads 105, so that orthographic projections of at least two second conductive pads 105 on the first substrate 100 overlap an orthographic projection of the same first conductive interconnection structure 103 on the first substrate 100, and one first conductive interconnection structure 103 is in electrical contact with at least two second conductive pads 105. On this basis, a first conductive interconnection structure 103 connected to at least two adjacent second conductive pads 105 at the same time is designed. On one hand, such a design helps improve transmission efficiency of an electrical signal in the first conductive pad 101, the first conductive interconnection structure 103, and the second conductive pad 105. On the other hand, in the horizontal direction Y, the length of the first conductive interconnection structure 103 is greater than the length of a single second conductive pad 105, which helps improve alignment accuracy between the second conductive pad 105 and the first conductive interconnection structure 103. In addition, the single second conductive pad 105 is in electrical contact with the first conductive interconnection structure 103 as a whole, so that the contact area between the second conductive pad 105 and the first conductive interconnection structure 103 is increased, so as to reduce a contact resistance between the second conductive pad 105 and the first conductive interconnection structure 103, thereby further improving transfer efficiency of the electrical signal.
It should be noted that, referring to
In some embodiments, referring to
In some embodiments, the isolation layer 151 may be an air gap.
In some embodiments, referring to
It should be noted that, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, it is only defined that the first predetermined height difference H1 exists between the top surface 132a of the second dielectric layer 132 and the top surface 103a of the first conductive interconnection structure 103. However, based on the first substrate 100, the height difference between the top surface 132a of the second dielectric layer 132 and the top surface 103a of the first conductive interconnection structure 103 is not limited, and may be adjusted according to an actual situation.
In addition, in
In some embodiments, referring to
In some embodiments, referring to
In some cases, in the step of forming the first conductive interconnection structure 103, a first opening accommodating the first conductive interconnection structure 103 needs to be formed in the sub-filling layer 102, and the fourth dielectric layer 106 is utilized to protect the sidewall of the first opening, so as to avoid etching of the sub-filling layer 102 forming the sidewall of the first opening, so that the sidewall of the first opening has a relatively flat interface, so that the first conductive interconnection structure 103 with a regular size is subsequently formed.
In some embodiments, referring to
It should be noted that the second conductive pad 105 in contact with the top surface 132a of the second dielectric layer 132 is not electrically connected to the first conductive pad 101. Further, the second conductive pad 105 in contact with the top surface 132a of the second dielectric layer 132 may not be electrically connected to the semiconductor device, that is, the second conductive pad 105 in contact with the top surface 132a of the second dielectric layer 132 may not transfer an electrical signal.
In this case, on one hand, if the second conductive pad 105 is bonded to an external film layer structure, the external film layer structure includes another conductive pad, signal transfer is performed between some other conductive pads and the second conductive pad 105 in electrical contact with the first conductive interconnection structure 103, but there is another remaining conductive pad in the external film layer structure, the second conductive pad 105 in contact with the top surface 132a of the second dielectric layer 132 is designed to balance the distribution density of the conductive pads in the external film layer structure and the distribution density of the second conductive pads 105 in the third dielectric layer 124, so that when the second conductive pad 105 is bonded to the external film layer structure, two bonding interfaces in contact with each other of the two are affected by a similar degree of thermal expansion, thereby improving bonding strength between the second conductive pad 105 and the external film layer structure, to improve contact performance between the second conductive pad 105 and the external film layer structure.
On the other hand, if the second conductive pad 105 is bonded to an external film layer structure, the thermal expansion coefficient of the external film layer structure is different from the overall thermal expansion coefficient of the second conductive pad 105 and the third dielectric layer 124, the second conductive pad 105 in contact with the top surface 132a of the second dielectric layer 132 is designed, helping adjust the distribution density of the second conductive pads 105 in the third dielectric layer 124, so that when the second conductive pad 105 is bonded to the external film layer structure, two bonding interfaces in contact with each other of the two are affected by a similar degree of thermal expansion, thereby improving bonding strength between the second conductive pad 105 and the external film layer structure, to improve contact performance between the second conductive pad 105 and the external film layer structure.
In some embodiments, referring to
In some cases, the top surface 100a of the first substrate 100 is utilized as a reference, and the top surface 121a of the second portion 121 is lower than the top surface 111a of the first portion 111.
The correspondence between the first conductive pad 101 and the first conductive interconnection structure 103 includes at least the following two embodiments:
In some embodiments, referring to
It should be noted that in both
In some cases, when the first conductive pad 101 and the first conductive interconnection structure 103 are in a one-to-one relationship, the first conductive pad 101 may be a wiring layer, and the wiring layer may be located in a peripheral region of the semiconductor structure. Referring to
It should be noted that the first wiring layer 131 and the second wiring layer 141 in the first conductive pad 101 may be considered as the same layer structure, that is, both are located in a film layer interval in which the first conductive pad 101 is located. However, the first wiring layer 131 and the second wiring layer 141 may be insulated from each other, so as to implement an electrical connection between unused conductive structures. In addition, in addition to the first wiring layer 131 and the second wiring layer 141, the first conductive pad 101 may further include a third wiring layer, a fourth wiring layer, a fifth wiring layer, or the like. In addition, the first wiring layer 131 and the second wiring layer 141 may be integrally formed, that is, except for implementing different functions, e.g., electrically connected to different semiconductor devices, the first wiring layer 131 and the second wiring layer 141 have the same film layer structure and material. In
In some embodiments, still referring to
In some embodiments, referring to
It may be understood that the barrier layer 161 is configured to prevent conductive ions in the conductive layer 171 from diffusing and migrating to the sub-filling layer 102, so as to avoid a decrease in conductive performance of the conductive layer 171 due to diffusion and migration of the conductive ions, and avoid a decrease in insulation performance of the sub-filling layer 102 due to migration-in of the conductive ions, thereby ensuring relatively high conductivity of the conductive layer 171 and relatively high insulation performance of the sub-filling layer 102.
It should be noted that, with reference to
In some embodiments, the material of the barrier layer 161 is at least one of titanium or titanium nitride, and the material of the conductive layer 171 is aluminum. In this way, the barrier layer 161 helps prevent electromigration of aluminum ions.
In some other embodiments, referring to
In still some other embodiments, one first conductive pad 101 is correspondingly connected to one first conductive interconnection structure 103, so as to independently form a connection path between each first conductive pad 101 and a corresponding second conductive pad 105.
In some cases, when the first conductive pad 101 and the first conductive interconnection structure 103 are in a multiple-to-one relationship, the first conductive pad 101 may be a signal lead-out layer. For example, the signal lead-out layer may be an I/O signal lead-out layer, a power signal lead-out layer, or another type of signal lead-out layer.
In some embodiments, with reference to
In some cases, the third dielectric layer 124 and the first bonding layer 134 jointly constitute the dielectric layer 104, and the second conductive pad 105 penetrates the dielectric layer 104 in the vertical direction X.
In some cases, referring to the second conductive pad D in
It should be noted that
It should be noted that, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, it is only defined that the second predetermined height difference H2 exists between the top surface 134a of the first bonding layer 134 and the top surface 105a of the second conductive pad 105. However, utilizing the first substrate 100 as a reference, the height difference between the top surface 134a of the first bonding layer 134 and the top surface 105a of the second conductive pad 105 is not limited, and may be adjusted according to an actual situation.
In addition, in
It should be noted that in
In some cases, when the first conductive pad 101 is an I/O signal lead-out layer, in the horizontal direction Y, a spacing between adjacent first conductive pads 101 is relatively small and the length of the first conductive pad 101 itself is relatively small, so that a spacing between adjacent second conductive pads 105 corresponding to the first conductive pads 101 is also relatively small and the length of the second conductive pad 105 itself is relatively small. On this basis, a process parameter for preparing the second conductive pad 105 is adjusted, and the top surface 105a of the second conductive pad 105 is designed to be similar to that shown in
In some embodiments, referring to
It should be noted that the first diffusion barrier layer 113 is configured to prevent conductive ions in the first seed layer 123 and the first plating layer 133 from diffusing and migrating to the sub-filling layer 102, so as to avoid a decrease in conductive performance of the first seed layer 123 and the first plating layer 133 due to diffusion and migration of the conductive ions, and a decrease in insulation performance of the sub-filling layer 102 due to migration-in of the conductive ions. That is, it is ensured that the conductive performance of the first seed layer 123 and the first plating layer 133 is relatively high and the insulation performance of the sub-filling layer 102 is relatively high.
In some cases, the material of the first diffusion barrier layer 113 is at least one of tantalum or tantalum nitride, and the material of the first seed layer 123 and the first plating layer 133 is copper. In this way, the first diffusion barrier layer 113 helps prevent electromigration of copper ions.
In some embodiments, still referring to
It should be noted that the second diffusion barrier layer 115 is configured to prevent conductive ions in the second seed layer 125 and the second plating layer 135 from diffusing and migrating to the third dielectric layer 124, so as to avoid a decrease in conductive performance of the second seed layer 125 and the second plating layer 135 due to diffusion and migration of the conductive ions, and a decrease in insulation performance of the third dielectric layer 124 due to migration-in of the conductive ions. That is, it is ensured that conductivity of the second seed layer 125 and the second plating layer 135 is relatively high, and insulation performance of the third dielectric layer 124 is relatively high.
In some embodiments, the material of the second diffusion barrier layer 115 is at least one of tantalum or tantalum nitride, and the material of the second seed layer 125 and the second plating layer 135 is copper. In this way, the second diffusion barrier layer 115 helps prevent electromigration of copper ions.
It should be noted that in
In some embodiments, referring to
It should be noted that no adhesive is utilized for direct bonding between the second bonding layer 234 and the first bonding layer 134, and direct bonding between the third conductive pad 205 and the second conductive pad 105 may implement an electrical connection between the two.
In some embodiments, the third conductive pad 205 and the second conductive pad 105 may be in a one-to-one correspondence.
It should be noted that, in
In some embodiments, referring to
It should be noted that, in
In some cases, the first substrate 100, the filling layer 142 located in the first substrate 100, and the first conductive pad 101, the first conductive interconnection structure 103, and the second conductive pad 105 that are located in the filling layer 142 are all components of a first semiconductor chip. The second substrate 200, the second filling layer 242 located in the second substrate 200, and the second conductive interconnection structure 203 and the third conductive pad 205 that are located in the second filling layer 242 are all components of a second semiconductor chip. The first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip are bonded at the first bonding layer 134, and an electrical signal is transferred through a bonding connection between the second conductive pad 105 and the third conductive pad 205.
It should be noted that, first, referring to
In conclusion, the first conductive pad 101 is mainly configured to implement an electrical connection to the semiconductor device, the second conductive pad 105 is mainly configured to implement an electrical connection to another electrical device, and the first conductive interconnection structure 103 is mainly configured to implement an electrical connection between the first conductive pad 101 and the second conductive pad 105. On this basis, it is designed that orthographic projections of at least two second conductive pads 105 on the first substrate 100 overlap an orthographic projection of the first conductive interconnection structure 103 on the first substrate 100, so that one first conductive interconnection structure 103 is in electrical contact with at least two second conductive pads 105. On one hand, this helps improve transmission efficiency of an electrical signal in the first conductive pad 101, the first conductive interconnection structure 103, and the second conductive pad 105. On the other hand, in the horizontal direction Y, the length of the first conductive interconnection structure 103 is greater than the length of a single second conductive pad 105, which helps improve alignment accuracy between the second conductive pad 105 and the first conductive interconnection structure 103. In addition, the single second conductive pad 105 is in electrical contact with the first conductive interconnection structure 103 as a whole, so that the contact area between the second conductive pad 105 and the first conductive interconnection structure 103 is increased, so as to reduce a contact resistance between the second conductive pad 105 and the first conductive interconnection structure 103, thereby further improving transfer efficiency of the electrical signal.
Another embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a manufacturing method for a semiconductor structure, which is configured to prepare the semiconductor structure described in the foregoing embodiment. The following describes in detail the manufacturing method for a semiconductor structure provided in another embodiment of the present disclosure with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that a portion same as or corresponding to the foregoing embodiment is not described herein again. It is found through analysis that, referring to 9a in
It should be noted that 9a to 9d in
With reference to 9a and 9b in
With reference to 9b and 9c in
Referring to 9c in
With reference to 9c and 9d in
Referring to 9d in
It may be learned from the foregoing description that, to lead out the electrical connection layer 10 in the semiconductor structure, dielectric layers (e.g. the first isolation layer 11, the second isolation layer 13, and the third isolation layer 16) need to be deposited for multiple times and chemical mechanical polishing is often required to achieve a flat objective. In this step, the difficulty of chemical mechanical polishing depends on the uniformity of a film layer of a formed isolation layer. In addition, on this basis, deep hole etching, a damascene process, and the like are performed on the isolation layer, and a process procedure is relatively complex. In addition, deep hole etching tends to cause the problem of poor contact between the electrical connection layer 10 and the conductive pillar 15 caused by excessive by-products.
Another embodiment of the present disclosure provides a manufacturing method for a semiconductor structure. The following describes in detail the manufacturing method for a semiconductor structure provided in another embodiment of the present disclosure with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Referring to
A filling layer 142 is formed on the outer periphery of each of the first conductive pads 101, each of the second conductive pads 105, and the first conductive interconnection structure 103, and the first conductive interconnection structure 103 has a surface 103b buried by a filling layer 142 between adjacent second conductive pads 105 (referring to
It may be understood that, first, after the first opening 112 exposing the first conductive pad 101 is formed, an isolation layer filling the first opening 112 is no longer formed, so as to avoid the problem of step high in a subsequently formed isolation layer, and further reduce the step of chemical mechanical polishing once, thereby simplifying a process step of preparing a semiconductor structure. Second, the first conductive interconnection structure 103 may be formed in the first opening 112. On one hand, it helps to increase the contact area between the first conductive interconnection structure 103 and the first conductive pad 101, so as to reduce a contact resistance between the first conductive interconnection structure 103 and the first conductive pad 101. On the other hand, the first conductive interconnection structure 103 in contact with and connected to the first conductive pad 101 does not need to be formed in a deep hole etching manner, so as to avoid existence of an etching by-product between the first conductive pad 101 and the first conductive interconnection structure 103 or in the first conductive interconnection structure 103, thereby helping improve conductivity of the first conductive interconnection structure 103, reducing a contact resistance between the first conductive interconnection structure 103 and the first conductive pad 101, and avoiding poor contact between the first conductive interconnection structure 103 and the first conductive pad 101.
In some embodiments, still referring to
The following describes steps in the manufacturing method provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Referring to
In some embodiments, the filling layer 142 includes a sub-filling layer 102 wrapping the first conductive pad 101, and the sub-filling layer 102 has a first opening 112 exposing at least a portion of the top surface of the first conductive pad 101.
In some embodiments, forming the sub-filling layer 102 with the first opening 112 includes the following steps:
Referring to
In some embodiments, referring to
It may be understood that in addition to the first conductive pad 101, the semiconductor structure includes another semiconductor device, such as a transistor structure, a word line, a bit line, and a capacitor structure. The first dielectric layer 122 and the second dielectric layer 132 jointly implement electrical insulation between the first conductive pad 101 and another semiconductor device in the semiconductor structure.
In some embodiments, the material of the first dielectric layer 122 is silicon oxide, and the material of the second dielectric layer 132 is silicon nitride. In this way, when silicon oxide is applied to improve electrical insulation performance between the first conductive pad 101 and another conductive structure in the semiconductor structure, silicon nitride is applied to improve hardness of the sub-filling layer 102 wrapping the first conductive pad 101, that is, improve the overall structural stability of the sub-filling layer 102.
In some embodiments, referring to
In some cases, the first conductive pad 101 may be a wiring layer, and the wiring layer may be located in the peripheral region of the semiconductor structure. In an example, the wiring layer includes the first wiring layer 131 and the second wiring layer 141. On this basis, subsequently formed first conductive pad 101 and first conductive interconnection structure 103 are in a one-to-one relationship.
It may be understood that the subsequently formed first opening 112 exposes the first wiring layer 131 to be subsequently connected to an electrical connection layer in another semiconductor structure, so as to implement an electrical connection between two semiconductor structures. The second wiring layer 141 located in the sub-filling layer 102 may be configured to implement an electrical connection between two conductive structures in the same semiconductor structure. In addition, in the horizontal direction Y, the first length L1 of the first wiring layer 131 is greater than the second length L2 of the second wiring layer 141, which facilitates subsequently forming a first opening 112 with a relatively large size, so as to expose the first wiring layer 131 with a larger area.
It should be noted that the first wiring layer 131 and the second wiring layer 141 in the first conductive pad 101 may be considered as the same layer structure, that is, both are located in a film layer interval in which the first conductive pad 101 is located. However, the first wiring layer 131 and the second wiring layer 141 may be insulated from each other, so as to implement an electrical connection between unused conductive structures. In addition, in addition to the first wiring layer 131 and the second wiring layer 141, the first conductive pad 101 may further include a third wiring layer, a fourth wiring layer, a fifth wiring layer, or the like. In addition, the first wiring layer 131 and the second wiring layer 141 may be integrally formed, that is, except for implementing different functions, the first wiring layer 131 and the second wiring layer 141 have the same film layer structure and material. In
In some embodiments, still referring to
In some embodiments, the isolation layer 151 may be an air gap.
In some embodiments, referring to
It should be noted that, with reference to
In some embodiments, the material of the barrier layer 161 is at least one of titanium or titanium nitride, and the material of the conductive layer 171 is aluminum. In this way, the barrier layer 161 helps prevent electromigration of aluminum ions.
With reference to
In some embodiments, referring to
In some embodiments, referring to
In some embodiments, the damage 107 on the surface of the first conductive pad 101 includes etching damage and probe contact damage. The etching damage may be etching damage caused by an etching process to the surface of the first conductive pad 101 when graphical processing is performed on the first dielectric layer 122 to form the first opening 112. The probe contact damage is etched at a probe mark left by physical contact between a test probe and the first conductive pad 101 is performed when the exposed first conductive pad 101 is configured to test the semiconductor structure after the first opening 112 exposes the surface of the first conductive pad 101. The probe mark damages the surface of the first conductive pad 101, for example, the surface of the first conductive pad 101 is raised. It may be understood that, regardless of etching damage or probe contact damage, the damage 107 affects electrical contact performance between the first conductive interconnection structure 103 subsequently formed in the first opening 112 (referring to
It should be noted that, in
In some embodiments, still referring to
In some embodiments, referring to
The following describes in detail the step of forming the fourth dielectric layer 106.
Referring to
It should be noted that, in
Forming the fourth dielectric layer 106 and removing at least a portion of the damage 107 on the first conductive pad 101 includes at least the following two embodiments.
In some embodiments, referring to
It may be understood that the first conductive pad 101 whose top surface is exposed by the first opening 112 is a second portion 121, and the first thickness D1 is the thickness of the second portion 121; and the first conductive pad 101 whose top surface is not exposed by the first opening 112 is a first portion 111, and the second thickness D2 is the thickness of the first portion 111. Because the second portion 121 of a partial thickness is also etched in the step of forming the first opening 112, the first thickness D1 is less than the second thickness D2, so that the top surface 100a of the first substrate 100 is utilized as a reference, and the top surface 121a of the second portion 121 is lower than the top surface 111a of the first portion 111.
In some other embodiments, for example, the semiconductor structure shown in
In some embodiments, the steps of forming the fourth dielectric layer 106 and removing at least a portion of the damage 107 on the first conductive pad 101 may include: forming an initial fourth dielectric layer 116 with reference to
It should be noted that when the first conductive pad 101 includes the first wiring layer 131 and the second wiring layer 141, the exposed wiring layer is the first wiring layer 131.
With reference to
It may be understood that in the step of etching back the initial fourth dielectric layer 116 to form the fourth dielectric layer 106, when the etching process removes the initial fourth dielectric layer 116 located on the bottom surface of the first opening 112, the damage 107 covered by the initial fourth dielectric layer 116 is also removed, that is, the second portion 121 is etched, so as to remove at least a portion of the damage 107, and at the same time, and the fourth dielectric layer 106 located on the sidewall of the first opening 112 is configured to avoid etching of the sub-filling layer 102 constituting the sidewall of the first opening 112. In addition, the steps of forming the fourth dielectric layer 106 and removing at least a portion of the damage 107 may be performed synchronously. In this way, in the step of etching the damage 107, the fourth dielectric layer 106 is configured to protect the sidewall of the first opening 112, so as to avoid etching of the first dielectric layer 122 constituting the sidewall of the first opening 112, so that the sidewall of the first opening 112 has a relatively flat interface, and subsequently, a first conductive interconnection structure 103 with a flat size is formed. In addition, in the step of etching the damage 107, a possible pollutant on the surface of the first conductive pad 101 may be further removed through an etching process, which helps further reduce a contact resistance between the subsequently formed first conductive interconnection structure 103 and the first conductive pad 101.
In actual application, the thickness of the etched second portion 121 is adjusted according to adjustment of an etching process parameter, so as to ensure that the damage 107 is completely removed.
In some embodiments, still referring to
It should be noted that in
In some other embodiments, referring to
With reference to
With reference to
It should be noted that the manufacturing method provided in another embodiment of the present disclosure sets no limitation on a method for forming the fourth dielectric layer 106 after the mask layer 108 is removed. In some embodiments, the step of forming the fourth dielectric layer 106 may include: first forming a protective film conformally covering the first opening after the mask layer is removed and the second top surface of the first dielectric layer, and then etching back the protective film to form the fourth dielectric layer 106.
It may be understood that, after the damage 107 is removed, the fourth dielectric layer 106 is formed, so as to avoid that a protective film utilized for the next fourth dielectric layer 106 is exposed to an etching environment for too long, thereby improving film layer uniformity of the formed fourth dielectric layer 106, and improving a blocking effect of the fourth dielectric layer 106 on diffusion and migration of conductive ions in the subsequently formed first conductive interconnection structure 103.
S103: A first conductive interconnection structure 103 filling the first opening 112 is formed. In some embodiments, with reference to
In some other embodiments, with reference to
It should be noted that forming the first conductive interconnection structure 103 and the second conductive pad 105 is subsequently described in detail through the semiconductor structure shown in
In some embodiments, with reference to
With reference to
It may be understood that the first plating layer 133 is formed based on the first seed layer 123 through a plating process, which helps improve conductivity of the first plating layer 133, so as to further improve overall conductivity of the first conductive interconnection structure 103. In addition, the first diffusion barrier layer 113 is configured to prevent conductive ions in the first seed layer 123 and the first plating layer 133 from diffusing and migrating to the sub-filling layer 102, so as to avoid a decrease in conductive performance of the first seed layer 123 and the first plating layer 133 due to diffusion and migration of the conductive ions, and a decrease in insulation performance of the sub-filling layer 102 due to migration-in of the conductive ions. That is, it is ensured that the conductive performance of the first seed layer 123 and the first plating layer 133 is relatively high and the insulation performance of the sub-filling layer 102 is relatively high.
In some embodiments, the material of the first diffusion barrier layer 113 is at least one of tantalum or tantalum nitride, and the material of the first seed layer 123 and the first plating layer 133 is copper. In this way, the first diffusion barrier layer 113 helps prevent electromigration of copper ions.
In some embodiments, after the first conductive interconnection structure 103 is formed in the first opening 112, flattening processing is performed on the surface of the first conductive interconnection structure 103, so that a first predetermined height difference H1 exists between the top surface 132a of the second dielectric layer 132 and the top surface 103a of the first conductive interconnection structure 103 with reference to
In some embodiments, referring to
In some embodiments, referring to
In some embodiments, referring to
It should be noted that, in
In some embodiments, forming at least two second conductive pads 105 may include the following steps:
Referring to
In some embodiments, still referring to
In some embodiments, the material of the third dielectric layer 124 is silicon oxide, and the material of the first bonding layer 134 is silicon nitride. In this way, when silicon oxide is utilized to improve electrical insulation performance between the second conductive pad 105 subsequently formed in the third dielectric layer 124 and another conductive structure in the semiconductor structure, silicon nitride is utilized to improve hardness of the dielectric layer 104, that is, improve mechanical stability of the entire structure.
With reference to
It may be understood that a first conductive interconnection structure 103 in contact with and connected to the second conductive pad 105 is formed in the sub-filling layer 102. Only the second opening 114 needs to be formed in the dielectric layer 104, and the second conductive pad 105 filling the second opening 114 is subsequently formed. In this way, the depth of the second opening 114 utilized to form the second conductive pad 105 is only related to the thickness of the dielectric layer 104. Even if the width of the second opening 114 in the horizontal direction Y is less than the width of the first conductive interconnection structure 103 in the horizontal direction Y, the depth-to-width ratio of the second opening 114 is not very large. It is not easy to leave an etching by-product at the contact between the first conductive interconnection structure 103 and the second conductive pad 105. The etching by-product herein mainly comes from the step of performing graphical processing on the dielectric layer 104.
With reference to
It may be understood that the second plating layer 135 is formed based on the second seed layer 125 through a plating process, which helps improve conductivity of the second plating layer 135, so as to further improve overall conductivity of the second conductive pad 105. In addition, the second diffusion barrier layer 115 is configured to prevent conductive ions in the second seed layer 125 and the second plating layer 135 from diffusing and migrating to the dielectric layer 104, so as to avoid a decrease in conductive performance of the second seed layer 125 and the second plating layer 135 due to diffusion and migration of the conductive ions, and a decrease in insulation performance of the dielectric layer 104 due to migration-in of the conductive ions. That is, it is ensured that conductivity of the second seed layer 125 and the second plating layer 135 is relatively high, and insulation performance of the dielectric layer 104 is relatively high.
In some embodiments, the material of the second diffusion barrier layer 115 is at least one of tantalum or tantalum nitride, and the material of the second seed layer 125 and the second plating layer 135 is copper. In this way, the second diffusion barrier layer 115 helps prevent electromigration of copper ions.
It should be noted that in
In some embodiments, referring to
It should be noted that the step of forming the third conductive pad 205 is similar to the step of forming the second conductive pad 105, and details are not described herein again.
In conclusion, after the first opening 112 exposing the first conductive pad 101 is formed, the first conductive interconnection structure 103 is formed in the first opening 112, so as to omit the step of forming an isolation layer filling the first opening 112 and forming a via for forming a conductive pillar in the isolation layer, thereby simplifying a process step of preparing a semiconductor structure. In addition, the first conductive interconnection structure 103 is formed in the first opening 112. On one hand, it helps to increase the contact area between the first conductive interconnection structure 103 and the first conductive pad 101, so as to reduce a contact resistance between the first conductive interconnection structure 103 and the first conductive pad 101. On the other hand, the first conductive interconnection structure 103 in contact with and connected to the first conductive pad 101 does not need to be formed in a deep hole etching manner, that is, to avoid generating an etching by-product not easy to remove, so as to avoid existence of an etching by-product between the first conductive pad 101 and the first conductive interconnection structure 103 or in the first conductive interconnection structure 103, thereby helping improve conductivity of the first conductive interconnection structure 103, reducing a contact resistance between the first conductive interconnection structure 103 and the first conductive pad 101, and avoiding poor contact between the first conductive interconnection structure 103 and the first conductive pad 101, so as to improve electrical performance of the semiconductor structure.
A person of ordinary skill in the art may understand that the foregoing implementations are specific embodiments for implementing the present disclosure. In an actual application, various modifications may be made to the forms and details of the implementations without departing from the spirit and scope of the embodiments of the present disclosure. Any person skilled in the art may make changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the embodiments of the present disclosure. Therefore, the protection scope of the embodiments of the present disclosure shall be subject to the scope defined by the claims.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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202311728460.1 | Dec 2023 | CN | national |
The present application is a continuation of International Patent Application No. PCT/CN2024/103671 filed on Jul. 4, 2024, which claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202311728460.1 filed on Dec. 14, 2023. The disclosures of the above-referenced applications are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.
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Parent | PCT/CN2024/103671 | Jul 2024 | WO |
Child | 18927883 | US |