Patents by Inventor Noboru Morimoto

Noboru Morimoto has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20030068880
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device is obtained which is capable of evading generation of a short circuit between wirings in an upper wiring layer even if a part of an upper surface of an FSG film is exposed by variations in a production step. After a USG film (4) is deposited to a thickness of 1 &mgr;m over an entire surface of an FSG film (3), the USG film (4) is polished and removed by a thickness of 900 nm from an upper surface thereof by the CMP method. At this time, a part of an upper surface of the FSG film (3) is exposed by variations in a production step. Next, the surface of the interlayer dielectric film (50) is cleaned with a cleaning liquid whose etching rate to the FSG film (3) and etching rate to the USG film (5) are substantially the same. Such a cleaning liquid may be, for example, an ammonia hydrogen peroxide mixture of NH4OH:H2O2:H2O=1:1:20. The structure shown in FIG.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Inventors: Noboru Morimoto, Masazumi Matsuura, Kinya Goto
  • Patent number: 6509648
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device is obtained which is capable of evading generation of a short circuit between wirings in an upper wiring layer even if a part of an upper surface of an FSG film is exposed by variations in a production step. After a USG film (4) is deposited to a thickness of 1 Hm over an entire surface of an FSG film (3), the USG film (4) is polished and removed by a thickness of 900 nm from an upper surface thereof by the CMP method. At this time, part of an upper surface of the FSG film (3) is exposed by variations in a production step. Next, the surface of the interlayer dielectric film (50) is cleaned with a cleaning liquid whose etching rate to the FSG film (3) and etching rate to the USG film (5) are substantially the same. Such a cleaning liquid may be, for example, an ammonia hydrogen peroxide mixture of NH4OH:H2O2:H2O=1:1:20. The structure shown in FIG.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Noboru Morimoto, Masazumi Matsuura, Kinya Goto
  • Publication number: 20020179955
    Abstract: In an insulating film (I2), a second-level wire (W2) is formed by a dual damascene process. In an upper surface of the insulating film (I2) formed is a metal film (9) serving as a first electrode of an MIM-type capacitor. An insulating film (I3) has a structure in which insulating films (14 to 17) are layered on a second interconnection layer (L2) in this order. In the insulating film (15), a second electrode of the MIM-type capacitor is formed. The second electrode has a metal film (11) formed on the insulating film (14) and a metal film (10) formed on the metal film (11). A portion of the insulating film (14) which is sandwiched between the first electrode and the second electrode of the MIM-type capacitor serves as a capacitor dielectric film of the MIM-type capacitor. In the insulating film (I3), a third-level wire (W3) is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2002
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Noboru Morimoto, Kinya Goto, Masahiro Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20020171149
    Abstract: A metal layer (7), a metallic compound layer (8) and a metal layer (9) are stacked in this order when viewed from the side of a first copper interconnect line (2) and an interlayer insulating film (5) to constitute a second conductive barrier layer (20). As the material for the metal layers (7) and (9), an element having an atomic weight higher than that of copper such as tungsten (W) or tantalum (Ta) is applicable. A second copper interconnect line (6) is conductively connected to the first copper interconnect line (2) at a contact hole (12) through the second conductive barrier layer (20). As the ratio of the volume of the second copper interconnect line (6) at the region for filling a trench (11) to the volume of the second copper interconnect line (6) at the region for filling the contact hole (12) increases, tensile stress to be concentrated at the contact hole (12) becomes greater. As a result, a void is likely to be generated in the contact hole (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiko Fujisawa, Akihiko Ohsaki, Noboru Morimoto
  • Patent number: 6399424
    Abstract: Implemented is a method of manufacturing a contact structure having a combination of formation of a buried wiring and that of a low dielectric constant interlayer insulating film in which a connecting hole to be formed in a low dielectric constant interlayer insulating film does not turn into an abnormal shape. A fourth interlayer insulating film 11 is formed on an upper surface of a third interlayer insulating film 10. Next, patterning for a wiring trench and a connecting hole is carried out into the fourth interlayer insulating film 11 and the third interlayer insulating film 10, respectively. Then, a pattern of the connecting hole is first formed in a third low dielectric constant interlayer insulating film 9. Thereafter, a second interlayer insulating film 8 exposed in the pattern is removed and a pattern of the wiring trench is formed in the third interlayer insulating film 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masazumi Matsuura, Kinya Goto, Noboru Morimoto