Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, a first structure is formed on a first substrate. A first bonded body is formed by bonding a supporting substrate to a first principal surface, on which the first structure is formed, of the first substrate. The supporting substrate is higher in rigidity than the first substrate. The first substrate is removed from the first bonded body. A second structure is formed on a second substrate. A third structure is formed on a third substrate. A second bonded body is formed by bonding a second principal surface, on which the second structure is formed, of the second substrate to a third principal surface, on which the third structure is formed, of the third substrate. The third substrate is removed from the second bonded body.

Abstract: According to some embodiments, a grinding head configured to grind a grinding target, the head includes a wheel including a rotating front surface and a plurality of grindstones arranged in an annular shape on the rotating front surface with a rotation axis of the rotating front surface as a center. Each of the plurality of grindstones includes a first surface configured to be in contact with the grinding target and a second surface inclined at an acute angle with respect to a traveling direction of the grindstone from the rotating front surface to the first surface.

Abstract: According to some embodiments, provided is a separation system configured to separate a bonded substrate, in which a first substrate and a second substrate are bonded together, into the first substrate and the second substrate. The separation system includes a first chuck configured to hold the first substrate of the bonded substrate. The separation system includes a second chuck configured to hold the second substrate of the bonded substrate and move the second substrate in a first direction away from a plate surface of the first substrate. The separation system includes an adjuster configured to adjust a tilt of the second chuck with respect to a direction perpendicular to a set line set on a holding surface of the second substrate of the second chuck. The separation system includes a controller configured to operate the adjuster to maintain symmetrical progression of the separation relative to the set line.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a first metal pad in each of a plurality of first regions on a first substrate so that warpage is generated on the first substrate. The method further includes forming a second metal pad in each of a plurality of second regions on a second substrate via a predetermined pattern. The method further includes bonding, after forming the first metal pad and the second metal pad, the first substrate with the second substrate. Moreover, the method further includes: making a correction, at a time of forming the predetermined pattern in each of the plurality of second regions on the second substrate, to change a position of the predetermined pattern in each of the plurality of second regions in a direction of being closer to a center of the second substrate for a first direction and to change the position of the predetermined pattern in a direction of being farther from the center of the second substrate for a second direction.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first stacked body and a second stacked body bonded to the first stacked body. The first stacked body includes a first pad provided on a first bonding surface to which the first stacked body and the second stacked body are bonded. The second stacked body includes a second pad bonded to the first pad on the first bonding surface. When a direction from the first stacked body to the second stacked body is defined as a first direction, a direction intersecting with the first direction is defined as a second direction, a direction intersecting with the first direction and the second direction is defined as a third direction, dimensions of the first pad and the second pad in the third direction are defined as PX1 and PX2, respectively, and dimensions of the first pad and the second pad in the second direction are defined as PY1 and PY2, respectively, the dimensions of the first pad and the second pad satisfy at least one of Equations (1) and (2) below.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a first metal pad in each of a plurality of first regions on a first substrate so that warpage is generated on the first substrate. The method further includes forming a second metal pad in each of a plurality of second regions on a second substrate via a predetermined pattern. The method further includes bonding, after forming the first metal pad and the second metal pad, the first substrate with the second substrate. Moreover, the method further includes: making a correction, at a time of forming the predetermined pattern in each of the plurality of second regions on the second substrate, to change a position of the predetermined pattern in each of the plurality of second regions in a direction of being closer to a center of the second substrate for a first direction and to change the position of the predetermined pattern in a direction of being farther from the center of the second substrate for a second direction.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first stacked body and a second stacked body bonded to the first stacked body. The first stacked body includes a first pad provided on a first bonding surface to which the first stacked body and the second stacked body are bonded. The second stacked body includes a second pad bonded to the first pad on the first bonding surface. When a direction from the first stacked body to the second stacked body is defined as a first direction, a direction intersecting with the first direction is defined as a second direction, a direction intersecting with the first direction and the second direction is defined as a third direction, dimensions of the first pad and the second pad in the third direction are defined as PX1 and PX2, respectively, and dimensions of the first pad and the second pad in the second direction are defined as PY1 and PY2, respectively, the dimensions of the first pad and the second pad satisfy at least one of Equations (1) and (2) below.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus includes a magnification difference acquirer configured to acquire a value of difference in magnification between a first substrate and a second substrate. The apparatus further includes a deformation amount determiner configured to determine a value of deformation amount of a chuck that holds the first or second substrate, based on the value of the difference in magnification. The apparatus further includes a gap determiner configured to determine a value of a gap between the first substrate and the second substrate, based on the value of the deformation amount. The apparatus further includes a bonding controller configured to control the deformation amount to the determined value and control the gap to the determined value, before the first substrate and the second substrate are bonded together.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, a first structure is formed on a first substrate. A first bonded body is formed by bonding a supporting substrate lower in rigidity than the first substrate to a first principal surface, on which the first structure is formed, of the first substrate. The first substrate is removed from the first bonded body. A second structure is formed on a second substrate. A third structure is formed on a third substrate. A second bonded body is formed by bonding a second principal surface, on which the second structure is formed, of the second substrate to a third principal surface, on which the third structure is formed, of the third substrate. The second substrate is removed from the second bonded body. A third bonded body is formed by bonding a fourth principal surface, which is exposed after the first substrate is removed, of the first bonded body to a fifth principal surface, which is exposed after the second substrate is removed, of the second bonded body.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes first and second chips that are bonded together. The first chip includes a stacked body in which memory cells are formed and first bonding electrodes, and the second chip includes second bonding electrodes. The first bonding electrodes and the second bonding electrodes are joined to each other to form joining electrodes. The stacked body includes an insulating layer that extends in a first direction to separate the stacked body in a second direction. The joining electrodes include first and second joining electrodes, the first joining electrodes being disposed adjacent to a first side of the insulating layer in a third direction, and the second joining electrodes being disposed adjacent to a second side of the insulating layer in the third direction. The first joining electrodes and the second joining electrodes are disposed in a staggered arrangement in the second direction and the third direction.

Abstract: A semiconductor device manufacturing method of embodiments includes: forming an insulating film on an outer peripheral portion of a surface of a first substrate; after forming the insulating film, forming a silicon layer in contact with the surface inside the insulating film; and forming a porous silicon layer by making the silicon layer inside the insulating film porous using an anodization method.

Abstract: According to embodiments, a substrate treatment apparatus includes a housing, a heater and a pipe. The housing stores solution containing phosphoric acid and houses a substrate including a silicon substrate. The heater heats the solution over a normal boiling point of the solution. The pipe supplies heated solution heated by the heater into the housing while generating air bubbles.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus includes a substrate holder configured to hold a plurality of substrates such that the substrates are arranged in parallel to each other. The apparatus further includes a fluid injector including a plurality of openings that inject fluid to areas in which distances from surfaces of the substrates are within distances between centers of the substrates adjacent to each other, the fluid injector being configured to change injection directions of the fluid injected from the openings in planes that are parallel to the surfaces of the substrates by self-oscillation.

Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, a first structure is formed on a first substrate. A first bonded body is formed by bonding a supporting substrate to a first principal surface, on which the first structure is formed, of the first substrate. The supporting substrate is higher in rigidity than the first substrate. The first substrate is removed from the first bonded body. A second structure is formed on a second substrate. A third structure is formed on a third substrate. A second bonded body is formed by bonding a second principal surface, on which the second structure is formed, of the second substrate to a third principal surface, on which the third structure is formed, of the third substrate. The third substrate is removed from the second bonded body.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, a first structure is formed on a first substrate. A first bonded body is formed by bonding a supporting substrate lower in rigidity than the first substrate to a first principal surface, on which the first structure is formed, of the first substrate. The first substrate is removed from the first bonded body. A second structure is formed on a second substrate. A third structure is formed on a third substrate. A second bonded body is formed by bonding a second principal surface, on which the second structure is formed, of the second substrate to a third principal surface, on which the third structure is formed, of the third substrate. The second substrate is removed from the second bonded body. A third bonded body is formed by bonding a fourth principal surface, which is exposed after the first substrate is removed, of the first bonded body to a fifth principal surface, which is exposed after the second substrate is removed, of the second bonded body.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first substrate, a first insulator provided on the first substrate, a first pad provided in the first insulator, a second insulator provided on the first insulator, and a second pad provided in the second insulator, disposed on the first pad, and being in contact with the first pad. The device further includes a third pad provided in the second insulator, and disposed above the second pad, a third insulator provided on the second insulator, and a fourth pad provided in the third insulator, disposed on the third pad, and being in contact with the third pad. Furthermore, a shape of the third or fourth pad is different from a shape of the first or second pad.

Abstract: A semiconductor storage device according to an embodiment includes a plurality of memory cell array layers. Each of the plurality of the memory cell array layers includes a plurality of memory cells. Each of the plurality of the memory cells includes a multi-layered body. The multi-layered body has a staircase structure including an inclined portion. The multi-layered body has a plurality of electrode layers having a plurality of end portions. The positions of the plurality of the end portions are displaced from each other for each stacked position in the staircase structure. Two memory cell array layers adjacent to each other have a multi-layered boundary surface therebetween. The inclined portion of each of the two memory cell array layers adjacent to each other faces the multi-layered boundary surface.

Abstract: A semiconductor storage device includes a first layer including a first surface and a second surface located opposite to the first surface. The first layer includes a first memory cell array and a first wire layer, the first memory cell array being provided between the first surface and the second surface and including a plurality of first memory cells, and the first wire layer facing the first surface and being electrically connected to the first memory cells. A second layer includes a third surface and a fourth surface located opposite to the third surface. The second layer includes a second memory cell array provided between the third surface and the fourth surface to be electrically connected to the first wire layer and including a plurality of second memory cells. The first layer and the second layer are joined together on the first surface and the third surface.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a first metal pad in each of a plurality of first regions on a first substrate so that warpage is generated on the first substrate. The method further includes forming a second metal pad in each of a plurality of second regions on a second substrate via a predetermined pattern. The method further includes bonding, after forming the first metal pad and the second metal pad, the first substrate with the second substrate. Moreover, the method further includes: making a correction, at a time of forming the predetermined pattern in each of the plurality of second regions on the second substrate, to change a position of the predetermined pattern in each of the plurality of second regions in a direction of being closer to a center of the second substrate for a first direction and to change the position of the predetermined pattern in a direction of being farther from the center of the second substrate for a second direction.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first stacked body and a second stacked body bonded to the first stacked body. The first stacked body includes a first pad provided on a first bonding surface to which the first stacked body and the second stacked body are bonded. The second stacked body includes a second pad bonded to the first pad on the first bonding surface. When a direction from the first stacked body to the second stacked body is defined as a first direction, a direction intersecting with the first direction is defined as a second direction, a direction intersecting with the first direction and the second direction is defined as a third direction, dimensions of the first pad and the second pad in the third direction are defined as PX1 and PX2, respectively, and dimensions of the first pad and the second pad in the second direction are defined as PY1 and PY2, respectively, the dimensions of the first pad and the second pad satisfy at least one of Equations (1) and (2) below.