Devices, systems and methods for manufacturing through-substrate vias and front-side structures
First Claim
1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising:
- forming an opening through a dielectric structure and through at least a portion of a semiconductor substrate under the dielectric structure, wherein the opening is configured to receive material for a through-substrate via (TSV);
forming a dielectric liner material such that the dielectric liner material has a first portion lining the opening and a second portion on an outer surface of the dielectric structure laterally outside of the opening;
depositing a conductive material such that a first portion of the conductive material is in the opening and a second portion of the conductive material is on an exposed surface of the second portion of the dielectric liner material laterally outside of the opening;
removing the second portion of the conductive material such that the second portion of the dielectric liner material is exposed, wherein at least a portion of the second portion of the dielectric liner material remains on the dielectric structure and a substantial portion of the first portion of the conductive material remains in the opening such that the remaining portion of the first portion of the conductive material defines a TSV; and
forming a damascene conductive line in the dielectric liner material, wherein the damascene line extends through the dielectric liner material over the dielectric structure laterally with respect to the TSV.
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Abstract
Methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices and semiconductor devices with through-substrate vias (TSVs). One embodiment of a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming an opening through a dielectric structure and at least a portion of a semiconductor substrate, and forming a dielectric liner material having a first portion lining the opening and a second portion on an outer surface of the dielectric structure laterally outside of the opening. The method further includes removing the conductive material such that the second portion of the dielectric liner material is exposed, and forming a damascene conductive line in the second portion of the dielectric liner material that is electrically coupled to the TSV.
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14 Claims
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1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising:
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forming an opening through a dielectric structure and through at least a portion of a semiconductor substrate under the dielectric structure, wherein the opening is configured to receive material for a through-substrate via (TSV); forming a dielectric liner material such that the dielectric liner material has a first portion lining the opening and a second portion on an outer surface of the dielectric structure laterally outside of the opening; depositing a conductive material such that a first portion of the conductive material is in the opening and a second portion of the conductive material is on an exposed surface of the second portion of the dielectric liner material laterally outside of the opening; removing the second portion of the conductive material such that the second portion of the dielectric liner material is exposed, wherein at least a portion of the second portion of the dielectric liner material remains on the dielectric structure and a substantial portion of the first portion of the conductive material remains in the opening such that the remaining portion of the first portion of the conductive material defines a TSV; and forming a damascene conductive line in the dielectric liner material, wherein the damascene line extends through the dielectric liner material over the dielectric structure laterally with respect to the TSV. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a semiconductor substrate, solid-state feature formed on the substrate, an dielectric structure on the semiconductor substrate and over the solid-state feature, and a contact extending through the dielectric structure and electrically coupled to the contact, the method comprising:
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forming a through-substrate via (TSV) opening extending through the dielectric structure and at least partially through the semiconductor substrate, wherein the TSV opening is spaced laterally apart from the contact; forming a continuous dielectric liner material in the TSV opening and on an outer surface of the dielectric structure such that the dielectric liner material has a portion superimposed over the contact; depositing TSV material onto the dielectric liner material such that the TSV material at least partially fills the TSV opening and covers the portion of the dielectric liner material that is superimposed over the contact; removing a portion of the TSV material until the portion of the dielectric liner material superimposed over the contact is exposed and a remaining portion of the TSV material resides in the TSV opening, wherein the remaining portion of the TSV material defines a TSV; patterning trenches in the dielectric liner material including a first trench that exposes the contact and a second trench aligned with the TSV, wherein the first and second trenches extend over the dielectric structure laterally with respect to the contact and the TSV, respectively; and filling the first and second trenches with a conductive material thereby forming first and second conductive lines that extend over the dielectric structure with respect to the contact and the TSV, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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