Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Standard cell device and method of forming an interconnect structure for a standard cell device
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Application No.: US16844442Application Date: 2020-04-09
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Publication No.: US11295977B2Publication Date: 2022-04-05
- Inventor: Juergen Boemmels , Julien Ryckaert
- Applicant: IMEC vzw
- Applicant Address: BE Leuven
- Assignee: IMEC vzw
- Current Assignee: IMEC vzw
- Current Assignee Address: BE Leuven
- Agency: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
- Priority: EP19168362 20190410
- Main IPC: H01L21/768
- IPC: H01L21/768 ; G06F30/392 ; H01L23/522

Abstract:
A method of forming an interconnect structure for a standard cell semiconductor device is disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes forming metal lines along respective routing tracks, wherein forming the metal lines includes depositing, on a first dielectric layer covering the active regions of the cell, a metal layer and a capping layer on the metal layer; patterning the capping layer and the metal layer to form first and second capped off-center metal lines extending along first and second off-center tracks, respectively; forming spacer lines on sidewalls of the capped off-center metal lines; and embedding the spacer-provided capped off-center metal lines in a second dielectric layer. The method further includes patterning a set of trenches in the second dielectric layer. The set of trenches includes a center trench extending along a center track between the spacer-provided capped off-center lines, and a first and a second edge trench extending along first and second edge tracks, respectively, on mutually opposite outer sides of the spacer-provided capped off-center metal lines. The method further includes forming a center metal line in the center trench, and a first and a second edge metal line in the first and second edge trenches, respectively.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200328109A1 STANDARD CELL DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING AN INTERCONNECT STRUCTURE FOR A STANDARD CELL DEVICE Public/Granted day:2020-10-15
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