Provided is a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate, including: forming an interlayer dielectric film above the semiconductor substrate; forming contact holes exposed from a part of an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate on the interlayer dielectric film; and forming an metal electrode including an element of aluminum by DC sputtering above the interlayer dielectric film and inside the contact holes, wherein in at least a part of a process of forming the metal electrode in forming the electrode, a heating temperature that is a temperature for heating the semiconductor substrate is 400° C. or higher, and a DC sputtering power is 5 kW or lower.

A semiconductor structure includes a substrate and an interconnect. The substrate has a semiconductor device. The interconnect is disposed over the substrate and electrically coupled to the semiconductor device, and includes a metallization layer and a capping layer. The metallization layer is disposed over the substrate and includes a via portion and a line portion connecting to the via portion. The capping layer covers the line portion, where the line portion is sandwiched between the via portion and the capping layer, and the capping layer includes a plurality of sub-layers.

An interconnection structure includes a first dielectric layer, a first conductive feature, a first liner layer, a second conductive feature, a second liner layer, and an air gap. The first conductive feature is disposed in the first dielectric layer. The first liner layer is disposed between the first conductive feature and the first dielectric layer. The second conductive feature penetrates the first dielectric layer. The second liner layer is disposed between the second conductive feature and the first dielectric layer. The air gap is disposed in the first dielectric layer between the first liner layer and the second liner layer. The first liner layer and the second liner layer include metal oxide, metal nitride, or silicon oxide doped carbide.

A semiconductor device structure and method for forming the same are provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a first metal layer formed over a substrate and a dielectric layer formed over the first metal layer. The semiconductor device structure further includes an adhesion layer formed in the dielectric layer and over the first metal layer and a second metal layer formed in the dielectric layer. The second metal layer is electrically connected to the first metal layer, and a portion of the adhesion layer is formed between the second metal layer and the dielectric layer. The adhesion layer includes a first portion lining with a top portion of the second metal layer, and the first portion has an extending portion along a vertical direction.

The present disclosure provides one embodiment of a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes a first active region and a second fin active region extruded from a semiconductor substrate; an isolation featured formed in the semiconductor substrate and being interposed between the first and second fin active regions; a dielectric gate disposed on the isolation feature; a first gate stack disposed on the first fin active region and a second gate stack disposed on the second fin active region; a first source/drain feature formed in the first fin active region and interposed between the first gate stack and the dielectric gate; a second source/drain feature formed in the second fin active region and interposed between the second gate stack and the dielectric gate; a contact feature formed in a first inter-level dielectric material layer and landing on the first and second source/drain features and extending over the dielectric gate.

A packaged semiconductor device includes a routable molded lead frame structure with a surface finish layer. In one embodiment, the routable molded lead frame structure includes a first laminated layer including the surface finish layer, vias connected to the surface finish layer, and a first resin layer covering the vias leaving the top surface of the surface finish layer exposed. A second laminated layer includes second conductive patterns connected to the vias, bump pads connected to the second conductive patterns, and a second resin layer covering one side of the first resin layer, the second conductive patterns and the bump pads. A semiconductor die is electrically connected to the surface finish layer and an encapsulant covers the semiconductor die and another side of the first resin layer. The surface finish layer provides a customizable and improved bonding structure for connecting the semiconductor die to the routable molded lead frame structure.

A semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate, a via, a first dielectric layer, a first graphene layer, a metal line, and a second graphene layer. The via is over the semiconductor substrate. The first dielectric layer laterally surrounds the via. The first graphene layer extends along a top surface of the via. The metal line is over the via and is in contact with the first graphene layer. The second graphene layer peripherally encloses the metal line and the first graphene layer.

A connection electrode includes a first metal film, a second metal film, a mixed layer, and an extraction electrode. The second metal film is located on the first metal film, and the extraction electrode is located on the second metal film. The mixed layer includes a mix of metal particles of the first and second metal films. As viewed in a first direction in which the first metal film and the second metal film are on top of each other, at least a portion of the mixed layer is in a first region that overlaps a bonding plane between the extraction electrode and the second metal film.

An interconnect structure may include a graphene-metal barrier on a substrate and a conductive layer on the graphene-metal barrier. The graphene-metal barrier may include a plurality of graphene layers and metal particles on grain boundaries of each graphene layer between the plurality of graphene layers. The metal particles may be formed at a ratio of 1 atom % to 10 atom % with respect to carbon of the plurality of graphene layers.

An electronic component of the present disclosure includes a first insulating layer that includes impurities, a thin film resistor formed on the first insulating layer, and a barrier layer that is formed in at least one part of a region between the thin film resistor and the first insulating layer and that obstructs transmission of the impurities. The first insulating layer includes a first surface and a concave portion that is hollowed with respect to the first surface, and the barrier layer may include a first part embedded in the concave portion and a second part formed along the first surface of the first insulating layer from an upper area of the first part.