Apparatus including an overlay mark and method of producing semiconductor assembly
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Current Assignee / Owner
- TAIWAN SEMICON MFG CO LTD
- Publication Date
- 2011-06-08
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Abstract
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[0001] The invention relates to a semiconductor component, in particular to an alignment mark used in a photoetching process. Background technique
[0002] The semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) industry has experienced rapid growth. Technological improvements in IC materials and design have spawned many generations of ICs, each with smaller and more complex circuits than the previous generation. However, these improvements also increase the complexity of the process and the complexity of manufacturing the IC, and similar developments in IC process and manufacturing are necessary for these improvements to be realized. During the evolution of integrated circuits, functional density (ie, the number of interconnected components per chip area) generally increases while geometry size (ie, the smallest component (or line) created using a fabrication process) decreases.
[0003] Small geometries set stricter requirements in the photolithographic etch process. ...