Patent ID: 7423301
Filing Date: 2008-09-09
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A semiconductor device including fuse elements electrically opened by irradiation with laser light that melts and thereby cuts the fuse elements, the semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor substrate; a first insulating film supported by said semiconductor substrate and including a pair of via holes; fuse elements comprising respective portions of an aluminum layer disposed on said first insulating film, one of said fuse elements electrically connecting together metals filling said pair of via holes in said first insulating film, said pair of metals electrically connecting together a respective pair of metal wirings; a bonding pad comprising a portion of said aluminum layer disposed on said first insulating film; a second insulating film of a silicon oxide covering said fuse elements, said first insulating film between said fuse elements, and part of said bonding pad, said second insulating film having a first hole through which at least part of said bonding pad is exposed; and a third insulating film of a nitride covering said second insulating film and having a second hole through which at least part of said bonding pad is exposed, wherein each of said fuse elements is thinner than the total thickness of said third insulating film and said second insulating film at locations between one of said fuse elements and said bonding pad.