Patent Publication Number: US-7915054-B2

Title: Semiconductor device having a ferroelectric capacitor

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This is a divisional application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/362,844 filed on Feb. 28, 2006, currently pending, which claims the benefit of priority from the prior Japanese Patent Application No. 2005-209093, filed on Jul. 19, 2005, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. 
    
    
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     1. Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates to a semiconductor device having a package structure and a manufacturing method of the same. 
     2. Description of the Related Art 
     In semiconductor devices, the sizes of the semiconductor chips become larger as the integration degrees of the integrated circuits become higher, and the surface-mount packages are gradually changed from DIP (Dual Inline Package) to thin flat packages such as SOP (Small Outline L-leaded Package), SOJ (Small Outline J-Leaded Package), PLCC (Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier), and especially QFP (Quad Flat Package). Now the industrial tendency changes to more aggregated packages such as BGA (Ball Grid Array), CSP (Chip Size Package), FC (Flip Chip) and non-lead packages. 
     Recently, in order to respond to requests for microfabrication and high integration, thin package structures represented by TSOP (Thin Small Outline L-Leaded Package) attract attention. TSOP is an ultra-thin SOP of which package mounting height is 1.27 mm or less, and is expected to be applied to an ultra-thin electronic apparatus of a card type or the like. 
     Electronic components such as diodes, transistors and integrated circuits are sealed by thermosetting resins. Especially in integrated circuits (IC), an epoxy resin, which has excellent heat resistance and moisture resistance as such a thermosetting resin, is frequently used as a sealing resin. 
     As the sealing resin, an epoxy resin composition exhibiting very large heat dissipation on encapsulating a high power generating IC chip (see Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 2002-179763), an epoxy resin composition excellent in moisture resistance and long term stability and including favorable characteristics for a semiconductor sealing material, a laminate, a solder resist and the like (see Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 5-163328), an epoxy resin composition excellent in fillability for filling gaps in an odd-shaped package with filling ratios of a top surface and a bottom surface differing and excellent in productivity and moisture resistance reliability after mounting by using only fine globular silica having an average particle size of 5 μm or less, and the like (see Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 2001-89643) have been developed. 
     In SOP, adhesion between a stage and a sealing resin is weak, and therefore, peeling-off of the sealing resin from the stage back surface becomes a problem. Therefore, in order to enhance adhesion of the stage and the sealing resin, a sealing resin with a large filler amount is generally used as the sealing resin. The filler amount mentioned here indicates the filler amount dissolved in the sealing resin. 
     On the other hand, in TSOP, a semiconductor chip easily peels off from a stage, and therefore, a sealing resin with high adhesion strength is used. However, peeling-off of the sealing resin from the stage does not become a problem. Therefore, it is general to use a sealing resin at low cost with a small filler amount, which is easy to fill. If a resin with a large filler amount is used as a sealing resin in TSOP, cost is increased, and the sealing resin does not reach the end of a mold, which causes the problem of fine pin holes formed in the surface of the sealing resin, or the like. Therefore, resins with low filler contents are practically used for TSOP as sealing resins. 
     In the semiconductor memories of recent years, a high-speed non-volatile memory with low power consumption and a large number of rewrites, which is called FeRAM using a ferroelectric capacitor having ferroelectric characteristics attracts attention, and is expected to develop hereafter. However, the ferroelectric capacitor has the characteristics that it is weak in water, hydrogen and stress. Therefore, a measure for preventing water/hydrogen from entering the inside of a semiconductor element is essential. As a prevention measure, necessity of preventing entrance of water/hydrogen from the surface of the protection material especially after being packaged is considered to be important. 
     The resin with a small filler amount which is used in TSOP does not become a problem when used as sealing resins in ordinary devices. However, the resins with small filler amounts have a large generation amount of gases with hydrogen as a component due to high solvent ratios. Therefore, when a resin with a small filler amount is applied to TSOP of a FeRAM, there arises the problem of having an adverse effect on the ferroelectric capacitor which is weak against hydrogen. 
     When the resin with a small filler amount is used for the sealing resin, the protection material formed is in the porous (non-dense) state, and therefore, it has the characteristic of absorbing water. By the effect of the absorbed water, there is the problem that the sealing resin expands to cause a crack and the semiconductor element is broken. 
     Warpage occurs to a sealing resin by expansion pressure as a result of absorbing water, compression (or contraction) stress is applied to an inside of the semiconductor chip by the expansion pressure, and the stress is exerted on the ferroelectric capacitor, thus causing the serious problems that the data holding function is lost, the data cannot be read out, a malfunction occurs and the like. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention is made in view of the above described problems, and has an object to provide a semiconductor device that realizes an ultra-thin semiconductor chip of an FeRAM which is miniaturized and highly integrated with characteristic degradation of a ferroelectric capacitor suppressed even though a thin package structure is applied to the FeRAM, and a manufacturing method of the same. 
     A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device of the present invention includes a step of forming a semiconductor chip including a memory cell constituted by arranging a plurality of semiconductor elements each including a ferroelectric capacitor structure constituted by sandwiching a ferroelectric film having ferroelectric characteristics with two electrodes, and a step of sealing the semiconductor chip by using a sealing resin with a filler content of 90 weight % or more to form a thin package structure with a mounting height of 1.27 mm or less. 90 weight % mentioned here indicates the ratio of the filler weight with respect to the weight of the entire sealing resin containing the fillers. 
     A semiconductor device of the present invention includes a semiconductor chip including a memory cell constituted by arranging a plurality of semiconductor elements each including a ferroelectric capacitor structure constituted by sandwiching a ferroelectric film having ferroelectric characteristics with two electrodes, and a sealing resin covering the above described semiconductor chip to seal it, the semiconductor device constructing a thin package structure with a mounting height of 1.27 mm or less, and the above described sealing resin has a filler content of 90 weight % or more. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIGS. 1A to 1D  are schematic sectional views showing a constitution of a planar type FeRAM with its manufacturing method in sequence of steps; 
         FIGS. 2A to 2D  are schematic sectional views showing the constitution of the planar type FeRAM with its manufacturing method in sequence of steps, which continue from  FIGS. 1A to 1D ; 
         FIGS. 3A and 3B  are schematic sectional views showing the constitution of the planar type FeRAM with its manufacturing method in sequence of steps, which continue from  FIGS. 2A to 2D ; 
         FIG. 4  is a schematic sectional view showing the constitution of the planar type FeRAM with its manufacturing method in sequence of steps, which continue from  FIGS. 3A and 3B ; 
         FIG. 5  is a flow chart showing respective steps for forming a package structure in a first embodiment; 
         FIGS. 6A to 6G  are schematic views showing states of carrying out the respective steps in  FIG. 5 ; 
         FIGS. 7A to 7D  are schematic plane views showing states of semiconductor chips in predetermined steps of the respective steps in  FIGS. 6A to 6G ; 
         FIGS. 8A and 8B  are schematic plane views showing states of the semiconductor chips in predetermined steps of the respective steps in  FIGS. 6A to 6G , which continue from  FIGS. 7A to 7D ; 
         FIG. 9  is a characteristic chart showing temperature setting at a time of curing treatment of a sealing resin; 
         FIGS. 10A to 10C  are schematic views showing states in which pellet-shaped sealing resins are thermally cured; 
         FIG. 11  is a schematic perspective view showing the package structure of completed TSOP of a first embodiment; 
         FIG. 12  is a flow chart showing respective steps for forming a package structure of a second embodiment; and 
         FIGS. 13A to 13D  are schematic views showing states of carrying out the respective steps in  FIG. 12 . 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
     Basic Gist of the Present Invention 
     In the present invention, in order to realize further microfabrication/high integration of an FeRAM, compensation of the weak point of the ferroelectric capacitor that the ferroelectric capacitor is easily affected by water, hydrogen and stress is considered as the matter of priority, on application of a FeRAM to a thin package structure represented by TSOP (the package structure with the package mounting height of 1.27 mm or less). The characteristic degradation caused by water and hydrogen in a ferroelectric capacitor tends to be a fatal defect to the FeRAM, and therefore, suppression of the characteristic degradation is considered first. The inventor of the present invention has found out that the resin having high solvent content in substance ratio generates a large amount of water at a time of cure from the fact that hydrogen and water generate at a time of cure of the sealing resin. From this, the inventor of the present invention has conceived a use of the sealing resin with a comparative low solvent ratio, concretely, the sealing resin containing 90 weight % or more of fillers. The higher the content of the fillers of the sealing resin, the smaller the solvent amount existing in the sealing resin. Thereby, the amount of water/hydrogen/gas evaporated at the time of cure of the sealing resin decreases, and therefore, the characteristic degradation of the ferroelectric capacitor is not caused. 
     Further, in the present invention, in order to remove the bad influence caused by increasing the filler content in the sealing resin as much as possible, the following measures are taken. 
     (1) The sealing resin with a filler content set at the value within the range of 90 weight % to 93 weight % is used. 
     By specifying the value to be 93 weight % or less, supply of the sealing resin to the end of the mold can be promoted in a packaging (molding) step. 
     (2) Globular fillers are used as the fillers in the sealing resin. 
     By using the globular fillers, a damage to the surface of the semiconductor chip is reduced when the sealing resin is poured, flowability into the mold is enhanced, and even the sealing resin with a high filler content easily flows. 
     In this case, the fillers are preferably constituted of globular fillers of two kinds or more in different sizes. The sealing resin in which as two kinds of globular fillers in different sizes, the diameter of the globular filler in the small size is substantially 0.35 times as large as the diameter of the globular filler in the large size, for example, and the abundance ratios of the globular fillers in the small size and the globular fillers in the large size in the sealing resin are substantially the same is used. The sealing resin in which of all the globular fillers, 99% or more have the diameters in the range of 3 μm to 9 μm is used. 
     By using the sealing resin containing the globular fillers as described above, the gaps among the fillers are reduced as much as possible. Accordingly, the influence of water entering the gaps decreases, and therefore, expansion of the sealing resin itself can be suppressed. By suppressing the expansion, compression (or contraction) stress is reduced. 
     (3) The sealing resin containing a single kind of fillers made of the same material or the combination of not less than two kinds of fillers made of different materials is preferably used. 
     (4) In a step of sealing a semiconductor chip with the sealing resin, the pressure at which the sealing resin is poured into the mold is set at 75 kg/cm 2  or higher. 
     By setting the pressure at which the sealing resin is poured into the mold at the comparatively high value like this, the sealing resin can be sufficiently supplied to the end of the mold even if the viscosity of the sealing resin increases as a result of increasing the filler content of the sealing resin, and reduction in yield at the time of packaging can be avoided. 
     (5) In the step of sealing the semiconductor chip with the sealing resin, the temperature of the mold at the time of pouring the sealing resin is adjusted to 140° C. to 170° C. 
     Conventionally, the sealing resin is poured into the mold at 175±5° C. and the resin surface is cured by the thermal treatment for about one to two minutes. When the sealing resin with a high filler content is used in the present invention on the other hand, if the surface of the mold is at high temperature, the adverse effect that the surface of the poured sealing resin is cured in a short time occurs, which causes a crack. In the present invention, by setting the mold temperature at the low temperature as described above, occurrence of a crack can be prevented without losing flowability of the sealing resin in a short time. 
     (6) In the step of sealing the semiconductor chip with the sealing resin, the first thermal treatment that is performed at a temperature which is sufficient to complete the cross-linking reaction in the sealing resin, and the second thermal treatment that is performed at a lower temperature than the first thermal treatment before and after the first thermal treatment respectively are applied to the sealing resin which seals the semiconductor chip. In concrete, the first thermal treatment is carried out at 175° C. for about one hour, the second thermal treatment that is performed before the first thermal treatment is carried out at 150° C. for about two hours, and the second thermal treatment that is performed after the first thermal treatment is carried out at 150° C. for about one hour. 
     When the sealing resin containing a low filler content, for example, 60 weight % to 70 weight % of fillers (the sealing resin conventionally used when TSOP is applied to an FeRAM), thermal treatment at 175±5° C. for about four to five hours is performed to sufficiently evaporate a relatively large amount of solvent. In order to aim at perfection of the cross-linking reaction in the sealing resin, thermal treatment at 175° C. for about one hour is necessary and sufficient, and water and gases contained in the sealing resin are discharged by the thermal treatment of the remaining time. Since in a ferroelectric, thermal treatment at a high temperature becomes a factor which promotes a reducing reaction with hydrogen, the first thermal treatment is carried out to complete the cross-linking reaction in the sealing resin, and the second thermal treatment aiming at discharge of water and gases contained in the sealing resin is carried out before and after the first thermal treatment respectively. 
     (7) In a step of forming a semiconductor chip, a wire bonding treatment is applied to the semiconductor chip at a connection temperature of 220° C. or lower. 
     By reducing the treatment temperature at the time of wire bonding as much as possible, the characteristic degradation of the ferroelectric capacitor can be suppressed to a minimum. 
     EMBODIMENTS TO WHICH THE PRESENT INVENTION IS APPLIED 
     Concrete embodiments to which the present invention is applied will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. 
     First Embodiment 
     In this embodiment, a semiconductor device in which TPOP that is a thin package structure (mounting height is 1.27 mm or less) is applied to an FeRAM and a manufacturing method of the same are disclosed. 
     First, a process of forming an FeRAM above a silicon semiconductor substrate (silicon wafer) will be described in detail. Here, a so-called planar type is shown as an example as the FeRAM.  FIGS. 1A  to D to  FIG. 4  are schematic sectional views showing the constitution of the planar type FeRAM with its manufacturing method in the sequence of steps. 
     First, as shown in  FIG. 1A , a MOS transistor  20  which functions as a selection transistor is formed above the silicon semiconductor substrate  10 . 
     To be more precise, an element isolation structure  11  is formed on a surface layer of the silicon semiconductor substrate  10  by, for example, the STI (Shallow Trench Isolation) method to define an element active region. 
     Next, an impurity that is boron (B) in this case is ion-implanted into the element active region under the condition of, for example, the dose amount of 3.0×10 13 /cm 2  and the acceleration energy of 300 keV to form a well  12 . 
     Next, a thin gate insulating film  13  of the film thickness of about 3.0 nm is formed on the element active region by thermal oxidation or the like, then a polycrystalline silicon film of the film thickness of about 180 nm and, for example, a silicon nitride film of the film thickness of about 29 nm are deposited on the gate insulating film  13  by the CVD method, and the silicon nitride film, the polycrystalline silicon film and the gate insulating film  13  are worked into the shape of an electrode by lithography and the subsequent dry etching, whereby a gate electrode  14  is formed on the gate insulating film  13  by patterning. At this time, a cap film  15  constituted of a silicon nitride film is simultaneously formed on the gate electrode  14  by patterning. 
     Next, an impurity that is As in this case is ion-implanted into the element active region with the cap film  15  as a mask under the condition of, for example, the dose amount of 5.0×10 14 /cm 2  and the acceleration energy of 10 keV to form a so-called LDD region  16 . 
     Next, for example, a silicon oxide film is deposited on the entire surface by the CVD method, and the silicon oxide film is so-called etched back, whereby a side wall insulating film  17  is formed with the silicon oxide film left on only the side surfaces of the gate electrode  14  and the cap film  15 . 
     Next, with the cap film  15  and the side wall insulating film  17  as a mask, an impurity that is P in this case is ion-implanted into the element active region under the condition which makes the impurity concentration higher than that of the LDD region  16 , for example, under the condition of the doze amount of 5.0×10 14 /cm 2  and the acceleration energy of 13 keV, whereby a source/drain region  18  superimposed on the LDD region  16  is formed to complete the MOS transistor  20 . In  FIG. 1B  and thereafter, the silicon semiconductor substrate  10 , the well  12 , the element isolation structure  11 , the LDD region  16  and the source/drain region  18  are omitted. 
     Subsequently, as shown in  FIG. 1B , a protection film  21  of the MOS transistor  10  and a first interlayer insulating film  22  are formed. 
     In detail, the protection film  21  and the interlayer insulating film  22  are sequentially deposited in such a manner as to cover the MOS transistor  20 . In this case, as the protection film  21 , a silicon oxide film is used as the material and is deposited to the film thickness of about 20 nm by the CVD method. As the first interlayer insulating film  22 , a stacked structure in which, for example, a plasma SiO film (film thickness of about 20 nm), a plasma SiN film (film thickness of about 80 nm) and a plasma TEOS film (film thickness of about 1000 nm) are sequentially deposited is formed, and after stacking, the first interlayer insulating film  22  is polished until the film thickness becomes about 700 nm by CMP. 
     Subsequently, as shown in  FIG. 1C , an orientation property improving film  23  for a lower electrode of a ferroelectric capacitor structure  30  which will be described later is formed. 
     To be more precise, for example, a silicon oxide film is deposited on the first interlayer insulating film  22  to form the orientation property improving film  23  is formed. 
     Subsequently, as shown in  FIG. 1D , a lower electrode layer  24 , a ferroelectric film  25  and an upper electric layer  26  are sequentially formed. 
     To be more precise, for example, a Ti film with the film thickness of about 20 nm and a Pt film with the film thickness of about 150 nm are sequentially deposited by the sputtering method first, and the lower electrode layer  24  is formed in a stacked structure of the Ti film and the Pt film. Then, the ferroelectric film  25  constituted of, for example, PZT which is a ferroelectric is deposited on the lower electrode layer  24  to the film thickness of about 200 nm by the RF sputtering method. Then, the RTA treatment is applied to the ferroelectric film  25  to crystallize the ferroelectric film  25 . Next, the upper electrode layer  26  with, for example, IrO 2  that is a conductive oxide as the material is deposited on the ferroelectric film  25  to the film thickness of about 200 nm by the reactive sputtering method. As the material of the upper electrode layer  26 , Ir, Ru, RuO 2 , SrRuO 3  and the other conductive oxides, and stacked structures of them may be adopted instead of IrO 2 . 
     Subsequently, as shown in  FIG. 2A , an upper electrode  31  is formed by patterning. 
     To be more precise, the upper electrode layer  26  is worked into a plurality of electrode shapes by lithography and the subsequent dry etching to form the upper electrode  31  by patterning. 
     Subsequently, as shown in  FIG. 2B , a ferroelectric capacitor structure  30  is formed by working the ferroelectric film  25  and the lower electrode layer  24 . 
     To be more precise, the ferroelectric film  25  is aligned with the upper electrode  31  first, and is worked by lithography and the subsequent dry etching to be in a little larger size than that of the upper electrode  31 . 
     Next, the lower electrode layer  24  is aligned with the worked ferroelectric film  25 , and is worked by lithography and the subsequent dry etching to be in a little larger size than that of the ferroelectric film  25  to form the lower electrode  32  by patterning. Thereby, the ferroelectric film  25  and the upper electrode  31  are sequentially stacked on the lower electrode  32 , and the ferroelectric capacitor structure  30  in which the lower electrode  32  and the upper electrode  31  are capacitatively coupled via the ferroelectric film  25  is completed. 
     Subsequently, as shown in  FIG. 2C , a second interlayer insulating film  33  is formed. 
     To be more precise, the second interlayer insulating film  33  is formed in such a manner as to cover the ferroelectric capacitor structure  30 . In this case, as the second interlayer insulating film  33 , for example, a plasma TEOS film is deposited to the film thickness of about 1400 nm, and thereafter, it is polished by CMP until the film thickness becomes about 1000 nm. After the CMP, plasma annealing treatment of, for example, N 2 O is applied for the purpose of dehydration of the second interlayer insulating film  33 . 
     Subsequently, as shown in  FIG. 2D , a plug  36  connected to the source/drain region  18  of the transistor structure  10  and via holes  34   a  and  35   a  to the ferroelectric capacitor structure  30  are formed. 
     First, a via hole  36   a  to the source/drain region  18  of the transistor structure  10  is formed. 
     To be more precise, with the source/drain region  18  as the etching stopper, the second interlayer insulating film  33 , the orientation property improving film  23 , the first interlayer insulating film  22  and the protection film  21  are worked by lithography and the subsequent dry etching until a part of the surface of the source/drain region  18  is exposed, and the via hole  36  with the diameter of about 0.3 μm, for example, is formed. 
     Next, the plug  36  is formed. 
     To be more precise, after RF pretreatment corresponding to several tens nm in the etching basis of an ordinary oxide film, corresponding to about 10 nm in this case is performed, for example, a TiN film is deposited to the film thickness of about 75 nm by the sputtering method in such a manner as to cover each wall surface of the via hole  36   a  to form a base film (glue film)  41 . Then, for example, a W film is formed in such a manner as to fill the via hole  36  via the glue film  41  by the CVD method. Thereafter, the W film and the glue film  41  are polished by CMP with the second interlayer insulating film  33  as the stopper, and the plug  36  with the via hole  36   a  is filled with W via the glue film  41  is formed. 
     Next, the via holes  34   a  and  35   a  to the upper electrode  31  and the lower electrode  32  of the ferroelectric capacitor structure  30  are formed. 
     To be more precise, as lithography and the subsequent dry etching, the work which is applied to the second interlayer insulating film  33  until a part of the surface of the upper electrode  31  is exposed and the work which is applied to the second interlayer insulating film  33  until a part of the surface of the lower electrode  32  is exposed are simultaneously carried out, and the via holes  34   a  and  35   a  with the diameters of about 0.5 μm, for example, are simultaneously formed in the respective regions. At the time of formation of these via holes  34   a  and  35   a , the upper electrode  31  and the lower electrode  32  respectively become the etching stoppers. 
     Next, annealing treatment for repairing the damage which is given to the ferroelectric capacitor structure  30  by the various steps after formation of the ferroelectric capacitor structure  30  is performed. In this case, the annealing treatment at the treatment temperature of 500° C. under the oxygen atmosphere for 60 minutes is carried out. 
     Subsequently, as shown in  FIG. 3A , a first wiring  45  is formed. 
     To be more precise, a barrier metal film  42 , a wiring film  43  and a barrier metal film  44  are deposited on the entire surface first. As the barrier metal film  42 , for example, a Ti film (film thickness of about 60 nm) and a TiN film (film thickness of about 30 nm) are sequentially formed by the sputtering method. At this time, the barrier metal film  42  is formed so as to cover the inner wall surfaces of the via holes  34   a  and  35   a . As the wiring film  43 , for example, an Al alloy film (Al—Cu film in this case) is formed with the film thickness of about 360 nm. At this time, the via holes  34   a  and  35   a  are filled with the Al alloy film (Al—Cu film in this case) via the barrier metal film  42 . In the example shown in the drawings, the portions of the wiring film  43 , where the via holes  34   a  and  35   a  are filled with the Al alloy film are shown as via portions  34  and  35 . As the barrier metal film  44 , for example, a Ti film (film thickness of about 5 nm) and TiN film (film thickness of about 70 nm) are sequentially formed by the sputtering method. In this case, the structure of the wiring film  43  is the same structure as that of a logic part, other than FeRAM, of the same rule, and therefore, there is no problem in working the wiring and reliability. 
     Next, after, for example, an SiON film (not shown) is formed as a reflection preventing film, the reflection preventing film, the barrier metal film  44 , the wiring film  43  and the barrier metal film  42  are worked into the wiring shape by lithography and the subsequent dry etching, and the first wiring  45  is formed by patterning. Instead of forming the Al alloy film as the wiring film  43 , a Cu film (or a Cu alloy film) is formed by utilizing a so-called damascene method or the like, and the Cu wiring may be formed as the first wiring  45 . 
     Subsequently, as shown in  FIG. 3B , a protection film  46  for preventing characteristic degradation of the ferroelectric capacitor structure  30  is formed. 
     To be more precise, the protection film  46  is formed on the second interlayer insulating film  33  in such a manner as to cover the first wiring  45 . The protection film  46  is for suppressing a damage caused to the ferroelectric capacitor  30  by the multilayer process after formation of the ferroelectric capacitor structure  30 , and is formed to have the film thickness of about 20 nm by, for example, the sputtering method with, a metal oxide film, for example, alumina as a material. 
     Subsequently, as shown in  FIG. 4 , a second wiring  54  which is connected to the first wiring  45  is formed. 
     To be more precise, a third interlayer insulating film  47  is first formed to cover the wiring  45  via the protection film  46 . As the third interlayer insulating film  47 , a silicon oxide film is formed with the film thickness of about 700 nm, and plasma TEOS is formed to make the film thickness about 1100 nm as a whole, after which, the surface is polished by CMP to form the film thickness to be about 750 nm. 
     Next, plugs  48  which are connected to the wiring  45  are formed. 
     The third interlayer insulating film  47  and the protection film  46  are worked by lithography and the subsequent dry etching until a part of the surface of the wiring  45  is exposed, and via holes  48   a  each with the diameter of, for example, about 0.25 μm are formed. Next, after a base film (glue film)  49  is formed to cover the wall surfaces of the via holes  48   a , a W film is formed to fill the via holes  48   a  via the glue film  49  by the CVD method. For example, the W film and the glue film  49  are polished with the third interlayer insulating film  47  as a stopper to form the plugs  48  with the via holes  48   a  filled with W via the glue film  49 . 
     Next, the second wiring  54  which is connected to the plugs  48  respectively is formed. 
     A barrier metal film  51 , a wiring film  52  and a barrier metal film  53  are deposited on the entire surface first by the sputtering method or the like. As the barrier metal film  51 , for example, a Ti film (film thickness of about 60 nm) and a TiN film (film thickness of about 30 nm) are sequentially formed by the sputtering method. As the wiring film  52 , for example, an Al alloy film (Al—Cu film in this case) is formed with the film thickness of about 360 nm. As the barrier metal film  53 , for example, a Ti film (film thickness of about 5 nm) and a TiN film (film thickness of about 70 nm) are sequentially deposited by the sputtering method. In this case, the structure of the wiring film  52  is the same structure as that of the logic part other than the FeRAM of the same rule, and therefore, there is no problem in working the wiring and reliability. 
     Next, after, for example, an SiON film (not shown) is formed as a reflection preventing film, the reflection preventing film, the barrier metal film  53 , the wiring film  52  and the barrier metal film  51  are worked into the wiring shape by lithography and the subsequent dry etching to form the second wiring  54  by patterning. As the wiring film  52 , a Cu film (or Cu alloy film) may be formed by utilizing a so-called damascene method or the like instead of forming the Al alloy film, and a Cu wiring may be formed as the second wiring  54 . 
     From the silicon semiconductor substrate  10  with the memory cell of the FeRAM, the peripheral circuits and the like formed above as described above, a package structure is formed as follows. 
       FIG. 5  is a flow chart showing each step for forming the package structure.  FIGS. 6A to 6G  are schematic views showing states in which the respective steps in  FIG. 5  are carried out.  FIGS. 7A to 7   d  and  FIGS. 8   a  and  8   b  are schematic plane views showing states of a semiconductor chip in predetermined steps of the respective steps in  FIGS. 6A to 6G . 
     At the beginning, a predetermined electric test (primary test) is performed for the silicon semiconductor substrate  10  with the FeRAM completed, and thereafter, production of the package structure is started (step S 1 ). 
     The silicon semiconductor substrate  10  is adjusted to the thickness suitable for packaging first (step S 2 ). 
     To be more precise, as shown in  FIG. 6A , the silicon semiconductor substrate  10  is placed and fixed onto a polishing stage  101  so that the back surface is exposed, and while a grind stone  103  is being rotated in, for example, the arrow direction by a spindle  102 , the back surface of the silicon semiconductor substrate  10  is polished by the grind stone  103  to adjust the silicon semiconductor substrate  10  to a desired thickness. 
     Subsequently, individual semiconductor chips are cut out and separated from the silicon semiconductor substrate  10  (step S 3 ). 
     To be more precise, as shown in  FIG. 6B , by using a dicing blade  104 , the dicing blade  104  is rotated in, for example, the arrow direction along a scribe line  10   a  of the silicon semiconductor substrate  10  to cut the silicon semiconductor substrate  10  to separate the individual semiconductor chips. 
     Subsequently, the semiconductor chip is bonded and fixed to a lead frame (step S 4 ). 
     To be more precise, as shown in  FIG. 6C , by using a die collet  105 , the semiconductor chip  111  is bonded and fixed to a stage  112   a  of a lead frame  112  by, for example, an Ag paste  110 . The state of the semiconductor chip  111  which is bonded and fixed to the die pad  112   a  of the lead frame  112  is shown in  FIG. 7A . In this manner, the semiconductor chips  111  are respectively fixed in parallel to a plurality of die pads  112   a  provided at the lead frame  112 . 
     Subsequently, the semiconductor chips and inner leads are connected by the wire bonding method (step S 5 ). 
     To be more precise, as shown in  FIG. 6D , a pad electrode  113  exposed from the surface of the semiconductor chip  111  which is bonded and fixed to the die pad  112   a  of the lead frame  112  and the inner (inside) lead  112   b  of the lead frame  112  are electrically connected by the wire bonding method by using a metal wire  114 . The state in which the semiconductor chips  111  and the inner leads  112   b  are connected by the metal wires  114  is shown in  FIG. 7B . 
     In this embodiment, the treatment temperature at the time of wire bonding is set at 220° C. or lower, for example, at 210° C. The treatment temperature is normally set at about 230° C., but in this embodiment, characteristic degradation of the ferroelectric capacitor  30  can be suppressed to a minimum by setting the treatment temperature at the relatively low temperature of 220° C. or lower. 
     Subsequently, the semiconductor chips  111  are molded (step S 6 ). 
     To be more precise, as shown in  FIG. 6E , by using a mold  106  including an upper mold  106   a  and a lower mold  106   b , the lead frame  112  to which the semiconductor chips  111  are fixed is sandwiched by the upper mold  106   a  and the lower mold  106   b . The state of the lead frame  112  placed on the mold  106  is shown in  FIG. 7C . In the example shown in the drawing, the lead frame  112  is shown to be seen through the mold  106 . 
     Next, a sealing resin is poured from a resin poring port  106   c  provided at the mold  106  to carry out the procure treatment. The state in which the sealing resin  115  flows into the mold  106  is shown in  FIG. 7D . 
     As the sealing resin used in this embodiment, a sealing resin with the filler content set at a value in the range of 90 weight % to 93 weight %, for example, set at 91 weight % in this case is used. The higher the filler content in the sealing resin, the smaller the solvent amount existing in the sealing resin. Thereby, the amount of water/hydrogen/gas which evaporate at the time of cure of the sealing resin which will be described later decreases, and therefore, characteristic degradation of the ferroelectric capacitor  30  is not caused. 
     The sealing resin contains one that is selected from a group constituted of an epoxy resin, a biphenyl resin and a polyfunctional resin. As the epoxy resin, an ordinary polymer having epoxy radical, which is one selected from, for example, bisphenol epoxy resin, cresol-novolak epoxy resin, phenol-novolak epoxy resin, trifunctional epoxy resin (for example, triphenolxenethane epoxy resin and alkyl-modified triphenolmethane epoxy resin) and triazine nucleus containing epoxy resin is used. 
     The filler of the sealing resin used in this embodiment is one that is selected from a group constituted of silicon oxide (SiO 2 , SiO or the like), aluminum nitride, boron nitride, aluminum borate, aluminum oxide, magnesium oxide and diamond. As the filler, a globular filler is preferably used. Use of a globular filler reduces a damage to the surface of the semiconductor chip  111  on the occasion of pouring the sealing resin, and enhances flowability into the mold  106 , and even the sealing resin with a high filler content easily flows. 
     As the globular fillers, those with the diameters of 10 μm or less are preferable, and those with a uniform particle size and those with not less than two different kinds of particle sizes can be used. As the latter, for example, as two kinds of globular fillers differing in size, the fillers in which the diameter of the globular filler in a small size is substantially 0.35 times as large as the diameter of the globular filler in a large size, and the abundance ratios of the globular fillers in the small size and the globular fillers in the large size in the sealing resin are substantially the same are preferable. Further, the sealing resin in which not less than 99% of all the globular fillers have the diameters within the range of 3 μm to 9 μm may be used. 
     By using the sealing resin containing the globular fillers as described above, gaps between the fillers are reduced as much as possible. Therefore, influence of water entering the gaps decreases, and therefore, expansion of the sealing resin itself can be suppressed. By suppressing the expansion, compression (or contraction) stress is reduced. 
     On the occasion of pouring the above described sealing resin into the mold  106 , the temperature of the mold  106  is set at 140° C. to 170° C., at 155±5° in this case. If the surface of the mold  106  is at a high temperature (175±5° C. in the prior art) here, the adverse effect of curing the surface of the poured sealing resin in a short time occurs, and occurrence of a crack is caused. In this embodiment, by setting the temperature of the mold  106  at the low temperature as described above, occurrence of a crack can be prevented without losing flowability of the sealing resin in a short time. 
     The pressure at which the sealing resin is poured into the mold  106  is set at 75 kg/cm 2  or higher, at 80 kg/cm 2  in this case. By setting the pressure at which the sealing resin is poured into the mold  106  at the relatively high value like this, the filler content in the sealing resin is increased, whereby even if the viscosity of the sealing resin increases, the sealing resin can be sufficiently supplied to the end of the inside of the mold  106 , and reduction in yield at the time of packaging can be avoided. If the pouring pressure is made too high, the adverse effect of inclining the die pad  112   a  or the like occurs, and therefore, the pressure is adjusted to an appropriate pressure. 
     Next, as shown in  FIG. 6F , the lead frame with the semiconductor chips  111  covered with the sealing resin  115  is removed from the mold  106 . The state of the lead frame  112  which is taken out of the mold  106  is shown in  FIG. 8A . 
     Then, the cure treatment for the sealing resin  115  of the lead frame  112  is carried out. 
     When the sealing resin low in filler content, containing, for example, 60 weight % to 70 weight % of fillers is used as shown in  FIG. 9 , the cure treatment for about four to five hours at 175±5° C. is performed to sufficiently evaporate a relatively large amount of solvent, but in this embodiment, the cure treatment of about two hours at 150° C. is carried out first, then the cure treatment of about one hour at 175° C. is carried out, and the cure treatment of about one hour at 150° C. is carried out in sequence. 
     In order to aim at perfection of the cross-linking reaction in the sealing resin, thermal treatment of about one hour at 175° C. is required, and by the thermal treatment in the remaining time, water and gases existing inside the sealing resin are discharged. In the ferroelectric, the thermal treatment at high temperature becomes the factor which promotes the reducing reaction. Therefore, in this embodiment, in order to complete the cross-linking reaction in the sealing resin  106 , the thermal treatment of about one hour at 175° C. is carried out, and the thermal treatment at a relatively low temperature (150° C. in this case) is carried out respectively before and after the thermal treatment with a view to discharging the water and gases existing inside the sealing resin  115 . 
     Here, the state in which the pellet-shaped sealing resin  115  is thermally cured is shown in  FIGS. 10A to 10C . Here,  FIG. 10A  shows the sealing resin  115  containing three kinds of globular fillers  116  to  118  differing in size,  FIG. 10B  shows the sealing resin  115  containing globular fillers  119  in a single size, and  FIG. 10C  shows the sealing resin  115  in which as two kinds of globular fillers differing in size, the diameter of a globular filler  121  in a small size is substantially 0.35 times as large as the diameter of a globular filler  122  in a large size, and the abundance ratios of the globular fillers  121  and the globular fillers  122  in the sealing resin are substantially the same. 
     Subsequently, in order to facilitate soldering at the time of mounting, solder plating is applied to outer leads (outside lead)  112   c  of the lead frame  112  (step S 7 ) 
     Subsequently, various kinds of markings are applied to the surface of the sealing resin  115  (step S 8 ). 
     To be more precise, as shown in  FIG. 6G , various kinds of markings, for example, markings of a company mark, a country of manufacture, a type and a grade, a lot number and the like are applied to the surface of the sealing resin  115  which covers each of the semiconductor chips  111 . 
     Subsequently, individual pieces are cut from the lead frame  112  to be individual package structures (step S 9 ). 
     The state of each of the cut package structures  100  is shown in  FIG. 8B . Then, the outer leads  112   c  are shaped and assembly of the package structure  100  is completed. 
     The completed package structure  100  of TSOP is shown in  FIG. 11  (shown with a part removed for convenience). 
     In the package structure  100 , the semiconductor chip  111  of the FeRAM is mounted and fixed onto the die pad  112   a , and the semiconductor chip  111  and the inner leads  112   b  are bonded with the metal wires  114 . The wire-bonded semiconductor chip  111  is formed into a structure in which it is molded up with the sealing resin  105 , with the outer leads  112   c  projected from the end portions of the sealing resin  105 . 
     Thereafter, the electrical test for the completed package structures  100  is performed (step S 10 ), and the package structures  100  are shipped as the products. 
     Here, the PTHS characteristics (the present invention) of the package structure  100  of TSOP produced through the above described respective steps were investigated based on the comparison with the PTHS characteristics (prior art) of the package structure of the FeRAM of TSOP produced by using the conventional method, namely, by using the sealing resin with a low filler content (72 weight % in this case). In this case, the PTHS characteristics are the characteristics which are obtained from the test of confirming readability of data after leaving the package of the FeRAM with data written into the ferroelectric memory at a predetermined voltage (for example, 2.9 V) in the environment at 121° C. and 85% (for example, for 36 hours, 96 hours, 168 hours) as a moisture resistance test. 
     The result is shown in the following Table 1. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
             
               
                   
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                 36 h 
                 96 h 
                 168 h 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                   
                 NUMBER OF 
                   
                 NUMBER OF 
                   
                 NUMBER OF 
                   
               
               
                 KIND 
                   
                 DEFECTIVES/ 
                   
                 DEFECTIVES/ 
                   
                 DEFECTIVES/ 
               
               
                 OF 
                 FILLER 
                 EVALUATED 
                 DEFECTIVE 
                 EVALUATED 
                 DEFECTIVE 
                 EVALUATED 
                 DEFECTIVE 
               
               
                 PKG 
                 CONTENT 
                 NUMBER 
                 RATE (%) 
                 NUMBER 
                 RATE (%) 
                 NUMBER 
                 RATE (%) 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 TSOP 
                 PRIOR ART 
                 0/10 
                 0 
                 2/10 
                 20 
                 6/10 
                 60 
               
               
                 TSOP 
                 PRESENT 
                 0/10 
                 0 
                 0/10 
                 0 
                 0/10 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 INVENTION 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     While in the prior art, the defective occurrence rate of the product increased as the product was left for a longer time, defective occurrence was not found in the present invention. Thus, it is found out that according to the present invention, the FeRAM is applied to TSOP that is a thin package structure, and the package structure excellent in the PTHS characteristics can be obtained. 
     As described thus far, according to this embodiment, the ultra-thin semiconductor chip of the FeRAM which is miniaturized and highly integrated with characteristic degradation of the ferroelectric capacitor suppressed though TSOP is applied to the FeRAM as the thin package structure can be realized. 
     Second Embodiment 
     In this embodiment, a semiconductor device in which FBGA (Fine pitch Ball Grid Array) that is a thin package structure (mounting height of 1.27 mm or less) is applied to an FeRAM and a manufacturing method of the same are disclosed. 
     In this embodiment, the silicon semiconductor substrate  10  with a memory cell of an FeRAM, peripheral circuits and the like formed through each of the steps in  FIGS. 1A to 1D  to  FIG. 4  is produced as in the first embodiment, and thereafter, a package structure is formed as follows. 
       FIG. 12  is a flow chart showing each step for forming the package structure.  FIGS. 13A to 13D  are schematic views showing states in which the respective steps in  FIG. 12  are carried out. 
     First, through S 11  to S 13  which are the same as steps S 1  to S 3  in the first embodiment, the individual semiconductor chips are brought into the state where they are cut out and separated from the silicon semiconductor substrate  10 . 
     Subsequently, the semiconductor chips are bonded and fixed to a package base board (step S 14 ). 
     To be more precise, a plurality of semiconductor chips  111  are respectively bonded and fixed to, for example, a rectangular package base board with a conductive adhesive, for example, an Ag paste. 
     Subsequently, the semiconductor chips and the package base board are connected by the wire bonding method (step S 15 ). 
     In this embodiment, the treatment temperature at the time of wire bonding is set at 220° C. or lower, for example, at 210° C. Normally, the treatment temperature is set at about 230° C., but in this embodiment, by setting the treatment temperature at the relatively low temperature of 220° C. or lower, characteristic degradation of the ferroelectric capacitor  30  can be suppressed to a minimum. 
     Subsequently, the semiconductor chips  111  are molded (step S 16 ). 
     To be more precise, as shown in  FIG. 13A , by using the mold  106  including the upper mold  106   a  and the lower mold  106   b , the package base board  131  to which the semiconductor chips  111  are fixed are sandwiched with the upper mold  106   a  and the lower mold  106   b.    
     Next, a sealing resin is poured from the resin poring port  106   c  provided at the mold  106 , and a precure treatment is carried out. In this embodiment, the sealing resin  115  is formed on only one side surface of the package base board  131  to cover the semiconductor chip  111 . In this case, the composition of the sealing resin  115 , the temperature setting of the mold  106 , the pouring pressure of the sealing resin and the like are the same as the first embodiment. 
     Next, as shown in  FIG. 13B , the package base board  131  with the semiconductor chips  111  covered with the sealing resin  115  (the sealing resin  115  is formed on only one side surface) is removed from the mold  106 , and a cure treatment is applied to the sealing resin  115  under the same conditions as in the first embodiment. 
     Subsequently, various kinds of markings of, for example, markings of a company mark, a country of manufacture, a type and a grade, a lot number and the like are applied to the surface of the sealing resin  115  (step S 17 ). 
     Subsequently, as shown in  FIG. 13C , a solder ball  132  is mounted on each of the electrodes of the package base board  131  (step S 18 ). 
     Subsequently, individual pieces are cut from the package base board  131  to form the individual package structures (step S 19 ). 
     To be more precise, as shown in  FIG. 13D , with use of the dicing blade  104 , while the dicing blade  104  is rotated in the direction of the arrow A, for example, and the package base board  131  is moved in the direction of the arrow B, the package base board  131  is cut, and individual package structures  200  are separated. 
     Thereafter, the electrical test is performed for the complete package structures  200  (step S 20 ), and the package structures  200  are shipped as products. 
     As described thus far, according to this embodiment, the ultra-thin semiconductor chip of a FeRAM which is miniaturized and highly integrated with characteristic degradation of the ferroelectric capacitor suppressed even though FBGA is applied to the FeRAM as the thin package structure can be realized. 
     The present embodiments are to be considered in all respects as illustrative and no restrictive, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein. The invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof.