Patent ID: 7301240

Claim:
A semiconductor device comprising: at least two layers superposed on each other in a stacking direction above a substrate, each of the layers including an insulating film whose relative dielectric constant is 3.4 or less; a conductive layer provided in one of the insulating films; a conductive plug formed in the one insulating film and electrically connected to the conductive layer to form a conduction path; and at least one dummy via chain provided in the insulating films and stacked in the at least two layers above the substrate within 5 μm from a wiring layer comprised of the conductive layer and the conductive plug; wherein the dummy via chain comprises at least two reinforcing metal layers and at least one reinforcing plug, in which each of the reinforcing metal layers is electrically disconnected from the wiring layer, at least one of the reinforcing metal layers is provided in each of the insulating films of the at least two layers, each of the reinforcing metal layers is extended and formed to be longer than a diameter of the reinforcing plug along the surface of the insulating film, the reinforcing metal layers are superposed upon each other in a stacking direction of the insulating films and deviate from each other along a direction vertical to the stacking direction of the insulating films, the reinforcing plug is formed in the insulating film of at least one of the layers, and the reinforcing plug connects one of the reinforcing metal layers to another one of the reinforcing metal layers along the stacking direction of the insulating films.