Patent ID: 7037822

Claim:
A method of forming a metal line in a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of: sequentially forming a first etch stop film, a second interlayer insulating film, a second etch stop film and a third interlayer insulating film on a first interlayer insulating film into which a metal line is buried; forming a first photoresist pattern defining a via hole in a given region of the third interlayer insulating film; performing an etch process using the first photoresist pattern as an etch mask up to the first etch stop film to form the via hole, and then removing the first photoresist pattern; forming a BARC film on the resulting surface and then forming a second photoresist pattern defining the metal line in another given region of the BARC film; performing an etch process using the second photoresist pattern as an etch mask up to the second etch stop film to form a metal line trench, and then removing the second photoresist pattern and the BARC film by means of a first wet etch process; etching the first etch stop film by means of a second wet etch process using the second interlayer insulating film as an etch mask; and cleaning the resulting entire surface by means of a third wet etch process.