Patent ID: 8338822

Claim:
An electrical connection structure comprising elongated carbon structures electrically connected to an electroconductive body on a substrate, and further comprising: a substrate with the electroconductive body disposed thereon; an electroconductive catalyst support layer in direct contact with the electroconductive body and over the substrate; and a fine catalyst particle layer for producing the elongated carbon structures, in direct contact with the electroconductive catalyst support layer, wherein the electroconductive catalyst support layer, the fine catalyst particle layer, and the elongated carbon structures are layered successively on the electroconductive body; and wherein said fine catalyst particle layer on the eleetroconductive catalyst support layer, consists of deposited, classified fine catalyst particles which have been made into fine particles and classified before the deposition, wherein the classified fine catalyst particles have an average particle size in the range of 0.5 to 50 nm with a distribution density of 5×10 10 elongated carbon structures/cm 2 or more; wherein said electroconductive catalyst support layer comprises a diffusion-preventing layer on the side of the electroconductive body, the diffusion-preventing layer being a Ta layer, and having a function of preventing diffusion of a metal making up said electroconductive body, and an elongated carbon structure-growing layer on the side of said fine catalyst particle layer, the elongated carbon structure-growing layer having a function of promoting growth of the elongated carbon structures, wherein said elongated carbon structures are disposed in a via, hole, said elongated carbon structures are elongated in a direction perpendicular to the substrate, and said elongated carbon structure-growing layer is made of at least one oxidation-resistant substance selected from the group consisting of TiN, HfN, ZrN, and a combination thereof.