摘要:
The present invention relates to a method (500) for protecting a top surface (108) of a layer (104, 304) in a semiconductor structure (100, 200, 300, 400), the method (500) comprising: providing (502) a layer (104, 304) on a substrate (102), the layer (104, 304) having an initial thickness (to) and an initial composition (C 0 ), and a top surface (108), depositing (504) by means of physical vapor deposition, PVD, a sacrificial metal layer (106) on and in contact with the top surface (108), the sacrificial metal layer (106) comprising a light metal element, depositing (506) by means of physical vapor deposition a functional metal layer (110, 312) on and in contact with the sacrificial metal layer (106), whereby the sacrificial metal layer (106) is removed by sputtering during the deposition of the functional metal layer (110, 312) such that an interface (112) is formed between the top surface (108) and the functional metal layer (110, 312), the sacrificial metal layer (106) protecting the top surface (108) during the deposition of the functional metal layer (110, 312) such that, the layer (104, 304) has a final thickness (t f ) matching the initial thickness (to) and a final composition (C f ) corresponding to the initial composition (Co).
摘要:
The present invention is related to a method for producing a stack of layers on a semiconductor substrate, the method comprising the steps of: ● providing a substrate, ● producing on said substrate a first conductive layer, ● by atomic layer deposition, producing a sub-stack of layers on said conductive layer, at least one of said layers of the sub-stack being a TiO 2 layer, the other layers of the sub-stack being layers of a dielectric material having a composition suitable to form a cubic perovskite phase upon crystallization of said sub-stack of layers,
The substrate including said sub-stack of layers is subjected to a heat treatment to thereby obtain a crystallized dielectric layer. A second conductive layer is produced before or after the heat treatment so as to obtain a metal-insulator-metal capacitor with improved characteristics as a consequence of the Ti02 layer being present in the sub-stack. Notably, in a MIM capacitor according to the invention, the k-value of the dielectric layer is between 50 and 100 and the EOT of the MIM capacitor is between 0.35nm and 0.55nm.
摘要:
A method for forming a MIM capacitor structure comprises the steps of: - obtaining a base structure provided with a recess, the recess exposing a conductive bottom electrode plug (33), - selectively growing Ru (40) on the bottom electrode plug, based on a difference in incubation time of Ru growth on the bottom electrode plug compared to the base structure material, - oxidizing the selectively grown Ru, - depositing a Ru-comprising bottom electrode (60) over the oxidized Ru (50), - forming a dielectric layer (70) on the Ru-comprising bottom electrode, and - forming a conductive top electrode (71) over the dielectric layer.
摘要:
The present invention is directed to rare-earth aluminate dielectric material and layer which are particularly suitable for non-volatile memory applications and in particular for integration in flash memory devices.
摘要:
The present invention is related to a method for producing a stack of layers on a semiconductor substrate (1), including a bottom metal layer (10), an intermediate dielectric layer (11) and a top metal layer (12). The stack is suitable for producing metal-insulator-metal capacitor structures. According to the preferred embodiment, the bottom metal layer is a ruthenium layer (10b) covered by a ruthenium oxide layer (10a) obtained through controlled oxidation of the Ru layer. According to the invention, the dielectric layer is obtained by first depositing a thin TiO 2 protection layer (11a) by atomic layer deposition using water as oxidant, followed by deposition of a second dielectric (11b) through ALD using O 3 as oxidant. Preferably the second dielectric is a TiO 2 layer in rutile phase. The thin protection layer protects the Ru from etching by O 3 , while allowing easily the formation of rutile phase TiO 2 . The invention also reveals a method for oxidizing a Ru layer in such a manner that the roughness of the Ru layer remains unchanged.
摘要:
The present invention is directed to rare-earth aluminate dielectric material and layer which are particularly suitable for non-volatile memory applications and in particular for integration in flash memory devices.