摘要:
This invention is directed to a semiconductor memory device including a storage element having a ferroelectric material or a capacitor dielectric material between a top (plate) electrode and a bottom (stack) electrode. In particular, the invention pertains to the design and fabrication of the stack electrode, which is described as compound because it is comprised of two or more materials which are either patterned separately (with at least one material being deposited and patterned prior to the deposition of the others), or arranged so that each of the component materials significantly contributes to the area over which the ferroelectric or capacitor dielectric is initially deposited. These compound stack electrodes may offer ease in processing, more economical use of noble metal materials, and potentially increased mechanical stability (e.g., resistance to hillocking) relative to solid, single-material electrodes of the same dimensions.
摘要:
Noble metal plating on a preexisting seed layer is used in the fabrication of electrodes for DRAM and FRAM. The plating may be spatially selective or nonselective. In the nonselective case, a blanket film is first plated and then patterned after deposition by spatially selective material removal. In the selective case, the plated deposits are either selectively grown in lithographically defined areas by a through-mask plating technique, or selectively grown as a conformal coating on the exposed regions of a preexisting electrode structure. A diamond-like carbon mask can be used in the plating process. A self-aligned process is disclosed for selectively coating insulators in a through-mask process.
摘要:
This invention is directed to a semiconductor memory device including a storage element comprising a ferroelectric material or a capacitor dielectric material between a top (plate) electrode and a bottom (stack) electrode. In particular, the invention pertains to the design and fabrication of the stack electrode, which is described as compound because it is comprised of two or more materials which are either patterned separately (with at least one material being deposited and patterned prior to the deposition of the others), or arranged so that each of the component materials significantly contributes to the area over which the ferroelectric or capacitor dielectric is initially deposited. These compound stack electrodes may offer ease in processing, more economical use of noble metal materials, and potentially increased mechanical stability (e.g., resistance to hillocking) relative to solid, single-material electrodes of the same dimensions.
摘要:
A capacitor structure with a generally L-shaped non-conductor having a horizontal portion and a vertical portion, the vertical portion defining a first opening formed therein; a generally U-shaped conductor formed within the first opening; and a generally L-shaped conductor formed exterior to the generally L-shaped non-conductor.
摘要:
The present invention discloses a multi-diameter electrical conductor for use as an embedded plug in a microelectronic device. The multi-diameter electrical conductor consists of a body portion which has a first diameter, and at least one neck portion in contact with the body portion that has at least a second diameter smaller than the first diameter. In a preferred embodiment, the multi-diameter conductor is a dual-diameter conductor providing electrical communication between an electrode and an active circuit element in a semiconductor structure and comprising a lower body portion and an upper neck portion. The conductive materials used in forming the body portion and the neck portion of the contact plug can be selected from doped polysilicon, refractory metals, metal silicides, low resistivity metals, noble metals and their alloys, adhesion layers, metallic diffusion barrier layers, and oxide and nitride diffusion barrier materials. In a preferred embodiment, the body portion is formed of a first conductive material while the neck portion is formed of a second conductive material. In an alternate embodiment, the body portion and the neck portion are formed of the same conductive material. In another alternate embodiment, the contact plug further includes an additional layer of a conductive material situated between the body portion and the neck portion formed of a material different than that used in forming the body portion and the neck portion. The additional layer of conductive material has a diameter not less than the diameter of the neck portion and not more than the diameter of the body portion.
摘要:
A capacitor structure with a generally L-shaped non-conductor having a horizontal portion and a vertical portion, the vertical portion defining a first opening formed therein; a generally U-shaped conductor formed within the first opening; and a generally L-shaped conductor formed exterior to the generally L-shaped non-conductor.
摘要:
A noble metal electrode structure having a cup-like, approximately cylindrical shape, roughened inner and outer surfaces, and a surface area of at least 1 sq. micron or greater is provided as well as a capacitor which includes the noble metal electrode as a bottom electrode. The high-surface area noble metal electrode is formed by electroplating into annular channels that have roughened sidewalls formed by the oxidation of vapor-deposited Si nuclei.
摘要:
A capacitor structure is provided, with a first conductor on top of a substrate, a first non-conductor on top of and substantially in register with the first conductor, the first conductor and first non-conductor having a first opening formed therein, a non-conductive sidewall spacer formed in the first opening, the non-conductive sidewall spacer having a second opening formed therein, and a second conductor formed in the second opening.
摘要:
Structures for memory cell applications, including capacitors for DRAM and ferroelectric memory cells from FRAM, whose method of manufacture consists of depositing a ferroelectric or high-epsilon dielectric material to completely fill a cavity whose geometrical width is the sole determinant of the thickness of the electrically active portion of the ferroelectric or high-epsilon dielectric layer in the final device. In the preferred embodiment, the cavity into which the dielectric is deposited is defined by the gap between the plate and stack electrodes which are deposited and patterned in a through-mask plating step prior to the dielectric deposition.
摘要:
A capacitor structure is provided, with a first conductor on top of a substrate having at least one layer of dielectric material thereon; a first non-conductor on top of and substantially in register with the first conductor, the first conductor and first non-conductor having a first opening formed therein; a second conductor, in electrical contact with the first conductor, formed on the sidewalls of the first opening; a non-conductive sidewall spacer formed in the first opening and contacting the second conductor, the non-conductive sidewall spacer having a second opening formed therein; and a third conductor formed in the second opening.