Abstract:
A capacitive element has improved electrical properties. The capacitive element is configured in a DRAM cell and has a lower electrode, a capacitive insulator film formed over the lower electrode, and an upper electrode formed over the capacitive insulator film. The upper electrode has a structure in which from the capacitive insulator film side of this electrode, a first upper electrode, a second upper electrode and a third upper electrode are stacked in turn. The third upper electrode is a tungsten film that may contain an impurity. Between the first and third upper electrodes, the second upper electrode is interposed which is a barrier film for preventing the possible impurity in the third upper electrode from diffusing into the capacitive insulator film.
Abstract:
A conductor provided in an interconnection layer is allowed to have a low resistance. An insulator film is provided over a substrate, and is comprised of SiO(1-x)Nx (where x>0.5 in an XRD analysis result). An interconnection is provided over the insulator film, and includes a first layer and a second layer. The first layer includes at least one of TiN, TaN, WN, and RuN. The second layer is provided over the first layer, and is formed of a material having a resistance lower than the first layer, for example, W.
Abstract:
An improvement is achieved in the reliability of a semiconductor device. Over a semiconductor substrate, an interlayer insulating film is formed and, over the interlayer insulating film, a pad is formed. Over the interlayer insulating film, an insulating film is formed so as to cover the pad. In the insulating film, an opening is formed to expose a part of the pad. The pad is a pad to which a copper wire is to be electrically coupled and which includes an Al-containing conductive film containing aluminum as a main component. Over the Al-containing conductive film in a region overlapping the opening in plan view, a laminated film including a barrier conductor film, and a metal film over the barrier conductor film is formed. The metal film is in an uppermost layer. The barrier conductor film is a single-layer film or a laminated film including one or more layers of films selected from the group consisting of a Ti film, a TiN film, a Ta film, a TaN film, a W film, a WN film, a TiW film, and a TaW film. The metal film is made of one or more metals selected from the group consisting of Pd, Au, Ru, Rh, Pt, and Ir.
Abstract:
A capacitive element has improved electrical properties. The capacitive element is configured in a DRAM cell and has a lower electrode, a capacitive insulator film formed over the lower electrode, and an upper electrode formed over the capacitive insulator film. The upper electrode has a structure in which from the capacitive insulator film side of this electrode, a first upper electrode, a second upper electrode and a third upper electrode are stacked in turn. The third upper electrode is a tungsten film that may contain an impurity. Between the first and third upper electrodes, the second upper electrode is interposed which is a barrier film for preventing the possible impurity in the third upper electrode from diffusing into the capacitive insulator film.