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Ferroelectric memory with ferroelectric thin film having thickness of 90 nanometers or less, and method of making same

US6104049A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 11, 1999
Grant dateAug 15, 2000
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Expiry dateJan 11, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/768
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A coating of liquid precursor containing a metal is applied to a first electrode, baked on a hot plate in oxygen ambient at a temperature not exceeding 300.degree. C. for five minutes, then RTP annealed at 675.degree. C. for 30 seconds. The coating is then annealed in oxygen or nitrogen ambient at 700.degree. C. for one hour to form a thin film of layered superlattice material with a thickness not exceeding 90 nm. A second electrode is applied to form a capacitor, and a post-anneal is performed in oxygen or nitrogen ambient at a temperature not exceeding 700.degree. C. If the material is strontium bismuth tantalate, the precursor contains u mole-equivalents of strontium, v mole-equivalents of bismuth, and w mole-equivalents of tantalum, where 0.8.ltoreq.u.ltoreq.1.0, 2.0.ltoreq.v.ltoreq.2.3, and 1.9.ltoreq.w.ltoreq.2.1.

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