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Semiconductor integrated circuit device with information storage capacitor having ruthenium dioxide lower electrode and crystallized TA2O5 capacitor insulator

US6583463B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateOct 14, 1998
Grant dateJun 24, 2003
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Expiry dateOct 14, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D1/684
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A semiconductor integrated circuit device including a memory cell comprising a memory cell selecting MISFET Qs formed on the main surface of a semiconductor substrate 1 and an information storage capacitor C that is connected in series to said memory cell selecting MISFET Qs, and that have a lower electrode 54, a capacitor insulator 58 and an upper electrode 59, wherein the lower electrode 54 is made of a conductive material containing ruthenium dioxide (RuO2) as principle ingredient and the capacitor insulator 58 is made of crystalline tantalum pentoxide. Thus, the capacitance required for the memory cells of a 256 Mbits DRAM or those of a DRAM of a later generation can be secured.

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