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Integrated circuit capacitor and memory

US6600183B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJun 26, 1998
Grant dateJul 29, 2003
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Expiry dateFeb 20, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D1/694
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electrode structure for a capacitor. The electrode structure includes a contact plug comprising an oxidation barrier 208 and a bottom electrode comprising a conductive adhesion-promoting portion 210 and an oxidation-resistant portion 204, the adhesion-promoting portion contacting the oxidation barrier of the contact plug. In further embodiments, the oxidation barrier and adhesion-promoting portion comprise Ti—Al—N.

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