CAPACITOR STRUCTURE AND A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH A FIRST METAL LAYER, A SECOND METAL SILICIDE LAYER FORMED OVER THE FIRST METAL LAYER AND A SECOND METAL LAYER FORMED OVER THE SECOND METAL SILICIDE LAYER
US6720603B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 18, 2002 |
| Grant date | Apr 13, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 18, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH10D1/716
- WIPO fieldSemiconductors
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A disadvantage upon heat treatment in an oxygen atmosphere of a dielectric film formed on a lower electrode of capacitance device of DRAM that oxygen permeating the lower electrode oxidizes a barrier layer to form an oxide layer of high resistance and low dielectric constant is prevented. An Ru silicide layer is formed on the surface of a plug in a through hole formed below a lower electrode for an information storage capacitance device C and an Ru silicon nitride layer is formed further on the surface of the Ru silicide layer. Upon high temperature heat treatment in an oxygen atmosphere conducted in the step of forming a dielectric film on the lower electrode, the Ru silicon nitride layer is oxidized sacrificially into an Ru silicon oxynitride to prevent progress of oxidation in the Ru silicide layer.
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