US5510651A
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Semiconductor device having a reducing/oxidizing conductive material
Assignee: NXP USA Inc
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Filing: 1994-11-18
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Granted: 1996-04-23
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Expires: 2014-11-18
Abstract
Abstract The present invention includes a semiconductor device having a layer including an elemental metal and its conductive metal oxide, wherein the layer is capable being oxidized or reduced preferentially to an adjacent region of the device. The present invention also includes processes for forming the devices. Substrate regions, silicon-containing layers, dielectric layers, electrodes, barrier layers, contact and via plugs, interconnects, and ferroelectric capacitors may be protected by and/or formed with the layer. Examples of elemental metals and their conductive metal oxides that may be used with the present invention are: ruthenium and ruthenium dioxide, rhenium and rhenium dioxide, iridium and iridium dioxide, osmium and osmium tetraoxide, or the like.
Inventors
- 👤 Papu D. Maniar
- 👤 Reza Moazzami
- 👤 C. Joseph Mogab
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 08:02
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10B; H10B53/00; H10D; H10D1/00; H10D1/60; H10D1/68; H10D1/682; H10D1/692; H10D62/00; H10D62/80; H10D62/83; H10D64/00; H10D64/60; H10D64/62; H10W; H10W20/00; H10W20/01; H10W20/031; H10W20/032; H10W20/033; H10W20/037; H10W20/40; H10W20/41; H10W20/42; H10W20/425; H10W20/44; H10W20/4403; H10W20/4421; H10W20/45; H10W20/48
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
66 words
A semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor substrate; an interconnect overlying the semiconductor substrate, wherein the interconnect includes copper; a first layer over the feature, wherein: the first layer has a mixture that includes an elemental metal and its conductive metal oxide; the elemental metal is rhenium; and the elemental metal is capable of being oxidized to its conductive metal oxide preferentially to the feature being oxidized.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
66 words
A semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor substrate; an interconnect overlying the semiconductor substrate, wherein the interconnect includes copper; a first layer over the feature, wherein: the first layer has a mixture that includes an elemental metal and its conductive metal oxide; the elemental metal is rhenium; and the elemental metal is capable of being oxidized to its conductive metal oxide preferentially to the feature being oxidized.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
The device of claim 1, wherein at least 5 atomic percent of the rhenium atoms within the first layer is in the elemental metal.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
87 words
A ferroelectric capacitor: a ferroelectric layer that includes a lead-containing material; an electrode over the ferroelectric layer, wherein the electrode includes platinum; and a shielding layer over the electrode, wherein: the shielding layer is spaced apart from the electrode; the shielding layer surrounds a top and sides of the ferroelectric layer; the shielding layer has a mixture including an elemental metal and its conductive metal oxide; and the conductive metal oxide is capable of being reduced to the elemental metal preferentially to the ferroelectric layer being reduced.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
87 words
A ferroelectric capacitor: a ferroelectric layer that includes a lead-containing material; an electrode over the ferroelectric layer, wherein the electrode includes platinum; and a shielding layer over the electrode, wherein: the shielding layer is spaced apart from the electrode; the shielding layer surrounds a top and sides of the ferroelectric layer; the shielding layer has a mixture including an elemental metal and its conductive metal oxide; and the conductive metal oxide is capable of being reduced to the elemental metal preferentially to the ferroelectric layer being reduced.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
The ferroelectric capacitor of claim 3, wherein the electrode also lies adjacent to at least one side of the ferroelectric layer.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
12 words
The ferroelectric capacitor of claim 3, wherein the elemental metal is ruthenium.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
The ferroelectric capacitor of claim 5, wherein at least 5 atomic percent of the ruthenium atoms within the shielding layer is in the conductive metal oxide.
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