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Integrated circuit capacitors and process for making the same
Assignee: Panasonic Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1994-07-11
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Granted: 1997-03-25
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Expires: 2014-07-11
Abstract
Abstract A xylene exchange is performed on a stock solution of BST of greater then 99.999% purity dissolved in methoxyethanol, and a carboxylate of a dopant metal, such as magnesium 2-ethylhexanoate is added to form a precursor. The precursor is spun on a first electrode, dried at 400 DEG C. for 2 minutes, then annealed at 750 DEG C. to 800 DEG C. for about an hour to form a layer of accurately doped BST. A second electrode is deposited, patterned, and annealed at between 750 DEG C. to 800 DEG C. for about 30 minutes. Excellent leakage current results if the dopant is magnesium of about 5% molarity. For other dopants, such as Mg, Nb, Y, Bi, and Sn the preferred dopant range is 0.2% to 0.3% molarity. The magnesium-doped material is used as a buffer layer between the electrodes and BST dielectric of an undoped BST capacitor.
Inventors
- 👤 Masamichi Azuma
- 👤 Carlos A. Paz de Araujo
- 👤 Michael C. Scott
- 👤 Joseph D. Cuchiaro
Bibliographic Details
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2026-11-09 03:00
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10P; H10P14/00; H10P14/60; H10P14/69; H10P14/692; H10P14/6938; H10P14/69398; H10B; H10B53/00; C; C04; C04B; C04B35/00; C04B35/01; C04B35/46; C04B35/462; C04B35/465; C04B35/468; C04B35/4682; C04B35/622; C04B35/626; C04B35/62605; C04B35/62625; C04B35/6264; C23; C23C; C23C16/00; C23C16/44; C23C16/4412; C23C16/448; C23C16/4486; C23C16/455; C23C16/45561; C23C16/45563; C23C16/4558; C23C16/46; C23C16/48; C23C16/482; C23C16/52; C23C18/00; C23C18/02; C23C18/12; C23C18/1204; C23C18/1208; C23C18/1216; C23C18/125; C23C18/1275; C23C18/1295; C30; C30B; C30B29/00; C30B29/60; C30B29/68; C30B7/00; H01; H01C; H01C7/00; H01C7/10; H01C7/1013; H10B12/00; H10B12/30; H10D; H10D1/00; H10D1/60; H10D1/68; H10D1/682; H10D1/684; H10D1/692; H10P14/65; H10P14/6502; H10P14/6506; H10P14/66; H10P14/668; H10P14/6939; C04B2235/00; C04B2235/02; C04B2235/30; C04B2235/32; C04B2235/3205; C04B2235/3213; C04B2235/3224; C04B2235/3227; C04B2235/3229; C04B2235/3231; C04B2235/3241; C04B2235/3243; C04B2235/3262; C04B2235/3268; C04B2235/44; C04B2235/441; C04B2235/449; C04B2235/70; C04B2235/72; H10P14/63; H10P14/6326; H10P14/6342
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 31
Claim 1
Independent Claim
84 words
A method of fabricating an integrated circuit containing an accurately doped barium strontium titanate layer, said method comprising the steps of: providing a liquid precursor comprising barium, strontium, titanium and a dopant selected from the group consisting of magnesium; niobium; yttrium; bismuth; tin; dysprosium; combinations of barium, zinc, and niobium; combinations of strontium and tantalum; and combinations of strontium, bismuth, and tantalum; applying said precursor to an integrated circuit substrate; treating said precursor to form a doped barium strontium titanate layer on said substrate.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
84 words
A method of fabricating an integrated circuit containing an accurately doped barium strontium titanate layer, said method comprising the steps of: providing a liquid precursor comprising barium, strontium, titanium and a dopant selected from the group consisting of magnesium; niobium; yttrium; bismuth; tin; dysprosium; combinations of barium, zinc, and niobium; combinations of strontium and tantalum; and combinations of strontium, bismuth, and tantalum; applying said precursor to an integrated circuit substrate; treating said precursor to form a doped barium strontium titanate layer on said substrate.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
12 words
A method as in claim 1 wherein said precursor comprises a carboxylate.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
A method as in claim 1 wherein said step of providing a liquid precursor comprises mixing a BST stock solution with a dopant solution containing said dopant.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
13 words
A method as in claim 3 wherein said dopant solution comprises a carboxylate.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
23 words
A method as in claim 1 wherein said precursor includes a solvent selected from the group consisting of xylenes, n-butyl acetate, and 2-methoxyethanol.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
11 words
A method as in claim 1 wherein said dopant comprises magnesium.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
A method as in claim 1 wherein said barium, said strontium, and said titanium are high purity research grade materials.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
33 words
A method as in claim 1 wherein said step of treating comprises drying said precursor at a temperature of between 200° C. and 500° C. in an atmosphere selected from air and nitrogen.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
13 words
A method as in claim 8 wherein said temperature is about 400° C.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
A method as in claim 1 wherein said step of treating comprises annealing at a temperature of between 600° C. and 850° C.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
33 words
A method as in claim 1 wherein said step of providing comprises providing a precursor in a first solvent and performing a solvent exchange to substitute a second solvent for said first solvent.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method as in claim 11 wherein said second solvent comprises a solvent selected from the group xylene and n-butyl acetate.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
12 words
A method as in claim 12 wherein said first solvent is 2-methoxyethanol.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
35 words
A method as in claim 11 wherein said first solvent provides a precursor that stores well and said second solvent provides a precursor that has a lesser viscosity than said precursor with said first solvent.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
20 words
A method as in claim 1 wherein said dopant is at a concentration of from 0.1% molarity to 5% molarity.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
20 words
A method as in claim 15 wherein said dopant is at a concentration ranging from about 0.2% to 0.3% molarity.
Claim 18
Independent Claim
53 words
A method of fabricating an integrated circuit containing an accurately doped metal oxide layer, said method comprising the steps of: providing a liquid precursor comprising barium, strontium, titanium and a magnesium dopant; applying said precursor to an integrated circuit substrate; treating said precursor to form a magnesium-doped metal oxide layer on said substrate.
Claim 19
Independent Claim
53 words
A method of fabricating an integrated circuit containing an accurately doped metal oxide layer, said method comprising the steps of: providing a liquid precursor comprising barium, strontium, titanium and a magnesium dopant; applying said precursor to an integrated circuit substrate; treating said precursor to form a magnesium-doped metal oxide layer on said substrate.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
20 words
A method as in claim 17 wherein said magnesium is at a concentration ranging from 0.1% molarity to 10% molarity.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
17 words
A method as in claim 18 wherein said magnesium is at a concentration of about 5% molarity.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
12 words
A method as in claim 17 wherein said precursor includes magnesium carboxylate.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
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A method as in claim 20 wherein said dopant comprises magnesium 2-ethylhexanoate.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
17 words
A method as in claim 17 wherein said precursor is a high purity research grade precursor solution.
Claim 25
Independent Claim
97 words
A method of fabricating an integrated circuit containing an accurately doped metal oxide layer, said method comprising the steps of: providing a high purity liquid precursor comprising a dopant and a plurality of metals in proportions capable of yielding a metal oxide having a formula selected from a group consisting of ABO 3 A'A"BO 3 , and AB'B"O 3 , wherein A, A', A", B, B', and B" are metal cations and O is oxygen; applying said precursor to an integrated circuit substrate; and treating said precursor to form a doped metal oxide layer on said substrate.
Claim 26
Independent Claim
97 words
A method of fabricating an integrated circuit containing an accurately doped metal oxide layer, said method comprising the steps of: providing a high purity liquid precursor comprising a dopant and a plurality of metals in proportions capable of yielding a metal oxide having a formula selected from a group consisting of ABO 3 A'A"BO 3 , and AB'B"O 3 , wherein A, A', A", B, B', and B" are metal cations and O is oxygen; applying said precursor to an integrated circuit substrate; and treating said precursor to form a doped metal oxide layer on said substrate.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
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A method as in claim 23 wherein said precursor comprises a solvent selected from semiconductor grade purity xylene, n-butyl acetate, and 2-methoxyethanol.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
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A method as in claim 23 wherein said step of providing comprises providing a precursor in a first solvent and performing a solvent exchange to substitute a second solvent for said first solvent.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
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A method as in claim 25 wherein said second solvent comprises a solvent selected from the group xylene and n-butyl acetate.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
12 words
A method as in claim 26 wherein said first solvent is 2-methoxyethanol.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
35 words
A method as in claim 23 wherein said first solvent provides a precursor that stores well and said second solvent provides a precursor that has a lesser viscosity than said precursor with said first solvent.
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