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Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device
Assignee: NEC Corp
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Filing: 1995-10-30
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Granted: 1997-04-22
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Expires: 2015-10-30
Abstract
Abstract A semiconductor device has a capacitive element with excellent leak current characteristics which has a tungsten film with a roughened surface for increasing the surface of a lower electrode. A capacitive element for use in a VLSI memory circuit such as a DRAM or the like is fabricated by forming a thin, roughened tungsten film selectively on a surface of a lower electrode of polysilicon by chemical vapor-phase growth and forming a capacitive insulating film on the surface of the lower electrode of polysilicon, densifying the capacitive insulating film, and forming an upper electrode of a metal element.
Inventors
- 👤 Makoto Sekine
- 👤 Satoshi Kamiyama
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 19:12
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10B; H10B12/00; H10B12/01; H10B12/02; H10B12/03; H10B12/033; H10D; H10D1/00; H10D1/60; H10D1/68; H10D1/692; H10D1/711; H10D1/712
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
186 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a capacitive element, comprising the steps of: removing a natural oxide film from a surface of a lower electrode of polysilicon or amorphous silicon of the capacitive element; reacting the lower electrode from which the natural oxide film has been removed with a halogen gas of a metal of high melting point to selectively replace the lower electrode with the metal of high melting point or a silicide of the metal of high melting point; exposing a portion of the lower electrode which has selectively been replaced with the metal of high melting point or a silicide of the metal of high melting point to a silane gas, and thereafter; reducing the halogen gas of the metal of high melting point with a silane gas or hydrogen to selectively deposit coarse crystal particles on the surface of the lower electrode; forming a capacitive insulating film on the lower electrode over the coarse crystal particles deposited on the lower electrode; densifying and nitriding the capacitive insulating film; and forming an upper electrode on the densified, nitrided capacitive insulating film.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
186 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a capacitive element, comprising the steps of: removing a natural oxide film from a surface of a lower electrode of polysilicon or amorphous silicon of the capacitive element; reacting the lower electrode from which the natural oxide film has been removed with a halogen gas of a metal of high melting point to selectively replace the lower electrode with the metal of high melting point or a silicide of the metal of high melting point; exposing a portion of the lower electrode which has selectively been replaced with the metal of high melting point or a silicide of the metal of high melting point to a silane gas, and thereafter; reducing the halogen gas of the metal of high melting point with a silane gas or hydrogen to selectively deposit coarse crystal particles on the surface of the lower electrode; forming a capacitive insulating film on the lower electrode over the coarse crystal particles deposited on the lower electrode; densifying and nitriding the capacitive insulating film; and forming an upper electrode on the densified, nitrided capacitive insulating film.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the capacitive insulating film is a dielectric film made of either tantalum oxide, titanium oxide, niobium oxide, halfnium oxide, or yttrium oxide.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the natural oxide film is removed by hydrofluoric acid anhydride or diluted hydrofluoric acid.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
39 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the capacitive insulating film is a dielectric film made of tantalum oxide, and the dielectric film made of tantalum oxide is formed of an organic material of tantalum by chemical vapor-phase growth.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
68 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the capacitive insulating film is a dielectric film made of tantalum oxide, and the dielectric film made of tantalum oxide is densified by rapidly heating the dielectric film made of tantalum oxide with an electric furnace or a lamp or by a plasma in an atmospheric gas of oxygen, nitrous oxide, or oxygen containing water, or a combination of these gases.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
A method according to claim 5, wherein the dielectric film made of tantalum oxide is densified at a temperature ranging from 200° to 600° C.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
43 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the capacitive insulating film is a dielectric film made of tantalum oxide, said dielectric film made of tantalum oxide being densified by being heated in an atmospheric gas oxygen containing 30 to 300 ppm of water.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
18 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the metal of high melting point comprises tungsten, molybdenum, or titanium.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
33 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the upper electrode is made of titanium, titanium nitride, tungsten, tungsten nitride, tangsten silicide, molybdenum, molybdenum nitride, tantalum, tantalum nitride, poly-crystalline silicon or a combination thereof.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
41 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the capacitive insulating film comprises a dielectric film made of tantalum oxide, and the dielectric film made of tantalum oxide is nitrided by a plasma in an atmosphere of ammonia, nitrogen, or nitrous oxide.
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