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Simple method of fabricating ferroelectric capacitors
Assignee: Sharp Corp
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Filing: 1996-12-06
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Granted: 1998-09-15
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Expires: 2016-12-06
Abstract
Abstract A ferroelectric capacitor device and method of manufacture. A substrate supports a bottom electrode structure, with an adhesion/diffusion barrier layer sandwiched therebetween. The electrode layer includes a metal or metal alloy and an oxide of the metal or alloy. The adhesion/diffusion barrier layer is a similar oxide. Ferroelectric material is sandwiched between a top electrode. The top layer includes a metal or metal alloy and an oxide of the same; the metal or metal alloy may be the same as the bottom electrode but need not be. The metal and metal oxide electrodes may be deposited by known deposition techniques, or the metal may be deposited and the oxide formed by annealing in oxygen ambient environment.
Inventors
- 👤 Seshu B. Desu
- 👤 Hemanshu D. Bhatt
- 👤 Dilip P. Vijay
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 08:59
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10B; H10B53/00; H10D; H10D1/00; H10D1/60; H10D1/68; H10D1/682; H10D1/692; H10D1/694; H10D1/696
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
104 words
A method of fabricating a ferroelectric capacitor comprising the steps of: (a) forming a first metal oxide layer on a face of a substrate to provide an adhesion layer; (b) forming a first metal layer on said adhesion layer; (c) forming a second metal oxide of said first metal layer on top of said first metal layer formed in step (b); (d) forming a layer of ferroelectric material on said second oxide layer formed in step (c), (e) forming a third metal oxide on the said ferroelectric layer; and (f) forming a second metal layer on said metal oxide layer formed in step (e).
Claim 2
Independent Claim
104 words
A method of fabricating a ferroelectric capacitor comprising the steps of: (a) forming a first metal oxide layer on a face of a substrate to provide an adhesion layer; (b) forming a first metal layer on said adhesion layer; (c) forming a second metal oxide of said first metal layer on top of said first metal layer formed in step (b); (d) forming a layer of ferroelectric material on said second oxide layer formed in step (c), (e) forming a third metal oxide on the said ferroelectric layer; and (f) forming a second metal layer on said metal oxide layer formed in step (e).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method according to claim 1 wherein at least one of said metal layers is selected from the group consisting of the transition elements.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method according to claim 1 wherein at least one of said metal layers is selected from the group consisting of Pt and Pd.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
37 words
A method according to claim 1 wherein at least one of said metal oxide layers is selected from the group consisting of oxides of transition metals, Pt, Pd, perovskite Rh, Ir, Ru, Os, Pt, Re, and Ag.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
A method according to claim 1 wherein at least one of the metal oxide layers is a metal oxide of at least one of said metal layers.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
A method according to claim 1 wherein said ferroelectric material is selected from the group consisting of perovskite oxides, pyrochlore oxides, layered perovskites and tungsten bronze.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
32 words
A method according to claim 1 wherein the said substrate is composed of a material selected from the group consisting of silicon, silicon dioxide, silicon with silicon oxide coating, and gallium arsenide.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method according to claim 1 where said metal layer, metal oxide and ferroelectric layers are deposited by a film physical vapor deposition process.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
A method according to claim 1 where said metal layer, metal oxide and ferroelectric layers are deposited by a chemical deposition process.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method according to claim 1 wherein said layer of step (b) is composed of the same material as the layer of step (f).
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
23 words
A method according to claim 1 wherein said layer of step (b) is of a different material than the layer of step (f).
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
19 words
A method according to claim 1 wherein the said metal layers, metal oxides and ferroelectric layers are deposited in-situ.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
37 words
A method according to claim 1 wherein at least one of said metal oxide layers is formed by first depositing one of said metal layers and thereafter annealing said metal layer in an O 2 ambient environment.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
26 words
A method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of: (g) forming a fourth metal oxide layer on said metal layer formed in step (f).
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