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US5990507A
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Semiconductor device having ferroelectric capacitor structures
Assignee: Toshiba Corp
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Filing: 1997-07-09
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Granted: 1999-11-23
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Expires: 2017-07-09
Abstract
Abstract A method of manufacturing a semiconductor apparatus comprises the steps of forming, on a surface of a semiconductor substrate, an MIS transistor including a drain region and a source region each formed of an impurity diffusion region, forming an insulation film on the semiconductor substrate after the MIS transistor has been formed, selectively forming contact holes in the insulation film, embedding, into the contact hole, a capacitor contact plug having a lower end which is in contact with one of the drain region and the source region of the MIS transistor, forming a ferroelectric capacitor having a lower electrode, a ferroelectric film and an upper electrode on the insulation film after the capacitor contact plug has been formed, and forming an electric wire for establishing a connection between the upper electrode of the ferroelectric capacitor and an upper surface of the capacitor contact plug.
Inventors
- 👤 Hiroshi Mochizuki
- 👤 Kumi Okuwada
- 👤 Hiroyuki Kanaya
- 👤 Osamu Hidaka
- 👤 Susumu Shuto
- 👤 Iwao Kunishima
Bibliographic Details
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CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10B; H10B53/00; H10B53/30; H10B12/00; H10B12/01; H10B12/02; H10B12/03; H10B12/033; H10W; H10W20/00; H10W20/01; H10W20/031; H10W20/0698; H10D; H10D1/00; H10D1/60; H10D1/68; H10D1/682
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
337 words
A semiconductor apparatus comprising: an MIS transistor having a drain region and a source region each of which is formed of an impurity diffusion region and formed on a surface of a semiconductor substrate; a first insulation film formed on said semiconductor substrate including said MIS transistor; a bit line contact plug comprising a refractory metal embedded in said first insulation film and having a lower end which is in contact with one of said drain region and said source region and an upper end which is made flush with an upper surface of said first insulation film; a capacitor contact plug comprising a refractory metal, embedded in said first insulation film and having a lower end which is in contact with the other one of said drain region and said source region and an upper end which is made flush with an upper surface of said first insulation film; a ferroelectric capacitor formed above said first insulation film and having a lower electrode, an interelectrode ferroelectric film and an upper electrode; a second insulation film formed above said ferroelectric capacitor and said first insulation film; a capacitor electric wire formed on said second insulation film for establishing a connection between said upper electrode of said ferroelectric capacitor and a top surface of said capacitor contact plug through a first contact hole selectively formed in said second insulation film; a bit line contact plug electric wire formed on said second insulation film and connected to a top surface of said bit line contact plug through a second contact hole selectively formed in said second insulation film; a third insulation film formed on said second insulation film including said capacitor electric wire and said bit line contact plug electric wire; and a bit line formed on said third insulation film by reflowing at least one material selected from a group consisting of Al, AlCu, AlCuSi and Cu and connected to said bit line contact plug electric wire through a via hole selectively formed in said third insulation film.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
337 words
A semiconductor apparatus comprising: an MIS transistor having a drain region and a source region each of which is formed of an impurity diffusion region and formed on a surface of a semiconductor substrate; a first insulation film formed on said semiconductor substrate including said MIS transistor; a bit line contact plug comprising a refractory metal embedded in said first insulation film and having a lower end which is in contact with one of said drain region and said source region and an upper end which is made flush with an upper surface of said first insulation film; a capacitor contact plug comprising a refractory metal, embedded in said first insulation film and having a lower end which is in contact with the other one of said drain region and said source region and an upper end which is made flush with an upper surface of said first insulation film; a ferroelectric capacitor formed above said first insulation film and having a lower electrode, an interelectrode ferroelectric film and an upper electrode; a second insulation film formed above said ferroelectric capacitor and said first insulation film; a capacitor electric wire formed on said second insulation film for establishing a connection between said upper electrode of said ferroelectric capacitor and a top surface of said capacitor contact plug through a first contact hole selectively formed in said second insulation film; a bit line contact plug electric wire formed on said second insulation film and connected to a top surface of said bit line contact plug through a second contact hole selectively formed in said second insulation film; a third insulation film formed on said second insulation film including said capacitor electric wire and said bit line contact plug electric wire; and a bit line formed on said third insulation film by reflowing at least one material selected from a group consisting of Al, AlCu, AlCuSi and Cu and connected to said bit line contact plug electric wire through a via hole selectively formed in said third insulation film.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
42 words
A semiconductor apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each of said bit line contact plug and said capacitor contact plug is formed in an inversely tapered shape in which an upper surface has a size larger than that of a bottom surface.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
199 words
A semiconductor apparatus comprising: a switching transistor formed on a semiconductor substrate; a first insulation film for covering said semiconductor substrate having said transistor formed thereon and having a flattened surface; a first bit line contact plug comprising a refractory metal, embedded in said first insulation film and connected to said transistor; a ferroelectric capacitor composed of a lower electrode, an interelectrode ferroelectric film and an upper electrode sequentially formed on said surface of said first insulation film; a second insulation film covering said lower electrode, said interelectrode ferroelectric film and said upper electrode and having a flattened surface; any one of a bit line and a second bit line contact plug formed by reflowing at least one material selected from a group consisting of Al, AlCu, AlCuSi, and Cu to plug a via hole selectively formed in said second insulation film and connected to said first bit line plug; and an upper electrode outlet electrode wire formed on said upper electrode and connected to said upper electrode, wherein any one of a W metal layer, a TiN metal layer and a Ti metal layer is selectively formed on an upper surface of said upper electrode outlet electric wire.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
199 words
A semiconductor apparatus comprising: a switching transistor formed on a semiconductor substrate; a first insulation film for covering said semiconductor substrate having said transistor formed thereon and having a flattened surface; a first bit line contact plug comprising a refractory metal, embedded in said first insulation film and connected to said transistor; a ferroelectric capacitor composed of a lower electrode, an interelectrode ferroelectric film and an upper electrode sequentially formed on said surface of said first insulation film; a second insulation film covering said lower electrode, said interelectrode ferroelectric film and said upper electrode and having a flattened surface; any one of a bit line and a second bit line contact plug formed by reflowing at least one material selected from a group consisting of Al, AlCu, AlCuSi, and Cu to plug a via hole selectively formed in said second insulation film and connected to said first bit line plug; and an upper electrode outlet electrode wire formed on said upper electrode and connected to said upper electrode, wherein any one of a W metal layer, a TiN metal layer and a Ti metal layer is selectively formed on an upper surface of said upper electrode outlet electric wire.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
41 words
A semiconductor apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said any one of a W metal layer, a TiN metal layer and a Ti metal layer selectively formed on said upper electrode outlet electric wire is a deposited layer free from hydrogen.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
A semiconductor apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said upper electrode outlet electric wire contains at least one material selected from a group consisting of Al, AlCuSi, AlCu, W, TiN and Ti.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
37 words
A semiconductor apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising a first layer electric wire formed by the same wiring layer as said upper electrode outlet electric wire between said first insulation film and said second insulation film.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
31 words
A semiconductor apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said first layer electric wire is formed in at least a portion corresponding to a portion above said first bit line contact plug.
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