Active solid-state devices (e.g. – transistors – solid-state diode – Field effect device – Having insulated electrode
Patent
1996-06-20
1998-10-27
Hardy, David B.
Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diode
Field effect device
Having insulated electrode
257532, H01L 2943
Patent
active
058280987
ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to a semiconductor device with embedded capacitor elements of which capacitor insulation layer is made of ferroelectric layer or dielectric layer of high dielectric constant, and its manufacturing method. This invention is made in order to solve the problems of rapid increase of leak current of capacitor element and the poor reliability caused by the large deviation of crystal sizes of conventional capacitor insulation layer of capacitor element incorporated in the semiconductor device. This is accomplished by the invention of a capacitor element consisting of a substrate of semiconductor integrated circuit, a first electrode selectively deposited on the surface of said substrate, a capacitor insulation layer having a high dielectric constant deposited selectively on the surface of said first electrode, and a second electrode deposited on the surface of said capacitor insulation layer avoiding the contact with the first electrode, of which average grain diameters of crystal grains constituting the capacitor insulation layer are within a range of 5 to 20 nm, and the standard deviation of the sizes of crystal grains constituting said capacitor insulation layer is within 3 nm.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4466177 (1984-08-01), Chao
Azuma Masamichi
Inoue Atsuo
Matsuura Taketoshi
Shimada Yasuhiro
Uemoto Yasuhiro
Hardy David B.
Matsushita Electronics Corporation
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