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US 5,329,146 AGranted
DRAM having trench type capacitor extending through field oxide
AssigneeMitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShinya Soeda
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Abstract
In a memory cell formed of one transistor and one capacitor, the capacitor includes a stacked type capacitor region extending over the gate electrode and word line of the transfer gate transistor, and a trench type capacitor region extending into a groove part formed in the field isolation film for element separation. The trench type capacitor region is formed between a pair of word lines extending on the field isolation film. Each storage node of adjacent capacitors is isolated on the bottom surface of the groove.
Claims4
A dynamic random access memory device, comprising:
- a semiconductor substrate having a main surface;
- an isolation insulating layer formed on the main surface of said semiconductor substrate, said isolation insulating layer having an upper surface and a lower surface, said lower surface of said isolation insulating layer being in contact with said main surface of said semiconductor substrate;
- first and second impurity regions formed on the main surface and extending into said semiconductor substrate and isolated from each other by said isolation insulating layer;
- a groove part extending into said isolation insulating layer and said semiconductor substrate and having inner lateral surfaces and a bottom surface;
- an insulating layer having a smaller thickness than said isolation insulating layer, formed on said inner lateral surfaces and said bottom surfaces of said groove part and extending over said top surface of said isolation insulating layer, said insulating layer having a top surface and a bottom surface, said bottom surface of said insulating layer being in contact with said inner lateral surfaces and said bottom surface of said groove part,
- a first lower electrode having a first portion connected to said first impurity region and extending on the surface of said isolation insulating layer, and a second portion extending into said groove part in contact with said top surface of said insulating layer;
- a second lower electrode having a third portion connected to said second impurity region and extending on the surface of said isolation insulating layer, and a fourth portion extending into said groove part in contact with said top surface of said insulating layer and isolated from said second portion of said first lower electrode;
- a first dielectric layer formed on the surface of said first lower electrode;
- a second dielectric layer formed on the surface of said second lower electrode and isolated from said first dielectric layer;
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- an upper electrode formed in a single layer and formed on the surfaces of said first and second dielectric layers.
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