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US 6,204,108 B1Granted
Method of fabricating a dynamic random access memory capacitor
AssigneeUnited Semiconductor Corp.
InventorsJing-Horng Gau, Hsiu-Wen Huang
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Abstract
A method of fabricating a capacitor. A crown-shape bottom storage node is formed on a conductive region. The crown-shape bottom storage node has a wavelike interior surface and a hemi-spherical grained exterior surface. A dielectric layer is formed on the bottom storage node, and a top electrode is formed to cover the dielectric layer.
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A method for forming a capacitor coupled to a conductive region on a substrate, comprising:
- forming an insulation layer on the substrate;
- forming a barrier layer on the insulation layer;
- forming an opening penetrating through the barrier layer and the insulation to expose the conductive region;
- forming a conductive plug to fill the opening and a first polysilicon layer with a hemi-spherical grained surface on the barrier layer;
- forming a composite layer comprising a plurality of material layers formed by different materials on the hemi-spherical grained surface;
- anisotropically etching the composite layer and the polysilicon layer until exposing the barrier layer to form a substantially smooth side surface of the composite layer;
- wet etching the composite layer;
- forming a second polysilicon layer with a hemi-spherical grained surface to cover the composite layer;
- removing the composite layer;
- forming a dielectric layer to cover the first and the second polysilicon layer;
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- forming a top electrode layer on the dielectric layer.
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A method of forming a bottom electrode coupled with a conductive region on a substrate, comprises the steps of:
- forming an insulation layer and a barrier layer on the substrate with an opening exposing the conductive region;
- forming a first polysilicon layer on the barrier layer to fill the opening, the first polysilicon having a hemi-spherical grained surface;
- forming a composite layer with a wavelike side surface;
- forming a second polysilicon layer conformal to the composite layer, the second polysilicon layer having a hemi-spherical grained surface;
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- removing the composite layer.
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