High-K dielectric materials and processes for manufacturing them
AssigneeMicron Technology, Inc.
InventorsJiong-Ping Lu, Ming-Jang Hwang
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Abstract
High dielectric films of mixed transition metal oxides of titanium and tungsten, or titanium and tantalum, are formed by sequential chemical vapor deposition (CVD) of the respective nitrides and annealing in the presence of oxygen to densify and oxidize the nitrides. The resulting film is useful as a capacitative cell and resists oxygen diffusion to the underlying material, has high capacitance and low current leakage.
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A method for forming a capacitor having a first electrode and a second electrode comprising:
- providing a first transition metal nitride layer contacting said first electrode, said first layer comprising one of tungsten nitride and tantalum nitride;
- providing a second transition metal nitride layer contacting said first layer, said second layer comprising titanium nitride and having an exposed surface;
- annealing said exposed surface of said second layer in the presence of oxygen for increasing a density of said second layer and for oxidizing at least said second layer;
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- forming said second electrode over said annealed second layer.
A method for forming a capacitor having a first electrode and a second electrode comprising:
- providing a first transition metal nitride layer contacting said first electrode, said first layer comprising titanium nitride;
- providing a second transition metal nitride layer contacting said first layer, said second layer comprising one of tungsten nitride and tantalum nitride, said second layer having an exposed surface;
- annealing said exposed surface of said second layer in the presence of oxygen for increasing a density of said second layer and for oxidizing at least said second layer;
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- forming said second electrode over said annealed second layer.
A method for forming a capacitor having a first electrode and a second electrode comprising:
- providing a first transition metal nitride layer contacting said first electrode, said first layer comprising titanium nitride;
- providing a second transition metal layer contacting said first layer, said second layer comprising elemental tungsten, said second layer having an exposed surface;
- annealing said exposed surface of said second layer in the presence of oxygen for increasing a density of said second layer and for oxidizing said first and second layers;
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- forming said second electrode over said annealed second layer.
A method of making a member in contact with a first electrode having high dielectric constant low current leakage and low oxygen diffusion therethrough to an underlying substrate, said method comprising:
- forming a first layer of one of refractory metal oxide and refractory metal nitride, said first layer contacting said first electrode;
- forming a second layer of titanium nitride;
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- annealing said first layer and said second layer at elevated temperature in the presence of oxygen for increasing a density of said second layer and for oxidizing at least said second layer.
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