US 7,479,439 B2 · Semiconductor-insulator-silicide capacitor

Abstract

A semiconductor-insulator-silicide (SIS) capacitor is formed by depositing a thin silicon containing layer on a salicide mask dielectric layer, followed by lithographic patterning of the stack and metallization of the thin silicon containing layer and other exposed semiconductor portions of a semiconductor substrate. The thin silicon containing layer is fully reacted during metallization and consequently converted to a silicide alloy layer, which is a first electrode of a capacitor. The salicide mask dielectric layer is the capacitor dielectric. The second electrode of the capacitor may be a doped polycrystalline silicon containing layer, a doped single crystalline semiconductor region, or another doped polycrystalline silicon containing layer disposed on the doped polycrystalline silicon containing layer. The SIS insulator may further comprise other dielectric layers and conductive layers to increase capacitance per area.

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A method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure comprising:

forming a doped single crystalline semiconductor region in a semiconductor substrate;
forming a patterned stack of a salicide mask dielectric layer and a thin silicon containing layer on said semiconductor substrate;
metallizing said thin silicon containing layer to form a suicide alloy layer directly on said salicide mask dielectric layer;
forming a semiconductor silicide directly on said doped single crystalline semiconductor region;
forming a gate dielectric directly on said doped single crystalline semiconductor region;
forming a first doped polycrystalline silicon containing layer directly on said gate dielectric prior to forming said salicide mask dielectric layer;
forming a first polysilicon silicide directly on said first doped polycrystalline silicon containing layer;
forming an isolation dielectric layer on said first doped polycrystalline silicon containing layer;
forming a second doped polycrystalline silicon containing layer directly on said isolation dielectric layer prior to forming said salicide mask dielectric layer;
and
forming a second polysilicon suicide directly on said second doped polycrystalline silicon containing layer.

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Semiconductor-insulator-silicide capacitor

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Abstract

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