# US 8,772,754 B2 · Semiconductor storage device comprising a memory cell array including a rectifying element and a variable resistor > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,772,754 B2 - Document ID: US8772754B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/402,058 - Filed: 2012-02-22 - Published: 2012-08-23 - Granted: 2014-07-08 - Earliest claimed: 2011-02-23 - Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba - Applicants: Murato Kawai - Inventors: Murato Kawai - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8772754B2 ## CPC - H10N 70/063: {by etching of pre-deposited switching material layers, e.g. lithography} - H10B 63/20: {comprising selection components having two electrodes, e.g. diodes} - H10B 63/80: {Arrangements comprising multiple bistable or multi-stable switching components of the same type on a plane parallel to the substrate, e.g. cross-point arrays} - H10N 70/245: {the species being metal cations, e.g. programmable metallization cells} - H10N 70/826: {adapted for essentially vertical current flow, e.g. sandwich or pillar type devices} - H10N: ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - H10B: ELECTRONIC MEMORY DEVICES ## Abstract A method of manufacturing a semiconductor storage device according to an embodiment includes: stacking a first wiring layer; stacking a memory cell layer on the first wiring layer; and stacking a stopper film on the memory cell layer. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor storage device also includes: etching the stopper film, the memory cell layer, and the first wiring layer; polishing an interlayer insulating film to the stopper film after burying the stopper film, the memory cell layer, and the first wiring layer with the interlayer insulating film; performing a nitridation process to the stopper film and the interlayer insulating film to form an adjustment film and a block film on surfaces of the stopper film and the interlayer insulating film, respectively; and forming a second wiring layer on the adjustment film, the second wiring layer being electrically connected to the adjustment film. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A semiconductor storage device comprising: a plurality of first wirings disposed in parallel; a plurality of second wirings disposed to intersect the first wirings; a memory cell array including a memory cell, the memory cell being disposed at each intersection of the first wiring and the second wiring and having a first electrode, a rectifying element, a second electrode, a variable resistor, and a third electrode connected in series; and an interlayer insulating film deposited on the memory cell array, the interlayer insulating film being made of a first insulating material, the memory cell array including: a stopper film between the third electrode and the first wiring, the stopper film being made of a first metallic material and having a polishing rate different from that of the interlayer insulating film; an adjustment film, the adjustment film being made of nitride of the first metallic material and being in contact with the first wiring; and a block film between the interlayer insulating film and the first wiring, the block film containing nitride of the first insulating material, an undersurface of the block film being higher than an undersurface of the stopper film, and the stopper film being made of tungsten. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The semiconductor storage device according to claim 1, wherein the adjustment film and the block film are formed with a substantially identical thickness. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The semiconductor storage device according to claim 1, wherein the third electrode is made of titanium nitride and the adjustment film is made of tungsten nitride. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The semiconductor storage device according to claim 1, further comprising a barrier metal film provided along with the first wiring. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The semiconductor storage device according to claim 1, wherein the first wiring and the second wiring are made of an identical material. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The semiconductor storage device according to claim 1, wherein the interlayer insulating film is formed by a polysilazane film, and the block film is formed by a film of nitrided polysilazane. ### Claim 7 A semiconductor storage device comprising: a plurality of first wirings disposed in parallel; a plurality of second wirings disposed to intersect the first wirings; a memory cell array including a memory cell, the memory cell being disposed at each intersection of the first wiring and the second wiring and having a first electrode, a rectifying element, a second electrode, a variable resistor, and a third electrode connected in series; and an interlayer insulating film deposited on the memory cell array, the interlayer insulating film being made of a first insulating material, a structure which includes the first wiring, the memory cell array, and the second wiring being stacked plural times, the memory cell array including: a stopper film between the third electrode and the first wiring, the stopper film being made of a first metallic material and having a polishing rate different from that of the interlayer insulating film; an adjustment film, the adjustment film being made of nitride of the first metallic material and being in contact with the first wiring; and a block film between the interlayer insulating film and the first wiring, the block film containing nitride of the first insulating material, an undersurface of the block film being higher than an undersurface of the stopper film, and the stopper film being made of tungsten. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The semiconductor storage device according to claim 7, wherein the adjustment film and the block film are formed with a substantially identical thickness. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The semiconductor storage device according to claim 7, wherein the third electrode is made of titanium nitride and the adjustment film is made of tungsten nitride. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The semiconductor storage device according to claim 7, further comprising a barrier metal film provided along with the first wiring. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The semiconductor storage device according to claim 7, wherein the first wiring and the second wiring are made of an identical material. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The semiconductor storage device according to claim 7, wherein the interlayer insulating film is formed by a polysilazane film, and the block film is formed by a film of nitrided polysilazane.