Deposition of anisotropic dielectric layers orientationally matched to the physically separated substrate
AssigneeIntermolecular, Inc.
InventorsSergey Barabash, Dipankar Pramanik
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Abstract
A dielectric layer can achieve a crystallography orientation similar to a base dielectric layer with a conductive layer disposed between the two dielectric layers. By providing a conductive layer having similar crystal structure and lattice parameters with the base dielectric layer, the crystallography orientation can be carried from the base dielectric layer, across the conductive layer to affect the dielectric layer. The process can be used to form capacitor structure for anisotropic dielectric materials, along the direction of high dielectric constant.
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A method for forming a capacitor, the method comprising forming a seed layer;
- forming a first dielectric layer over the seed layer,
- wherein the first dielectric layer is formed with a first crystallographic orientation,
- wherein a thickness of the first dielectric layer is between 50 nm and 500 nm,
- wherein the first dielectric layer has an anisotropic dielectric constant property,
- wherein the anisotropic dielectric constant property is characterized as having a first dielectric constant value in a first crystallographic direction and a second dielectric constant value in a second crystallographic direction,
- wherein the first dielectric constant value is greater than the second dielectric constant value, and
- wherein the first crystallographic direction is parallel to a lateral surface of the first dielectric layer or perpendicular to the lateral surface of the first dielectric layer;
- forming a first conductive layer over the first dielectric layer;
- forming a second dielectric layer over the first conductive layer,
- wherein the composition of the second dielectric layer is the same as the composition of the first dielectric layer,
- wherein the second dielectric layer is formed with the first crystallographic orientation;
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- forming a second conductive layer over the second dielectric layer.
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