IP Library Granted Patent US 7,190,045
Granted Patent B2
US 7,190,045 · App. 10/812,880 · Granted Mar 13, 2007

Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same

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Patent No.
US 7,190,045
App. No.
10/812,880
Granted
Mar 13, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device is composed of: an interconnect made of a first conductive film and a second conductive film that are stacked in sequence from the interconnect underside on an insulating film formed on a substrate; and a capacitor composed of a lower capacitor electrode made of the first conductive film, a dielectric film formed on the lower capacitor electrode, and an upper capacitor electrode made of the second conductive film and formed on the dielectric film.

Claims (23)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

an insulating film;

an interconnect made of a first conductive film and a second conductive film that are stacked in sequence from the interconnect underside on the insulating film;

on the insulating film, a capacitor composed of:

a lower capacitor electrode made of the first conductive film;

a dielectric film formed on the lower capacitor electrode; and

an upper capacitor electrode made of the second conductive film and formed on the dielectric film,

wherein each of the lower capacitor electrode, the dielectric film, and the upper capacitor electrode has a same pattern; and

lower contacts are formed in the insulating film on a bottom surface of the lower capacitor electrode, the lower contacts being connected to the lower capacitor electrode.

2. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein

a lower insulating film is formed beneath the insulating film;

a lower interconnect is formed on the lower insulating film; and

the lower contacts are connected to the lower interconnect.

3. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein a surface of the insulating film on which the capacitor is formed is planarized.

4. The semiconductor device of claim 2 , wherein

an upper insulating film is formed so as to cover the capacitor and the interconnect; and

upper contacts are formed in the upper insulating film on an upper surface of the upper capacitor electrode, the upper contacts being connected to the upper capacitor electrode.

5. The semiconductor device of claim 4 , wherein

an upper interconnect is formed on the upper insulating film; and

the upper contacts are connected with the upper interconnect.

6. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the first conductive film is made of a metal nitride.

7. The semiconductor device of claim 6 , wherein the dielectric film is SiN.

8. The semiconductor device of claim 7 , wherein the second conductive film is made of an aluminum alloy.

Assignments (5)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2020
From: JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC
To: RPX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054486/0422 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 29, 2018
From: RPX CORPORATION
To: JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC
Reel/Frame 046486/0433 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 8, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: RPX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 031939/0247 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 20, 2008
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021930/0876 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 31, 2004
From: EGASHIRA, KYOKO; HASHIMOTO, SHIN
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 015174/0529 →