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US 7,221,013 · App. 10/916,645 · Granted May 22, 2007

Semiconductor device

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Patent No.
US 7,221,013
App. No.
10/916,645
Granted
May 22, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes: an insulating underlying layer of which surface portion has a concave portion; a lower electrode formed on the underlying layer along the inner face of the concave portion; a capacitor insulating film formed on the lower electrode and made of a high-dielectric or a ferroelectric subjected to thermal treatment for crystallization; and an upper electrode formed on the capacitor insulating film. The lower electrode and the upper electrode are made of a material that generates tensile stress in the thermal treatment for the capacitor insulating film, and the upper end part of the side wall and the corner part at the bottom face of the concave portion of the underlying layer are rounded.

Claims (15)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

an underlying layer, which is a deposited film, having an insulating property and having a concave portion in a surface portion;

a lower electrode formed on said underlying layer along an inner face of said concave portion;

a capacitor insulating film formed on said lower electrode and made of a high-dielectric or a ferroelectric; and

an upper electrode formed on said capacitor insulating film,

wherein an upper end pan of a side face and a corner part at a bottom face of said concave portion of said underlying layer are rounded,

said side face of said concave portion forms an angle with said bottom face of said concave portion and an angle with a surface of said underlying layer respectively at 93 degrees to 130 degrees,

in each of said lower electrode and said upper electrode, a thickness ratio of a thinnest part in a part located on said inner face of said concave portion to a part located on said underlying layer is 0.6 or more, and

in each of said upper electrode and said lower electrode, a thickness of a thinnest part is 10 nm or more.

2. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein

said capacitor insulating film is made of at least one material selected from the group consisting Pb(Zr x Ti 1-x )O 3 , (Ba x Sr 1-x )TiO 3 , SrBi 2 (Ta x Nb 1-x ) 2 O 9 , (Bi x La 1-x ) 4 Ti 3 O 12 (wherein, 0≦x≦1 in each said substance) and Ta 2 O 5 .

3. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein

said upper electrode and said lower electrode are made of at least one material selected from the group consisting of platinum, ruthenium, ruthenium oxide, iridium, iridium oxide, aluminum titanium, aluminum titanium nitride, titanium, titanium nitride, tantalum and tantalum nitride.

4. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , further comprising: a substrate having a plane main surface,

wherein said underlying layer is formed on said main surface of said substrate.