IP Library Granted Patent US 6,927,439
Granted Patent B2
US 6,927,439 · App. 10/923,002 · Granted Aug 9, 2005

Semiconductor memory with strongly adhesive electrode

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Patent No.
US 6,927,439
App. No.
10/923,002
Granted
Aug 9, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device equipped with information storage capacitor comprising a first capacitor electrode, an oxide film, a second capacitor electrode and insulating films containing silicon as a main constituting element, wherein at least one of first and second capacitor electrodes contains as a main constituting element at least one element selected from rhodium, ruthenium, iridium, osmium and platinum, and as an adding element at least one element selected from palladium, nickel, cobalt and titanium, is excellent in adhesiveness between the capacitor electrodes and the insulating films.

Claims (6)

1. A semiconductor device equipped with a capacitor for storing information comprising an oxide film formed between a first capacitor electrode and a second capacitor electrode, and an insulating film containing silicon as a main constituting element being formed for insulating the first capacitor electrode and the second capacitor electrode, wherein an electroconductive film containing as a main constituting element at least one element selected from the group consisting of palladium, nickel, cobalt and titanium is formed between the first capacitor electrode or the second capacitor electrode and the insulating film, and the first capacitor electrode or the second capacitor electrode is formed from at least one element selected from the group consisting of rhodium, ruthenium, iridium, osmium and platinum as a main constituting element.

2. A semiconductor device equipped with a capacitor for storing information comprising an oxide film formed between a first capacitor electrode and a second capacitor electrode, and an insulating film containing silicon as a main constituting element being formed for insulating the first capacitor electrode and the second capacitor electrode, wherein an electroconductive film containing as a main constituting element at least one element selected from the group consisting of palladium, nickel, cobalt and titanium is formed between the first capacitor electrode or the second capacitor electrode and the insulating film, and the first capacitor electrode or the second capacitor electrode is formed from ruthenium as a main constituting element.

3. A semiconductor device equipped with a capacitor for storing information comprising an oxide film formed between a first capacitor electrode and a second capacitor electrode, and an insulating film containing silicon as a main constituting element being formed for insulating the first capacitor electrode and the second capacitor electrode, wherein an electroconductive film containing as a main constituting element titanium is formed between the first capacitor electrode or the second capacitor electrode and the insulating film, and the first capacitor electrode or the second capacitor electrode is formed from ruthenium as a main constituting element.

4. A semiconductor device equipped with a capacitor for storing information comprising an oxide film formed between a first capacitor electrode and a second capacitor electrode, and an insulating film containing silicon as a main constituting element being formed for insulating the first capacitor electrode and the second capacitor electrode, wherein an electroconductive film containing as a main constituting element at least one element selected from the group consisting of palladium, nickel, cobalt and titanium is formed between the first capacitor electrode or the second capacitor electrode and the insulating film, and the first capacitor electrode or the second capacitor electrode is formed from at least one material selected from the group consisting of ruthenium oxide and iridium oxide as a main constituting material.

5. A semiconductor device equipped with a capacitor for storing information comprising a substrate, a first capacitor electrode formed on the substrate, an oxide film formed in contact with the first capacitor electrode, a second capacitor electrode formed in contact with the oxide film, and an insulating film containing silicon as a main constituting element and formed in contact with the first capacitor electrode and second capacitor electrode, wherein said first capacitor electrode or said second capacitor electrode is formed from a plurality of electrode films, and an electrode film among the plurality of electrode films contacting with the insulating film contains as a main constituting element at least one element selected from the group consisting of rhodium, ruthenium, iridium, osmium, and platinum, and as an adding element at least one element selected from the group consisting of palladium, nickel, cobalt, and titanium.

6. A semiconductor device according to claim 5 wherein the adding element is contained in a concentration of 10 to 25 atom %.

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 24, 2016
From: PS5 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
To: LONGITUDE SEMICONDUCTOR S.A.R.L.
Reel/Frame 039793/0880 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 24, 2016
From: PS4 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
To: PS5 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
Reel/Frame 039818/0506 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 15, 2014
From: ELPIDA MEMORY, INC.
To: PS4 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
Reel/Frame 032894/0588 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 29, 2013
From: PS4 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
To: ELPIDA MEMORY INC.
Reel/Frame 032414/0261 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 19, 2006
From: HITACHI, LTD.
To: ELPIDA MEMORY, INC.
Reel/Frame 018420/0080 →