IP Library Granted Patent US 7,456,456
Granted Patent B2
US 7,456,456 · App. 11/616,680 · Granted Nov 25, 2008

Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same

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Patent No.
US 7,456,456
App. No.
11/616,680
Granted
Nov 25, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device according to the present invention comprises a semiconductor substrate, a capacitor including a lower electrode disposed above the semiconductor substrate, a dielectric film disposed above the lower electrode, and an upper electrode disposed above the dielectric film, the upper electrode including metal oxide formed of ABO 3 perovskite oxide and containing at least an Ru element as a B site element, and a metal film containing a Ti element being disposed between the dielectric film and the upper electrode.

Claims (4)

1. A semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor substrate; and a capacitor including a lower electrode disposed above the semiconductor substrate, a dielectric film disposed above the lower electrode, and an upper electrode disposed above the dielectric film; the upper electrode including metal oxide formed of ABO 3 perovskite oxide and containing at least an Ru element and a Ti element as B site elements.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the dielectric film contains at least Pb.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein metal oxide is at least one of Sr(Ru, Ti)O 3 and Ba(Ru, Ti)O 3 .

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the capacitor includes a ferroelectric substance and has a nonvolatile memory function.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 8, 2010
From: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
To: QIMONDA AG
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