IP Library Granted Patent US 8,026,184
Granted Patent B2
US 8,026,184 · App. 11/965,840 · Granted Sep 27, 2011

Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same

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Patent No.
US 8,026,184
App. No.
11/965,840
Granted
Sep 27, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device formed by laminating a capacitor including a bottom metal electrode, a capacitive insulating film, and an upper metal electrode. When the capacitive insulating film is formed by performing a first step of forming a first dielectric layer on the bottom metal electrode by a vapor phase film forming method using a precursor gas that contains constituent elements of a dielectric; and a second step of forming a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer by a vapor phase film forming method using a precursor gas that contains constituent elements of a dielectric, a film forming temperature in the first step is set so as to be lower than a film forming temperature in the second step.

Claims (12)

1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a capacitor, where the capacitor is made by the method comprising the steps of:

laminating a bottom metal electrode, a capacitive insulating film on the bottom metal electrode, and an upper metal electrode on the capacitive insulating film,

wherein the step of laminating the capacitive insulating film includes a first step of laminating a first dielectric layer on the bottom metal electrode by a vapor phase film forming method using a precursor gas that contains constituent elements of a dielectric, and a second step of laminating a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer by a vapor phase film forming method using a precursor gas that contains constituent elements of a dielectric, and wherein a maximum temperature at which the first dielectric layer is laminated in the first step is lower than a temperature at which the second dielectric layer is laminated in the second step.

2. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, according to claim 1 , wherein an atomic layer deposition method is used as the vapor phase film forming method in the first step and the second step.

3. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, according to claim 2 , wherein the atomic layer deposition method in the first step and the second step performs alternately:

a step of forming a metal film by depositing metal, which is produced by reaction of a precursor gas that contains metal, on a film; and

a step of oxidizing the metal film by an oxidation gas and changing the oxidized metal film into a dielectric layer.

4. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, according to claim 3 , wherein vapor is used as the oxidation gas in the first step.

5. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, according to claim 3 , wherein an ozone gas is used as the oxidation gas in the second step.

6. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, according to claim 1 , wherein oxygen permeability of the first dielectric layer is set so as to be lower than oxygen permeability of the second dielectric layer.

7. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, according to claim 1 , wherein nitrogen is supplied in a film forming atmosphere in the first step.

8. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, according to claim 7 , wherein at least one of a silicon nitride and an aluminum oxide is used as a main material of the first dielectric layer formed in the first step.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 15, 2014
From: ELPIDA MEMORY, INC.
To: PS4 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
Reel/Frame 032895/0466 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 29, 2013
From: PS4 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
To: ELPIDA MEMORY INC.
Reel/Frame 032414/0261 →