IP Library Granted Patent US 7,642,099
Granted Patent B2
US 7,642,099 · App. 11/998,177 · Granted Jan 5, 2010

Manufacturing method for ferroelectric memory device

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Patent No.
US 7,642,099
App. No.
11/998,177
Granted
Jan 5, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A manufacturing method for a ferroelectric memory device includes: forming a ferroelectric capacitor on a substrate, the ferroelectric capacitor including a lower electrode, a ferroelectric film, and an upper electrode; forming a first hydrogen barrier film that covers the ferroelectric capacitor by a chemical vapor deposition method; forming a dielectric film on the first hydrogen barrier film; forming a sidewall composed of the dielectric film on a side of the ferroelectric capacitor by etching back the dielectric film; forming a second hydrogen barrier film on the first hydrogen barrier film and the sidewall by a chemical vapor deposition method; and forming an interlayer dielectric film on the second hydrogen barrier film.

Claims (11)

1. A manufacturing method for a ferroelectric memory device, comprising:

forming a ferroelectric capacitor on a substrate, the ferroelectric capacitor including a lower electrode, a ferroelectric film, and an upper electrode;

forming a first hydrogen barrier film that covers the ferroelectric capacitor by an atomic layer deposition method;

forming a dielectric film on the first hydrogen barrier film;

forming a sidewall composed of the dielectric film on a side of the ferroelectric capacitor by etching back the dielectric film;

forming a second hydrogen barrier film on the first hydrogen barrier film and the sidewall by an atomic layer deposition method; and

forming an interlayer dielectric film on the second hydrogen barrier film.

2. A manufacturing method for a ferroelectric memory device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first hydrogen barrier film and the second hydrogen barrier film are composed of aluminum oxide.

3. A manufacturing method for a ferroelectric memory device according to claim 1 , wherein

a heat treatment to the sidewall is conducted between the forming of the sidewall and the forming of the second hydrogen barrier film by a chemical vapor deposition method.

Assignments (6)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Dec 23, 2016
From: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
To: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
Reel/Frame 041188/0401 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNOR PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 032483 FRAME 0847. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CORRECT ASSIGNOR IS SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION. Recorded Mar 24, 2014
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
Reel/Frame 032513/0078 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 20, 2014
From: KAMIYANAGI, MASATAKA
To: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
Reel/Frame 032483/0847 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 10, 2010
From: FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED
To: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
Reel/Frame 024964/0664 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 13, 2009
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 022248/0521 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 25, 2008
From: FUKADA, SHINICHI; SASHIDA, NAOYA
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION; FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 020559/0389 →