IP Library Granted Patent US 7,763,953
Granted Patent B2
US 7,763,953 · App. 12/073,333 · Granted Jul 27, 2010

Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same

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Patent No.
US 7,763,953
App. No.
12/073,333
Granted
Jul 27, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device including a capacitor which includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a dielectric layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the dielectric layer including: a first paraelectric film formed of a material containing a first metal element and at least one kind of second metal element; a second paraelectric film disposed between the first electrode and the first paraelectric film; and a third paraelectric film disposed between the second electrode and the first paraelectric film, wherein the second paraelectric film is formed of a material containing the first metal element but substantially not containing the second metal element, and the third paraelectric film is formed of a material containing the first metal element but substantially not containing the second metal element.

Claims (25)

1. A semiconductor device comprising a capacitor which includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a dielectric layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the dielectric layer comprising:

a first paraelectric film formed of a material containing a first metal element and at least one kind of second metal element;

a second paraelectric film disposed between the first electrode and the first paraelectric film; and

a third paraelectric film disposed between the second electrode and the first paraelectric film,

wherein the second paraelectric film is formed of a material containing the first metal element but not containing the second metal element,

the third paraelectric film is formed of a material containing the first metal element but not containing the second metal element,

wherein the capacitor comprises a plurality of the first paraelectric films, and a fourth paraelectric film disposed between each pair of the first paraelectric films, the fourth paraelectric film being formed of a material containing the first metal element but not containing the second metal element.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first metal element is titanium (Ti).

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the second paraelectric film, the third paraelectric film and the fourth paraelectric film have dielectric constants larger than the dielectric constant of the first paraelectric film.

4. A semiconductor device comprising a capacitor which includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a dielectric layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the dielectric layer comprising:

a first paraelectric film formed of a material containing a first metal element and at least one kind of second metal element;

a second paraelectric film disposed between the first electrode and the first paraelectric film; and

a third paraelectric film disposed between the second electrode and the first paraelectric film,

wherein the second paraelectric film is formed of a material containing the first metal element but not containing the second metal element,

the third paraelectric film is formed of a material containing the first metal element but not containing the second metal element, and

wherein the first metal element is titanium (Ti) and the second metal element is selected from the group consisting of hafnium (Hf), aluminum (Al), yttrium (Y) and lanthanum (La).

5. A semiconductor device comprising a capacitor which includes a first electrode, a second electrode and a dielectric layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the dielectric layer comprising:

a first paraelectric film formed of a first metal element and at least one kind of second metal element;

a second paraelectric film disposed between the first electrode and the first paraelectric film; and

a third paraelectric film disposed between the second electrode and the first paraelectric film,

wherein the second paraelectric film is formed of a material containing the first metal element but not containing the second metal element,

the third paraelectric film is formed of a material containing the first metal element but not containing the second metal element, and

wherein the second paraelectric film and the third paraelectric film have dielectric constants larger than the dielectric constant of the first paraelectric film.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 5 , wherein the first metal element is titanium (Ti).

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 5 , wherein the second metal element is selected from the group consisting of hafnium (Hf), aluminum (Al), yttrium (Y) and lanthanum (La).

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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 12, 2019
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
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From: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
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SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2018
From: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.; MICRON SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
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From: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
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PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jun 2, 2016
From: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
To: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
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SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2016
From: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
To: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 9, 2014
From: ELPIDA MEMORY, INC.
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
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