IP Library Granted Patent US 8,263,454
Granted Patent B2
US 8,263,454 · App. 12/850,321 · Granted Sep 11, 2012

Embedded semiconductor device including planarization resistance patterns and method of manufacturing the same

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Patent No.
US 8,263,454
App. No.
12/850,321
Granted
Sep 11, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An embedded semiconductor device which a logic region and the memory region are planarized with planarization resistance patterns and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The embedded semiconductor device includes a substrate, gates formed on the substrate, source/drain regions formed on both sides of the gates in the substrate, a first interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer which covers the gates and the source/drain regions, first via plugs which vertically penetrate the first ILD layer and are selectively connected to the source/drain regions, capacitors and second via plugs selectively connected to the first via plugs, a second ILD layer that fills the space between the capacitors and the second via plugs, planarization resistance patterns formed on the second ILD layer, a third ILD layer formed on the second ILD layer and the planarization resistant patterns, and third via plugs which vertically penetrate the third ILD layer, and are selectively connected to a top electrode of the capacitors and the second via plugs.

Claims (22)

1. A method of fabricating an MML semiconductor device, the method comprising:

forming gates on a substrate including a memory region and a logic region;

forming a source region and a drain region on respective sides of the gates in the substrate;

forming a first interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer which covers the gates;

forming first via plugs which vertically penetrate the first ILD layer, and are selectively connected to the source region and the drain region,

forming a second ILD layer on the first via plugs and the first ILD layer;

forming capacitors which vertically penetrate the second ILD layer, selectively connected to the first via plugs, and including a bottom electrode, a capacitor dielectric layer, and a top electrode, wherein the part of the top electrode and the capacitor dielectric layer are extended on the second ILD layer;

selectively forming planarization resistance patterns on the second ILD layer in the logic region while simultaneously forming the capacitors in the memory region;

forming a third ILD layer on the capacitors and the planarization resistance patterns;

entirely planarizing the third ILD layer;

forming second via plugs which vertically penetrate the third ILD layer and the second ILD layer, and are selectively connected to the first via plugs; and

forming a third via plug which vertically penetrates the third ILD layer, and is connected to the top electrode of the capacitors.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the bottom electrode of the capacitor is formed to substantially a height of the second ILD layer; and

the capacitor dielectric layer and the top electrode are extended on the second ILD layer.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the capacitors are formed in the memory region, and the planarization resistance patterns are formed in the logic region.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the planarization resistance patterns comprise a plurality of multiple layers.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the planarization resistance patterns include an upper resistance pattern formed of a material used as the top electrode of the capacitors.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising a capping layer of the planarization resistance patterns formed on the upper resistance pattern.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the capping layer of the planarization resistance patterns are extended on the second ILD layer.

8. The method of claim 4 , wherein the planarization resistance patterns include a lower resistance pattern formed of a material used as the capacitor dielectric layer.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second via plugs are separated from the planarization resistance patterns by a distance greater than a horizontal width of the second via plugs.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising a capacitor capping layer formed on the top electrode of the capacitors.

Assignments (1)
LICENSE Recorded Jun 23, 2023
From: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: INTELLECTUAL KEYSTONE TECHNOLOGY LLC
Reel/Frame 064444/0863 →