IP Library Granted Patent US 8,962,347
Granted Patent B2
US 8,962,347 · App. 13/301,396 · Granted Feb 24, 2015

Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same

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Patent No.
US 8,962,347
App. No.
13/301,396
Granted
Feb 24, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A ferroelectric capacitor formed above a semiconductor substrate includes a lower electrode, a dielectric film (ferroelectric film) having ferroelectric characteristics, and an upper electrode. The upper electrode includes a conductive oxide film made of a ferroelectric material to which conductivity is provided by adding a conductive material such as Ir, and the conductive oxide film is in contact with the dielectric film.

Claims (26)

1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method comprising:

forming a lower electrode film above a semiconductor substrate;

forming a dielectric film made of a ferroelectric material on the lower electrode film by a sputtering method;

subjecting the dielectric film to a crystallization treatment; and

forming a conductive oxide film on the dielectric film, the conductive oxide film being made of a ferroelectric material to which conductivity is provided by adding a conductive material,

wherein the ferroelectric material forming the conductive oxide film is PZT, the conductive material is at least one of iridium and ruthenium, and a percentage content of the conductive material in the ferroelectric material forming the conductive oxide film is not less than 1 mol % and not more than 4 mol %, and

the forming the lower electrode film includes:

forming a noble metal film made of a noble metal above the semiconductor substrate; and

forming an amorphous noble metal oxide film, made of an oxide of a noble metal that is the same as the noble metal forming the noble metal film, on the noble metal film, a film thickness of the noble metal oxide film being equal to or more than 0.1 nm and equal to or less than 3 nm.

2. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the ferroelectric material forming the dielectric film is the same as the ferroelectric material forming the conductive oxide film.

3. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a film thickness of the conductive oxide film is not less than 0.1 nm and not more than 50 nm.

4. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

forming a first conductive film made of a conductive oxide on the conductive oxide film; and

forming a second conductive film made of a conductive oxide on the first conductive film.

5. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 4 , further comprising: crystallizing the conductive oxide film between the forming the first conductive film and the forming the second conductive film.

6. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 4 , wherein a degree of oxidation of the conductive oxide forming the first conductive film is lower than a degree of oxidation of the conductive oxide forming the second conductive film.

7. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 4 , wherein the first conductive film is an iridium oxide film.

8. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein

the conductive oxide film is formed by

forming an amorphous dielectric film on the dielectric film,

forming an oxide film containing the conductive material on the amorphous dielectric film, and

diffusing the conductive material from the oxide film to the amorphous dielectric film.

9. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 8 , wherein a temperature during the formation of the oxide film containing the conductive material is 200° C. or above.

10. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 4 , further comprising: forming a conductive noble metal film by sputtering a noble metal onto the second conductive film in an Ar atmosphere.

11. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the noble metal film is a platinum film, and the noble metal oxide film is a platinum oxide film.

12. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive oxide film is formed by a sputtering method at a film formation temperature that is equal to or higher than room temperature and equal to or lower than 50° C.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2020
From: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
To: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY SOLUTION LIMITED
Reel/Frame 053195/0249 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Dec 23, 2016
From: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
To: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
Reel/Frame 041188/0401 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 13, 2011
From: WANG, WENSHENG
To: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
Reel/Frame 027375/0381 →