IP Library Granted Patent US 8,729,707
Granted Patent B2
US 8,729,707 · App. 13/644,922 · Granted May 20, 2014

Semiconductor device

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Patent No.
US 8,729,707
App. No.
13/644,922
Granted
May 20, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming an insulating film over a semiconductor substrate, forming a capacitor including a lower electrode, a capacitor dielectric film including a ferroelectric material, and an upper electrode over the insulating film, forming a first protective insulating film over a side surface and upper surface of the capacitor by a sputtering method, and forming a second protective insulating film over the first protective insulating film by an atomic layer deposition method.

Claims (9)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

an insulating film formed over a semiconductor substrate;

a capacitor formed over the insulating film, the capacitor including a lower electrode, a capacitor dielectric film including a ferroelectric material, and an upper electrode;

a first protective insulating film made of alumina and formed over a side surface and upper surface of the capacitor; and

a second protective insulating film made of alumina and formed over the first protective insulating film, wherein

a density of the alumina in the first protective insulating film is smaller than a density of the alumina in the second protective insulating film, and

the first protective insulating film is in an amorphous state.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the second protective insulating film is in an amorphous state.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising a third protective insulating film covering the capacitor dielectric film and the upper electrode, wherein the first protective insulating film is formed over the third protective insulating film.

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 Oct 23, 2012
From: WANG, WENSHENG
To: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
Reel/Frame 029177/0034 →