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Granted Patent B2
US 9,905,758 · App. 15/312,730 · Granted Feb 27, 2018

Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing same

Inventors: Munehiro Tada (Tokyo, JP); Toshitsugu Sakamoto (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
H01L45/1233H01L27/101H01L45/1253H01L45/1625H01L45/1675
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Patent No.
US 9,905,758
App. No.
15/312,730
Granted
Feb 27, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The semiconductor device according to the present invention has an upper electrode, a first lower layer wiring that also functions as a lower electrode, an electrical resistance-changing film interposed between the upper electrode and the first lower layer wiring, a second lower layer wiring, and a contact plug, the contact plug connecting to the upper electrode and to the second lower layer wiring. The present invention yields a semiconductor device with which it is possible to dispose elements in high density while maintaining the reliability and manufacturing yield of the electrical resistance-changing element.

Claims (38)

1. A semiconductor device including:

an upper electrode;

a first lower-layer wiring also used as a lower electrode;

a resistance-changing film interposed between the upper electrode and the first lower-layer wiring;

a second lower-layer wiring; and

a contact plug,

wherein the contact plug connects to the upper electrode and the second lower-layer wiring,

wherein the upper electrode includes a first upper electrode in contact to the resistance-changing film, and a second upper electrode in contact to the first upper electrode on a surface opposite to the resistance-changing film, and

wherein the first upper electrode includes ruthenium, and the second upper electrode includes tantalum, titanium, or a nitrogen compound thereof.

2. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , including an interlayer insulation film between the first lower-layer wiring and the second lower-layer wiring, and

including a first insulation barrier film on the first lower-layer wiring, the second lower-layer wiring, and the interlayer insulation film,

wherein the first insulation barrier film includes an opening portion on at least the first lower-layer wiring,

wherein the resistance-changing film is in contact to at least the first lower-layer wiring in the opening portion.

3. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the side surface of the contact plug is in contact to at least a portion of both the side surface of the upper electrode and the side surface of the resistance-changing film.

4. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a second insulation barrier film is interposed at least partially between the side surface of the upper electrode and the contact plug.

5. A semiconductor device according to claim 4 , wherein the second insulation barrier film includes a SiN film.

6. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the contact plug is a contact plug of a slit type integrated with an upper-layer wiring.

7. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the resistance-changing film includes a solid electrolyte.

8. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, including:

forming a first lower-layer wiring and a second lower-layer wiring on a first interlayer insulation film formed on a semiconductor substrate;

forming a first insulation barrier film on the first lower-layer wiring, the second lower-layer wiring, and the first interlayer insulation film, the first insulation barrier film having an opening portion through which at least the first lower-layer wiring is exposed;

forming, through the opening portion, a resistance-changing film and an upper electrode successively on at least the first lower-layer wiring;

forming a second insulation barrier film on at least side surface of the upper electrode;

forming a second interlayer insulation film on the second insulation barrier film;

forming a via-hole through the second interlayer insulation film and the second insulation barrier film, to expose the upper electrode and the second lower-layer wiring at the bottom of the via-hole; and

forming, in the via-hole, a contact plug connecting the upper electrode and the second lower-layer wiring.

9. A semiconductor device including an upper electrode, a first lower-layer wiring also used as a lower electrode, a resistance-changing film interposed between the upper electrode and the first lower-layer wiring and directly connected to the upper electrode and the first lower-layer wiring, a second lower-layer wiring, and a contact plug, wherein the contact plug directly connects to the upper electrode and the second lower-layer wiring.

10. A semiconductor device according to claim 9 , including an interlayer insulation film between the first lower-layer wiring and the second lower-layer wiring, and

including a first insulation barrier film on the first lower-layer wiring, the second lower-layer wiring, and the interlayer insulation film,

wherein the first insulation barrier film includes an opening portion on at least the first lower-layer wiring,

wherein the resistance-changing film is in contact to at least the first lower-layer wiring in the opening portion.

11. A semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein the side surface of the contact plug is in contact to at least a portion of both the side surface of the upper electrode and the side surface of the resistance-changing film.

12. A semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein a second insulation barrier film is interposed at least partially between the side surface of the upper electrode and the contact plug.

13. A semiconductor device according to claim 12 , wherein the second insulation barrier film includes a SiN film.

14. A semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein the upper electrode includes ruthenium.

15. A semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein the upper electrode includes a first upper electrode in contact to the resistance-changing film, a second upper electrode in contact to a the first upper electrode on the surface opposite to the resistance-changing film, wherein the first upper electrode includes ruthenium, wherein the second upper electrode includes tantalum, titanium, or a nitrogen compound thereof.

16. A semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein the contact plug is a contact plug of a slit type integrated with an upper-layer wiring.

17. A semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein the resistance-changing film includes a solid electrolyte.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 6, 2021
From: NEC CORPORATION
To: NANOBRIDGE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
Reel/Frame 054913/0386 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 21, 2016
From: TADA, MUNEHIRO; SAKAMOTO, TOSHITSUGU
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 040393/0640 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-111109 · May 29, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170186947A1 · Jun 29, 2017