IP Library Granted Patent US 7,635,908
Granted Patent B2
US 7,635,908 · App. 11/652,157 · Granted Dec 22, 2009

Corresponding capacitor arrangement and method for making the same

Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
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Patent No.
US 7,635,908
App. No.
11/652,157
Granted
Dec 22, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a method for producing a capacitor arrangement, and to a corresponding capacitor arrangement, wherein the first insulating layer is formed at the surface of a carrier substrate and a first capacitor electrode with a multiplicity of interspaced first interconnects is produced in said insulating layer. Using a mask layer, partial regions of the first insulating layer are removed for the purpose of uncovering the multiplicity of first interconnects, and after the formation of a capacitor dielectric at the surface of the uncovered first interconnects, a second capacitor electrode is formed with a multiplicity of interspaced second interconnects lying between the first interconnects coated with capacitor dielectric. This additionally simplified production method enables self-aligning and cost-effective production of capacitors having a high capacitance per unit area and mechanical stability.

Claims (19)

1. A capacitor arrangement comprising:

a first capacitor electrode having a multiplicity of interspaced first interconnects;

a capacitor dielectric formed at the surface of the first interconnects;

a second capacitor electrode having a multiplicity of interspaced second interconnects formed on the capacitor dielectric and between the first interconnects;

wherein the first and second capacitor electrodes are formed in a top layer of a first insulating layer, the top layer being formed on a bottom layer with an etching stop layer; and

wherein the bottom layer and the top layer of the first insulating layer have an identical material with an intervening additional etching stop layer.

2. A capacitor arrangement comprising:

a first capacitor electrode having a multiplicity of interspaced first interconnects;

a capacitor dielectric formed at the surface of the first interconnects;

a second capacitor electrode having a multiplicity of interspaced second interconnects formed on the capacitor dielectric and between the first interconnects;

wherein the first and second capacitor electrodes are formed in a top layer of a first insulating layer, the top layer being formed on a bottom layer with an etching stop layer; and

wherein the first capacitor electrode is formed in comb-shaped fashion with a peripheral interconnect surrounding the first interconnects, at least one partial section of the peripheral interconnect being at a distance from the first interconnects, the distance being greater than the width of a contact or a via region.

3. The capacitor arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first interconnects are formed in a rectilinear, meandering, zigzag or cross-lattice-shaped fashion.

4. The capacitor arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the capacitor arrangement is a BEOL-MIMCap.

5. The capacitor arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first and second capacitor electrodes are formed in a bottommost metalization level of an integrated semiconductor circuit arrangement.

6. The capacitor arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

the first insulating layer has a porous or a non-porous low-k material, in particular FSG or OSG, and/or SiO 2 ;

the first and second capacitor electrodes have Cu, Al and/or Ag; and

the capacitor dielectric has a high-k material, in particular Al 2 O 3 , HfO 2 or SiC.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 14, 2007
From: BARTH, HANS-JOACHIM; TEWS, HELMUT
To: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
Reel/Frame 019014/0411 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTEP200505292000 · Jun 22, 2005
Related Publication 20070155090A1 · Jul 5, 2007