IP Library Granted Patent US 8,703,572
Granted Patent B2
US 8,703,572 · App. 13/269,955 · Granted Apr 22, 2014

Embeded DRAM cell structures with high conductance electrodes and methods of manufacture

Inventors: Veeraraghavan S. Basker (Schenectady, NY); Richard Q. Williams (Essex Junction, VT)
Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,703,572
App. No.
13/269,955
Granted
Apr 22, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and structure is directed to eDRAM cells with high-conductance electrodes. The method includes forming upper layers on a semiconductor substrate and forming an opening in the upper layers. The method further includes forming a trench in the semiconductor substrate, aligned with the opening. The method further includes forming a metal plate on all exposed surface in the trench by applying a metallic aqueous solution with an electrical bias to a backside of the semiconductor substrate.

Claims (29)

1. A method comprising:

forming upper layers on a semiconductor substrate, the semiconductor substrate being a single uniformly doped layer of silicon substrate;

forming an opening in the upper layers;

forming a trench in the semiconductor substrate, aligned with the opening;

forming a metal plate on all exposed surfaces in the trench by applying a metallic aqueous solution with an electrical bias to a backside of the semiconductor substrate;

forming an insulator material on the metal plate;

forming an inner plate on the insulator material; and

forming a contact in an oxide layer formed on the inner plate, the contact being formed on a portion of a surface area of the inner plate,

wherein the semiconductor substrate is an electrode that receives the electrical bias.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the metallic aqueous solution is PtCl 4 or H 2 PtCl 6 and the metal plate is a conformal platinum layer on a surface of the trench.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the conformal platinum layer is about 2-3 nm thick.

4. The method of claim 2 ,

wherein the metal plate is an outer metal plate formed on exposed surfaces of the trench.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the metal plate is gold, palladium, platinum, or silver.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising forming a diffusion region in the semiconductor substrate of the trench, wherein the metal plate is provided on the diffusion region and completely fills the trench and the opening.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising protecting sidewalls of the opening with a mask material, prior to forming the trench.

8. A method comprising:

depositing a pad layer on top of a semiconductor layer provided on an insulator layer and semiconductor substrate, the semiconductor substrate being a single uniformly doped layer of silicon substrate;

depositing a hardmask over the pad layer;

etching an opening through the insulator layer, semiconductor layer, pad layer and hardmask;

forming an isolation spacer along sidewalls of the opening;

etching a trench in the semiconductor substrate and in alignment with the opening;

applying an aqueous solution and electrical bias from a backside of the semiconductor substrate to form a metal plate in the trench;

depositing a dielectric liner on the metal plate;

depositing a polysilicon material in the trench to form an electrode;

forming a contact on a portion of a surface area of the electrode; and

forming an oxide cap layer in the opening, wherein the contact is in the oxide cap layer, and

wherein the semiconductor substrate is configured as another electrode to receive the electrical bias.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising forming a diffusion region in the semiconductor substrate of the trench, wherein the metal plate is formed on the diffusion region and completely fills the trench and the opening.

Assignments (7)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2021
From: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. INC.
Reel/Frame 056987/0001 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2020
From: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
Reel/Frame 054636/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 2, 2020
From: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
To: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. INC.
Reel/Frame 054633/0001 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Nov 29, 2018
From: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 049490/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 5, 2015
From: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. 2 LLC; GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. INC.
To: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
Reel/Frame 036779/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 3, 2015
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. 2 LLC
Reel/Frame 036550/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 10, 2011
From: BASKER, VEERARAGHAVAN S.; WILLIAMS, RICHARD Q.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027038/0403 →
Continuity (1)
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