IP Library Granted Patent US 10,453,913
Granted Patent B2
US 10,453,913 · App. 15/938,234 · Granted Oct 22, 2019

Capacitor, semiconductor device and methods of manufacturing the capacitor and the semiconductor device

Inventors: Kyuho Cho (Seoul, KR); Sangyeol Kang (Yongin-si, KR); Suhwan Kim (Seoul, KR); Sunmin Moon (Yongin-si, KR); Young-Lim Park (Anyang-si, KR); Jong-Bom Seo (Seoul, KR); Joohyun Jeon (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H01L28/75H01L21/0228H01L21/02181H01L21/02189H01L21/02271H01L21/02304H01L21/02356H01L21/02362H01L28/91H01L21/02244
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Patent No.
US 10,453,913
App. No.
15/938,234
Granted
Oct 22, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A capacitor includes a first electrode and a second electrode spaced apart from each other, a dielectric layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a seed layer disposed between the first electrode and the dielectric layer. The dielectric layer includes a dielectric material having a tetragonal crystal structure. The seed layer includes a seed material that satisfies at least one of a lattice constant condition or a bond length condition.

Claims (45)

1. A capacitor comprising:

a first electrode and a second electrode spaced apart from each other;

a dielectric layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and

a first seed layer disposed between the first electrode and the dielectric layer,

wherein the dielectric layer includes a dielectric material having a tetragonal crystal structure,

wherein the first seed layer includes a first seed material, and

wherein a lattice constant of the first seed material has a lattice mismatch of 2% or less with a horizontal lattice constant of the dielectric material.

2. The capacitor of claim 1 , wherein the first seed material comprises a conductor.

3. The capacitor of claim 1 , wherein a band gap of an oxide of the first seed material is 3 eV or less.

4. The capacitor of claim 1 , wherein a work function of the first seed material is 4.7 eV or more.

5. The capacitor of claim 1 , wherein the first seed material has a cubic crystal structure.

6. The capacitor of claim 1 , wherein the first seed material includes cobalt, nickel, copper, or Co x N (where 3.5<x<4.5).

7. The capacitor of claim 1 , wherein the dielectric layer includes hafnium oxide having the tetragonal crystal structure or zirconium oxide having the tetragonal crystal structure.

8. The capacitor of claim 1 , further comprising:

a second seed layer disposed between the second electrode and the dielectric layer,

wherein the second seed layer includes a second seed material, and

wherein a lattice constant of the second seed material has a lattice mismatch of 2% or less with the horizontal lattice constant of the dielectric material.

9. The capacitor of claim 1 , further comprising:

a sub-oxide layer disposed between the dielectric layer and the first seed layer,

wherein the sub-oxide layer includes the same metal as a metal included in the first seed layer.

10. The capacitor of claim 9 , wherein a thickness of the sub-oxide layer is in a range from 5 Å to 10 Å.

11. A capacitor comprising:

a first electrode and a second electrode spaced apart from each other;

a dielectric layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and

a metal seed layer disposed between the first electrode and the dielectric layer,

wherein the dielectric layer includes a dielectric material having a tetragonal crystal structure,

wherein the metal seed layer includes a seed material, and

wherein a mismatch between a bond length between metal atoms of the seed material and a bond length between oxygen atoms of the dielectric material is 5% or less.

12. The capacitor of claim 11 , wherein a band gap of an oxide of the seed material is 3 eV or less.

13. The capacitor of claim 11 , wherein a work function of the seed material is 4.7 eV or more.

14. The capacitor of claim 11 , wherein the seed material has a cubic crystal structure.

15. The capacitor of claim 11 , wherein the seed material includes cobalt, nickel, or copper.

16. The capacitor of claim 11 , wherein the dielectric layer includes hafnium oxide having the tetragonal crystal structure or zirconium oxide having the tetragonal crystal structure.

17. A capacitor comprising:

a first electrode and a second electrode spaced apart from each other;

a dielectric layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and

a seed layer disposed between the first electrode and the dielectric layer, the seed layer including a seed material,

wherein the dielectric layer includes hafnium oxide having a tetragonal crystal structure or zirconium oxide having a tetragonal crystal structure, and

wherein a mismatch between a bond length between atoms of the seed material and a bond length between oxygen atoms of the dielectric layer is 5% or less.

18. The capacitor of claim 17 , wherein the seed layer includes a cobalt layer, a nickel layer, a copper layer, or a Co x N layer (where 3.5<x<4.5).

19. The capacitor of claim 18 , further comprising:

a sub-oxide layer disposed between the dielectric layer and the seed layer,

wherein the sub-oxide layer includes the same metal as a metal included in the seed layer.

20. The capacitor of claim 19 , wherein a thickness of the sub-oxide layer ranges from 5 Å to 10 Å.

21. The capacitor of claim 19 , wherein the metal included in the sub-oxide layer is different from the metal included in the dielectric layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 15, 2018
From: CHO, KYUHO; KANG, SANGYEOL; KIM, SUHWAN; MOON, SUNMIN; PARK, YOUNG-LIM; SEO, JONG-BOM; JEON, JOOHYUN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
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Continuity (1)
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