IP Library Granted Patent US 12,349,373
Granted Patent B2
US 12,349,373 · App. 17/563,416 · Granted Jul 1, 2025

Integrated circuit device

Inventors: Kyooho Jung (Seoul, KR); Jeonggyu Song (Seongnam, KR); Younsoo Kim (Yongin, KR); Jooho Lee (Hwaseong, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H10D1/692H01L21/28556H10B12/315
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Patent No.
US 12,349,373
App. No.
17/563,416
Granted
Jul 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An integrated circuit device includes a lower electrode including a niobium (Nb)-containing layer doped with titanium (Ti), a dielectric layer on the lower electrode, and an upper electrode that covers the dielectric layer.

Claims (18)

1. An integrated circuit device, comprising:

a substrate;

a lower electrode disposed over the substrate, the lower electrode including:

a first lower electrode layer comprising titanium nitride (TiN) or niobium nitride doped with titanium, and

a plurality of second lower electrode layers comprising niobium oxide doped with titanium or niobium oxynitride doped with titanium, wherein the plurality of second lower electrode layers are arranged between the first lower electrode layer and a dielectric layer,

wherein a top surface of the plurality of second lower electrode layers is in contact with a bottom surface of the dielectric layer,

wherein a content ratio of Ti atoms to Nb atoms in each of the plurality of second lower electrode layers is in a range from about 9:1 to about 1:99, and

wherein a total thickness of the plurality of second lower electrode layers is about 3Å to about 20 Å;

the dielectric layer disposed on the lower electrode, the dielectric layer including:

hafnium (Hf), and

aluminum (Al), niobium (Nb), cerium (Ce), lanthanum (La), tantalum (Ta), or titanium (Ti); and

an upper electrode disposed on the dielectric layer and including titanium nitride (TiN).

2. The integrated circuit device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the niobium oxide doped with titanium or the niobium oxynitride doped with titanium includes at least one of cobalt (Co), tin (Sn), vanadium (V), tantalum (Ta), dubnium (Db), phosphorus (P), arsenic (As), antimony (Sb), or bismuth (Bi).

3. The integrated circuit device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the niobium oxide doped with titanium or the niobium oxynitride doped with titanium is formed in an atomic layer deposition process comprising repeated supply of (i) a gaseous niobium precursor and (ii) a gaseous titanium precursor.

4. The integrated circuit device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

a content ratio of niobium atoms in the plurality of second lower electrode layers in a second lower electrode layer closest to the dielectric layer is greater than a content ratio of niobium atoms in a second lower electrode layer closest to the first lower electrode layer.

5. The integrated circuit device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

the plurality of second lower electrode layers have different content ratios of niobium atoms from each other.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0068801 · Jun 11, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16730290 · Dec 30, 2019
Related Publication 20220123103A1 · Apr 21, 2022
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