IP Library Granted Patent US 8,420,552
Granted Patent B2
US 8,420,552 · App. 12/847,328 · Granted Apr 16, 2013

Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device

Inventors: Yuji Takebayashi (Toyama, JP); Hirohisa Yamazaki (Toyama, JP); Sadayoshi Horii (Toyama, JP); Hideharu Itatani (Toyama, JP); Arito Ogawa (Toyama, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,420,552
App. No.
12/847,328
Granted
Apr 16, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A high-k capacitor insulating film stable at a higher temperature is formed. There is provided a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. The method comprises: forming a first amorphous insulating film comprising a first element on a substrate; adding a second element different from the first element to the first amorphous insulating film so as to form a second amorphous insulating film on the substrate; and annealing the second amorphous insulating film at a predetermined annealing temperature so as to form a third insulating film by changing a phase of the second amorphous insulating film. The concentration of the second element added to the first amorphous insulating film is controlled according to the annealing temperature.

Claims (10)

1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising:

forming a first amorphous insulating film comprising one of hafnium and zirconium on a substrate;

adding aluminum to the first amorphous insulating film so as to form a second amorphous insulating film on the substrate; and

annealing the second amorphous insulating film at a predetermined annealing temperature so as to form a third insulating film including one of a tetragonal hafnium aluminate film and a tetragonal zirconium aluminate film by changing a phase of the second amorphous insulating film,

wherein a concentration of the aluminum added to the first amorphous insulating film is controlled according to the annealing temperature such that the third insulating film has an aluminum concentration of 1% to 10% when the annealing temperature is 600° C.

2. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising:

forming a first amorphous insulating film comprising one of hafnium and zirconium on a substrate;

adding aluminum to the first amorphous insulating film so as to form a second amorphous insulating film on the substrate; and

annealing the second amorphous insulating film at a predetermined annealing temperature so as to form a third insulating film including one of a tetragonal hafnium aluminate film and a tetragonal zirconium aluminate film by changing a phase of the second amorphous insulating film,

wherein a concentration of the aluminum added to the first amorphous insulating film is controlled according to the annealing temperature such that the third insulating film has an aluminum concentration of 16% or higher when the annealing temperature is 700° C.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 26, 2018
From: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
To: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047620/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 4, 2010
From: TAKEBAYASHI, YUJI; YAMAZAKI, HIROHISA; HORII, SADAYOSHI; ITATANI, HIDEHARU; OGAWA, ARITO
To: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC, INC.
Reel/Frame 025085/0768 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2009-179631 · Jul 31, 2009 · national
JP 2010-146099 · Jun 28, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
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