IP Library Granted Patent US 8,946,047
Granted Patent B2
US 8,946,047 · App. 12/794,412 · Granted Feb 3, 2015

Method for fabricating capacitor

Inventors: Jin-Hyock Kim (Ichon-shi, KR); Seung-Jin Yeom (Ichon-shi, KR); Ki-Seon Park (Ichon-shi, KR); Han-Sang Song (Ichon-shi, KR); Deok-Sin Kil (Ichon-shi, KR); Jae-Sung Roh (Ichon-shi, KR)
Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
H01L28/91H01L27/10852H01L27/10855H01L21/8239H01L27/10808H01L27/10835H01L28/55H01L28/65
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Patent No.
US 8,946,047
App. No.
12/794,412
Granted
Feb 3, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for fabricating a capacitor includes: forming a storage node contact plug over a substrate; forming an insulation layer having an opening exposing a surface of the storage node contact plug over the storage contact plug; forming a conductive layer for a storage node over the insulation layer and the exposed surface of the storage node contact plug through two steps performed at different temperatures; performing an isolation process to isolate parts of the conductive layer; and sequentially forming a dielectric layer and a plate electrode over the isolated conductive layer.

Claims (21)

1. A method for fabricating a capacitor, comprising:

forming a storage node contact plug over a substrate;

forming an etch stop layer over the storage node contact plug;

forming an insulation layer over the etch stop layer;

forming a first opening exposing a surface of the etch stop layer by etching a portion of the insulation layer;

forming a second opening exposing only an entire surface of the storage node contact plug by etching a portion of the etch stop layer;

forming a catalytic layer over the entire surface of the insulation layer including the first opening and the etch stop layer including the second opening;

forming a conductive layer for a storage node over the entire surface of the catalytic layer;

performing an isolation process to isolate parts of the conductive layer;

removing the catalytic layer and the insulation layer formed over the etch stop layer, thereby allowing a remaining catalytic layer to cover a sidewall of the etch stop layer, the entire surface of a storage node contact plug, and a bottom portion of a conductive layer in the second opening; and

sequentially forming a dielectric layer and a plate electrode over the isolated parts of the conductive layer,

wherein forming the conductive layer for the storage node over the entire surface of the catalytic layer includes forming a layer of a material selected from the group consisting of ruthenium (Ru), platinum (Pt), iridium (Ir), rhodium (Rh), palladium (Pd), hafnium (Hf), a nitrided film thereof, and a conductive oxide layer.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein forming the catalytic layer includes forming a layer of a material selected from the group consisting of palladium (Pd), a tungsten nitride (WN) layer, and tungsten nitride carbon (WNC).

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the catalytic layer is formed using a method selected from the group consisting of an atomic layer deposition (ALD) method, a plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) method, a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method, and a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) method.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein forming the catalytic layer comprises forming the catalytic layer in a thickness ranging from approximately 10 Å to approximately 50 Å.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the conductive layer is formed using one of an atomic layer deposition (ALD) method and a combination of an ALD method and a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising performing a plasma treatment when a reaction gas is flowed during one of the ALD method and the combination of the ALD method and the CVD method.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the plasma treatment is performed using a gas selected from a group consisting of oxygen (O 2 ), ammonia (NH 3 ), dyhydrogen oxide (H 2 O), hydrazine (N 2 H 4 ), Me 2 N 2 H 2 , hydrogen (H 2 ), and a combination thereof at a plasma power ranging from approximately 10 W to approximately 2,000 W, and a temperature ranging from approximately 200° C. to approximately 500° C.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein forming the conductive layer comprises forming the storage node in a thickness ranging from approximately 100 Å to approximately 200 Å.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the insulation layer and the catalytic layer formed over the etch stop layer are removed through a dip-out process.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein after the removing of the exposed part of the catalytic layer, the catalytic layer is remained beneath the isolated parts of the conductive layer.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 22, 2014
From: HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
To: SK HYNIX INC.
Reel/Frame 034688/0465 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2005-0104846 · Nov 3, 2005 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 11452407 · Jun 14, 2006
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