IP Library Granted Patent US 7,883,961
Granted Patent B2
US 7,883,961 · App. 11/998,176 · Granted Feb 8, 2011

Manufacturing method for ferroelectric memory device

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Patent No.
US 7,883,961
App. No.
11/998,176
Granted
Feb 8, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A manufacturing method for a ferroelectric memory device including: forming a lower electrode; forming an electrode oxide film composed of an oxide of a constituent material of the lower electrode; forming a first ferroelectric layer on the lower electrode by reaction between organometallic source material gas and oxygen gas; forming a second ferroelectric layer on the first ferroelectric layer by reaction between organometallic source material gas and oxygen gas; and forming an upper electrode on the second ferroelectric layer. In the method, the oxygen gas in the forming of the first ferroelectric layer is in an amount less than the amount of oxygen necessary for reaction of the organometallic source material gas. In the method, the oxygen gas in the forming of the second ferroelectric layer is in an amount greater than the amount of oxygen necessary for reaction of the organometallic source material gas.

Claims (18)

1. A manufacturing method for a ferroelectric memory device having a ferroelectric capacitor, the method comprising:

forming a lower electrode;

forming, on the lower electrode, an electrode oxide film composed of an oxide of a constituent material of the lower electrode;

forming a first ferroelectric layer on the lower electrode by reaction between organometallic source material gas and oxygen gas;

forming a second ferroelectric layer on the first ferroelectric layer by reaction between organometallic source material gas and oxygen gas; and

forming an upper electrode on the second ferroelectric layer, wherein

the oxygen gas in the forming of the first ferroelectric layer is in an amount less than the amount of oxygen necessary for reaction of the organometallic source material gas, and wherein

the oxygen gas in the forming of the second ferroelectric layer is in an amount greater than the amount of oxygen necessary for reaction of the organometallic source material gas.

2. A manufacturing method for a ferroelectric memory device according to claim 1 , wherein,

the electrode oxide film is formed by a sputter method in the forming of the electrode oxide film.

3. A manufacturing method for a ferroelectric memory device according to claim 2 , wherein,

a partial pressure of oxygen gas in an atmospheric gas during sputtering is greater than or equal to 20% but less than or equal to 40% in the forming of the electrode oxide film.

4. A manufacturing method for a ferroelectric memory device according to claim 1 , wherein

the electrode oxide film has a film thickness less than or equal to 30 nm.

5. A manufacturing method for a ferroelectric memory device according to claim 1 , wherein

the amount of oxygen in the forming of the first ferroelectric layer is greater than or equal to 0.1 times but less than 1.0 times the amount of oxygen necessary for reaction of the organometallic source material gas.

6. A manufacturing method for a ferroelectric memory device according to claim 1 , wherein

the amount of oxygen in the forming of the second ferroelectric layer is greater than or equal to 1.0 times the amount of oxygen necessary for reaction of the organometallic source material gas.

Assignments (6)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Dec 23, 2016
From: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
To: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
Reel/Frame 041188/0401 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNOR PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 032484 FRAME 0104. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CORRECT ASSIGNOR IS SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION. Recorded Mar 24, 2014
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
Reel/Frame 032513/0105 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 20, 2014
From: KAMIYANAGI, MASATAKA
To: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
Reel/Frame 032484/0104 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 10, 2010
From: FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED
To: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
Reel/Frame 024969/0463 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 13, 2009
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 022248/0521 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 25, 2008
From: TAMURA, HIROAKI; KURASAWA, MASAKI; YAMAWAKI, HIDEKI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION; FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 020557/0887 →