High voltage, high temperature capacitor structures and methods of fabricating same
First Claim
1. A capacitor having a dielectric structure comprising:
- a silicon carbide layer a first oxide layer having a first thickness on the silicon carbide layer;
a layer of dielectric material on the first oxide layer and having a second thickness, the layer of dielectric material having a dielectric constant higher than the dielectric constant of the first oxide layer;
a second oxide layer on the layer of dielectric material opposite the first oxide layer and having a third thickness; and
wherein the first thickness is between about 0.5 and about 33 percent and the second thickness is between about 0.5 and about 33 percent of the sum of the first, second and third thicknesses.
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Abstract
Capacitors and interconnection structures for silicon carbide are provided having an oxide layer, a layer of dielectric material and a second oxide layer on the layer of dielectric material. The thickness of the oxide layers may be from about 0.5 to about 33 percent of the thickness of the oxide layers and the layer of dielectric material. Capacitors and interconnection structures for silicon carbide having silicon oxynitride layer as a dielectric structure are also provided. Such a dielectric structure may be between metal layers to provide a metal-insulator-metal capacitor or may be used as a inter-metal dielectric of an interconnect structure so as to provide devices and structures having improved mean time to failure. Methods of fabricating such capacitors and structures are also provided.
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56 Claims
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1. A capacitor having a dielectric structure comprising:
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a silicon carbide layer a first oxide layer having a first thickness on the silicon carbide layer;
a layer of dielectric material on the first oxide layer and having a second thickness, the layer of dielectric material having a dielectric constant higher than the dielectric constant of the first oxide layer;
a second oxide layer on the layer of dielectric material opposite the first oxide layer and having a third thickness; and
wherein the first thickness is between about 0.5 and about 33 percent and the second thickness is between about 0.5 and about 33 percent of the sum of the first, second and third thicknesses. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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13. A high mean time to failure interconnection structure for an integrated circuit, comprising:
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a plurality of semiconductor devices in a substrate;
an insulating layer on the plurality of semiconductor devices;
a first interconnect layer having a plurality of regions of interconnection metal on the insulating layer opposite the plurality of semiconductor devices;
a first layer of oxide on the first interconnect layer so as to cover at least a portion of the plurality of regions of interconnection metal;
a layer of dielectric material on the first layer of oxide opposite the first interconnect layer and having a dielectric constant higher than a dielectric constant of the first oxide layer;
a second layer of oxide on the layer of dielectric material opposite the first layer of oxide; and
a second interconnect layer on the second layer of oxide opposite the layer of dielectric material and having a plurality of regions of interconnection metal.
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22. A method of fabricating a capacitor, comprising:
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depositing a first oxide layer on a first metal layer so as to provide a first oxide layer having a first thickness;
depositing a layer of dielectric material on the first oxide layer to provide a high dielectric layer having a second thickness, the layer of dielectric material having a dielectric constant higher than the dielectric constant of the first oxide layer;
depositing a second oxide layer on the layer of dielectric material opposite the first oxide layer to provide a second oxide layer having a third thickness;
forming a second metal layer on the second oxide layer; and
wherein the first thickness is between about 0.5 and about 33 percent and the second thickness is between about 0.5 and about 33 percent of the sum of the first, second and third thicknesses. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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27. A method of fabricating an interconnection structure for an integrated circuit, comprising:
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forming a plurality of semiconductor devices in a substrate;
forming an insulating layer on the plurality of semiconductor devices;
forming a first interconnect layer having a plurality of regions of interconnection metal on the insulating layer opposite the plurality of semiconductor devices;
depositing a first layer of oxide on the first interconnect layer so as to cover at least a portion of the plurality of regions of interconnection metal;
depositing a high dielectric layer on the first layer of oxide opposite the first interconnect layer;
depositing a second layer of oxide on the high dielectric layer opposite the first layer of oxide;
forming a second interconnect layer on the second layer of oxide opposite the high dielectric layer and having a plurality of regions of interconnection metal; and
wherein the first layer of oxide, the high dielectric layer and the second layer of oxide are disposed between corresponding ones of the plurality of regions of interconnection metal of the first interconnect layer and the plurality of regions of interconnection metal of the second interconnect layer so as to provide an inter-metal dielectric structure.
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32. A capacitor comprising:
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a silicon carbide layer a layer of dielectric material on the silicon carbide layer, the layer of dielectric material comprising silicon oxynitride having a formula Si3N4−
xOx, where 0<
X≦
1;
a first metal layer on the layer of dielectric material opposite the silicon carbide layer. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A high mean time to failure interconnection structure for an integrated circuit, comprising:
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a plurality of semiconductor devices in a silicon carbide substrate;
an insulating layer on the plurality of semiconductor devices;
a first interconnect layer having a plurality of regions of interconnection metal on the insulating layer opposite the plurality of semiconductor devices;
a layer of dielectric material on the first layer of oxide opposite the first interconnect layer, the layer of dielectric material comprising silicon oxynitride having a formula Si3N4−
xOx, where <
X≦
1;
a second interconnect layer on the layer of dielectric material opposite the first interconnect layer and having a plurality of regions of interconnection metal. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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47. A method of fabricating a capacitor, comprising:
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depositing a layer of silicon oxynitride having a formula Si3N4−
xOx, where 0<
X≦
1, on a silicon carbide layer so as to provide a layer of dielectric material having a first thickness; and
forming a first metal layer on the layer of silicon oxynitride.
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