Conductive exotic-nitride barrier layer for high-dielectric-constant material electrodes
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1. A microelectronic structure comprising:
- an oxidizable layer, wherein said oxidizable layer is substantially conductive and unoxidized;
a conductive nitride layer overlying said oxidizable layer, said conductive nitride selected from the group consisting of;
titanium aluminum nitride, Zr nitride, Hf nitride, Y nitride, Sc nitride, La nitride, other rare earth nitrides, N deficient Al nitride, doped Al nitride, Mg nitride, Ca nitride, Sr nitride, Ba nitride, and combinations thereof;
a conductive oxygen stable layer overlying and adjacent said conductive nitride layer; and
a layer of a high-dielectric-constant material overlying said oxygen stable layer, whereby the conductive nitride layer substantially inhibits diffusion of oxygen to the oxidizable layer.
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A preferred embodiment of this invention comprises an oxidizable layer (e.g. TiN 50), a conductive exotic-nitride barrier layer (e.g. Ti-Al-N 34) overlying the oxidizable layer, an oxygen stable layer (e.g. platinum 36) overlying the exotic-nitride layer, and a high-dielectric-constant material layer (e.g. barium strontium titanate 38) overlying the oxygen stable layer. The exotic-nitride barrier layer substantially inhibits diffusion of oxygen to the oxidizable layer, thus minimizing deleterious oxidation of the oxidizable layer.
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1. A microelectronic structure comprising:
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an oxidizable layer, wherein said oxidizable layer is substantially conductive and unoxidized; a conductive nitride layer overlying said oxidizable layer, said conductive nitride selected from the group consisting of;
titanium aluminum nitride, Zr nitride, Hf nitride, Y nitride, Sc nitride, La nitride, other rare earth nitrides, N deficient Al nitride, doped Al nitride, Mg nitride, Ca nitride, Sr nitride, Ba nitride, and combinations thereof;a conductive oxygen stable layer overlying and adjacent said conductive nitride layer; and a layer of a high-dielectric-constant material overlying said oxygen stable layer, whereby the conductive nitride layer substantially inhibits diffusion of oxygen to the oxidizable layer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 5, 6)
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- 3. The structure of 1, said structure further comprising an upper electrode overlying said high-dielectric-constant material layer.
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