Bottom electrode structure for dielectric capacitors
First Claim
1. A thin-film electrode device for use in integrated circuits, comprising:
- a substrate;
a bottom electrode supported by said substrate and including an interdiffusion region including a stabilized lattice having a mixture of annealed adhesion metal and noble metal moieties,said mixture of annealed adhesion metal and noble metal moieties produced according to a method including the steps of depositing of an adhesion metal layer on said substrate, a noble metal layer on saidadhesion metal layer, and a temporary capping layer on said noble metal layer, thereafterannealing said adhesion metal layer, said noble metal layer, and said temporary layer, in simultaneous fashion, and thereafter removing said temporary layer; and
a noble metal capping layer produced by depositing said noble metal capping layer over said region after said annealing step.
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Abstract
An integrated circuit capacitor (20) includes a bottom electrode structure (24) having an adhesion metal portion (34), a noble metal portion (36), and a second noble metal layer (40). A process of manufacture includes annealing the adhesion metal portion (34) and the noble metal portion (36) prior to the deposition of second noble metal layer (40) for purposes of forming barrier region (38). The electrode (24) preferably contacts metal oxide layer (26), which is made of a perovskite or perovskite-like layered superlattice material. A temporary capping layer (59) is formed and removed in manufacture, which serves to increase polarization potential from the device by at least 40%.
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20 Claims
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1. A thin-film electrode device for use in integrated circuits, comprising:
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a substrate; a bottom electrode supported by said substrate and including an interdiffusion region including a stabilized lattice having a mixture of annealed adhesion metal and noble metal moieties, said mixture of annealed adhesion metal and noble metal moieties produced according to a method including the steps of depositing of an adhesion metal layer on said substrate, a noble metal layer on said adhesion metal layer, and a temporary capping layer on said noble metal layer, thereafter annealing said adhesion metal layer, said noble metal layer, and said temporary layer, in simultaneous fashion, and thereafter removing said temporary layer; and a noble metal capping layer produced by depositing said noble metal capping layer over said region after said annealing step. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A device produced according to a method comprising the steps of:
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depositing titanium metal on a substrate; depositing a platinum metal on said adhesion layer; interdiffusing said titanium metal and said platinum metal to provide a barrier region by heating said adhesion metal portion end said noble metal portion to a first anneal temperature ranging from 450°
C. to 850°
C.;cooling said diffusion barrier region to stabilize a lattice therein;
thereafteramassing a noble metal layer upon said diffusion barrier layer; forming a temporary layer on said noble metal layer by contacting said noble metal layer with a liquid precursor solution to form a thin precursor film, said liquid precursor solution having a plurality of metal moieties in effective amounts for yielding a metal oxide layered superlattice material upon thermal treatment in an oxygen atmosphere, and annealing said thin precursor film to yield said metal oxide by heating said thin precursor film in oxygen to a temperature ranging from about 600°
C. to about 850°
C.;removing said temporary layer; and forming a layered superlattice material metal oxide material on said second noble metal layer after removal of said temporary layer. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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