Conductive exotic-nitride barrier layer for high-dielectric-constant material electrodes
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1. A method of forming a microelectronic structure, said method comprising:
- (a) providing a semiconductor substrate having a conductive oxidizable layer;
(b) forming a conductive nitride layer on said conductive 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;
(c) forming an oxygen stable layer on said conductive nitride layer, wherein said conductive nitride layer and said conductive oxidizable layer have different compositions and are in direct contact with each other; and
(d) forming a layer of a high-dielectric-constant material on said oxygen stable layer, wherein the conductive nitride layer substantially inhibits diffusion of oxygen to the conductive oxidizable layer, whereby deleterious oxidation of the conductive oxidizable layer is minimized.
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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 method of forming a microelectronic structure, said method comprising:
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(a) providing a semiconductor substrate having a conductive oxidizable layer; (b) forming a conductive nitride layer on said conductive 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;(c) forming an oxygen stable layer on said conductive nitride layer, wherein said conductive nitride layer and said conductive oxidizable layer have different compositions and are in direct contact with each other; and (d) forming a layer of a high-dielectric-constant material on said oxygen stable layer, wherein the conductive nitride layer substantially inhibits diffusion of oxygen to the conductive oxidizable layer, whereby deleterious oxidation of the conductive oxidizable layer is minimized. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of forming a microelectronic structure, said method comprising:
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(a) providing a semiconductor substrate having a conductive oxidizable layer; (b) forming a conductive nitride layer on said conductive oxidizable layer, wherein said conductive nitride is an alloy of a first material and a second material, said first material 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, wherein said second material is selected from the group consisting of;
TiN, GaN, Ni Nitride, Co Nitride, Ta Nitride, W nitride, and combinations thereof;(c) forming an oxygen stable layer on said conductive nitride layer on said conductive oxidizable layer, wherein said conductive nitride layer and said conductive oxidizable layer have different compositions and are in direct contact with each other; and (d) forming a layer of a high-dielectric-constant material on said oxygen stable layer, wherein the conductive nitride layer substantially inhibits diffusion of oxygen to the conductive oxidizable layer.
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