RIR(Ru/Crystalline-Ta2O5Ru) capacitor with concave structure was studied for the application into multigigabit-scale DRAM device. In this work, several novel technologies were successfully developed to solve current issues in the fabrication of RIR concave capacitor; such as 1) two-step deposition of Ta2 O5 films 2) formation of Ta2O5 spacer 3) new separation process of Ru storage node using maskless etch-back method 4) H2 pre-annealing and 5) Ar plasma pre-treatment on Ru bottom electrode. The RIR concave capacitor (design rule~0.12 μm, node height~0.85 μm) fabricated with these novel technologies showed excellent electrical properties (25fF/cell, 1fA/cell at ± 1V), which indicates that RIR structure is the one of the most promising candidate for the next generation DRAM capacitor
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Electron Devices Meeting, 2001. IEDM '01. Technical Digest. International
Date of Conference: 2001