International Business Machines Corporation

Dong Hun Kang

Herbert Lei Ho

Rishikesh Krishnan

Nicolas L Breil

Ricardo Alves Donaton

Method of forming a deep trench capacitor are provided. The method may include forming a deep trench in a substrate; forming a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) stack within a portion of the deep trench, the MIM stack forming including forming an outer electrode by co-depositing a refractory metal and silicon into the deep trench; and filling a remaining portion of the deep trench with a semiconductor.

DT capacitor with silicide outer electrode and/or compressive stress layer, and related methods

A deep trench capacitor is provided. The deep trench capacitor may include: a deep trench in a substrate, the deep trench including an lower portion having a width that is wider than a width of the rest of the deep trench; a compressive stress layer against the substrate in the lower portion; a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) stack over the compressive stress layer, the MIM stack including a node dielectric between an inner electrode and an outer electrode; and a semiconductor core within the MIM stack.

Method of forming a deep trench capacitor are provided. The method may include forming a deep trench in a substrate; enlarging a width of a lower portion of the deep trench to be wider than a width of the rest of the deep trench; epitaxially forming a compressive stress layer in the lower portion of the deep trench; forming a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) stack within the lower portion of the deep trench; and filling a remaining portion of the deep trench with a semiconductor. Alternatively to forming the compressive stress layer or in addition thereto, a silicide may be formed by co-deposition of a refractory metal and silicon.

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