Hitachi, Ltd.

Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Hiatchi, Ltd.

Hiroko Kaneko

Yoshitaka Tadaki

Toshihiro Sekiguchi

Jun Murata

Isamu Asano

Masakazu Sagawa

Atsushi Hiraiwa

Shinji Shimizu

Mitsuaki Horiuchi

Jun Sugiura

Hidetsugu Ogishi

Masami Ozawa

Osamu Kasahara

Hiroyuki Uchiyama

Yutaka Kobayashi

Masayuki Kojima

Hisashi Nakamura

Atsuyoshi Koike

Kazuo Nojiri

Hiromichi Enami

Hiroyuki Miyazawa

Atsushi Ogishima

Michimasa Funabashi

Toshio Maeda

Masaki Nagao

Yasuo Kiguchi

Kazuya Kadota

Tadashi Chikahara

Masato Sadaoka

Kiyoshi Miyake

Toshiyuki Mine

Yuzuru Ohji

Mitsumasa Koyanagi

Kunihiro Yagi

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device having a switching MISFET and a capacitor element formed over a semiconductor substrate, such as a DRAM, is disclosed. The dielectric film of the capacitor element is formed to be co-extensive with the capacitor electrode layer over it. The upper electrode of the capacitor element is formed to be larger than the lower electrode.

Semiconductor integrated circuit device having switching misfet and capacitor element and method of producing the same, including wiring therefor and method of producing such wiring

A semiconductor integrated circuit device having a switching MISFET, and a capacitor element formed over the semiconductor substrate, such as a DRAM, is disclosed. In a first aspect of the present invention, the impurity concentration of the semiconductor region of the switching MISFET to which the capacitor element is connected is less than the impurity concentration of semiconductor regions of MISFETs of peripheral circuitry. In a second aspect, the Y-select signal line overlaps the lower electrode layer of the capacitor element. In a third aspect, a potential barrier layer, provided at least under the semiconductor region of the switching MISFET to which the capacitor element is connected, is formed by diffusion of an impurity for a channel stopper region. In a fourth aspect, the dielectric film of the capacitor element is co-extensive with the capacitor electrode layer over it. In a fifth aspect, the capacitor dielectric film is a silicon nitride film having a silicon oxide layer thereon, the silicon oxide layer being formed by oxidizing a surface layer of the silicon nitride under high pressure. In sixth and seventh aspects, wiring is provided.

Method of producing semiconductor integrated circuit device having switching MISFET and capacitor element including wiring therefor and method of producing such wiring

A semiconductor integrated circuit device having a switching MISFET, and a capacitor element formed over the semiconductor substrate, is disclosed. In a first aspect, the impurity concentration of the semiconductor region of the switching MISFET to which the capacitor element is connected is less than the impurity concentration of semiconductor regions of MISFETs of peripheral circuitry. In other aspects, a Y-select signal line overlaps the lower electrode layer of the capacitor element; a potential barrier layer, provided at least under the semiconductor region of the switching MISFET to which the capacitor element is connected, is formed by diffusion of an impurity for a channel stopper region; the dielectric film of the capacitor element is co-extensive with the capacitor electrode layer over it, the capacitor dielectric film being a silicon nitride film having a silicon oxide layer thereon, the silicon oxide layer being formed by oxidizing a surface layer of the silicon nitride under high pressure; an aluminum wiring layer and a protective (and/or barrier) layer are formed by sputtering in the same vacuum sputtering chamber without breaking the vacuum between forming the layers; and a refractory metal, or a refractory metal silicide, is used as the protective layer for an aluminum wiring containing an added element (e.g., Cu) to prevent migration.

Method of producing semiconductor integrated circuit device having

A semiconductor integrated circuit comprising first n-channel MISFETs constituting the memory cells of a storage system, second n-channel MISFETs constituting the peripheral circuits of the storage system, and third n-channel MISFETs constituting the output circuit among the peripheral circuits. The respective threshold voltages of the first n-channel MISFETs, the second n-channel MISFETs and the third n-channel MISFETs are decreased in that order when the respective gate lengths of those MISFETs are substantially the same.

Semiconductor integrated circuit, method of fabricating the same and

Semiconductor integrated circuit device having switching MISFET and

A semiconductor integrated circuit device having a switching MISFET, and a capacitor element formed over the semiconductor substrate, is disclosed. The impurity concentration of the semiconductor region of the switching MISFET to which the capacitor element is connected is less than the impurity concentration of semiconductor regions of MISFETs of peripheral circuitry. The Y-select signal line overlaps the lower electrode layer of the capacitor element. A potential barrier layer, provided at least under the semiconductor region of the switching MISFET to which the capacitor element is connected, is formed by diffusion of an impurity for a channel stopper region. The dielectric film of the capacitor element is co-extensive with the capacitor electrode layer over it. The capacitor dielectric film is a silicon nitride film having a silicon oxide layer thereon, the silicon oxide layer being formed by oxidizing a surface layer of the silicon nitride under high pressure. An aluminum wiring layer and a protective (and/or barrier) layer are formed by sputtering in the same vacuum sputtering chamber without breaking the vacuum between forming the layers; and a refractory metal, or a refractory metal silicide QSi.sub.x, where Q is a refractory metal and x is between 0 and 2, is used as a protective layer, for an aluminum wiring containing an added element (e.g., Cu) to prevent migration.

A semiconductor integrated circuit device having a switching MISFET, and a capacitor element formed over the semiconductor substrate, such as a DRAM, is disclosed. In a first aspect of the present invention, the impurity concentration of the semiconductor region of the switching MISFET to which the capacitor element is connected is less than the impurity concentration of semiconductor regions of MISFETs of peripheral circuitry. In a second aspect, the Y-select signal line overlaps the lower electrode layer of the capacitor element. In a third aspect, a potential barrier layer, provided at least under the semiconductor region of the switching MISFET to which the capacitor element is connected, is formed by diffusion of an impurity for a channel stopper region. In a fourth aspect, the dielectric film of the capacitor element is co-extensive with the capacitor electrode layer over it. In a fifth aspect, the capacitor dielectric film is a silicon nitride film having a silicon oxide layer thereon, the silicon oxide layer being formed by oxidizing a surface layer of the silicon nitride under high pressure. In sixth and seventh aspects, wiring is provided. In the sixth aspect, an aluminum wiring layer and a protective (and/or barrier) layer are formed by sputtering in the same vacuum sputtering chamber without breaking the vacuum between forming the layers; in the seventh aspect, a refractory metal, or a refractory metal silicide QSI.sub.x, where Q is a refractory metal and 0&lt;x&lt;2, is used as a protective layer, for an aluminum wiring containing an added element (e.g., Cu) to prevent migration.

A solid state device includes a transistor (A) and a capacitor (B). The capacitor is defined by a lower polycrystalline silicon layer or electrode (20), multiple dielectric layers (22), and an upper polycrystalline silicon layer or electrode (30). The dielectric layers are formed by vapor depositing a 3.6-18.6 nm thick layer of silicon nitride on the lower polycrystalline layer. Thicker silicon nitride layers increase the failure rate and decrease the capacitance (FIG. 8). More specifically, the silicon nitride layer is deposited on a thin, about 1 nm, oxidized film or surface (24) of the polycrystalline silicon layer. The silicon nitride layer is oxidized forming a silicon dioxide layer (28) until the silicon nitride layer is only about 3 nm thick. This forms on oxide layer that is 1-8.4 nm thick. If the silicon nitride layer is reduced below 3 nm, the polycrystalline silicon tends to oxidize rapidly reducing capacitance and increasing failure (FIG. 8).

Semiconductor device with multilayer silicon oxide silicon nitride

A silicide layer of a refractory metal for reducing resistance and a nitride layer for preventing diffusion of aluminum are formed on the source and drain regions of an MISFET. The silicide layer is formed in self-alignment with the source and drain regions by two annealings effected at a low temperature and at a high temperature, respectively, and has a low resistance. The nitride layer is formed by directly nitriding the silicide layer.

Semiconductor integrated circuit device and method of producing the same

An electrochromic light transmission control device in which the electrochromic film is operated under control not to reach the color saturation condition, thereby preventing the occurrence of separation of the film and thus ensuring a long-term service life.

Electrochromic display device

A process for forming an electrochromic film to be used in an electrochromic device is provided. The process includes a step of introducing a mixture of oxygen gas and inert gas at a predetermined mixing ratio into a reactor in which is provided an electrode having thereon a sheet of tungsten as a target and a counter-electrode holding thereon a substrate under a predetermined total pressure condition and a step of applying a predetermined voltage between said electrodes while maintaining the substrate at a predetermined temperature. The present process allows to provide a WO.sub.3 -sputtered film on the substrate. The present invention also provides an electrochromic display device in which the electrochromic film is operated under control not to reach the color saturation condition, thereby preventing the occurrence of separation of the film and thus ensuring a long-term servicelife.

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Hiroko Kaneko