Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Comp. Ltd.

Tien-Chen Chang

Yung-Haw Liaw

Hsin-Pai Chen

Ching-Tang Tsai

A method for forming a polycide/oxide/polysilicon capacitor on a silicon wafer with improved dielectric stability and reliability is described wherein an in-situ high temperature anneal is applied to the wafer within a CVD reactor immediately prior to the deposition of the silicon oxide capacitor dielectric layer. The in-situ anneal causes sufficient fluorine outgassing of the polycide layer to prevent fluorine degradation of the subsequently deposited oxide capacitor dielectric. The capacitance of the completed capacitor is increased by as much as 10% when compared to a comparable not in-situ anneal conducted prior to the insertion of the wafer into the CVD reactor.

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Hsin-Chu, Taiwan

Tien-Chen Chang