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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1996
Hirohito Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Ichiroh Honma, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a semiconductor device, such as a memory cell, including a capacitor, a corrugated electrode is used as a lower electrode of the capacitor and is covered with an insulation film to be opposed to an upper electrode. The corrugated electrode is specified in section by a series of folded portions which are alternately folded vertically and horizontally. Practically, the corrugated electrode is formed by a corrugated wall which surrounds a hollow space and which has a rectangular or a polygonal shape on a plane. Alternatively, the corrugated wall has an irregular surface formed by an aggregation of grains so as to effectively widen a surface of the lower electrode. Such a corrugated electrode may be manufactured by a mold which is formed by selectively etching a stack of first-kind spacer films and second-kind spacer films.