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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 01, 1999
Gary Hong, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Anchor Chen, Pingtung, TW;
United Microelectronics Corp., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A method for manufacturing a cylindrical capacitor on a substrate includes the steps of providing a semiconductor substrate having a first conductive layer thereon, and then forming an insulation layer over the first conductive layer. The insulation layer can be a silicon nitride layer. The insulation layer is patterned to leave a portion of the patterned insulation layer above the node contact region. Thereafter, spacers are formed on the sidewalls of the patterned insulation layer such that the spacers are formed from a material that differs from the insulation layer and the first conductive layer. Next, an etching operation is conducted using the patterned insulation layer and the spacers as a mask to remove a portion of the first conductive layer. After that, the patterned insulation layer is removed. Then, a second etching operation is carried out using the spacers as a mask so that some more material from the upper portion of the first conductive layer is removed. Ultimately, a cylindrical shape structure that serves as the lower electrode of a capacitor is formed. Finally, the spacers are removed, and then a dielectric layer and a second conductive layer are sequentially formed over the cylindrical lower electrode to complete the fabrication of a cylindrical capacitor.