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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1998
Akinori Kinugasa, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoharu Mametani, Tokyo, JP;
Yukihiro Nagai, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Nishimura, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Kishida, Hyogo, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is described the manufacture of a semiconductor device having a storage node or high-yield manufacture of a compact memory IC. The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device including a basic dielectric layer formation step for forming a basic dielectric layer from a first dielectric material, a stopper film formation step for forming on the basic dielectric layer an etch stopper film from a second dielectric material differing from the first dielectric film, a sacrificial dielectric layer formation step for forming on the etch stopper film a sacrificial dielectric layer from the first dielectric material, a space formation step for forming a storage node formation space by removal of a predetermined area from the sacrificial dielectric layer until the etch stopper film becomes exposed, a storage node formation step for forming in the storage node formation space a storage node from a capacitive material, and a sacrificial dielectric layer removal step for removing the sacrificial dielectric layer surrounding the storage node by means of an etching operation suitable for removal of the first dielectric material.