High density dynamic random access memory cell structure having a polysilicon pillar capacitor

Abstract

A method for manufacturing an array of stacked capacitor is described that utilizes the sidewall of the capacitor node contact to increase the capacitance on a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) cell. The area occupied by the stacked capacitor is also restricted to the area over the FET source/drain area, thereby providing for the further reduction of the cell size. The method using a single mask level to form node contact openings in a thick insulating layer over the source/drain areas used for the node contact. A doped polysilicon layer is deposited filling the node contact openings and conformally coating the substrate. The polysilicon layer is oxidized to the thick insulating layer but not in the node contact openings. The oxidized portion of the polysilicon layer and the thick insulating layer are removed concurrently in a wet etch leaving free standing pillar-shaped bottom electrodes that also serve as the node contacts. The array of pillar-shaped stacked capacitors are completed by forming a interelectrode dielectric layer on the bottom electrodes and then depositing and patterning another doped polysilicon to form the top electrodes.