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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
May. 19, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/18242 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/18242 ;
Abstract
In the fabrication of capacitors, a TiO,film is formed from a TiN film by means of heat-treatment within an atmosphere which does not contain oxygen. This serves to prevent the polysilicon which forms the bottom electrode from being oxidized during heat-treatment. Thus, once the bottom electrode has been formed on the silicon wafer, a TiN film and RuO,film are formed, and the silicon wafer is heat-treated in an atmosphere which does not contain oxygen. In this manner, a dielectric film that is a TiO,film and a top electrode that is a ruthenium film are obtained.