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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1998
Hiroyuki Kanaya, Yokohama, JP;
Osamu Hidaka, Tokyo, JP;
Kumi Okuwada, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroshi Mochizuki, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor integrated circuit has a ferroelectric capacitor. The ferroelectric capacitor includes a first insulation film formed above a semiconductor substrate, a first electrode which is buried in a first hole formed in the first insulation film and whose surface is flattened, a second insulation film formed above the first insulation film and having a second hole above the first electrode, a ferroelectric film formed in the second hole, and a second electrode formed in the second hole and above the ferroelectric film and flattened so as to be flush with a surface of the second insulation film.