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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kazutaka Manabe, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/120 ; H01L 2/176 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/120 ; H01L 2/176 ;
Abstract
In fabrication of a semiconductor memory device and especially a DRAM (dynamic random access memory) having an HSG-type stacked-capacitor structure, after a storage-node-forming silicon film has been surface-treated with an HSG preprocess using dilute fluoric acid, the storage-node-forming film on the sidewall surface of a storage-node-forming contact pattern at an accessory or alignment region is prevented from floating in the air and hence being peeled off, which would have lowered the yield. For this purpose, the storage-node-forming silicon film covers the sidewall surface of the contact pattern at the alignment region.