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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2001
Michael Chudzik, Beacon, NY (US);
Oleg Gluschenkov, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Raj Jammy, Wappinger Falls, NY (US);
Uwe Schroeder, Dresden, GB;
Helmut Tews, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An improved capacitor is formed by a process where an improved node dielectric layer is formed with an improved dielectric constant by performing an Free Radical Enhanced Rapid Thermal Oxidation (FRE RTO) step during formation of the node dielectric layer. Use of an FRE RTO step instead of the conventional furnace oxidation step produces a cleaner oxide with a higher dielectric constant and higher capacitance. Other specific embodiments of the invention include improved node dielectric layer by one or more additional nitridation steps, done by either Remote Plasma Nitridation (RPN), Rapid Thermal Nitridation (RTN), Decoupled Plasma Nitridation (DPN) or other nitridation method; selective oxidation; use of a metal layer rather than a SiN layer as the dielectric base; and selective oxidation of the metal layer.