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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2002
Kenneth T. Settlemyer, Jr., Poughquag, NY (US);
Porshia Shane Wrschka, Danbury, CT (US);
Kenneth T. Settlemyer, Jr., Poughquag, NY (US);
Porshia Shane Wrschka, Danbury, CT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
As disclosed herein, a method is provided, in an integrated circuit, for forming an enhanced capacitance trench capacitor. The method includes forming a trench in a semiconductor substrate and forming an isolation collar on a sidewall of the trench. The collar has at least an exposed layer of oxide and occupies only a 'collar' portion of the sidewall, while a 'capacitor' portion of the sidewall is free of the collar. A seeding layer is then selectively deposited on the capacitor portion of the sidewall. Then, hemispherical silicon grains are deposited on the seeding layer on the capacitor portion of the sidewall. A dielectric material is deposited, and then a conductor material, in that order, over the hemispherical silicon grains on the capacitor portion of the sidewall.