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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2004
Applicants:
Cem Basceri, Boise, ID (US);
Gurtej S. Sandhu, Boise, ID (US);
Sam Yang, Boise, ID (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/8242 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A stabilized capacitor using non-oxide electrodes and high dielectric constant oxide dielectric materials and methods of making such capacitors and their incorporation into DRAM cells is provided. A preferred method includes providing a non-oxide electrode, oxidizing an upper surface of the non-oxide electrode, depositing a high dielectric constant oxide dielectric material on the oxidized surface of the non-oxide electrode, and depositing an upper layer electrode on the high dielectric constant oxide dielectric material.