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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2002
Scott Jeffrey Deboer, Boise, ID (US);
Husam N. Al-shareef, Boise, ID (US);
Randhir P. S. Thakur, Cupertino, CA (US);
Dan Gealy, Kuna, ID (US);
Scott Jeffrey DeBoer, Boise, ID (US);
Husam N. Al-Shareef, Boise, ID (US);
Randhir P. S. Thakur, Cupertino, CA (US);
Dan Gealy, Kuna, ID (US);
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
A capacitor has a tantalum oxynitride film. One method for making the film comprises forming a bottom plate electrode and then forming a tantalum oxide film on the bottom plate electrode. Nitrogen is introduced to form a tantalum oxynitride film. A top plate electrode is formed on the tantalum oxynitride film. Embodiments include a method of operating an antifuse, comprising applying a voltage across electrodes of a capacitor having a tantalum oxynitride film and forming a hole in the tantalum oxynitride film.