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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2016
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Jian-Shiou Huang, Fangliao Township, TW;
Yao-Wen Chang, Taipei, TW;
Hsing-Lien Lin, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Cheng-Yuan Tsai, Chu-Pei, TW;
Chia-Shiung Tsai, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide an integrated circuit (IC) device including a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor structure. The MIM capacitor structure includes a lower metal capacitor electrode, an upper metal capacitor electrode, and a capacitor dielectric separating the lower metal capacitor electrode from the upper metal capacitor electrode. The capacitor dielectric is made up of an amorphous oxide/nitride matrix and a plurality of metal or metal oxide/nitride nano-particles that are randomly distributed over the volume of amorphous oxide/nitride matrix.