Capacitor, semiconductor device comprising the capacitor, and method of fabricating the capacitor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12477757-B2
Application number	US-202318156273-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 18, 2023
Priority date	Jan 19, 2022
Publication date	Nov 18, 2025
Grant date	Nov 18, 2025

Abstract

A capacitor includes a lower electrode, an upper electrode, a dielectric film between the lower electrode and the upper electrode, and a leakage current reduction film between the upper electrode and the dielectric film. The leakage current reduction film includes a doped AlZrO film, wherein an ionic radius of a dopant contained in the doped AlZrO film is greater than or equal to about 130 picometers (pm).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A capacitor comprising:
a lower electrode; an upper electrode; a dielectric film between the lower electrode and the upper electrode; and a leakage current reduction film between the upper electrode and the dielectric film, the leakage current reduction film comprising a doped AlZrO film, and wherein an ionic radius of a dopant included in the doped AlZrO film is greater than or equal to about 130 picometers (pm).

2 . The capacitor of claim 1 , wherein the leakage current reduction film comprises zirconium (Zr) of about 75 at % or more among metal atoms except for oxygen (O).

3 . The capacitor of claim 1 , wherein the dopant comprises at least one of potassium (K), rubidium (Rb), cesium (Cs), strontium (Sr), barium (Ba), neodymium (Nd), samarium (Sm), europium (Eu), francium (Fr), or radium (Ra).

4 . The capacitor of claim 1 , further comprising:
a lower interfacial film between the lower electrode and the dielectric film, wherein the lower interfacial film comprises a material expressed as MM′ON, M′O, or M′ON, and wherein M comprises at least one of beryllium (Be), boron (B), sodium (Na), magnesium (Mg), aluminum (Al), silicon (Si), potassium (K), calcium (Ca), scandium (Sc), titanium (Ti), vanadium (V), chromium (Cr), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), gallium (Ga), germanium (Ge), rubidium (Rb), strontium (Sr), yttrium (Y), zirconium (Zr), niobium (Nb), molybdenum (Mo), technetium (Tc), ruthenium (Ru), rhodium (Rh), palladium (Pd), silver (Ag), cadmium (Cd), indium (In), tin (Sn), antimony (Sb), tellurium (Te), cesium (Cs), barium (Ba), lanthanum (La), cerium (Ce), praseodymium (Pr), neodymium (Nd), promethium (Pm), samarium (Sm), europium (Eu), gadolinium (Gd), terbium (Tb), dysprosium (Dy), holmium (Ho), erbium (Er), thulium (Tm), Ytterbium (Yb), lutetium (Lu), hafnium (Hf), tantalum (Ta), tungsten (W), rhenium (Re), osmium (Os), iridium (Ir), platinum (Pt), gold (Au), mercury (Hg), thallium (Tl), lead (Pb), bismuth (Bi), polonium (Po), francium (Fr), radium (Ra), actinium (Ac), thorium (Th), protactinium (Pa), or uranium (U), and M′ comprises at least one of hydrogen (H), lithium (Li), Be, B, N, O, Na, Mg, Al, Si, phosphorus (P), sulfur(S), K, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, arsenic (As), selenium (Se), Rb, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Tc, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, Cd, In, Sn, Sb, Te, Cs, Ba, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Hf, Ta, W, Re, Os, Ir, Pt, Au, Hg, Tl, Pb, Bi, Po, Fr, Ra, Ac, Th, Pa, or U.

5 . The capacitor of claim 4 , further comprising:
an upper interfacial film between the leakage current reduction film and the upper electrode, wherein the upper interfacial film comprises a material expressed as M′O or M′ON.

6 . The capacitor of claim 1 , wherein a total thickness of the dielectric film and the leakage current reduction film is about 20 angstrom (Å) to about 80 Å.

7 . The capacitor of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the dielectric film is about 1.5 times a thickness of the leakage current reduction film.

8 . The capacitor of claim 1 , wherein the leakage current reduction film comprises the dopant and Al of about 25% or less in total among metal atoms except for O.

9 . The capacitor of claim 8 , wherein
the doped AlZrO is represented by (L 1 )nAl x Zr y O (0.5n+1.5x+2y) , (L 2 ) m Al x Zr y O (m+1.5x+2y) or (L 1 ) n (L 2 ) m Al x Zr y O (0.5n+m+1.5x+2y) , wherein L 1 is one of K, Rb, Cs, and Fr, L 2 is one of Sr, Ba, and Ra, wherein x, y, n, and m respectively represent an atomic percentage of the metal atoms in the doped AlZrO, and wherein 0<(n+x)≤0.25, 0<(m+x)≤0.25, 0<(n+m+x)≤0.25 and 0.75≤y<1.

10 . The capacitor of claim 1 , wherein the dielectric film comprises at least one of HfO 2 , ZrO 2 , CeO 2 , La 2 O 3 , Ta 2 O 3 , or TiO 2 .

11 . The capacitor of claim 1 , wherein each of the lower electrode and the upper electrode comprises at least one of TiN, NbN, MoN, CON, TaN, W, Ru, RuO 2 , SrRuO 3 , Ir, IrO 2 , Pt, PtO, SRO(SrRuO 3 ), BSRO((Ba,Sr)RuO 3 ), CRO(CaRuO 3 ), LSCO((La,Sr)CoO 3 ), or a combination thereof.

12 . The capacitor of claim 1 , wherein the lower electrode includes a carbon content of 1% or less.

13 . A method of fabricating a capacitor, the method comprising:
forming a lower electrode; forming a dielectric film on the lower electrode; forming a leakage current reduction film on the dielectric film, the leakage current reduction film comprising a doped AlZrO film; and forming an upper electrode on the leakage current reduction film, wherein an ionic radius of a dopant contained in the doped AlZrO film is greater than or equal to about 130 picometers (pm).

14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the forming of the leakage current reduction film comprises
forming a lower Al 2 O 3 film, a dopant film, a ZrO 2 film, and an upper Al 2 O 3 film on the dielectric film, and heat-treating the dielectric film, the lower Al 2 O 3 film, the dopant film, the ZrO 2 film, and the upper Al 2 O 3 film, and wherein the dopant film comprises an oxide film comprising the dopant.

15 . The method of claim 14 , wherein
the lower Al 2 O 3 film is formed to a thickness of about 1 to about 3 angstroms (Å), the dopant film is formed to a thickness of about 1 to about 2 Å, the ZrO 2 film is formed to a thickness of about 20 to about 100 Å, and the upper Al 2 O 3 film is formed to a thickness of about 1 to about 3 Å.

16 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the leakage current reduction film comprises zirconium (Zr) of about 75 at % or more among metal atoms except for oxygen (O).

17 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the dopant comprises at least one of potassium (K), rubidium (Rb), cesium (Cs), strontium (Sr), barium (Ba), neodymium (Nd), samarium (Sm), europium (Eu), francium (Fr), or radium (Ra).

18 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
forming a lower interfacial film between the lower electrode and the dielectric film, wherein the lower interfacial film comprises a material expressed as MM′ON, M′O, or M′ON, and wherein M comprises at least one of beryllium (Be), boron (B), sodium (Na), magnesium (Mg), aluminum (Al), silicon (Si), potassium (K), calcium (Ca), scandium (Sc), titanium (Ti), vanadium (V), chromium (Cr), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), gallium (Ga), germanium (Ge), rubidium (Rb), strontium (Sr), yttrium (Y), zirconium (Zr), niobium (Nb), molybdenum (Mo), technetium (Tc), ruthenium (Ru), rhodium (Rh), palladium (Pd), silver (Ag), cadmium (Cd), indium (In), tin (Sn), antimony (Sb), tellurium (Te), cesium (Cs), barium (Ba), lanthanum (La), cerium (Ce), praseodymium (Pr), neodymium (Nd), promethium (Pm), samarium (Sm), europium (Eu), gadolinium (Gd), terbium (Tb), dysprosium (Dy), holmium (Ho), erbium (Er), thulium (Tm), Ytterbium (Yb), lutetium (Lu), hafnium (Hf), tantalum (Ta), tungsten (W), rhenium (Re), osmium (Os), iridium (Ir), platinum (Pt), gold (Au), mercury (Hg), thallium (Tl), lead (Pb), bismuth (Bi), polonium (Po), francium (Fr), radium (Ra), actinium (Ac), thorium (Th), protactinium (Pa), and uranium (U), and M′ comprises at least one of hydrogen (H), lithium (Li), Be, B, N, O, Na, Mg, Al, Si, phosphorus (P), sulfur(S), K, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, arsenic (As), selenium (Se), Rb, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Tc, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, Cd, In, Sn, Sb, Te, Cs, Ba, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Hf, Ta, W, Re, Os, Ir, Pt, Au, Hg, Tl, Pb, Bi, Po, Fr, Ra, Ac, T

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Song Jeonggyu
• Cho Eunae
• Kim Yongsung
• Park Boeun
• Han Narae

Classifications

• H01G4/10

  Metal-oxide dielectrics {(H01G4/085 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• H10D1/716

  having vertical extensions · CPC title

• H10D1/684

  the dielectrics comprising multiple layers, e.g. comprising buffer layers, seed layers or gradient layers · CPC title

• H10D1/68

  Capacitors having no potential barriers · CPC title

• H10B12/033

  the capacitor extending over the transistor · CPC title