Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a recessed electrode structure which interrupts the crystal grain boundary of an electrode and blocks the diffusion from the side wall. SOLUTION: The capacitor structure comprises an upper platinum electrode, a lower electrode and an insulator on the side wall of the electrode, and the lower electrode has a first recessed portion deposited to the insulator on its side wall and a second insulator portion deposited thereto.
Abstract:
In integrated circuits having copper interconnect (30, 50) and low-k interlayer dielectrics (40), a problem of open circuits after heat treatment was discovered and solved bz the use of a first liner layer of Cr (42), followed by a conformal liner layer of CVD TiN (46), followed in turn bz a final liner layer of Ta or TaN (48), thus improving adhesion between the via (50) and the underlying copper layer (30) while maintianing low resistance.