US 11,862,517 B1
Integrated trench and via electrode for memory device applications
Noriyuki Sato, Hillsboro, OR (US); Niloy Mukherjee, San Ramon, CA (US); Mauricio Manfrini, Heverlee (BE); Tanay Gosavi, Portland, OR (US); Rajeev Kumar Dokania, Beaverton, OR (US); Somilkumar J. Rathi, San Jose, CA (US); Amrita Mathuriya, Portland, OR (US); and Sasikanth Manipatruni, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to KEPLER COMPUTING INC., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Kepler Computing Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/553,486.
Application 17/553,486 is a continuation of application No. 17/550,904, filed on Dec. 14, 2021.
Int. Cl. H01L 21/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/768 (2006.01); H01L 23/538 (2006.01); G11C 11/22 (2006.01); H10B 53/20 (2023.01)
CPC H01L 21/76877 (2013.01) [G11C 11/221 (2013.01); H01L 21/76802 (2013.01); H01L 23/5384 (2013.01); H10B 53/20 (2023.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device comprising:
a first region comprising:
a first conductive interconnect within a first dielectric in a first level;
a second level above the first level, the second level comprising:
a first electrode structure on at least a portion of the first conductive interconnect, the first electrode structure comprising:
a first conductive hydrogen barrier layer; and
a first conductive fill material adjacent to the first conductive hydrogen barrier layer;
an insulator layer laterally surrounding the first electrode structure; and
a memory device on least a portion of the first electrode structure, the memory device comprising a ferroelectric material or a paraelectric material;
a second dielectric spanning the first region and on the insulator layer, the second dielectric comprising an amorphous, greater than 90% film density hydrogen barrier material, wherein the memory device is directly adjacent to and embedded within the second dielectric;
a third dielectric comprising a less than 90% film density material on the second dielectric, the third dielectric within a third level above the second level;
a second electrode structure coupled with the memory device, the second electrode structure comprising:
a via electrode on at least a portion of the memory device and adjacent to the second dielectric;
a trench electrode on the via electrode, the trench electrode adjacent to the third dielectric;
a second conductive hydrogen barrier layer comprising:
a lateral portion on the memory device;
first substantially vertical portions directly adjacent to the second dielectric; and
second substantially vertical portions directly adjacent to the third dielectric; and
a second conductive fill material that extends continuously from the lateral portion to a first uppermost surface of the third dielectric; and
a second region adjacent to the first region, the second region comprising:
a fourth dielectric comprising dielectric comprising a first less than 90% film density material directly adjacent to the second dielectric and below the third dielectric;
a second conductive interconnect within the first level;
a third conductive interconnect within the third level, wherein the third dielectric extends over the fourth dielectric and wherein the third dielectric laterally surrounds the third conductive interconnect; and
a via structure coupled between the second conductive interconnect and the third conductive interconnect, wherein at least a first portion of the via structure is adjacent to the insulator layer.