Abstract:
An organometallic adduct compound and a method of manufacturing an integrated circuit device, the organometallic adduct compound being represented by General Formula (I):
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method including providing a metal precursor on a substrate to form a preliminary layer that includes a first metal; providing a reducing agent on the preliminary layer, the reducing agent including a compound that includes a second metal; and providing a reactant on the preliminary layer to form a metal-containing layer, wherein the second metal has multiple oxidation states, the second metal in the reducing agent having a lower oxidation state among the multiple oxidation states prior to providing the reducing agent on the preliminary layer.
Abstract:
A tin compound, a tin precursor compound for forming a tin-containing layer, and a method of forming a thin layer, the tin compound being represented by Formula 1: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, and R7 are each independently hydrogen, a linear alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a branched alkyl group having 3 or 4 carbon atoms.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device includes a lower electrode on a lower structure, a dielectric layer conformally covering a surface of the lower electrode, an upper electrode conformally covering a surface of the dielectric layer, and a barrier layer on the upper electrode. The barrier layer and the upper electrode define a space on a sidewall of the lower electrode.
Abstract:
A capacitor includes: a bottom electrode; a top electrode over the bottom electrode; a dielectric film between the bottom electrode and the top electrode; and a doped Al2O3 film between the top electrode and the dielectric film, wherein the doped Al2O3 film includes a first dopant, and an oxide including the same element as the first dopant has a higher dielectric constant than a dielectric constant of Al2O3.
Abstract:
Disclosed are semiconductor memory devices and methods of fabricating the same. The semiconductor memory devices may include a capacitor including first and second electrodes and a dielectric layer. The dielectric layer may include a zirconium aluminum oxide layer including a first zirconium region adjacent to the first electrode, a first aluminum region, a second aluminum region adjacent to the second electrode, and a second zirconium region between the first and second aluminum regions. The first and second zirconium regions may include zirconium and oxygen and may be devoid of aluminum. The first and second aluminum regions may include aluminum and oxygen and may be devoid of zirconium. The first aluminum region and the first zirconium region may be spaced apart by a first distance, and the first aluminum region and the second zirconium region may be spaced apart by a second distance shorter than the first distance.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device includes conductive pillars on a semiconductor substrate, a first support pattern that contacts first portions of lateral surfaces of the conductive pillars and connects the conductive pillars to each other, the first support pattern including first support holes that expose second portions of the lateral surfaces of the conductive pillars, a capping conductive pattern that contacts the second portions of the lateral surfaces of the conductive pillars and exposes the first support pattern, the second portions of the lateral surfaces of the conductive pillars being in no contact with the first support pattern, and a dielectric layer that covers the first support pattern and the capping conductive pattern, the dielectric layer being spaced apart from the conductive pillars.
Abstract:
Disclosed are semiconductor memory devices and methods of fabricating the same. The semiconductor memory device comprises a capacitor that includes a bottom electrode, a top electrode opposite to the bottom electrode across a dielectric layer, and an interface layer between the bottom electrode and the dielectric layer. The interface layer includes a combination of niobium (Nb), titanium (Ti), oxygen (O), and nitrogen (N), and further includes a constituent of the dielectric layer.
Abstract:
Provided is a semiconductor device including a lower electrode, an upper electrode isolated from direct contact with the lower electrode, and a dielectric layer between the lower electrode and the upper electrode, the dielectric layer comprising a first metal oxide area, a second metal oxide area, and a third metal oxide area. The third metal oxide area is between the first metal oxide area and the second metal oxide area, and includes boron and one or more metal elements selected from aluminum (Al), magnesium (Mg), silicon (Si), or beryllium (Be). In the third metal oxide area, a content of boron (B) is less than or equal to a content of the metal elements of Al, Mg, Si, and/or Be.