INTEGRATED CAPACITIVE DEVICE WITH HYDROGEN DEGRADABLE DIELECTRIC LAYER PROTECTED BY GETTER LAYER

Abstract: There is described an integrated device comprising a thin-film capacitor formed of first and second electrodic layers, electrically separated by a dielectric layer formed of a hydrogen, degradable compound characterized in that it further comprises at least a getter layer of a material of the group consisting of the alloys of zirconium, vanadium and iron, optionally containing minor quantities of manganese and/or elements of the "Rare Earths" group, alloys of zirconium with at least one among the metals of the group consisting of iron, cobalt and nickel, optionally containing up to 15 % by weight of elements belonging to the "Rare Earths" group.

Description: "LNTEGRATED CAPACITIVE DEVICE WITH HYDROGEN DEGRADABLE DIELECTRIC LAYER PROTECTED BY GETTER LAYER" Field of the Invention The present invention relates in general to integrated circuits and in particular to storage devices whose structure comprises a dielectric layer of capacitive coupling having ferroelectric features and/or a high dielectric constant, both in the case that the storage device employs the features of residual polarization of the ferroelectric oxide or the capacitive coupling through the dielectric oxide for storing an information in the form of electric charge. Technological Background of The Invention Ferroelectric and particularly dielectric compounds based on mixed oxides or equivalent compounds with ferroelectric features are materials used in different fields and particularly in the manufacture of integrated structures on a semiconductor or dielectric substrate. Piezoelectric filters, ultrasonic transducers which employ the piezoelectric features, infrared transducers, optical sensors employing features of pyroelectricity, optical modulation devices, optical diaphragms based on the employment of electro-optical features are some applications of these materials. The possibility to manufacture extremely thin dielectric films of materials having ferroelectric features has favored the development of nonvolatile storage devices with ferroelectric capacitor which employ the stability in time of the residual polarization of the thin layer of ferroelectric material of the capacitor. These devices (storage cells) have been developed by virtue of their potentiality to be manufactured in extremely compact size so as to increase the storage capacity and the level of integration of the whole integrated device or their marked ability to preserve the information even in particularly hard conditions. Ferroelectric dielectrics which are commonly used in the manufacturing processes of integrated devices are lead zirconate titanate, PbZr(i -X )Ti( X )O 3 , commonly lαiown with the acronym PZT, bismuth and strontium tantalate or Sr 2 Bi 2 Ta 2 O 9 , commonly lαiown with the acronym SBT or Yl and the lanthanum and bismuth titanate, commonly known with the acronym BLT. These are among the most used materials for manufacturing the so-called FeRAM storage devices. Another similar dielectric material (also with ferroelectric features) used as dielectric layer, in particular as dielectric interpoly of capacitive coupling between a control gate structure (wordline) and the floating gate of the cell in DRAM cell structures, is barium and strontium titanate, Ba (X) Sr (1-X) TiO 3 , also known with the acronym B ST. The materials preferably used for exploiting the ferroelectric features thereof in FeRAM are the above mentioned PZT and also the SBT or the BLT, whereas the BST is most frequently used in the DRAMs by virtue of an increased possibility to deposit extremely thin films thereof having a high dielectric constant, free from defects. The techniques of deposition of said layers of dielectric compounds with ferroelectric features can be various, such as for example by "sputtering", or by chemical deposition from the vapor phase (CVD) wherein a decomposable compound, commonly an organometallic compound of precursor metals, is deposited from the vapor phase on a suitable substrate. Another method of formation of said layers is the so-called "sol-gel" method, wherein a solution of precursor compounds is used in order to form a film on a substrate commonly by thermal decomposition of several applications of sol-gel. There is also a method based on the creation of a "mist" of ionized drops of the solution of a metallorganic precursor compound, which are deposited on the wafers. Once the solvent is evaporated, the metallorganic compound is decomposed at high temperature in a strongly oxidating environment so as to form a film of composite oxide. This technique is lαiown in the literature as "Liquid Source Misted Chemical Deposition" or briefly LSMCD. Other methods of preparation are lαiown in the literature. Leaving out of consideration the particular function of the thin-film capacitor of dielectric material with high dielectric constant optionally also with marked ferroelectric features and of the relevant integrated structure to which it belongs, whether that of a FeRAM, of a DRAM or else, the formation of the thin- film capacitor in a flow of manufacturing process of a common semiconductor integrated device, for example in CMOS technology, implies a number of problems due to a precise risk of exposition of the thin layer, generally based on oxides, to hydrogen. As a matter of fact, in a common flow of a manufacturing process of integrated devices, there are a number of operations wherein hydrogen is present that remains partly trapped or incorporated in the wafer during the manufacture, typically in the semiconductor silicon substrate. For example in a CMOS process, the devices (transistors) defined in the active areas can be exposed to an annealing treatment in hydrogen atmosphere for neutralizing bonds which are left "dangling" in the semiconductor in order to reduce problems of superficial charge at the interface between the semiconductor and the gate oxide. During this annealing treatment, hydrogen can remain trapped in the substrate which thus become a source of hydrogen diffusion during the working life of the integrated device. Other sources of exposure to hydrogen can be identified in the so-called "back-end" steps of the process, during the formation of metallizing aluminum layers, the steps of formation of tungsten plugs for the contacts and of the IDL layers, wherein the process conditions are such that the presence of hydrogen is implied. Hydrogen can also be present during the sealing and encapsulating steps of the integrated device, in the case of ceramic "packaging". Also during the working life of the devices, a certain diffusion of hydrogen inside the device can take place. The effects of degradation of a dielectric film, optionally with ferroelectric features, generally formed of an oxide or more frequently of mixed oxides or equivalent compounds, upon exposition to hydrogen are well-known and discussed in the literature, hi particular a hydrogen degradation of the ferroelectric film of a FeRAM causes a contraction of the hysteresis curve, thus reducing the separation between the logical values 1 and 0 on the ordinate axis, which effect can bring about a difficulty in the discrimination criteria in the reading step of the information stored in the ferroelectric film capacitor. In the case of a DRAM, the degradation of the thin dielectric film of interpoly capacitive coupling determines a lost of electric charge stored in the floating gate through the wordline. The suggestions made until now in order to overcome this critical aspect of the dielectric and ferroelectric materials having a high dielectric constant towards a hardly avoidable hydrogen exposure have been several. Document EP-A-605980 discloses a growth PECVD technique of a Si 3 N 4 and SiON layer having a low hydrogen content as interdielectric state of a FeRAM device, using TEOS (Si(OC 2 H 5 ) ) and N 2 instead of the common mixture ofSiH 4 /NH 3 N 2 . Patent US-A-5,523,595 discloses the sputtering of a TiN or TiON layer on the FeRAM device using a PZT deposited via sol-gel, with functions of barrier- layer towards hydrogen and humidity. Patent US-A-5,481,490 discloses the deposition of a thin layer of nitride of aluminum, silicon or titanium on the ferroelectric capacitor in order to prevent the degradation of the ferroelectric film of the capacitor during the annealing treatments which are foreseen in the manufacturing process of the device, during which the gases H 2 and N 2 are used. Patent US-A-5, 591,663 discloses a particular sequence of a manufacturing process of a FeRAM device using conventional materials which avoids the hydrogen degradation during the annealing treatment. Document EP-A-0837505 discloses a structure comprising a ferroelectric capacitor, wherein a second layer of ferroelectric material PZT is deposited on the already defined structure of the ferroelectric capacitor so that said second layer of PZT acts as a sacrificial layer thus preventing hydrogen from reaching and degrading the PZT layer of the capacitor. Document EP-A-0911871 discloses the formation of a thin layer of tantalum and silicon nitride on the ferroelectric capacitor structure with function of barrier layer against the possible diffusion of hydrogen towards the ferroelectric layer of the capacitor. Patent US-A-5,760,433 discloses the use of a sacrificial layer of a material chemically reactive towards hydrogen which is arranged on the capacitor structure as a protection of the ferroelectric layer of the capacitor. The sacrificial material can contain Sr, Nb, Ta and/or Bi, bismuth oxide, palladium oxide. Patent US-A-5,716,875 discloses a FeRAM structure wherein, after annealing in N +H 2 , a layer of silicon nitride Si 3 N 4 is deposited on the integrated structure of the transistor and on the back of the substrate wafer for encapsulating (isolating) the structure and preventing in the future the possible effects due to hydrogen retention after the annealing treatment. On a structure so "isolated" with regards to the diffusion of the hydrogen therein sorbed, there is formed the ferroelectric capacitor, which can be therefore advantageously annealed in oxygen atmosphere without causing degradation of the transistor features. On the other hand the hydrogen possibly trapped in the so "insulated" wafer structure will be not able to reach and to degrade the ferroelectric film of the capacitor thanks to the barrier offered by the nitride layer. Document EP-A-0951059 discloses a particular manufacturing process wherein a final annealing in oxygen would solve the hydrogen degradation which could have taken place during the metallization processes. Patent US-A-5,990,513 describes the formation of an interlevel dielectric layer with hydropl ilic properties covered by a dielectric layer having reduced hydrophilic properties for protecting the fenoelectric layer during the annealing treatment in hydrogen atmosphere in the case of a ceramic encapsulated device. Ceramic encapsulation requires generally an annealing process at 440 °C. Document JP-11293089 describes the formulation of an epoxydic resin usable for encapsulating a FeRAM device having features of low hydrogen release at 175 °C for 90 minutes. Document JP-11187633 discloses the use in a FeRAM device of a metal layer formed of a material capable to store hydrogen during the manufacturing steps. Then, the sorbed hydrogen is expelled by means of themial treatment under vacuum. The used material can be Pd, V, Ni, Nb, Ti, Fe, Mg, TiFeLaNi 2 , Ti 2 Mn 3 VNb, TiCo, ZrMn 2 , Mg 2 Cu, Mg 2 Ni, LaCo 3 , Ti 2 V 8 , Ti 2 C, Ti 2 Fe, Ti 2 CoMn. Document JP-1140761 discloses the use of a layer of Ta or V or Nb deposited on the fenoelectric capacitor for protecting the latter from hydrogen degradation. Document JP-118355 discloses the use of a hydrogen banier layer formed of titanium dioxide or silicon nitride arranged under the lower electrode of the fenoelectric capacitor and of a banier layer ananged over the upper electrode of the fenoelectric capacitor of the same materials or alternatively of titanium nitride or ofTiOSi. Document JP -2000-40799 discloses that, by making a reactive layer of Pb- Pt-Ti-O between the PZT fenoelectric layer and the Pt upper electrode of a fenoelectric capacitor, it is possible to prevent the diffusion of hydrogen towards the dielectric and often fenoelectric film of the capacitor. Until today, the most commonly followed approach is interposing a banier layer towards the diffusion of hydrogen as a protection of the preformed structure of the thin-film capacitor. Obviously, said barrier layer is effective only towards the hydrogen coming "from above", that is, the hydrogen which is present in the back-end steps of the manufacturing process of the integrated device. However, said banier layer is not effective against a possible diffusion of hydrogen "from below", that is, from the hydrogen which has been trapped in the wafer during the annealing treatment in hydrogen of the active structures, which have been formed before making the capacitor. Some known solutions imply the formation of a banier layer towards the diffusion of hydrogen even under the lower electrode of the thin-layer capacitor. In most of the suggested solutions the approach is anyway protecting the thin layer of dielectric and/or fenoelectric material of the capacitor by means of banier layers which insulate it towards a possible hydrogen diffusion. The barrier layers tend to stop hydrogen diffusion towards the electrodes and therefore towards the dielectric and/or fenoelectric or having a high dielectric constant material in a passive way. In the case for example of oxides, in addition to the passive effect there is also the chemical reaction between hydrogen and oxide which produces water. This reaction eliminates hydrogen, producing the hydrogen compound. Also the materials disclosed in the further document JP-11187633 for retaining hydrogen which is then removed by thermally treating under vacuum the device before the final encapsulation thereof are capable to sorb hydrogen in a significative way only at atmospheric pressure. Object and Summary of the Invention The main object of the present invention is providing a thin-film capacitor structure, wherein the dielectric is formed of a material having high dielectric constant and optionally having also fenoelectric features, protected from the risk of degradation of the dielectric material due to hydrogen diffusion in a more effective way than it is obtainable with the known techniques and without the above mentioned drawbacks and limitations. This important result is obtained by providing, under the lower electrode and over the upper electrode of the thin-film capacitor, a layer of getter material which is capable of sorbing and retaining hydrogen even at sub-atmospheric pressures without giving rise to chemical bonds (reacting) with hydrogen and/or to morphological modifications of the material. The sorbing action exerted towards hydrogen by the getter material, in addition to sequestering the hydrogen remained in the finished device, retains it thus avoiding that it can degrade the dielectric-fenoelectric film, without giving rise to generation of water and without chemically reacting with hydrogen. However, in order to obtain this result it is necessary that the getter material has hydrogen equilibrium pressures lower than 1 mbar at the room temperature and that the thickness sufficient for retaining the present hydrogen is compatible with the stringent requirements of compactness of the integrated structures. Basically, the getter material is an alloy made of zirconium, vanadium and iron, optionally containing minor quantities of manganese and elements of the group of the "Rare Earths", or an alloy of zirconium and at least one of the metals of the group consisting of iron, cobalt, nickel and optionally containing up to 15% by weight of "Rare Earths". One layer of getter material is deposited over the layer of material forming the upper electrode of the capacitor and, more preferably, also under the layer forming the lower electrode of the thin-film capacitor, optionally deposited on a first layer of adhesion, for example titanium, interposed between the laminated structure of the capacitor and the support layer. The getter layer provided under the lower electrode of the thin-fihn capacitor intercepts the hydrogen which may diffuse from the substrate if it has been sorbed by the substrate during a previous step of annealing i hydrogen of the wafer. Typically said lower getter layer can have a lower thickness (of the order of 50-100 nm) than the upper getter layer which can have a thickness also up to about 200 nm. The lower getter layer can effectively contribute to sensibly increase also the adhesion between an electrodic layer, for example of a noble metal or alloy of a noble metal, and the underlying support layer, often in FeRAM or DRAM device, an amorphous layer of silicon oxide doped with boron and phosphorous (BPSG). In many cases, it can provide the necessary adhesion, thus avoiding the need to interpose a specific adhesion layer with the support layer. The getter layer which is provided over the upper electrode of the fenoelectric capacitor intercepts and traps the hydrogen which can diffuse tlirough the insulating, metallizing and passivating layers, commonly placed over the defined structure of the fenoelectric thin-film capacitor during the subsequent steps of the fabrication process of the integrated device, included in some cases also the encapsulating steps of the device (packaging). Both the getter layer fonned over the upper electrode of the capacitor and the getter layer optionally fonned under (deposited before) the lower electrode of the capacitor can be defined tlirough appropriated masking and attacking steps together with other layers of the structure. In particular the upper getter layer can result to be self-aligned to the perimeter of definition of the capacitor. Alternatively, the getter layer can be defined through a suitable masking step, also with a wider perimeter than the perimeter of the capacitive coupling area. The invention is clearly defined in the accompanying claims. Brief Description of the Drawings Figure 1 is a schematical cross-section of a structure of a thin-fihn capacitor according to the invention. Figure 2 is a schematical cross-section of a FeRAM storage cell made according to the present invention. Figure 3 is a schematical cross-section of a DRAM storage memory, made according to the present invention. Figure 4 shows hydrogen sorption features of two different materials of the invention as a function of the quantity of sorbed gas, at the room temperature as well as the conesponding curves measured on three banier materials according to the known art and on the pure metals zirconium and titanium. Description of Some Preferred Embodiments of the Invention Figure 1 shows in a schematic way the cross-section of a thin-film capacitor structure with dielectric layer 1 of an oxide having a high dielectric constant and fenoelectric features comprising an upper getter material layer and a lower getter material layer, made according to the present invention. Dielectric layer 1 having fenoelectric properties of the capacitor can be of a material of the group formed of PZT, SBT, BST, BLT as above described, or equivalent. The material forming both upper 3 and lower 2 electrodes of the fenoelectric capacitor, can be a material of the group fonned of platinum, iridium, rhodium, ruthenium, silver or gold; alloys of the same metals with themselves or with other non-noble metals; conductive oxides containing at least one noble metal oxide or lead, mixed oxides of a noble metal and a metal such as titanium, tantalum, zirconium and mixtures of the same metals; polysilicon and polysilicon doped with boron, phosphorous or arsenic; and equivalent electrically conductive materials. Lower getter layer 4 and upper getter layer 5 are made of a material of the group consisting of the alloys of zirconium, vanadium and iron, optionally containing minor quantities of manganese and/or elements of the "Rare Earths" group, alloys of zirconium with at least one of the metals of the group consisting of iron, cobalt, nickel and optionally containing up to 15% by weight of elements of the group of the "Rare Earths". In particular, alloys based on zirconium, vanadium or iron are exceptionally effective in sorbing and trapping hydrogen, even at sub-atmospheric pressures, such as those which are normally present during crucial treatment steps in the presence of hydrogen of the common CMOS manufacturing processes. Another feature of the above mentioned alloys is a higher capacity of retaining hydrogen at relatively high temperature, when other types of metal materials would show a marked release of the sorbed hydrogen. A possible sequence of a process for manufacturing the multi-layer of figure 1 comprises: - forming an insulating support layer of the capacitor; - depositing getter material 4 by any technique selected among the physical deposition techniques such as sputtering, laser ablation, cathodic arch and evaporation, or chemical deposition techniques such as MOCVD or LSMCD by starting in the two latter cases from a metallorganic precursor compound containing the getter metal or metals; - depositing the material of lower electrode 2 by sputtering; - depositing the dielectric material optionally with fenoelectric features or high dielectric constant, by means of sputtering or sol-gel or MOCVD or LSMCD, starting in the two latter cases from metallorganic precursor compounds containing the metal or the metals of the fenoelectric material; - depositing the material of the upper electrode 3 by sputtering; - depositing getter material 5, by any technique selected among the physical deposition techniques such as sputtering, laser ablation, cathodic arch and evaporation, or chemical deposition techniques such as MOCVD or LSMCD by starting in the two latter cases from a metallorganic precursor compound containing the getter metal or metals. The thickness of the dielectric layer 1 of fenoelectric or high dielectric constant material is generally of the order of or lower than 200 nm, while the total thiclαiess of the two layers 2-4 and 3-5 of electrodic material and getter material is also generally lower than 200 nm. The layers of getter material 4 and 5 can have a thickness of about 150 nm. The lower getter layer 4 can have a reduced thickness with respect to the upper layer 5. The definition of the thin-film capacitor and of the getter layer or layers can be carried out according to the common masking and attacking techniques. In particular, while the lower getter layer 4 can be defined together to the lower electrode, on which can be necessary to establish a contact or a way of interconnection, the upper getter layer 5 can be defined together with the upper electrode layer 3 and the dielectric layer 1 of the capacitor by means of a single masking and attacking step. Alternatively, the upper layer of getter material 5, deposited on a predefined structure of a capacitor can be in its turn defined by means of a masking and attacking step also with a wider perimeter than the perimeter of the underlying capacitor structure. Figure 2 is a classical representation of the cross-section of a FeRAM storage cell, the fenoelectric capacitor of which it is made according to the present invention. The support layer 7 on which the fenoelectric thin-film capacitor structure is fonned is typically an insulating dielectric layer 7 of the structure of the MOS transistor, indicated as a whole with 8 in the figure, made in the active area defined by the field oxide 9 grown on the semiconductor substrate 10. Support layer 7 is commonly formed of silicon oxide (for example a glass doped with boron and phosphorous deposited by chemical deposition from the vapor phase). On support layer 7 is deposited the bottom getter material 4 and subsequently a layer 2 of an electrodic material, which are defined by a first masking and attacking step. Then, the material of the dielectric and fenoelectric film 1 is deposited, followed by the deposition of the upper electrodic layer 3 and of the upper getter layer 5. The so formed stack is then defined by means of a further masking and attacking step, thus defining the thin-film capacitor between the two getter layers 4 and 5 of protection of the possible hydrogen diffusion towards the layer 1. When the definition of the sfructure of the fenoelectric capacitor is completed, a second insulating layer 11 is commonly deposited, through which the upper portions of the contacts of the transistors and the interconnection ways 12 and 13 of the fenoelectric thin-film capacitor associated with the transistor, respectively on the lower getter layer 5 and on the lower electrodic layer 2. Then, the first level metallization layer (metal 1), which is subsequently defined by masking and attacking is deposited. The cross-section illustrated in figure 2 shows also the canied out deposition of a third insulating layer 14. Because of the exceptional dielectric features and of the possibility of being fonned (deposited) in the form of films having a thickness which may be even extremely reduced (<10 nm) lacking of defects, similar dielectric materials sensible to degradation phenomena in the presence of hydrogen are commonly used also for applications wherein their high dielectric constant is used, independently on their optional fenoelectric feature which may be more or less marked. A typical field of use of these materials is for forming the interpoly dielectric thin film which separates the two levels of polysilicon (poly) thus fonning the storing capacitor of infomiation in the form of electric charge of a DRAM storage cell. According to the most recent techniques, the DRAM cells can maintain a classical configuration of the "stack" type, that is with the thin-film capacitor fonned on the semiconductor substrate or of the "trench" type, wherein the sfructure is partially made in a previously produced groove of the semiconductor substrate. Figure 3 shows a modem DRAM sfructure wherein the storing capacitor of the electric charge is made by capacitive coupling through a thin dielectric film 1 interposed between electrodes 2 and 3 respectively defined h poly 3 and poly 2. For protection of the so fonned structure from a possible hydrogen diffusion present in a number of subsequent steps of the manufacturing process of the storage device, over the upper electrodic layer 2 defined of poly 3 is deposited a getter layer 5 according to the invention which, by encapsulating completely the structure of the DRAM capacitor, protects from a possible degradation of the dielectric features of the tWn-film 1 of capacitive coupling, capturing and blocking hydrogen and preventing it form' reaching and going through the conductive electrode layer 2 of poly 3 and thus reaching the thin dielectric layer 1 of capacitive coupling. The getter layer 1 can have a thickness between 20 and 100 nm. The features of dynamic sorption of the hydrogen of the two prefened getter materials used for fomiing the layers of protection from hydrogen of the invention (curves 1 and 2) are compared in figure 4 with those of pure metals such as zirconium and titanium (curves 3 and 4) and with those of barrier materials (curves 5, 6 and 7) described in the above mentioned previous documents. The composition relating to curve 1 comprises a 3% of MM. By the term MM is shortly indicated the so-called "misch metal" material which is a mixture of rare earths of variable composition. As it can be easily noted, the getter layers according to the invention which intercept and block the hydrogen have, differently form the known materials, a dynamic sorption capacity and a volumetric sorption capacity which are compatible with stringent requirement of compactness and more particularly of maximum tolerable thickness values of the most advanced manufacturing processes of the storage devices.

Claims: CLAIMS 1. An integrated device comprising a thin-film capacitor fonned of first and second electrodic layers, electrically separated by one dielectric layer consisting of a hydrogen-degradable compound, the integrated structure comprising optionally a metal layer of adhesion between a support and the lower electrodic layer of the capacitor, a protective layer above the upper electrodic layer of the capacitor and an intennediate dielectric layer covering the structure of the capacitor, characterized in that it comprises a getter layer of a material of the group consisting of alloys of zirconium, vanadium and iron, optionally containing minor quantities of manganese and/or elements of the "Rare Earths" group, alloys of zirconium with at least one among the metals of the group consisting of iron, cobalt and nickel, optionally containing up to 15% by weight of elements of the "Rare Earths" group. 2. A device according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises a second getter layer on the upper face of said support. 3. A device according to claims 1 or 2, wherein said electrodic layers of the capacitor are of a material belonging to the group consisting of platinum, iridium, rhodium, ruthenium, silver or gold, alloys of the same metals, conductive oxides of iridium, rhodium, rathenium and lead, non-stoichiometric mixed oxides of iridium and/or ruthenium and/or rhodium and of at least another metal of the group consisting of Ti, Ta and Zr and mixtures of the same metals, polysilicon and polysilicon doped with boron, phosphorous or arsenic. 4. A device according to claim 2, wherein said second getter layer also acts as an adhesion layer between said support and the lower electrodic layer. 5. A device according to claim 1, wherein the thickness of said getter layer is not higher than 200 nm. 6. A device according to claim 2, wherein the tliickness of said second getter layer is not higher than 100 mn. 7. A fenoelectric storage device comprising a semiconductor substrate, a MOS transistor formed in said substrate, and at least one fenoelectric thin-film capacitor functionally connected to a current terminal of said MOS transistor, - In ¬ formed above at least one first insulating layer of the integrated structure of said MOS transistor, said capacitor being fonned of a first lower electrodic layer, of a fenoelectric oxide layer and of a upper electrodic layer, characterized in that over the upper electrodic layer of the fenoelectric capacitor is provided a getter layer of a material of the group consisting of alloys of zirconium, vanadium and iron, optionally containing minor quantities of manganese and/or elements of the "Rare Earths" group, alloys of zirconium with at least one among the metals of the group consisting of iron, cobalt and nickel, optionally, containing up to 15% by weight of elements of the "Rare Earths"group. 8. A device according to claim 7, characterized in that it comprises a second getter layer on the upper face of said first insulating layer. 9. A device according to claim 7 or 8, wherein said electrodic layers of the capacitor are of a material of the group consisting of platinum, iridium, rhodium, ruthenium, silver or gold, alloys of the same metals, conductive oxides of iridium, rhodium, ruthenium and lead, non-stoichiometric mixed oxides of iridium and/or ruthenium and/or rhodium and of at least another metal of the group consisting of Ti, Ta and Zr and mixtures of the same materials. 10. A device according to claim 8, wherein said second getter layer also acts as an adhesion layer between said first insulating layer and the lower electrodic layer. 11. A device according to claim 7, wherein the thickness of said getter layer is not higher than 200 nm. 12. The device according to claim 8, wherein the thickness of said second getter layer is not higher than 100 nm. 13. A DRAM device comprising a semiconductive substrate, a MOS transistor fomied in said substrate and ' a thin-film capacitor for storing the information in the form of electric charge associated to said transistor and consisting of electrodes made of polysilicon of two subsequent levels and coupled tlirough a dielectric film, characterized in that over at least the area of capacitive coupling of said electrodes of polysilicon is provided a getter layer of a material of the group consisting of alloys of zirconium, vanadium and iron, optionally containing minor quantities of manganese and/or elements of the "Rare Earths" group, alloys of zirconium with at least one among the metals of the group consisting of iron, cobalt an nickel, optionally containing up to 15% by weight of elements of the "Rare Earths" group.

Inventors: AMIOTTI MARCO, BOFFITO CLAUDIO, JUNG JAE HAK, AMIOTTI, MARCO, BOFFITO, CLAUDIO, JUNG, JAE, HAK
Applicants: AMIOTTI MARCO, BOFFITO CLAUDIO, GETTERS SPA, JUNG JAE HAK, AMIOTTI, MARCO, BOFFITO, CLAUDIO, JUNG, JAE, HAK, SAES GETTERS S.P.A.
Application year: 2001
Main classification: H01L21
IPC codes: H01L21, H01L27