Patent Publication Number: US-6992344-B2

Title: Damascene integration scheme for developing metal-insulator-metal capacitors

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
   1. Field of the Invention 
   The present invention relates to semiconductor devices, and in particular, to a capacitor and method of fabricating such capacitor by a damascene process using a pedestal within a trench to increase the surface area of the resultant capacitor. 
   2. Description of Related Art 
   In semiconductor fabrication processes, layers of insulating, conducting and semiconducting materials are commonly deposited and patterned to form integrated circuits (IC). Contact vias, i.e., openings, are also commonly formed in insulating materials known as interlevel dielectrics (ILDs). These vias may then be filled with conductive material to interconnect electrical devices and wiring at various levels. 
   Damascene processing similarly involves etching trenches in insulating layers in a desired pattern for a wiring layer. These trenches are then filled with conductive material to fill the damascene regions thereby producing integrated wires within the damascene regions. Further, in those ICs where contact vias also extend downwardly from the bottom of the trenches, the downwardly extending vias may be simultaneously filled with conductive material. This process is known as dual damascene processing of the IC. 
   Recent semiconductor device manufacturing technology uses copper (Cu) as a wiring material in semiconductor devices having small feature sizes because copper has low resistivity and high resistance to electro-migration. However, copper&#39;s complicated chemical reactions makes copper difficult to pattern and use for metal wiring. For example, copper wiring patterns are easily oxidized when exposed to air. Such oxidation increases the resistance of the wiring pattern. Thus, to prevent oxidation, damascene wiring is frequently used for copper interconnection technology in which trenches are formed in an insulating layer and filled with copper to form conductive lines. Chemical mechanical polishing, or an etch-back process, then planarizes the conductive layer to expose the insulative layer. As a result, a damascene metal wiring pattern remains in the damascene regions. 
   In these conventional damascene and dual damascene processing techniques, only lateral and/or sidewall areas of the metal wiring patterns in such damascene regions contribute to the areal capacitance of a resultant capacitor formed using such patterns. For instance, U.S. Pat. No. 6,320,244 entitled “Integrated circuit device having dual damascene capacitor” discloses multi-component high-k dielectric films along with a damascene fabricated top electrode whereby only sidewalls of the damascene metal wiring area is used to increase the areal capacitance of the capacitor. U.S. Pat. No. 6,075,691 entitled “Thin film capacitors and process for making them” discloses using the lateral area to increase the areal capacitance of the capacitor. 
   However, as semiconductor devices continue to decrease in size, increased surface areas within the damascene regions will be needed to provide these modern semiconductors with required high capacitance. Accordingly, a need continues to exist in the art for providing convenient damascene processing techniques to enable improved high-k dielectric capacitors. 
   SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
   Bearing in mind the problems and deficiencies of the prior art, it is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a uniquely modified damascene process for fabricating high-k dielectric capacitors. 
   It is another object of the present invention to provide a method of making and a capacitor having increased surface area, and hence, improved capacitance. 
   A further object of the invention is to provide a method of making and a capacitor dielectric with high permitivity combined with low leakage current, high breakdown voltage and good reliability. 
   Another object of the invention is to provide a method of making and a capacitor that yields high capacitance and hence saves overall chip area. 
   Yet another object of the invention is to provide a method of making and a damascene capacitor that avoids shorting between the top and bottom electrodes. 
   Still another object of the invention is to provide a method of making and a capacitor whose structure is planar, allowing standard via contact processes to be used. 
   It is yet another object of the present invention to provide a method of making and a capacitor that may be used for a variety of analog and mixed signal applications including, for example, amplifiers, filters, A/D converters and resonators. 
   The above and other objects and advantages, which will be apparent to one of skill in the art, are achieved in the present invention, which, is directed to a capacitor structure having significantly increased areal capacitance and methods for making the same. The capacitor structure may be formed by providing an inter-level dielectric on a semiconductor substrate, etching a trench in said inter-level dielectric stopping at underlying barrier layers, depositing a conductive material (i.e. copper) within said trench and forming a conductive pedestal within said trench. The pedestal increases surface area of the capacitor. The pedestal formation may or may not be followed by the removal of the barrier layers. High-k dielectric layers may be formed by creating a triple layer dielectric stack in which the top and bottom layers are dielectric leakage barriers, such as Al 2 O 3 , and the middle layer may be a high-dielectric constant layer, such as Ta 2 O 5 . The top and bottom layers may be deposited by atomic layer deposition to low thicknesses to achieve high capacitance. The high-k dielectric layers may also be formed by anodizing metal precursor films (i.e., conversion of Ta or TaN to produce Ta 2 O 5 ). The top electrode may be formed by depositing a barrier and a seed layer within the trench/pedestal area, electro-depositing conductive metal (i.e. copper), planarizing conductive metal layer, barrier layer, high-k dielectric, and stopping on inter-level dielectric layer. Alternatively, the top electrode planarization may stop at the barrier layer previously not removed. 

   
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
     The features of the invention believed to be novel and the elements characteristic of the invention are set forth with particularity in the appended claims. The figures are for illustration purposes only and are not drawn to scale. The invention itself, however, both as to organization and method of operation, may best be understood by reference to the detailed description which follows taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which: 
       FIG. 1A  illustrates a side view of the initial step of forming a single damascene metal interconnect level on a substrate by etching an opening in an overlying inter-level dielectric layer. 
       FIG. 1B  illustrates a side view of the step of depositing liner and a conductive seed layer in the opening of  FIG. 1A , filling the lined opening with an electrodeposited conductive layer, planarizing the surface and then depositing a cap layer over the planar surface. This step is widely known in the art as a “single copper damascene” process. 
       FIG. 1C  illustrates a side view of the step of depositing a second inter-level dielectric layer over the structure of FIG.  1 B. 
       FIG. 2A  illustrates a side view of the step of etching a first trench in the second inter-level dielectric layer. 
       FIG. 2B  illustrates a side view of depositing a barrier layer over the structure of FIG.  2 A. 
     FIG.  2 B′ illustrates an alternate embodiment of the invention wherein no barrier layer is deposited over the structure of FIG.  2 A. 
       FIG. 3A  illustrates a side view of the step of etching a window through the barrier and cap layers and stopping at the surface of the underlying conductive electrodeposited layer. 
     FIG.  3 A′ illustrates a side view of the step of etching a window through the cap layer and stopping at the underlying conductive electro-deposited layer. 
       FIG. 3B  illustrates a top plan view of the dimensions of a preferred embodiment of the structure formed in FIGS.  3 A and  3 A′. 
       FIG. 4A  illustrates a side view of electroless deposition of a conductive pedestal within the window of  FIG. 3A  only over those exposed portions of the underlying conductive layer, thereby forming a single, continuous conductive feature comprising the electrodeposited layer and the conductive electroless deposited pedestal that will be used to form a bottom electrode of the resultant capacitor. 
     FIG.  4 A′ illustrates a side view of electroless deposition of a conductive pedestal within the window of FIG.  3 A′ to form the bottom electrode whereby portions of the cap layer have been selectively removed. 
       FIGS. 5A-F  illustrate side views of the process steps of forming a metal-insulator-metal capacitor comprising single layer high-k dielectric material using the structure of FIG.  4 A. 
     FIG.  5 F′ illustrates a side view of the process steps of forming a metal-insulator-metal capacitor comprising single layer high-k dielectric material using the structure of FIG.  4 A′. 
       FIGS. 6A-F  illustrate side views of the process steps of forming a metal-insulator-metal capacitor comprising a trilayer high-k dielectric material using the structure of FIG.  4 A. 
     FIG.  6 F′ illustrates a side view of the process steps of forming a metal-insulator-metal capacitor comprising a trilayer high-k dielectric material using the structure of FIG.  4 A′. 
     FIGS.  7 A and  7 A′ illustrate a side view of an alternate embodiment of the invention having a plurality of conductive pedestals, such as five (5) conductive pedestals, formed within a trench in accordance with the process steps as illustrated in FIGS.  1 A through  4 A′ to form a single, continuous conductive feature having a plurality of conductive pedestals. 
       FIG. 7B  illustrates a top plan view of the dimensions of the structure in FIGS.  7 A and  7 A′ 
       FIGS. 7C-D  illustrate top plan views of still further embodiments of the invention having a plurality of conductive pedestals. 
   

   DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT(S) 
   In describing the preferred embodiment of the present invention, reference will be made herein to  FIGS. 1A-7D  of the drawings in which like numerals refer to like features of the invention. Features of the invention are not necessarily shown to scale in the drawings. 
   The instant invention discloses a two lithographic mask method for developing high-k dielectric capacitors using a uniquely modified damascene process that forms conductive pedestals within a trench to increase the surface area of the resultant capacitor. The two masks employed to build the capacitor are required for patterning the trench and the pedestals within the trench. The resultant structure realizes a high-k dielectric capacitor with top and bottom metal electrodes, both preferably comprising low resistivity copper. The use of metal electrodes yields higher voltage linearity over a large voltage range, and improved quality-factors as compared with MOS capacitors. The use of copper plates results in lower RC delay and better electro-migration resistance. 
   The capacitor has increased surface area due to the conductive pedestal being formed within the trench. The increased surface area due to the pedestal within the trench advantageously enables the capacitor to have high capacitance C, as described by the following formula:
 
 C=ε   0 ε r   d/A,  
 
wherein, ε 0  is the permitivity of the free space, ε 0 =8.85.×.10 −14  F/cm, ε r  is the relative permitivity (also referred to as the dielectric constant or “k”), A is the surface area of the plate and d is the thickness of dielectric layer.
 
   In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the bottom electrode pedestal may increase the surface area of the capacitor to the order of at least 40%, or more, as compared to a structure not having pedestals. The integration scheme also avoids shorting between top and bottom electrodes of the resultant capacitor, as well as avoids additional steps of creating topography on the substrate for forming via contacts within the capacitor. 
   The instant invention will be better understood in accordance with the description of the invention as described below with reference to  FIGS. 1A-7D . 
     FIG. 1A  illustrates the initial steps of forming a single damascene metal interconnect level on a substrate. As shown, first an inter-level dielectric (ILD) layer  12  is provided over a substrate layer  10 . The ILD layer  12  may include a material such as SiO 2 , Si 3 N 4 , fluorinated silicon glass (FSG), phosphosilicate glass (PSG), low-k dielectrics like SiLK, carbon doped oxides and the like, while the substrate layer  10  may include a material such as silicon, Si 3 N 4 , or an etch-stop layer above an underlying Cu/Al interconnect level. The ILD layer may be deposited by known techniques including chemical vapor deposition (CVD) processes, sputtering or spin-on processes for organics. After the ILD layer  12  is formed over the substrate  10 , a first trench opening  14  is formed in the ILD layer  12  by patterning the ILD layer using a mask over the ILD layer  12 , followed by etching exposed portions of ILD layer  12 . The opening  14  may be formed to depths ranging from about 0.1 μm to about 7.0 μm and to x, y dimensions ranging from about 5 μm to about 400 μm, preferably to dimensions of about 12 μm by 50 μm. 
   Subsequently, a barrier layer comprising a liner/seed layer  16  may be formed within the opening  14  to conformally coat all sidewalls within opening  14 . Liner  16  may include tantalum, tantalum nitride or combinations thereof as known in the art, while the seed layer may comprise a layer that initiates plating such as, for example, copper, nickel and the like. The liner/seed layer  16  may be deposited by known techniques including, but not limited to, sputtering to a thickness ranging from about 100 A to about 5000 A. 
   Once the liner/seed layer  16  conformally coats all sidewalls of opening  14 , conductive metal (layer  18 ) is electroplated to over-fill the cavity followed by planarization to remove any excess conductive material and provide a planar surface of the structure. The preferred conductive metal is copper. A cap layer  20  may then be conformally provided over the entire planar surface to a thickness of about 100 A to about 5000 A. The cap layer  20  may include a material such as Si 3 N 4  and the like. Accordingly, a single damascene metal level C 1  (FIG.  7 B), i.e., conductive layer  18 , is formed on a substrate as shown in FIG.  1 B. 
   As shown in  FIG. 1C , once the cap layer  20  is formed, a second ILD layer  22  is then deposited over the entire structure by CVD to a thickness of about 0.1 μm to about 7 μm, preferably 4 μm. The second ILD layer  22  may include a material such as SiO 2 , Si 3 N 4 , FSG, PSG, Low-k dielectrics like carbon doped oxides, SiLK and the like. A second trench  24  is then etched into the second ILD layer  22  ( FIG. 2A ) stopping at a top surface of the cap layer  20 , thereby exposing a portion of cap layer  20 . The trench is etched in that portion of the second ILD layer  22  directly over the conductive layer  18  such that the second trench  24  has x, y dimensions equal to or smaller than the x, y dimensions of the conductive layer  18 , i.e., from about 3 μm to about 398 μm, preferably about 10 μm×48 μm. As such, the second trench  24  lies within the conductive metal area. This second trench  24  may be etched by known techniques including, for example, reactive ion etch using gases like CHF 3 , CF 4  and the like. In accordance with the invention, this trench  24  is to be used as the cavity where a capacitor structure will be formed. Alternatively, the second trench  24  may be larger than the underlying metal layer  18 . In case of micro-trenching during trench etching, the presence of layer  12  below barrier layer  20  is a critical aspect for forming trench  24  to be smaller in dimensions than conductive layer  18 , as shown in FIGS.  2 A and  2 B′. 
   Once the trench  24  is formed in the second ILD layer, a barrier layer may optionally be deposited over the structure to conformally coat the entire surface of the structure as well as the sidewalls within the second trench, as shown in FIG.  2 B. Alternatively, in a preferred embodiment, no barrier layer is deposited over the structure, as shown in FIG.  2 B′. Wherein a barrier layer  26  is deposited over the structure, it is deposited directly over exposed portions of the cap layer  20 , thereby directly contacting these exposed portions of cap layer. The barrier layer  26  may include materials such as Si 3 N 4  and the like, deposited by known techniques, such as PECVD to a thickness ranging from about 100 A to about 5000 A. In accordance with the invention, the barrier layer  26  prevents diffusion of metals, such as, copper diffusion, in subsequent steps. 
   As shown in  FIGS. 3A ,  3 A′ and  3 B, once the second trench  24  is formed, a window  34  is etched through the cap layer  20  to expose a portion of the conductive layer  18  where the pedestal structure for the capacitor of the invention will be formed. In so doing, a mask is formed at the bottom of the second trench  24 , and then exposed portions of the cap layer  20  (FIG.  3 A′) are removed using an etchant that is selective only to the cap layer  20  and not the conductive layer  18 . Alternatively, as shown in  FIG. 3A , the mask is formed at the bottom of the second trench  24  whereby both the barrier layer  26  and then the cap layer  20  are etched. The etchants may include gases like CHF 3 , CF 4  and the like. Window  34  is etched to x, y dimensions ranging from about 1 μm×10 μm to about 100 μm×300 μm, preferably of about 4 μm×40 μm. 
     FIG. 3B  illustrates a top plan view after the formation of the window  34  in FIGS.  3 A and  3 A′. As shown, window  34  has x, y dimensions smaller than the x, y dimensions of the second trench  24  so that the window  34  is entirely within the line area of the second trench. Likewise, the second trench  24  has x, y dimensions smaller than the x, y dimensions of the conductive line  18  so that second trench  24  is entirely within the line area of the conductive layer. For example, as shown in  FIG. 3B , the conductive layer  18  (C 1 ) has x, y dimensions of 12 μm×50 μm, the second trench  24  (T 1 ) has x, y dimensions of 10 μm×48 μm and the window  34  (T 2 ) has x, y dimensions of 4 μm×40 μm. As such, the side edges  35  of the second trench  34  are at least within 3 μm of the side edges  25  of the second trench  24 . This distance from the trench edge can be varied to achieve multi-pedestal structures. In the case where trench  24  is larger than the conductive layer  18 , the window  34  is entirely within the line area of the second trench. 
   Referring to FIGS.  4 A and  4 A′, after window  34  is formed exposing an underlying portion of the conductive layer  18 , a metal layer is deposited selectively over the exposed layer  18  so as to contact the conductive layer  18  and form a conductive pedestal  40  of the invention having a height ranging from about 0.1 μm to about 6 μm, preferably about 3 μm. This conductive pedestal  40  is a critical aspect of the invention as it is used to construct a capacitor with increased area. The metal layer may comprise the same material as the underlying conductive layer  18 , or alternatively may comprise a different conductive material, such as, Ni—Au. The metal layer may be deposited by known selective deposition techniques. The conductive pedestal may also be created by electroplating or pattern plating (also known in the art as through-resist plating) of a conductive layer like copper. For example, copper may be directly deposited by known techniques of electroless plating only over the exposed conductive layer  18 , which is also preferably copper, to form the conductive copper pedestal  40 . In the embodiment wherein no barrier layer  26  is provided over the structure (FIG.  3 A′), a blanket barrier etch process may be performed to remove exposed portions of the cap layer  20  after the conductive pedestal  40  is formed over the conductive layer  18 . This blanket barrier etch process is selective to the conductive materials of the conductive pedestal  40  and conductive layer  18  so as to remove only the cap layer  20 . 
   As such, the resultant structure shown in FIGS.  4  and  4 ′ provides a single, continuous conductive feature  42  having the conductive pedestal  40  for formation of a capacitor whereby the single conductive feature  42  is formed by the combination of the conductive electroplated layer  18  and the conductive pedestal  40 . 
   In accordance with the invention, a variety of different capacitors may then be constructed using the single conductive feature  42  (FIGS.  4 A and  4 A′) whereby the conductive pedestal  40  is used as the bottom electrode of the resultant capacitor. The capacitors that may be constructed may include a single layer, a bilayer, or a trilayer or a plurality of layers of dielectric material within the metal-insulator-metal capacitors, and the like. 
   Referring to FIGS.  5 A-F′, process steps are shown for forming a capacitor comprising a single layer high-k dielectric material. Once the single, continuous conductive feature  42  is formed, a barrier layer  50  may be conformally deposited over the surface of the substrate followed by a precursor film  60  being conformally deposited over the barrier layer  50  (FIG.  5 A). The barrier and precursor films may vary in thickness from about 50 A to about 5000 A. The barrier film prevents interfacial contact between the underlying conductive pedestal  40  of the continuous conductive feature  42  and the overlying precursor film  60 . The barrier film  50  may include, but not be limited to, tungsten, molybdenum and the like, while the precursor film  60  may include, but not be limited to, tantalum nitride (TaN), tantalum, aluminum, antimony, bismuth, hafnium, niobium, titanium, tungsten, yttrium, zirconium and the like. Preferably the barrier film is tungsten and the precursor film is TaN. 
   As shown in  FIG. 5B , a capacitor having a high-k dielectric layer is then formed over the single conductive feature, preferably by anodization. This high-k dielectric layer is produced by the anodic oxidation of a precursor film that is separated from the underlying conductive pedestal by a barrier layer. The precursor film may include, but is not limited to, materials such as TaN x , Ta, TaSi x , Hf, Al, Sb, Bi, Hf, Nb, Ti, W, Y and Zr. Preferably, a TaN precursor film  60  is partially or completely oxidized based on correlations between anodization voltage and thickness of this TaN precursor film  60 . In so doing, a high-k, low leakage dielectric film  62  is formed which preferably comprises a Ta 2 O 5  film. Anodic oxides and/or high-k dielectric films produced in accordance with the embodiment of forming capacitors with high-k dielectric layers include, but are not limited to, Nb 2 O 5 , Ta 2 O 5 , TiO 2 , WO 3 , Y 2 O 3 , ZrO 3 , and the like. 
   Rather than forming a single layer high-k dielectric material (FIGS.  5 A-F′), a multilayer high-k dielectric metal-insulator-metal capacitor may be formed as shown in FIGS.  6 A-F′. As shown in  FIG. 6A , once the single, continuous conductive feature  42  is formed, the barrier layer  50  is conformally deposited over the surface of the substrate followed by another encapsulating film  160  (of comparable thickness as the barrier) being conformally deposited over the barrier layer. The barrier layer  50  and the encapsulating layer  160  prevent interfacial contact between the underlying conductive pedestal  40  of the continuous conductive feature  42  and the subsequent high-k dielectric deposition processes. Barrier layer  50  may include tungsten, TaN and the like, while the encapsulating film  160  may include TaN, titanium nitride (TiN) and the like. Preferably the barrier and encapsulating films are TaN. 
   As shown in  FIG. 6B , a multilayer or a single-layer high-k dielectric stack is then formed over the single conductive feature  42 . The trilayer dielectric stack comprises a top low-leakage dielectric layer  163 A directly over a middle high-k dielectric layer  165 , which in turn, is directly over a bottom low-leakage dielectric layer  163 . The low-leakage layers  163  and  163 A may be formed by known deposition techniques including, but not limited to, for example, metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD); plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD), and the like. 
   The preferred method of deposition for the low-leakage layers is atomic layer deposition (ALD). ALD is a wholly conformal process in which the reactants are supplied in pulses, separated from each other by a purge gas. Each reactant pulse chemically reacts with the wafer surface and this provides inherently better control to achieve precise monolayer growth. The low-leakage layers.  163  and  163 A may comprise materials including Al 2 O 3 , Si 3 N 4  and the like, while the high-k layer  165  may include Ta 2 O 5 , Si 3 N 4 , SiO 2 , HfO 2  and the like. The middle layer  165  can be deposited by MOCVD, ALD and the like to provide a resultant trilevel stack comprising an Al 2 O 3  layer  163 A directly over a Ta 2 O 5  layer  165 , which in turn, is directly over another Al 2 O 3  layer  163 . The dielectric layers may vary in thickness based on capacitance requirements from about 10 A to about 1000 A. Alternate dielectric films that can be used include, but are not limited to, the bilayer stacks —Si 3 N 4 /Ta 2 O 5 , Al 2 O 3 /Ta 2 O 5 , Al 2 O 3 /HfO 2 , Si 3 N 4 /HfO 2 , SiO 2 /Ta 2 O 5 , SiO 2 /HfO 2  or single layer high-k dielectric layers such as Al 2 O 3 , Ta 2 O 5 , HfO 2 , SiO 2 , Si 3 N 4  and the like. 
   After either the single anodized dielectric layer  62  of  FIG. 5B , or the multi-component dielectric layers  163 A,  165 ,  163  of  FIG. 6B , are formed over the conductive feature  42  having pedestal  40 , a barrier/seed layer  64  is then directly deposited over either the single dielectric or trilevel dielectric layers. The preferred barrier/seed layer  64  is tantalum, tantalum nitride and copper deposited by known techniques to a thickness ranging from about 50 A to about 5000 A. 
     FIGS. 5C-F  and  6 C—F describe the top electrode fabrication process steps. As shown, a conductive metal layer  66 , preferably copper, is then deposited by known electro-deposition techniques to a thickness that covers the Ta/TaN/Cu seed layer  64  and at least fills the exposed area directly over the single, continuous conductive feature  42  as denoted by reference numeral  67  in  FIGS. 5C and 6C . This electroplated copper layer  66  will be used in subsequent steps to form a top electrode of the resultant capacitor. The electroplated copper layer  66  is then polished, such as by a chemical mechanical polishing technique, to planarize the surface of the structure. The chemical mechanical polishing proceeds with planarization by sequentially polishing the Ta/TaN/Cu seed layer  64  followed by polishing either the single Ta 2 O 5  high-k dielectric film  62  of  FIG. 5B , or alternatively, the trilevel low-leakage dielectric  163 A, high-k dielectric  165 , low-leakage dielectric  163  layers of FIG.  6 B. The chemical mechanical polishing continues by polishing the barrier layer  50 ,  150 , and stopping on the second ILD layer  22 . 
   Wherein the structure contains the barrier layer  26  (FIGS.  4 A and  5 A- 5 F), the foregoing polishing step stops once the barrier polish-stop layer  26  has been reached. A second cap layer.  68  is then deposited over the planar surface of the structure to a thickness ranging from about 100 A to about 5000 A (FIGS.  5 D and  6 D). This second cap layer  68  preferably comprises the same material as the first cap layer  20 ; thereby resulting in a single continuous cap layer  70 , as shown in  FIGS. 5E and 6E , that electrically isolates a top electrode  90  of a resultant capacitor  100  from a bottom electrode  42  of the capacitor  100 . Preferably, these first and second cap layers  20 ,  68  are silicon nitride layers. 
   Referring to  FIGS. 5F and 6F , an ILD layer  80  is provided over the continuous cap layer  70  and subsequently contacts  85 ,  86  are provided in the structure. The contacts may include, but not limited to, damascene copper or tungsten whereby a first contact  85  is in direct contact with the top electrode  90  and the second contact  86  is in direct contact with the bottom electrode  42 . As illustrated in  FIG. 5F , the resultant structure is a dual damascene via contact with a single high-k dielectric layer  62  (FIG.  5 B), or alternatively, the resultant structure may be a dual damascene via contact with a trilevel low-leakage dielectric  163 A, high-k dielectric  165 , low-leakage dielectric  163  layers as shown in FIG.  6 F. 
   FIG.  5 F′ illustrates a dual damascene via contact with a single high-k dielectric layer  62  made in accordance with the above description relating to  FIGS. 5A-5F  on the substrate as shown in FIG.  4 ′ not having a barrier layer  26  provided over the structure (FIG.  3 A′). Likewise, FIG.  6 F′ shows a dual damascene via contact with a trilevel low-leakage dielectric  163 A, high-k dielectric  165 , low-leakage dielectric  163  layers made in accordance with the above description relating to  FIGS. 6A-6F  on the substrate as shown in FIG.  4 ′ not having a barrier layer  26  provided over the structure (FIG.  3 A′). 
   Accordingly, the instant invention advantageously provides a pedestal within a trench to increase the surface area within the trench and thereby increase the capacitance for building the resultant capacitor. For example, in the embodiment as shown in FIG.  5 F′, the total capacitance of the resultant capacitor is significantly increased, in comparison to an equivalent sized structure having no pedestal or cavity therein. This increased surface area of the structure may be easier understood in view of the table below relating to the single pedestal  40  structure of FIG.  5 F′ using the dimensions shown in FIG.  3 B. As shown in the table, in this embodiment the combined x, y dimensions of the trench sidewalls and bottom and the pedestal  40  sidewalls and top surface provide a total surface area of 1208 μm 2  for building a capacitor. In comparison, in an equivalent sized, conventional capacitor, which has no pedestal and wherein only the trench bottom is typically used to build the capacitor, the x, y dimensions of the bottom of the trench (10 μm×48 μm (T 1 )) (see,  FIG. 3B ) provide a surface area of 480 μm 2  for building a capacitor. Accordingly, the use of the instant single pedestal  40  within the trench increases the surface area capacitance for building a capacitor by at least 2.5 times. Additionally, in the embodiment as shown in  FIG. 5F  (having barrier layer  26 ), the presence of barrier layer above the electroplated conductive layer  18 , reduces overall capacitance because of the presence of a layer with lower dielectric constant. 
   Single Pedestal Structure Area 
   
     
       
         
             
             
             
           
             
                 
             
             
                 
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               Trench Surface Area 
               (μm) 
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               Trench Sidewalls (S1) 
               2((48 × 4) + (10 × 4)) 
               464 μm 2   
             
             
               Pedestal Sidewalls (P1) 
               2((40 × 3) + (4 × 3))  
               264 μm 2   
             
             
               Pedestal Top Surface (T1) 
               (4 × 40) 
               160 μm 2   
             
             
               Trench Bottom Wall (A1) 
               2(3 × 48) + 2(4 × 4) 
               320 μm 2   
             
             
               TOTAL 
                 
               1208 μm 2   
             
             
                 
             
          
         
       
     
   
   Referring to  FIGS. 7A , A′-D, in another aspect of the invention, a plurality of conductive pedestals  40  may be created within a plurality of trenches  34  (T 2 ) thereby still further increasing the surface area for building a capacitor. This plurality of conductive pedestals  40  may have a variety of shapes and sizes as illustrated in the top plan views of  FIGS. 7B-D . 
   For example, as shown in  FIGS. 7A , A′ and B, five (5) pedestals  40  may be created in five (5) windows (T 2 ). The results of the increased surface area are displayed in the table below. The combined x, y dimensions of the trench sidewalls and bottom and the five pedestal  40  sidewalls and top surface provide a total surface area of 2174 μm 2  for building a capacitor. As above, the equivalent sized, conventional capacitor has x, y dimensions of the trench bottom of 10 μm×48 μm (T 1 ) to provide a surface area of 480 μm 2  for building a capacitor. Thus, the use of five pedestals  40  within the trench (T 1 ) increases the surface area 4.5 times in comparison to conventional lateral capacitors of equivalent size. Accordingly, wherein a plurality of pedestals  40  are created in a trench, the surface area of the resultant capacitor is dramatically increased to provide significantly higher capacitance. Further, the presence of the barrier layer above the electroplated conductive layer  18  significantly reduces overall capacitance because of the presence of a layer with lower dielectric constant. 
   Five (5) Pedestal Structure Surface Area 
   
     
       
         
             
             
             
           
             
                 
             
             
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               Areal x, y Dimensions (μm) 
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               Trench Sidewalls (S1) 
               2((48 × 4) + (10 × 4)) 
               464 μm 2   
             
             
               Pedestal Sidewalls (P1) 
               5[2((40 × 3) + (1 × 3))]  
               1230 μm 2   
             
             
               Pedestal Top Surface (T1) 
               5(1 × 40) 
               200 μm 2   
             
             
               Trench Bottom Wall (A1) 
               4(1 × 48) + 2(0.5 × 48) + 
               280 μm 2   
             
             
                 
               2(4 × 1 × 5) 
                 
             
             
               TOTAL 
                 
               2174 μm 2   
             
             
                 
             
          
         
       
     
   
   Accordingly, the instant invention creates high-k dielectric capacitors with metal electrodes. In accordance with the invention, it has unexpectedly been discovered that by providing at least one pedestal within a trench, many novel structures with increased surface area may be achieved having significantly higher capacitance. The novel use of multi-component high-k dielectric films (described above) significantly improves electrical performance (low leakage current and high breakdown voltage) and yields high capacitance. The use of atomic layer deposition provides conformal high-k dielectric thin films that can produce devices with high capacitance densities from 5-20 fF/μm 2 . The geometry of the structure prevents shorting between top and bottom electrodes of the capacitor. The damascene processing of copper electrodes enable high quality factors, low series resistance and improved electromigration resistance. 
   While the present invention has been particularly described, in conjunction with a specific preferred embodiment, it is evident that many alternatives, modifications and variations will be apparent to those skilled in the art in light of the foregoing description. It is therefore contemplated that the appended claims will embrace any such alternatives, modifications and variations as falling within the true scope and spirit of the present invention.