Abstract: A semiconductor device having a semiconductor substrate; an insulating film formed on said semiconductor substrate; a ferroelectric capacitor having a lower electrode, a ferroelectric film and an upper electrode which are stacked sequentially on the insulating film; a first hydrogen barrier film; a first inter-layer insulating film covering said ferroelectric capacitor; and a second inter-layer insulating film stacked on the first inter-layer insulating film, the first hydrogen barrier film being interposed between the first and second interlayer insulating films is proposed.

Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor device having a ferroelectric capacitor formed on a semiconductor substrate covered with an insulator film, wherein the ferroelectric capacitor comprises: a bottom electrode formed on the insulator film; a ferroelectric film formed on the bottom electrode; and a top electrode formed on the ferroelectric film. The ferroelectric film has a stacked structure of either of two-layer-ferroelectric film or three-layer-ferroelectric film. The upper ferroelectric film is metallized and prevents hydrogen from diffusing in lower ferroelectric layer. Crystal grains of the stacked ferroelectric films are preferably different.

Abstract: Provided are a semiconductor memory device that permits increasing the degree of integration without decreasing the capacitance of the capacitor included in a memory cell, and a method of manufacturing the particular semiconductor memory device. Specifically, provided are a semiconductor memory device, comprising a semiconductor substrate, an interlayer insulating film formed on the semiconductor substrate, a first electrode formed on the interlayer insulating film, a first ferroelectric film formed on the first electrode, a second electrode formed on the first ferroelectric film, a second ferroelectric film formed on the second electrode, and a third electrode formed on the second ferroelectric film, and a method of manufacturing the particular semiconductor memory device.

Abstract: A lower electrode is formed on an insulating film on a semiconductor substrate. A pair of ferroelectric films are formed on the lower electrode separately from each other. An upper electrode is formed on each of the pair of ferroelectric films. A portion of the lower electrode on which the ferroelectric film is formed is thicker than a portion thereof on which the ferroelectric film is not formed. Such a structure is obtained by sequentially depositing the lower electrode, the ferroelectric film, and the upper electrode on the insulating film, forming a mask on the upper-electrode, using this mask to etch the upper-electrode and the ferroelectric film to thereby pattern a pair of upper electrodes and a pair of ferroelectric electrodes, forming such a mask that continuously covers the pair of upper electrodes and the pair of ferroelectric films, and then etching the lower-electrode material film.

Abstract: A semiconductor device having a semiconductor substrate; an insulating film formed on said semiconductor substrate; a ferroelectric capacitor having a lower electrode, a ferroelectric film and an upper electrode which are stacked sequentially on the insulating film; a first hydrogen barrier film; a first inter-layer insulating film covering said ferroelectric capacitor; and a second inter-layer insulating film stacked on the first inter-layer insulating film, the first hydrogen barrier film being interposed between the first and second interlayer insulating films is proposed.

Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor device having a ferroelectric capacitor formed on a semiconductor substrate covered with an insulator film, wherein the ferroelectric capacitor comprises: a bottom electrode formed on the insulator film; a ferroelectric film formed on the bottom electrode; and a top electrode formed on the ferroelectric film. The ferroelectric film has a stacked structure of either of two-layer-ferroelectric film or three-layer-ferroelectric film. The upper ferroelectric film is metallized and prevents hydrogen from diffusing in lower ferroelectric layer. Crystal grains of the stacked ferroelectric films are preferably different.

Abstract: Provided are a semiconductor memory device that permits increasing the degree of integration without decreasing the capacitance of the capacitor included in a memory cell, and a method of manufacturing the particular semiconductor memory device. Specifically, provided are a semiconductor memory device, comprising a semiconductor substrate, an interlayer insulating film formed on the semiconductor substrate, a first electrode formed on the interlayer insulating film, a first ferroelectric film formed on the first electrode, a second electrode formed on the first ferroelectric film, a second ferroelectric film formed on the second electrode, and a third electrode formed on the second ferroelectric film, and a method of manufacturing the particular semiconductor memory device.

Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor device having a ferroelectric capacitor formed on a semiconductor substrate covered with an insulator film, wherein the ferroelectric capacitor comprises: a bottom electrode formed on the insulator film; a ferroelectric film formed on the bottom electrode; and a top electrode formed on the ferroelectric film. The ferroelectric film has a stacked structure of either of two-layer-ferroelectric film or three-layer-ferroelectric film. The upper ferroelectric film is metallized and prevents hydrogen from diffusing in lower ferroelectric layer. Crystal grains of the stacked ferroelectric films are preferably different.