Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to advanced integrated circuit structure fabrication and, in particular, integrated circuits with high dielectric constant (HiK) interfacial layering between an electrode and a ferroelectric (FE) or anti-ferroelectric (AFE) layer. Other embodiments may be disclosed or claimed.

A capacitor includes a lower electrode layer including a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer on the first conductive layer, the second conductive layer including SnO.sub.2 doped with an impurity; a dielectric layer on the second conductive layer, the dielectric layer including a rutile-phase oxide; and an upper electrode layer on the dielectric layer.

Provided are a capacitor, an electronic device including the same, and a method of manufacturing the same, the capacitor including a first thin-film electrode layer; a second thin-film electrode layer; a dielectric layer between the first thin-film electrode layer and the second thin-film electrode layer; and an interlayer between the dielectric and at least one of the first thin-film electrode layer or the second thin-film electrode layer, the interlayer including a same crystal structure type as and a different composition from at least one of the first thin film electrode layer, the second thin film electrode layer, or the dielectric layer, the interlayer including at least one of a anionized layer or a neutral layer.

The present disclosure relates to an integrated chip including a dielectric structure over a substrate. A first capacitor is disposed between sidewalls of the dielectric structure. The first capacitor includes a first electrode between the sidewalls of the dielectric structure and a second electrode between the sidewalls and over the first electrode. A second capacitor is disposed between the sidewalls. The second capacitor includes the second electrode and a third electrode between the sidewalls and over the second electrode. A third capacitor is disposed between the sidewalls. The third capacitor includes the third electrode and a fourth electrode between the sidewalls and over the third electrode. The first capacitor, the second capacitor, and the third capacitor are coupled in parallel by a first contact on a first side of the first capacitor and a second contact on a second side of the first capacitor.

A capacitor includes: a substrate; a first trench entering the substrate downward from the upper surface of the substrate; a laminated structure provided in the first trench and including m dielectric layers and n conductive layers, the m dielectric layers and the n conductive layers forming a structure that a conductive layer and a dielectric layer are adjacent to each other, each dielectric layer of the m dielectric layers including at least one high-k insulating material with a relative dielectric constant k greater than a first threshold value, and each conductive layer of the n conductive layers including at least one high work function conductive material with a work function greater than a second threshold value, where m and n are positive integers; and a first electrode electrically connected to all odd-numbered conductive layers, and a second electrode electrically connected to all even-numbered conductive layers.

Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having a laterally-extending container-shaped first capacitor electrode, and having a laterally-extending container-shaped second capacitor electrode laterally offset from the first capacitor electrode. Capacitor dielectric material lines interior surfaces and exterior surfaces of the container-shaped first and second capacitor electrodes. A shared capacitor electrode extends vertically between the first and second capacitor electrodes, and extends along the lined interior and exterior surfaces of the first and second capacitor electrodes. Some embodiments include methods of forming integrated assemblies.

An SRAM memory device includes a substrate, a first transistor, a second transistor, a metal interconnect structure, and a capacitor. The metal interconnect structure is formed on the first and second transistors. The capacitor is disposed in the metal interconnect structure and coupled between the first transistor and the second transistor. The capacitor includes a lower metal layer, a first electrode layer, a dielectric layer, a second electrode layer, and an upper metal layer from bottom to top. The lower metal layer is coupled to a source node of the first transistor and a source node of the second transistor. The lower metal layer and an n-th metal layer in the metal interconnect structure are formed of a same material, wherein n≥1; the upper metal layer and an m-th metal layer in the metal interconnect structure are formed of a same material, wherein m≥n+1.

A three-dimensional (3D) metal-insulator-metal capacitor (MIMCAP) includes a plurality of center studs disposed within cavity walls of a plurality of cavities in a top plate. The center studs and the cavity walls are oriented orthogonal to a first metal layer and extend through a first via layer and a second metal layer. Each center stud includes a metal layer stud in the second metal layer stacked on a via layer stud in the first via layer. A dielectric layer is disposed between the center studs and the cavity walls of the plurality of cavities in the top plate. The center studs are coupled to a first electrode, and the top plate is coupled to a second electrode in the interconnect layers. In some examples, the center studs can form vertically oriented cylindrical capacitive elements positioned for high capacitance density.

Some embodiments include dielectric material having a first region containing HfO and having a second region containing ZrO, where the chemical formulas indicate primary constituents rather than specific stoichiometries. The first region contains substantially no Zr, and the second region contains substantially no Hf. Some embodiments include capacitors having a first electrode, a second electrode, and a dielectric material between the first and second electrodes. The dielectric material includes one or more first regions and one or more second regions. The first region(s) contain(s) Hf and substantially no Zr. The second region(s) contain(s) Zr and substantially no Hf. Some embodiments include memory arrays.

Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having a laterally-extending container-shaped first capacitor electrode, and having a laterally-extending container-shaped second capacitor electrode laterally offset from the first capacitor electrode. Capacitor dielectric material lines interior surfaces and exterior surfaces of the container-shaped first and second capacitor electrodes. A shared capacitor electrode extends vertically between the first and second capacitor electrodes, and extends along the lined interior and exterior surfaces of the first and second capacitor electrodes. Some embodiments include methods of forming integrated assemblies.