A method according to an embodiment is for forming a capacitor structure on a wafer. A first capacitor is formed on a first side of a wafer, and a second capacitor is formed on a second side of the wafer. The capacitor structure includes the first capacitor and the second capacitor. A trench capacitor is fabricated at both ends of an interposer, which can increase capacitance, and greatly improve the stability of the supplied power.

A semiconductor device includes a lower electrode; a supporter supporting an outer wall of the lower electrode; a dielectric layer formed on the lower electrode and the supporter; an upper electrode on the dielectric layer; a first interfacial layer disposed between the lower electrode and the dielectric layer and selectively formed on a surface of the lower electrode among the lower electrode and the supporter; and a second interfacial layer disposed between the dielectric layer and the upper electrode, wherein the first interfacial layer is a stack of a metal oxide contacting the lower electrode and a metal nitride contacting the dielectric layer.

A semiconductor device includes a vertical stack of ring-shaped electrodes that are electrically connected together into a top electrode of a capacitor, on a semiconductor substrate. A bottom electrode of the capacitor is also provided, which extends vertically in a direction orthogonal to a surface of the substrate and through centers of the vertical stack of ring-shaped electrodes. An electrically insulating bottom supporting pattern is provided, which extends between a lowermost one of the ring-shaped electrodes and an intermediate one of the ring-shaped electrodes.

A semiconductor device includes bottom electrodes on a substrate. A supporting pattern is disposed between the bottom electrodes in a plan view. A top electrode covers the bottom electrodes and the supporting pattern. A dielectric layer is disposed between the bottom electrodes and the top electrode and between the supporting pattern and the top electrode. A capping pattern is interposed between the bottom electrodes and the dielectric layer and between the supporting pattern and the dielectric layer. The capping pattern covers at least a portion of a side surface of the supporting pattern and extends to cover a top surface of the supporting pattern and top surfaces of the bottom electrodes.

A capacitor structure may include a lower electrode on a substrate, a dielectric layer on the substrate, and an upper electrode on the dielectric layer. The lower electrode may include a metal nitride having a chemical formula of M.sup.1N.sub.y (M.sup.1 is a first metal, and y is a positive real number). The dielectric layer may include a metal oxide and nitrogen (N), the metal oxide having a chemical formula of M.sup.2O.sub.x (M.sup.2 is a second metal, and x is a positive real number). A maximum value of a detection amount of nitrogen (N) in the dielectric layer may be greater than a maximum value of a detection amount of nitrogen (N) in the lower electrode.

The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure and a semiconductor structure. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure includes: forming a plurality of capacitor holes on a substrate, and exposing a part of the substrate on bottoms of the capacitor holes; forming a bottom electrode layer on surfaces of the capacitor holes; forming, on a surface of the bottom electrode layer, a dielectric layer continuously covering the surface of the bottom electrode layer; forming a first top electrode layer to continuously cover a surface of the dielectric layer by a first film forming process; by a second film forming process, forming, in a circumferential direction of the capacitor holes, a second top electrode layer continuously covering a surface of the first top electrode layer, and forming, in an axial direction of the capacitor holes.

A method for forming a capacitor array structure includes the following operations. A base is formed, which includes a substrate, a stack structure located on the substrate and a mask layer located on the stack structure in which an etching window that penetrates the mask layer in a direction perpendicular to the substrate is provided. The stack structure is etched along the etching window to form a capacitor hole that penetrates the stack structure along the direction perpendicular to the substrate. A conductive layer that fills up the capacitor hole and the etching window and covers a top surface of the mask layer is formed. The conductive layer and the mask layer at a top surface of the stack structure are removed, and the conductive layer remaining in the capacitor hole forms a lower electrode.

A device structure includes transistors on a first level in a first region and a first plurality of capacitors on a second level, above the first level, where a first electrode of the individual ones of the first plurality of capacitors are coupled with a respective transistor. The device structure further includes a second plurality of capacitors on the second level in a second region adjacent the first region, where individual ones of the second plurality of capacitors include a second electrode, a third electrode and an insulator layer therebetween, where the second electrode of the individual ones of the plurality of capacitors are coupled with a first interconnect on a third level above the second level, and where the third electrode of the individual ones of the plurality of capacitors are coupled with a second interconnect.

The present disclosure provides a capacitor, a semiconductor device, and a method for preparing a capacitor. The semiconductor device includes a plurality of memory cells, at least one of the memory cells including a capacitor. The capacitor includes a first electrode comprising titanium nitride and disposed on a substrate, a dielectric film disposed on the first electrode, a multilayer film disposed on the dielectric film, and a second electrode comprising titanium nitride and disposed on the multilayer film. The method for preparing the capacitor includes forming the first electrode comprising titanium nitride on the substrate, forming a dielectric film on the first electrode, forming the multilayer film on the dielectric film, and forming the second electrode comprising titanium nitride on the multilayer film.

In a described example, a method of forming a capacitor includes forming a doped polysilicon layer over a semiconductor substrate. The method also includes forming a dielectric layer on the doped polysilicon layer. The method also includes forming an undoped polysilicon layer on the dielectric layer.