摘要 |
A semiconductor device having a large-capacitance capacitor in which an insulator film is formed underneath a film made of a material having a high dielectric constant, such as tantalum oxide, in such a manner that a portion of the insulator film underneath a defect region which is undesirably thin is thicker than other portions of the insulator film, thereby preventing occurrence of a failure in terms of dielectric strength and deterioration of the lifetime of the capacitor which would otherwise be caused by the existence of the defect region. Also disclosed is a process for producing such semiconductor device. Thus, it is possible to effectively prevent occurrence of problems which would otherwise be caused when a material having a high dielectric constant, such as tantalum oxide, is employed as a dielectric film of a capacitor, so that the reliability of a semiconductor having a large-capacitance capacitor is greatly improved.
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