High polarization ferroelectric capacitors for integrated circuits

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APP PUB NO 20050145908A1
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10749668

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One aspect of the invention relates to a method of manufacturing an integrated circuit comprising forming an array of ferroelectric memory cells on a semiconductor substrate, heating the substrate to a temperature near a Curie temperature of the ferroelectric cores, and subjecting the substrate to a temperature program, whereby thermally induced stresses on the ferroelectric cores cause a switched polarization of the cores to increase by at least about 25% as the cores cool to about room temperature. Embodiments of the invention include metal filled vias of expanded cross-section above and below the ferroelectric cores, which increase the thermal stresses on the ferroelectic cores during cooling.

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TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED12500 TI BOULEVARD M/S 3999 DALLAS TX 75243

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Moise, Theodore S IV Dallas, TX 6 130
Summerfelt, Scott R Garland, TX 173 5494
Udayakumar, KR Dallas, TX 5 48

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