Nixon Peabody LLP
Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same
 A silicon film is formed within a contact hole formed in a first insulating film on a semiconductor substrate in a manner that an upper portion of the contact hole remains, and a cobalt film is then deposited on the silicon film. Thereafter, a heat treatment is carried out so as to react the silicon film with the cobalt film, thereby forming a cobalt silicide layer in the surface portion of the silicon film. A barrier layer is formed on the cobalt silicide layer so as to completely fill the contact hole, and thus, a plug including the polysilicon film, the cobalt silicide layer and the barrier layer is formed. After a recess is formed in a second insulating film deposited on the first insulating film so as to expose the top surface of the plug, a capacitor bottom electrode, a capacitor dielectric film and a capacitor top electrode are successively formed in the recess. 
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
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Yoshihiro Yasutoshi Akihiko
Mori Okuno Tsuzumitani