DRAM application of(Ba,Sr)TiO3 (BST) films is investigated. Because of
low dielectric constant of BST films due to the size effect, Gbit sca
le DRAM capacitor should be a thick film stacked structure. Using a co
nformal CVD process, we obtained a cell capacitance greater than 25 fF
in a 1Gbit DRAM capacitor with a 200-nm high Ru storage node. The pro
perty which mainly controls the refreshing operation of the DRAM is no
t the DC leakage current but rather the dissipation of the electric ch
arge from the dielectric after-effect.