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- Patent Title: PMOS high-K metal gates
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Application No.: US17013161Application Date: 2020-09-04
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Publication No.: US11552177B2Publication Date: 2023-01-10
- Inventor: Srinivas Gandikota , Steven C. H. Hung , Mandyam Sriram , Jacqueline S. Wrench , Yixiong Yang , Yong Yang
- Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Servilla Whitney LLC
- Main IPC: H01L29/49
- IPC: H01L29/49 ; H01L29/51 ; H01L29/40 ; H01L21/28 ; H01L21/285

Abstract:
Metal gate stacks and integrated methods of forming metal gate stacks are disclosed. Some embodiments comprise NbN as a PMOS work function material at a thickness in a range of greater than or equal to 5 Å to less than or equal to 50 Å. The PMOS work function material comprising NbN has an effective work function of greater than or equal to 4.75 eV. Some embodiments comprise HfO2 as a high-κ metal oxide layer. Some embodiments provide improved PMOS bandedge performance evidenced by improved flatband voltage. Some embodiments exclude transition metal niobium nitride materials as work function materials.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220077298A1 PMOS HIGH-K METAL GATES Public/Granted day:2022-03-10
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