公开(公告)号：US20200335602A1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-22

申请号：US16390473

申请日：2019-04-22

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.

Inventor： Tao Chu ,  Rongtao Lu ,  Ayse M. Ozbek ,  Wei Ma ,  Haiting Wang

IPC: H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/40 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L21/3105 ,  H01L21/311 ,  H01L21/3205 ,  H01L21/3213

Abstract: Disclosed is a metal gate (e.g., a replacement metal gate (RMG) for a field effect transistor (FET) and a method of forming the metal gate. The method includes depositing a conformal dielectric layer to line a gate opening and performing a series of unclustered and clustered conformal metal deposition and chamfer processes to selectively adjust the heights of conformal metal layers within the gate opening. By selectively controlling the heights of the conformal metal layers, the method provides improved overall gate height control and gate quality particularly when the metal gate has a small critical dimension (CD) and/or a high aspect ratio (AR). The method can also include using different etch techniques during the different chamfer processes and, particularly, when different materials and/or different material interfaces are exposed to an etchant in order to ensure an essentially uniform etch rate of the conformal metal layer(s) at issue in a direction that is essentially vertical.

公开(公告)号：US10833169B1

公开(公告)日：2020-11-10

申请号：US16390473

申请日：2019-04-22

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.

Inventor： Tao Chu ,  Rongtao Lu ,  Ayse M. Ozbek ,  Wei Ma ,  Haiting Wang

IPC: H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/40 ,  H01L21/311 ,  H01L21/32 ,  H01L21/3105 ,  H01L21/3205 ,  H01L21/3213 ,  H01L21/321

Abstract: Disclosed is a metal gate (e.g., a replacement metal gate (RMG) for a field effect transistor (FET) and a method of forming the metal gate. The method includes depositing a conformal dielectric layer to line a gate opening and performing a series of unclustered and clustered conformal metal deposition and chamfer processes to selectively adjust the heights of conformal metal layers within the gate opening. By selectively controlling the heights of the conformal metal layers, the method provides improved overall gate height control and gate quality particularly when the metal gate has a small critical dimension (CD) and/or a high aspect ratio (AR). The method can also include using different etch techniques during the different chamfer processes and, particularly, when different materials and/or different material interfaces are exposed to an etchant in order to ensure an essentially uniform etch rate of the conformal metal layer(s) at issue in a direction that is essentially vertical.

公开(公告)号：US10446550B2

公开(公告)日：2019-10-15

申请号：US15783549

申请日：2017-10-13

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.

Inventor： Balaji Kannan ,  Ayse M. Ozbek ,  Tao Chu ,  Bala Haran ,  Vishal Chhabra ,  Katsunori Onishi ,  Guowei Xu

IPC: H01L27/092 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L27/02 ,  H01L21/311 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L21/8234 ,  H01L21/027 ,  H01L21/8238 ,  H01L29/51 ,  H01L27/11

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to a cut inside a replacement metal gate trench to mitigate n-p proximity effects and methods of manufacture. The structure described herein includes: a first device; a second device, adjacent to the first device; a dielectric material, of the first device and the second device, including a cut within a trench between the first device and the second device; and a common gate electrode shared with the first device and the second device, the common gate electrode provided over the dielectric material and contacting underlying material within the cut.

公开(公告)号：US10658363B2

公开(公告)日：2020-05-19

申请号：US16562481

申请日：2019-09-06

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.

Inventor： Balaji Kannan ,  Ayse M. Ozbek ,  Tao Chu ,  Bala Haran ,  Vishal Chhabra ,  Katsunori Onishi ,  Guowei Xu

IPC: H01L27/092 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L27/02 ,  H01L21/311 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L21/8234 ,  H01L21/027 ,  H01L21/8238 ,  H01L29/51 ,  H01L27/11

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to a cut inside a replacement metal gate trench to mitigate n-p proximity effects and methods of manufacture. The structure described herein includes: a first device; a second device, adjacent to the first device; a dielectric material, of the first device and the second device, including a cut within a trench between the first device and the second device; and a common gate electrode shared with the first device and the second device, the common gate electrode provided over the dielectric material and contacting underlying material within the cut.