摘要:
Methods are disclosed for treating deposited gate dielectric materials, in which the deposited dielectric is subjected to one or more non-oxidizing anneals to densify the material, one or more oxidizing anneals to mitigate material defects, and to a nitridation process to introduce nitrogen into the gate dielectric. The annealing may be performed before and/or after the nitridation to mitigate deposition and/or nitridation defects and to densify the material while mitigating formation of unwanted low dielectric constant oxides at the interface between the gate dielectric and the semiconductor substrate.
摘要:
A dielectric layer (50) is formed over a semiconductor (10) that contains a first region (20) and a second region (30). A polysilicon layer is formed over the dielectric layer (50) and over the first region (20) and the second region (30). The polysilicon layer can comprise 0 to 50 atomic percent of germanium. A metal layer is formed over the polysilicon layer and one of the regions and reacted with the underlying polysilicon layer to form a metal silicide or a metal germano silicide. The polysilicon and metal silicide or germano silicide regions are etched to form transistor gate regions (60) and (90) respectively. If desired a cladding layer (100) can be formed above the metal gate structures.
摘要:
A MOSFET structure with high-k gate dielectric layer and silicon or metal gates, amorphizing treatment of the high-k gate dielectric layer as with a plasma or ion implantation.
摘要:
Methods and systems are disclosed that facilitate semiconductor fabrication by fabricating transistor devices having gate dielectrics with selectable thicknesses in different regions of semiconductor devices. The thicknesses correspond to operating voltages of the corresponding transistor devices. Furthermore, the present invention also provides systems and methods that can fabricate the gate dielectrics with high-k dielectric material, which allows a thicker gate dielectric than conventional silicon dioxide.
摘要:
Methods are disclosed for treating deposited gate dielectric materials, in which the deposited dielectric is subjected to one or more non-oxidizing anneals to densify the material, one or more oxidizing anneals to mitigate material defects, and to a nitridation process to introduce nitrogen into the gate dielectric. The annealing may be performed before and/or after the nitridation to mitigate deposition and/or nitridation defects and to densify the material while mitigating formation of unwanted low dielectric constant oxides at the interface between the gate dielectric and the semiconductor substrate.
摘要:
CMOS gate dielectric made of high-k metal silicates by passivating a silicon surface with nitrogen compounds prior to high-k dielectric deposition. Optionally, a silicon dioxide monolayer may be preserved at the interface.
摘要:
Fabricating a semiconductor structure includes establishing a non-stoichiometry associated with a dielectric layer, where the degree of non-stoichiometry corresponds to a nitrogen profile of the dielectric layer. Deposition of the dielectric layer outwardly from a substrate is controlled to substantially yield the established non-stoichiometry of the dielectric layer. Nitrogen is incorporated into the dielectric layer to substantially yield the nitrogen profile without nitridation of the interface.
摘要:
The present invention facilitates semiconductor fabrication by providing methods of fabrication that selectively form high-k dielectric layers within NMOS regions. An I/O dielectric layer is formed in core and I/O regions of a semiconductor device (506). The I/O dielectric layer is removed (508) from the core region of the device. A core dielectric layer is formed in the core region (510). A barrier layer is deposited and patterned to expose the NMOS devices of the core region (512). The core dielectric layer is removed from the core NMOS devices (514). A high-k dielectric layer is formed (514) over the core and I/O regions. Then, the high-k dielectric layer is removed (512) from PMOS regions/devices of the core region and the NMOS and PMOS regions/devices of the I/O region.
摘要:
The present invention provides a method of forming a dual work function metal gate microelectronics device 200. In one aspect, the method includes forming nMOS and pMOS stacked gate structures 315a and 315b. The nMOS and pMOS stacked gate structures 315a and 315b each comprise a gate dielectric 205, a first metal layer, 305 located over the gate dielectric 205 and a sacrificial gate layer 310 located over the first metal layer 305. The method further includes removing the sacrificial gate layer 310 in at least one of the nMOS or pMOS stacked gate structures, thereby forming a gate opening 825 and modifying the first metal layer 305 within the gate opening 825 to form a gate electrode with a desired work function.
摘要:
Fabricating a semiconductor includes depositing a metal layer outwardly from a dielectric layer and forming a mask layer outwardly from a first portion of the metal layer. Atoms are incorporated into an exposed second portion of the metal layer to form a composition-altered portion of the metal layer. The mask layer is removed from the first portion of the metal layer and a barrier layer is deposited outwardly from the metal layer. A poly-Si layer is deposited outwardly from the barrier layer to form a semiconductor layer, where the barrier layer substantially prevents reaction of the metal layer with the poly-Si layer. The semiconductor layer is etched to form gate stacks, where each gate stack operates according to one of a plurality of work functions.