Abstract:
Methods of manufacturing a semiconductor device include forming a gate insulation layer including a high-k dielectric material on a substrate that is divided into a first region and a second region; forming a diffusion barrier layer including a first metal on a second portion of the gate insulation layer in the second region; forming a diffusion layer on the gate insulation layer and the diffusion barrier layer; and diffusing an element of the diffusion layer into a first portion of the gate insulation layer in the first region.
Abstract:
In a method of forming a gate structure, a gate pattern including a gate insulation layer pattern and a gate electrode sequentially stacked on a substrate is formed. The gate electrode includes a metal. A first plasma process is performed on the gate pattern using a reaction gas to reduce an oxidized edge portion of the gate electrode. The reaction gas includes nitrogen. A spacer is formed on a sidewall of the gate pattern. A threshold voltage is adjusted by reducing the oxidized edge portion of the gate electrode. Therefore, a semiconductor device including the gate pattern has excellent electrical characteristics.
Abstract:
An insulation layer is formed on a substrate having an NMOS region and a PMOS region defined therein. A first conductive layer is formed on the insulation layer in the PMOS region, leaving a portion of the insulation layer in the NMOS region exposed. Nitriding is performed to produce a first nitrogen concentration in the insulation layer in the NMOS region and a second nitrogen concentration less than the first nitrogen concentration in the insulation layer in the PMOS region. A second conductive layer is formed on the insulation layer and the first conductive layer and the first and second conductive layers and the insulation layer are patterned to form a first gate structure and a second gate structure in the NMOS region and the PMOS region, respectively.
Abstract:
A semiconductor includes a channel region in a semiconductor substrate, a gate dielectric film on the channel region, and a gate on the gate dielectric film. The gate includes a doped metal nitride film, formed from a nitride of a first metal and doped with a second metal which is different from the first metal, and a conductive polysilicon layer formed on the doped metal nitride film. The gate may further include a metal containing capping layer interposed between the doped metal nitride film and the conductive polysilicon layer.
Abstract:
A strained semiconductor device includes a first plurality of transistors spaced with a first gate pitch, a second plurality of transistors spaced with a second gate pitch greater than the first gate pitch, and an etch stop layer disposed on the first and second pluralities of transistors. The etch stop layer between each of the second plurality of transistors has a greater proportion of a stress-altering material than the etch stop layer between each of the first plurality of transistors.
Abstract:
In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, a gate insulation layer is formed on a substrate including a first channel of a first conductive type and a second channel of a second conductive type different from the first conductive type. A first conductive layer including a first metal is formed on the gate insulation layer, and a second conductive layer including a second metal different from the first metal is formed on the first conductive layer formed over the second channel. The second conductive layer is partially removed by a wet etching process to form a second conductive layer pattern over the second channel.
Abstract:
Methods of fabricating high-k dielectric layers having reduced impurities for use in semiconductor applications are disclosed. The methods include the steps of: forming a stacked dielectric layer having a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer formed on a semiconductor substrate using an ALD method, in combination with a post-treatment step performed to the stacked dielectric layer. The steps of forming the stacked dielectric layer and performing the post-treatment are repeated at least once, thereby fabricating the high-k dielectric layer.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device, in which the semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate in which PMOS transistor regions and NMOS transistor regions are formed, a PMOS transistor including P-type source and drain regions and a gate electrode, and an NMOS transistor formed on an Si channel region between N-type source and drain regions. The PMOS transistor is formed in each PMOS transistor region, and the gate electrode is formed on a high-dielectric gate insulating film formed on an SiGe channel region between the P-type source and drain regions. Further, the NMOS transistor includes a high-dielectric gate insulating film and a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film, and the NMOS transistor is formed in each NMOS transistor region.
Abstract:
There are provided methods of fabricating a metal silicate layer on a semiconductor substrate using an atomic layer deposition technique. The methods include performing a metal silicate layer formation cycle at least one time in order to form a metal silicate layer having a desired thickness. The metal silicate layer formation cycle includes an operation of repeatedly performing a metal oxide layer formation cycle K times and an operation of repeatedly performing a silicon oxide layer formation cycle Q times. K and Q are integers ranging from 1 to 10 respectively. The metal oxide layer formation cycle includes the steps of supplying a metal source gas to a reactor containing the substrate, exhausting the metal source gas remaining in a reactor to clean the inside of the reactor, and then supplying an oxide gas into the reactor. The silicon oxide layer formation cycle includes supplying a silicon source gas, exhausting the silicon source gas remaining in the reactor to clean the inside of the reactor, and then supplying an oxide gas into the reactor.
Abstract:
Methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices include providing a substrate including a NMOS region and a PMOS region, implanting fluorine ions into an upper surface of the substrate, forming a first gate electrode of the NMOS region and a second gate electrode of the PMOS region on the substrate, forming a source region and a drain region in portions of the substrate, which are adjacent to two lateral surfaces of the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode, respectively, and performing a high-pressure heat-treatment process on an upper surface of the substrate by using non-oxidizing gas.