摘要:
Semiconductor devices and fabrication methods are provided, in which metal transistor gates are provided for MOS transistors. Metal boride is formed above a gate dielectric to create PMOS gate structures and metal nitride is formed over a gate dielectric to provide NMOS gate structures. The metal portions of the gate structures are formed from an initial starting material that is either a metal boride or a metal nitride, after which the starting material is provided with boron or nitrogen in one of the PMOS and NMOS regions through implantation, diffusion, or other techniques, either before or after formation of the conductive upper material, and before or after gate patterning. The change in the boron or nitrogen content of the starting material provides adjustment of the material work function, thereby tuning the threshold voltage of the resulting PMOS or NMOS transistors.
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A via etch to contact a capacitor with ferroelectric between electrodes together with dielectric on an insulating diffusion barrier includes two-step etch with F-based dielectric etch and Cl- and F-based barrier etch.
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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:
Semiconductor devices and fabrication methods are presented, in which transistor gate structures are created using doped metal silicide materials. Upper and lower metal silicides are formed above a gate dielectric, wherein the lower metal silicide is doped with n-type impurities for NMOS gates and with p-type impurities for PMOS gates, and wherein a silicon may, but need not be formed between the upper and lower metal silicides. The lower metal silicide can be deposited directly, or may be formed through reaction of deposited metal and poly-silicon, and the lower silicide can be doped by diffusion or implantation, before or after gate patterning.
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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.
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Methods are presented for fabricating transistor gate structures, wherein upper and lower metal suicides are formed above a gate dielectric. In one example, the lower silicide is formed by depositing a thin first silicon-containing material over the gate dielectric, which is implanted and then reacted with a first metal by annealing to form the lower silicide. A capping layer can be formed over the first metal prior to annealing, to prevent oxidation of the metal prior to silicidation, and a barrier layer can be formed over the lower silicide to prevent reaction with subsequently formed silicon material. In another example, the lower silicide is a multilayer silicide structure including a plurality of metal silicide sublayers.
摘要:
A via etch to contact a capacitor with ferroelectric between electrodes together with dielectric on an insulating diffusion barrier includes two-step etch with F-based dielectric etch and Cl- and F-based barrier etch.
摘要:
Semiconductor devices and fabrication methods are presented, in which transistor gate structures are created using doped metal silicide materials. Upper and lower metal silicides are formed above a gate dielectric, wherein the lower metal silicide is doped with n-type impurities for NMOS gates and with p-type impurities for PMOS gates, and wherein a silicon may, but need not be formed between the upper and lower metal silicides. The lower metal silicide can be deposited directly, or may be formed through reaction of deposited metal and poly-silicon, and the lower silicide can be doped by diffusion or implantation, before or after gate patterning.
摘要:
The present invention forms a nitrided dielectric layer without substantial harm to a semiconductor layer on which the dielectric layer is formed. The invention employs a multi-stage process in which dielectric sub-layers are individually nitrided before formation of a next dielectric sub-layer. The net result is a nitrided multi-layered dielectric layer comprised of a plurality of dielectric sub-layers wherein the sub-layers have been individually deposited and incorporated with nitrogen.
摘要:
Methods are disclosed for fabricating transistor gate structures and high-k dielectric layers therefor by sputter deposition, in which nitridation and/or oxidation or other adverse reaction of the semiconductor material is reduced or minimized by reducing the bombardment of the semiconductor body by positively charged reactive ions such as oxygen ions or nitrogen ions during the sputter deposition process. The sputtering operation may be a two-step process in which ionic bombardment of the semiconductor material is minimized in an initial deposition step to form a first layer portion covering the semiconductor body, and the second step completes the desired high-k dielectric layer. Mitigation of unwanted nitridation and/or oxidation or other adverse reaction is achieved through one, some, or all of high sputtering deposition pressure, repulsive wafer biasing, increased wafer-plasma spacing, low partial pressures for reactant gases, and low sputtering powers or power densities.