METHOD FOR PHYSICALLY UNCLONABLE FUNCTION THROUGH GATE HEIGHT TUNING

    公开(公告)号:US20250017003A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-09

    申请号:US18230174

    申请日:2023-08-04

    Abstract: A method for physically unclonable function through gate height tuning is provided in the present invention, including steps of forming a high-k dielectric layer and a dummy silicon layer on a semiconductor substrate, removing the dummy silicon layer, forming a work function layer and a metal filling layer on the high-k dielectric layer, and performing a CMP process to remove the metal filling layer, so as to form metal gates with heights lower than a critical gate height, and using the metal gates to manufacture PIO pairs in an internal bias generator. Since the height of metal gates is lower than the critical gate height, a local threshold voltage mismatching of the programmed I/O (PIO) pairs becomes larger, so as to achieve random code generation in physically unclonable function (PUF).

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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20250072060A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-27

    申请号:US18943871

    申请日:2024-11-11

    Abstract: Provided are a semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method thereof. The manufacturing method of the semiconductor structure includes the following. A gate structure is formed on a substrate. A tilt implanting process is performed to implant group IV elements into the substrate to form a doped region, and the doped region is located on two sides of the gate structure and partially located under the gate structure. A part of the substrate on two sides of the gate structure is removed to form a first recess. A cleaning process is performed on the surface of the first recess. A wet etching process is performed on the first recess to form a second recess. A semiconductor layer is formed in the second recess.

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