Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of forming semiconductor device
- Patent Title (中): 半导体器件形成方法
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Application No.: US14166996Application Date: 2014-01-29
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Publication No.: US09306024B2Publication Date: 2016-04-05
- Inventor: Liang-Chen Chi , Chia-Ming Tsai , Chin-Kun Wang , Jhih-Jie Huang , Miin-Jang Chen
- Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
- Applicant Address: TW Hsin-Chu
- Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED
- Current Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsin-Chu
- Agency: Cooper Legal Group, LLC
- Main IPC: H01L21/31
- IPC: H01L21/31 ; H01L21/469 ; H01L29/51 ; H01L21/02 ; H01L21/28

Abstract:
A semiconductor device and methods of formation are provided. A semiconductor device includes a dielectric film over a dielectric layer. The dielectric film includes a crystalline structure having a substantially uniform composition of zirconium, nitrogen and oxygen. The dielectric film is formed through in situ nitrogen plasma doping of a zirconium layer. The dielectric film functions as a gate dielectric. The dielectric film has a high dielectric constant between about 28-29 and has a low leakage current density of about 4.79×10−5 A/cm2. The substantially uniform distribution of nitrogen throughout the zirconium oxide of the dielectric film increases the k value of the dielectric film by between about 15% to about 17% as compared to a dielectric film that has a non-uniform distribution of nitrogen through a zirconium oxide layer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150214321A1 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND FORMATION THEREOF Public/Granted day:2015-07-30
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