Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) structure including an intermediate layer between a Si-containing gate electrode and a high-k gate dielectric, so that a threshold voltage and a flat-band voltage of the structure are stabilized. SOLUTION: An insulating intermediate layer for use in the complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) is provided in order to prevent undesirable shifts of the threshold voltage and the flat-band voltage. The insulating intermediate layer is disposed between a gate dielectric having a dielectric constant of more than 4.0 and a Si-containing gate conductor. The insulating intermediate layer comprises metal nitride capable of containing oxygen, and stabilizes the threshold voltage and the flat-band voltage. For a preferred embodiment, the insulating intermediate layer comprises aluminum nitride or aluminum oxinitride, and the gate dielectric comprises a hafnium oxide, hafnium silicate, or hafnium oxinitride. The structure is especially useful for stabilizing the threshold voltage and the flat-band voltage of a p-type field effect transistor. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for manufacturing substantially a single crystal or polycrystal semiconductor structure on a host substrate at a low cost. SOLUTION: First, a layer made of nitride material with a wide band gap such as gallium nitride, aluminum nitride, indium nitride, etc., is adhered to a sapphire substrate 11. Next, a silicon structure 16 is grown on the nitride layer. A host substrate 18 is bonded to the exposed surface area of the semiconductor structure by a bonding agent. Then the sapphire substrate is lifted off through a metallization procedure for releasing a nitrogen from gallium, aluminum or indium.