Abstract:
A method of forming a CMOS structure, and the device produced therefrom, having improved threshold voltage and flatband voltage stability. The inventive method includes the steps of providing a semiconductor substrate having an nFET region and a pFET region; forming a dielectric stack atop the semiconductor substrate comprisisng an insulating interlayer atop a high k dielectric; removing the insulating interlayer from the nFET region without removing the insulating interlayer from the pFET region; and providing at least one gate stack in the pFET region and at least one gate stack in the nFET region. The insulating interlayer can be A1N or A1OxNY. The high k dielectric can be HfO2, hafnium silicate or hafnium silicon oxynitride. The insulating interlayer can be removed from the nFET region by a wet etch including a HC1/H2O2 peroxide solution.
Abstract:
A compound metal comprising HfSiN which is a n-type metal having a workfunction of about 4.0 to about 4.5, preferably about 4.3, eV which is thermally stable on a gate stack comprising a high k dielectric and an interfacial layer. Furthermore, after annealing the stack of HfSiN/high k dielectric/interfacial layer at a high temperature (on the order of about 1000°C), there is a reduction of the interfacial layer, thus the gate stack produces a very small equivalent oxide thickness (12 Å classical), which cannot be achieved using TaSiN.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a high-k gate dielectric which maintains a constant threshold voltage even after a high temperature process in a CMOS integration step.SOLUTION: A stack of a high-k gate dielectric 30 and a metal gate structure including a lower metal layer 40, a capture metal layer 50, and an upper metal layer 60 is provided. The capture metal layer satisfies the following two standards: (1) to be a metal (M) which indicates a positive change in Gibbs free energy caused by a reaction of Si+2/yMO→2x/yM+SiO; and (2) to be a metal the Gibbs free energy of which is a larger negative value than a metal of the lower metal layer and a metal of the upper metal layer per oxygen atom to form an oxide. The capture metal layer satisfying these standards captures oxide atoms when the oxide atoms pass through a gate electrode, to be diffused toward the high-k gate dielectric. Furthermore, the capture metal layer reduces a thickness of a silicon oxide interface layer under the high-k gate dielectric remotely. As a result, a change in equivalent oxide thickness (EOT) of the whole gate dielectric is controlled.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and a structure, capable of obtaining a germanium system semiconductor device, such as FET and MOS capacitor. SOLUTION: More specifically, the method for forming the semiconductor device, containing a stack consisting of a dielectric layer and a conductive material on the surface being an upper section or an internal section of a germanium contained material in which a non-oxygen chalcogen is rich (layer or wafer) or both of them is provided. The density of an interface trap is decreased, because undesirable formations of interface compounds at the time of growing the dielectric and thereafter is suppressed, by providing interfaces in which the non-oxygen chalcogen is rich. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique for forming a gate stack partially at least on a semiconductor substrate which makes it possible to use various gate materials without sacrificing device performance. SOLUTION: There is provided the method of forming a gate stack for a semiconductor electron device using the wafer bonding of at least one structure containing a high k dielectric material. The method comprises a step of selecting first and second structures each having a principal plane. At least one of or both of the first and the second structures comprise the high k dielectric material at least. Then, a bonding structure comprising at least the high k dielectric material of the gate stack is formed by joining the primary planes of the first and the second structures. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
A semiconductor structure is provided that includes a V t stabilization layer between a gate dielectric and a gate electrode. The V t stabilization layer is capable of stabilizing the structure's threshold voltage and flatband voltage to a targeted value and comprises a nitrided metal oxide, or a nitrogen-free metal oxide, with the provision that when the V t stabilization layer comprises a nitrogen-free metal oxide, at least one of the semiconductor substrate or the gate dielectric includes nitrogen. The present invention also provides a method of fabricating such a structure.
Abstract:
A semiconductor structure, particularly a pFET, which includes a dielectric material that has a dielectric constant of greater than that of SiO 2 and a Ge or Si content of greater than 50% and at least one other means for threshold/flatband voltage tuning by material stack engineering is provided. The other means contemplated in the present invention include, for example, utilizing an insulating interlayer atop the dielectric for charge fixing and/or by forming an engineered channel region. The present invention also relates to a method of fabricating such a CMOS structure.
Abstract:
A method of controlling ferroelectric characteristics of integrated circuit device components includes forming a ferroelectrically controllable dielectric layer over a substrate; and forming a stress exerting structure proximate the ferroelectrically controllable dielectric layer such that a substantially uniaxial strain is induced in the ferroelectrically controllable dielectric layer by the stress exerting structure; wherein the ferroelectrically controllable dielectric layer comprises one or more of: a ferroelectric oxide layer and a normally non-ferroelectric material layer that does not exhibit ferroelectric properties in the absence of an applied stress.
Abstract:
A compound metal comprising HfSiN which is a n-type metal having a workfunction of about 4.0 to about 4.5, preferably about 4.3, eV which is thermally stable on a gate stack comprising a high k dielectric and an interfacial layer. Furthermore, after annealing the stack of HfSiN/high k dielectric/interfacial layer at a high temperature (on the order of about 1000° C.), there is a reduction of the interfacial layer, thus the gate stack produces a very small equivalent oxide thickness (12 Å classical), which cannot be achieved using TaSiN.
Abstract:
Eine Struktur weist ein Halbleitersubstrat (8) und einen nFET und einen pFET auf, die auf dem Substrat (8) angeordnet sind. Der pFET weist ein SiGe-Kanalgebiet auf, das auf oder in einer Fläche des Halbleitersubstrats (8) gebildet ist, und ein Gate-Dielektrikum mit einer Oxidschicht (20), die über dem Kanalgebiet liegt, und eine dielektrische High-k-Schicht (30), die über der Oxidschicht (20) liegt. Eine Gate-Elektrode liegt über dem Gate-Dielektrikum und weist eine untere Metallschicht (40), die an die High-k-Schicht angrenzt, eine adsorbierende Metallschicht (50), die an die untere Metallschicht (40) angrenzt, und eine obere Metallschicht (60) auf, die an die adsorbierende Metallschicht (50) angrenzt. Die Metallschicht adsorbiert Sauerstoff aus der Substrat (8)-(nFET) und SiGe-Grenzfläche (pFET) zur Oxidschicht (20), was zu einer effektiven Verringerung in Tinv und Vt des pFET führt, während Tinv skaliert wird und Vt für den nFET aufrechterhalten wird, was zur Folge hat, dass die Vt des pFET näher an der Vt eines ähnlich aufgebauten nFET mit skalierten Tinv-Werten liegt.