Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080308865 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a structure of a gate electrode/a high-k dielectric insulating film containing aluminum and having a dielectric constant greater than that of a silicon oxide film/the silicon oxide film/a silicon substrate, and is provided with a diffusion layer formed by diffusing an aluminum atom or an aluminum ion to the silicon oxide film or an interface between the silicon oxide film and the silicon substrate by a heat treatment. A laminated film or a mixed film of hafnium oxide and aluminum oxide having a ratio of hafnium and aluminum ranging from about 2:8 to 8:2 is used as the high-k dielectric film. The heat treatment is performed at any temperature from about 500 to 1000° C. for any period of time from about 1 to 100 seconds. | 12-18-2008 |
20100065927 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND FABRICATION METHOD OF THE SAME - A disclosed semiconductor device includes a gate insulation film formed on a silicon substrate and a metal gate electrode formed in the gate insulation film, wherein the gate insulation film includes a first insulation film, a second insulation film that is formed on the first insulation film and has a greater dielectric constant than the first insulation film, and a third insulation film formed on the second insulation film. | 03-18-2010 |
20110169097 | CMOSFET DEVICE WITH CONTROLLED THRESHOLD VOLTAGE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - There is provided a CMOSFET device with a threshold voltage controlled by means of its gate stack configuration and a method of fabricating the same. The CMOSFET device comprises: a semiconductor substrate; an interface layer grown on the silicon substrate; a first high-k gate dielectric layer deposited on the interface layer; a very thin metal layer deposited on the first high-k gate dielectric layer; a second high-k gate dielectric layer deposited on the metal layer; and a gate electrode layer deposited on the second high-k gate dielectric layer. According to to the present invention, the very thin metal layers are deposited between the high-k gate dielectric layers for NMOS and PMOS devices respectively, such that a flat band voltage of the device is adjusted by means of positive or negative charges generated by the metal layers inside the high-k gate dielectric layers, and thus the threshold voltage of the device is controlled. Thus, it is possible not only to is enhance interface dipoles between the high-k dielectric layers and the SiO | 07-14-2011 |
20110254063 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides a MOS device, which comprises: a substrate; an interface layer thin film formed on the substrate; a high k gate dielectric layer formed on the interface layer thin film; and a metal gate formed on the high k gate dielectric layer. The metal gate comprises, upwardly in order, a metal gate work function layer, an oxygen absorption element barrier layer, a metal gate oxygen absorbing layer, a metal gate barrier layer and a polysilicon layer. A metal gate oxygen absorbing layer is introduced into the metal gate for the purpose of preventing the outside oxygen from coming into the interface layer and absorbing the oxygen in the interface layer during a annealing process, such that the interface layer is reduced to be thinner and the EOT of MOS devices are effectively reduced; meanwhile, by adding an oxygen absorption element barrier layer, the “oxygen absorption element” is prevented from diffusing into the high k gate dielectric layer and giving rise to unfavorable impact thereon; in this way, the high k/metal gate system can be more easily integrated, and the performance of the device can be further improved accordingly. | 10-20-2011 |
20110254093 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. A multi-component high-k interface layer containing elements of the substrate is formed from a ultra-thin high-k dielectric material in a single-layer structure of atoms by rapid annealing in the manufacturing of a CMOS transistor by the replacement gate process, and a high-k gate dielectric layer with a higher dielectric constant and a metal gate layer are formed thereon. The EOT of the device is effectively decreased, and the diffusion of atoms in the high-k gate dielectric layer from an upper level thereof is effectively prevented by the optimized high-k interface layer at high-temperature treatment. Thus, the present invention may also avoid the growth of the interface layers and the degradation of carrier mobility. Furthermore, the present invention may further alleviate the problem of high interface state and interface roughness caused by direct contact of the high-k gate dielectric layer with high dielectric constant and the substrate, and thus the overall performance of the device is effectively enhanced. | 10-20-2011 |
20110260255 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. After depositing the metal gate electrode material, a layer of oxygen molecule catalyzing layer having a catalyzing function to the oxygen molecules is deposited, and afterwards, a low-temperature PMA annealing process is used to decompose the oxygen molecules in the annealing atmosphere into more active oxygen atoms. These oxygen atoms are diffused into the high-k gate dielectric film through the metal gate to supplement the oxygen vacancies in the high-k film, in order to alleviate oxygen vacancies in the high-k film and improve the quality of the high-k film. According to the present invention, the oxygen vacancies and defects of high-k gate dielectric film will be alleviated, and further, growth of SiO | 10-27-2011 |
20120021584 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides a semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same. The method includes: providing a substrate; forming a gate stack on the substrate; forming an inter layer dielectric (ILD) to cover the device; etching the ILD at both sides of the gate stack and the substrate below the ILD, so as to form a groove of source and drain regions respectively; depositing a metal diffusion barrier layer in the groove; and filling the groove with a metal to form the source and drain regions. The semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a gate stack on the substrate; an inter layer dielectric (ILD) covering the device; a groove of source and drain regions formed in the ILD at both sides of the gate stack and the substrate below the ILD; and a metal diffusion barrier layer and a metal filler formed in the groove. According to the present invention, the S/D parasitic resistance in the MOS device is reduced, the S/D stress on the channel is increased, the process temperature is lowered, and the process compatibility between the high k gate dielectric layer and the metal gate is improved. | 01-26-2012 |
20120021596 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The present invention relates to the field of semiconductor manufacturing. The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, which comprises: providing a semiconductor substrate; forming an interface layer, a gate dielectric layer and a gate electrode on the substrate; forming a metal oxygen absorption layer on the gate electrode; performing a thermal annealing process on the semiconductor device so that the metal oxygen absorption layer absorbs oxygen in the interface layer and the thickness of the interface layer is reduced. By means of the present invention, the thickness of the interface layer can be reduced on one hand, and on the other hand the metal in the metal oxygen absorption layer is made to diffuse into the gate electrode and/or the gate dielectric layer through the annealing process, which further achieves the effects of adjusting the effective work function and controlling the threshold voltage. | 01-26-2012 |
20120043592 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME - The present invention provides a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device comprises contact plugs that comprise a first contact plug formed by a first barrier layer arranged on the source and drain regions and a tungsten layer arranged on the first barrier layer; and second contact plugs comprising a second barrier layer arranged on both of the metal gate and the first contact plug and a conductive layer arranged on the second barrier layer. The conductivity of the conductive layer is higher than that of the tungsten layer. A method for forming the semiconductor device is also provided. The present invention provides the advantage of enhancing the reliability of the device when using the copper contact technique. | 02-23-2012 |
20120097923 | GRAPHENE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The invention provides a graphene device structure and a method for manufacturing the same, the device structure comprising a graphene layer; a gate region in contact with the graphene layer; semiconductor doped regions formed in the two opposite sides of the gate region and in contact with the graphene layer, wherein the semiconductor doped regions are isolated from the gate region; a contact formed on the gate region and contacts formed on the semiconductor doped regions. The on-off ratio of the graphene device is increased through the semiconductor doped regions without increasing the band gap of the graphene material, i.e., without affecting the mobility of the material or the speed of the device, thereby increasing the applicability of the graphene material in CMOS devices. | 04-26-2012 |
20120104506 | CMOSFET DEVICE WITH CONTROLLED THRESHOLD VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - There is provided a CMOSFET device with threshold voltage controlled by means of interface dipoles and a method of fabricating the same. A cap layer, for example a very thin layer of poly-silicon, amorphous silicon, or SiO | 05-03-2012 |
20120146223 | MOS DEVICE WITH MEMORY FUNCTION AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A manufacturing method of a MOS device with memory function is provided, which includes: providing a semiconductor substrate, a surface of the semiconductor substrate being covered by a first dielectric layer, a metal interconnect structure being formed in the first dielectric layer; forming a second dielectric layer overlying a surface of the first dielectric layer and the metal interconnect structure; forming an opening in the second dielectric layer, a bottom of the opening revealing the metal interconnect structure; forming an alloy layer at the bottom of the opening, material of the alloy layer containing copper and other metal; and performing a thermal treatment to the alloy layer and the metal interconnect structure to form, on the surface of the metal interconnect structure, a compound layer containing oxygen element. The compound layer containing oxygen element and the MOS device formed in the semiconductor substrate constitute a MOS device with memory function. The method provides a processing which has high controllability and improves the performance of devices. | 06-14-2012 |
20120181509 | GRAPHENE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A graphene device structure and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The graphene device structure comprises: a graphene layer; a gate region formed on the graphene layer; and a doped semiconductor region formed at one side of the gate region and connected with the graphene layer, wherein the doped semiconductor region is a drain region of the graphene device structure, and the graphene layer formed at one side of the gate region is a source region of the graphene device structure. The on/off ratio of the graphene device structure may be improved by the doped semiconductor region without increasing the band gaps of the graphene material, so that the applicability of the graphene material in CMOS devices may be enhanced without decreasing the carrier mobility of graphene materials and speed of the devices. | 07-19-2012 |
20120190188 | METHOD FOR FILLING A GAP - A method for filling a gap includes: providing a semiconductor substrate, at least having an metal interconnect layer and an insulating dielectric layer on top of the underlying metal interconnect layer, the insulating dielectric layer having a gap; forming a diffusion bather layer and a seed layer sequentially in the gap and on a surface of the insulating dielectric layer outside the gap; forming a mask layer on a surface of the seed layer outside of the gap; and depositing a metal layer on the semiconductor substrate with the mask layer, the metal layer filling the gap. | 07-26-2012 |
20120238088 | FABRICATION METHOD OF METAL GATES FOR GATE-LAST PROCESS - A method for fabricating metal gates using a gate-last process, comprising: providing a substrate ( | 09-20-2012 |
20120261761 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device is provided. A multi-component high-k interface layer containing elements of the substrate is formed from an ultra-thin high-k dielectric material in a single-layer structure of atoms by rapid annealing in the manufacturing of a CMOS transistor by the replacement gate process, and a high-k gate dielectric layer with a higher dielectric constant and a metal gate layer are formed thereon. The EOT of the device is effectively decreased, and the diffusion of atoms in the high-k gate dielectric layer from an upper level thereof is effectively prevented by the optimized high-k interface layer at high-temperature treatment. | 10-18-2012 |
20120261803 | HIGH-K GATE DIELECTRIC MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME - The present invention forms Hf | 10-18-2012 |
20130092986 | SEMICONDUCOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same, the method comprising: providing a semiconductor substrate; forming a dummy gate area on the substrate, forming spacers on sidewalls of the gate area, and forming source and drain areas in the semiconductor substrate on both sides of the dummy gate area, the dummy gate area comprising an interface layer and a dummy gate electrode; forming a dielectric cap layer on the dummy gate area and source and drain areas; planarizing the device with the dielectric cap layer on the source and drain areas as a stop layer; further removing the dummy gate electrode to expose the interface layer; and forming replacement gate area on the interface layer. The thickness of the gate groove may be controlled by the thickness of the dielectric cap layer, and the replacement gates of desired thickness and width may be further formed upon requirements. Thus, the aspect ratio of the gate groove is reduced and a sufficient low gate resistance is ensured. | 04-18-2013 |
20140015062 | Method for Forming Gate Structure, Method for Forming Semiconductor Device, and Semiconductor Device - An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for forming a gate structure, comprising: providing a substrate, where the substrate includes a nMOSFET area and a pMOSFET area, each of the nMOSFET area and the pMOSFET area has a gate trench, and each of the gate trenches is provided at a bottom portion with a gate dielectric layer; forming a gate dielectric capping layer on a surface of the substrate; forming an oxygen scavenging element layer on the gate dielectric capping layer; forming an etching stop layer on the oxygen scavenging element layer; forming a work function adjustment layer on the etching stop layer; performing metal layer deposition and annealing process to fill the gate trenches with a metal layer; and removing the metal layer outside the gate trenches. | 01-16-2014 |
20140015063 | Method for Forming Gate Structure, Method for Forming Semiconductor Device, and Semiconductor Device - A method for forming a gate structure, comprising: providing a substrate, where the substrate includes a nMOSFET area and a pMOSFET area, each of the nMOSFET area and the pMOSFET area has a gate trench, and each of the gate trenches is provided at a bottom portion with a gate dielectric layer; forming a gate dielectric capping layer on the substrate; forming an etching stop layer on the gate dielectric capping layer; forming an oxygen scavenging element layer on the etching stop layer; forming a first work function adjustment layer on the oxygen scavenging element layer; etching the first work function adjustment layer above the nMOSFET area; forming a second work function adjustment layer on the surface of the substrate; metal layer depositing and annealing to fill the gate trenches with a metal layer; and removing the metal layer outside the gate trenches. | 01-16-2014 |
20140015068 | Gate Structure, Semiconductor Device and Methods for Forming the Same - The disclosure relates to a gate structure, a semiconductor device and methods for forming the same. An embodiment of the disclosure provides a method for forming a gate structure, including: providing a substrate; forming an interface layer on the substrate; forming a gate dielectric layer on the interface layer; forming a gate dielectric capping layer on the gate dielectric layer; forming an etching stop layer on the gate dielectric capping layer; forming an oxygen scavenging element layer on the etching stop layer; forming an oxygen scavenging element capping layer on the oxygen scavenging element layer; performing Post-Metallization Annealing; performing etching until the etching stop layer is exposed; forming a work function adjustment layer on the etching stop layer; and forming a gate layer on the work function adjustment layer. | 01-16-2014 |