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MOSFET with a high permitivity gate dielectric

US5880508A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 29, 1998
Grant dateMar 9, 1999
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Expiry dateJul 29, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D64/693
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A transistor formed on a semi-conductor substrate, where the transistor includes a gate dielectric layer formed on the semi-conductor substrate. The gate dielectric layer includes a silicon oxynitride sub-layer formed on the semi-conductor substrate and a dielectric sub-layer having relatively high permitivity to an oxide formed on the silicon oxynitride sub-layer. The transistor also includes a barrier layer formed on the gate dielectric layer and a metal gate is formed on the barrier layer. The gate dielectric layer, the barrier layer and the metal gate combine to form a gate structure. Side walls spacers are formed on side walls of the gate structure, and extended source, drain junctions are formed under the side wall spacers in the semi-conductor substrate and adjacent to the gate structure. The transistor also includes source and drain junctions formed in the gate structure next to the extended source, drain junctions.

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