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Method of fabricating semiconductor device

US7323419B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 25, 2006
Grant dateJan 29, 2008
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Expiry dateJan 25, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/32135
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of fabricating a semiconductor device including a high-k dielectric for as a gate insulating layer is provided. The method includes forming a high-k dielectric layer and a conductive layer on a substrate, dry etching a portion of the conductive layer, performing a process to increase a wet etch rate of a remaining portion of the conductive layer, and forming a conductive layer pattern by wet etching the remaining portion of the conductive layer after performing the plasma process or the ion implantation. The process to increase the wet etch rate of the conductive layer including a plasma process and/or an ion implantation on the remaining portion of the conductive layer.

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