Semiconductor device and method for high-k gate dielectrics
US7355235B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 22, 2004 |
| Grant date | Apr 8, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 11, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH10D30/751
- WIPO fieldSemiconductors
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A semiconductor device and process including a high-k gate dielectric is described. A substrate is provided, and a high-k gate dielectric material, preferably amorphous HfSiON, is deposited over the substrate. In preferred embodiments, the high-k dielectric material includes nitrogen. In a preferred embodiment, a silicon nitride layer is deposited using jet vapor deposition (JVD) on the high-k dielectric material. When the JVD nitride layer is deposited according to preferred embodiments, the layer has a low density of charge traps, it maintains comparable carrier mobility and provides better EOT compared to oxide or oxynitride. A second nitrogen-containing layer formed between the high-k dielectric and the gate electrode acts as a diffusion barrier. It also reduces problems relating to oxygen vacancy formation in high-k dielectric and therefore minimizes Fermi-level pinning.
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