CMOS device having different amounts of nitrogen in the NMOS gate dielectric layers and PMOS gate dielectric layers
US7514308B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 8, 2007 |
| Grant date | Apr 7, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 8, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH10D64/693
- WIPO fieldSemiconductors
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention provides a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) device, a method of manufacture therefor, and an integrated circuit including the same. The CMOS device (100), in an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, includes a p-channel metal oxide semiconductor (PMOS) device (120) having a first gate dielectric layer (133) and a first gate electrode layer (138) located over a substrate (110), wherein the first gate dielectric layer (133) has an amount of nitrogen located therein. In addition to the PMOS device (120), the CMOS device further includes an n-channel metal oxide semiconductor (NMOS) device (160) having a second gate dielectric layer (173) and a second gate electrode layer (178) located over the substrate (110), wherein the second gate dielectric layer (173) has a different amount of nitrogen located therein. Accordingly, the present invention allows for the individual tuning of the threshold voltages for the PMOS device (120) and the NMOS device (160).
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