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Thermal robust semiconductor device using HfN as metal gate electrode and the manufacturing process thereof

US7514360B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 17, 2004
Grant dateApr 7, 2009
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 15, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D84/038
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

This invention relates to a semiconductor device making use of a highly thermal robust metal electrode as gate material. In particular, the development of Hafnium Nitride as a metal gate electrode (or a part of the metal gate stack) is taught and its manufacturing steps of fabrication with different embodiments are shown.

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