Metal gated ultra short MOSFET devices
US7678638B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 26, 2008 |
| Grant date | Mar 16, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 26, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH10D62/314
- WIPO fieldSemiconductors
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
MOSFET devices suitable for operation at gate lengths less than about 40 nm, and methods of their fabrication is being presented. The MOSFET devices include a ground plane formed of a monocrystalline Si based material. A Si based body layer is epitaxially disposed over the ground plane. The body layer is doped with impurities of opposite type than the ground plane. The gate has a metal with a mid-gap workfunction directly contacting a gate insulator layer. The gate is patterned to a length of less than about 40 nm, and possibly less than 20 nm. The source and the drain of the MOSFET are doped with the same type of dopant as the body layer. In CMOS embodiments of the invention the metal in the gate of the NMOS and the PMOS devices may be the same metal.
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