US2008272435A1PendingUtilityA1
Semiconductor device and method of forming the same
Est. expiryMay 2, 2027(~0.8 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
H10D 84/0186H10D 30/0212H10D 84/0174H10D 64/667H10D 30/792H10D 84/0177H10D 84/038H10D 64/669
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Abstract
A semiconductor device includes a first gate structure including a gate dielectric layer directly contacting the substrate, a bottom electrode on the gate dielectric layer and a top electrode on the bottom electrode, and a second gate structure including a gate dielectric layer directly contacting the substrate and a gate electrode on the gate dielectric layer.
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exact text as granted — not AI-modified1 . A semiconductor device, comprising:
a substrate; a first gate structure on said substrate, comprising:
a gate dielectric directly contacting said substrate;
a lower electrode on said gate dielectric; and
an upper electrode on said lower electrode;
a first source/drain in the proximity of said first gate structure; a second gate structure on said substrate, comprising said gate dielectric directly contacting said substrate and a gate electrode on said gate dielectric; a second source/drain in the proximity of said second gate structure; and an interlayer dielectric covering said substrate, said first gate structure, said first source/drain, said second gate structure and said second source/drain.
2 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein said substrate is selected from the group consisting of silicon, direct-silicon bonding, silicon on insulator, and silicon on insulator direct silicon bonding.
3 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein said lower electrode has a thickness of 10-300Å.
4 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein said upper electrode comprises a silicide.
5 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein said first source/drain comprises a silicide.
6 . The semiconductor device of claim 4 , wherein said gate electrode comprises a silicide.
7 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein said second source/drain comprises a silicide.
8 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein said first gate structure is a P-channel metal-oxide semiconductor gate structure and said second gate structure is an N-channel metal-oxide semiconductor gate structure.
9 . The semiconductor device of claim 8 , wherein said lower electrode comprises a conductive material with a work function smaller than that of said substrate.
10 . The semiconductor device of claim 8 , wherein said lower electrode comprises titanium nitride.
11 . The semiconductor device of claim 8 , wherein said gate electrode comprises a Ni-rich silicide.
12 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein said first gate structure is an N-channel metal-oxide semiconductor gate structure and said second gate structure is a P-channel metal-oxide semiconductor gate structure.
13 . The semiconductor device of claim 12 , wherein said lower electrode comprises a conductive material with a work function higher than that of said substrate.
14 . The semiconductor device of claim 12 , wherein said lower electrode comprises a group consisting of MCx, MBx, MCxNy, MBxNy and MBxCy, where M is a metal of (III) group to (VII) group.
15 . The semiconductor device of claim 12 , wherein said lower electrode comprises TaC.
16 . The semiconductor device of claim 12 , wherein said gate electrode comprises a Si-rich silicide.
17 . The semiconductor device of claim 16 , wherein said Si-rich silicide is nickel silicide.
18 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein said nickel silicide is NiSi 2 .
19 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , further comprising a stress layer in the proximity of said first gate structure and said second gate structure.
20 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein said interlayer dielectric comprise a plurality of contact holes exposing said first gate structure, said first source/drain, said second gate structure and said second source/drain.
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