Abstract: A semiconductor device and related methods of manufacture are disclosed in which dual work function metal gate electrodes are formed from a single metal layer by doping the metal layer with carbon and/or fluorine.

Abstract: High dielectric layers formed from layers of hafnium oxide, zirconium oxide, aluminum oxide, yttrium oxide, and/or other metal oxides and silicates disposed on silicon substrates or ozone oxide layers over silicon substrates may be nitrided and post thermally treated by oxidation, annealing, or a combination of oxidation and annealing to form high dielectric layers having superior mobility and interfacial characteristics.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, a gate insulation layer is formed on a substrate including a first channel of a first conductive type and a second channel of a second conductive type different from the first conductive type. A first conductive layer including a first metal is formed on the gate insulation layer, and a second conductive layer including a second metal different from the first metal is formed on the first conductive layer formed over the second channel. The second conductive layer is partially removed by a wet etching process to form a second conductive layer pattern over the second channel.

Abstract: Example embodiments provide a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) semiconductor device and a method of fabricating the CMOS semiconductor device. The CMOS semiconductor device may include gates in the nMOS and pMOS areas, polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) capping layers, metal nitride layers underneath the poly-Si capping layers, and a gate insulating layer underneath the gate. The metal nitride layers of the nMOS and pMOS areas may be formed of the same type of material and may have different work functions. Since a metal gate is formed of identical types of metal nitride layers, a process may be simplified, yield may be increased, and a higher-performance CMOS semiconductor device may be obtained.

Abstract: Methods of fabricating high-k dielectric layers having reduced impurities for use in semiconductor applications are disclosed. The methods include the steps of: forming a stacked dielectric layer having a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer formed on a semiconductor substrate using an ALD method, in combination with a post-treatment step performed to the stacked dielectric layer. The steps of forming the stacked dielectric layer and performing the post-treatment are repeated at least once, thereby fabricating the high-k dielectric layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate including an NMOS region and a PMOS region, a gate insulating layer formed on the semiconductor substrate, an NMOS gate formed on the gate insulating layer of the NMOS region, and a PMOS gate formed on the gate insulating layer of the PMOS region. Any one of the NMOS gate and the PMOS gate includes a one-layered conductive layer pattern, and another of the NMOS gate and the PMOS gate includes a three-layered conductive layer pattern.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device, in which the semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate in which PMOS transistor regions and NMOS transistor regions are formed, a PMOS transistor including P-type source and drain regions and a gate electrode, and an NMOS transistor formed on an Si channel region between N-type source and drain regions. The PMOS transistor is formed in each PMOS transistor region, and the gate electrode is formed on a high-dielectric gate insulating film formed on an SiGe channel region between the P-type source and drain regions. Further, the NMOS transistor includes a high-dielectric gate insulating film and a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film, and the NMOS transistor is formed in each NMOS transistor region.

Abstract: A semiconductor includes a channel region in a semiconductor substrate, a gate dielectric film on the channel region, and a gate on the gate dielectric film. The gate includes a doped metal nitride film, formed from a nitride of a first metal and doped with a second metal which is different from the first metal, and a conductive polysilicon layer formed on the doped metal nitride film. The gate may further include a metal containing capping layer interposed between the doped metal nitride film and the conductive polysilicon layer.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device including a high-k dielectric for as a gate insulating layer is provided. The method includes forming a high-k dielectric layer and a conductive layer on a substrate, dry etching a portion of the conductive layer, performing a process to increase a wet etch rate of a remaining portion of the conductive layer, and forming a conductive layer pattern by wet etching the remaining portion of the conductive layer after performing the plasma process or the ion implantation. The process to increase the wet etch rate of the conductive layer including a plasma process and/or an ion implantation on the remaining portion of the conductive layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and related methods of manufacture are disclosed in which dual work function metal gate electrodes are formed from a single metal layer by doping the metal layer with carbon and/or fluorine.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate comprising an active area where a first conductive channel is formed, a gate electrode formed on the active area formed on the semiconductor substrate and a gate dielectric layer interposed between the active area and the gate electrode. The semiconductor device further includes a charge generating layer formed along the interface between the active area and the gate dielectric layer on the semiconductor substrate so that fixed charges are generated around the interface.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a gate of a semiconductor device using an oxygen-free ashing process is disclosed. The method includes forming a high-k dielectric film, having a dielectric constant higher than a silicon oxide film, on a semiconductor substrate including an NMOS region and a PMOS region, forming an etching target film on the high-k dielectric film, forming a photoresist pattern to expose any one region of the two regions, on the etching target film, etching the etching target film using the photoresist pattern as an etching mask, and removing the photoresist pattern using plasma formed in the presence of an oxygen-free reactive gas.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes first and second transistor devices. The first device includes a first substrate region, a first gate electrode, and a first gate dielectric. The first gate dielectric is located between the first substrate region and the first gate electrode. The second device includes a second substrate region, a second gate electrode, and a second gate dielectric. The second gate dielectric is located between the second substrate region and the second gate electrode. The first gate dielectric includes a first high-k layer having a dielectric constant of 8 or more. Likewise, the second gate dielectric includes a second high-k layer having a dielectric constant of 8 or more. The second high-k layer has a different material composition than the first high-k layer.

Abstract: CMOS semiconductor devices having dual work function metal gate structures that are formed using fabrication techniques that enable independent work function control for PMOS and NMOS device and which significantly reduce or otherwise eliminate impact on gate dielectric reliability.

Abstract: A semiconductor device has a plurality of stacked metal layers. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a gate oxide layer deposited on the substrate and formed from a high-k dielectric material, a first metal layer deposited on the gate oxide layer and formed from a nitride of a metal of the high-k dielectric material of the gate oxide layer, a second metal layer deposited on the first metal layer, a third metal layer deposited on the second metal layer, and a material layer deposited on the third metal layer, wherein the material layer taken together with the first, second and third metal layers forms a gate electrode. Because any chemical reaction between the gate oxide layer and the metal layer can be controlled, deterioration of the capacitance equivalent oxide thickness) and leakage of current are prevented, and a semiconductor device having improved insulation can be provided.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof for preventing gate electrode degradation and gate current leakage. The semiconductor device includes a gate insulating layer including an H-k (high dielectric) material on a semiconductor substrate, a barrier metal layer including a metal alloy on the gate insulating layer, and a gate electrode layer formed on the barrier metal layer. Illustratively, the barrier metal layer includes at least one of TaAlN (tantalum aluminum nitride) or TiAlN (titanium aluminum nitride). The barrier metal layer can include an oxidation-resistant material so that oxidation of the barrier metal layer is prevented during a subsequent annealing of the semiconductor device in an oxygen atmosphere. Thus, degradation of a gate electrode is prevented, and gate current leakage due to degradation of the gate electrode is prevented.

Abstract: Disclosed are dual gate CMOS devices and methods for fabricating such devices. The dual gate structures are produced by forming a first gate electrode having first conductive stack on transistors of a first channel type and forming a second gate electrode having a second conductive stack on transistors of a second channel type, wherein the first and second conductive stacks have different compositions for including different work functions (?) in the respective transistors. At least one of the first and second conductive stacks will include metal(s) and/or metal compound(s) from which, when subjected to an appropriate thermal treatment, the metal(s) will diffuse to the interface formed between in the gate dielectric layer and the gate electrode and thereby modify the electrical properties of the associated transistors as reflected in, for example, a Vfb shift.

Abstract: A first transistor includes a first channel region of a first conductivity type located at a first surface region of a semiconductor substrate, a first gate dielectric which includes a first HfO2 layer located over the first channel region, and a first gate located over the first gate dielectric. The first gate includes a first polysilicon layer doped with an impurity of the first conductivity type. The second transistor includes a second channel region of a second conductivity type located at a second surface region of the semiconductor substrate, a second gate dielectric which includes a second HfO2 layer and an Al2O3 layer located over the second channel region, and a second gate located over the second gate dielectric. The second gate includes a second polysilicon layer doped with an impurity of the second conductivity type, and the second conductivity type is opposite the first conductivity type.

Abstract: A semiconductor device may include a semiconductor substrate having a first region and a second region. The nitrogen-incorporated active region may be formed within the first region. A first gate electrode may be formed on the nitrogen-incorporated active region. A first gate dielectric layer may be interposed between the nitrogen-incorporated active region and the first gate electrode. The first gate dielectric layer may include a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer. The second dielectric layer may be a nitrogen contained dielectric layer. A second gate electrode may be formed on the second region. A second gate dielectric layer may be interposed between the second region and the second gate electrode. The first gate dielectric layer may have the same or substantially the same thickness as the second gate dielectric layer, and the nitrogen contained dielectric layer may contact with the nitrogen-incorporated active region.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device including a high-k dielectric for as a gate insulating layer is provided. The method includes forming a high-k dielectric layer and a conductive layer on a substrate, dry etching a portion of the conductive layer, performing a process to increase a wet etch rate of a remaining portion of the conductive layer, and forming a conductive layer pattern by wet etching the remaining portion of the conductive layer after performing the plasma process or the ion implantation. The process to increase the wet etch rate of the conductive layer including a plasma process and/or an ion implantation on the remaining portion of the conductive layer.