发明名称 |
Metal gate structure of a semiconductor device |
摘要 |
The disclosure relates to integrated circuit fabrication, and more particularly to a metal gate structure. An exemplary structure for a semiconductor device comprises a substrate comprising an isolation region separating and surrounding both a P-active region and an N-active region; a P-work function metal layer in a P-gate structure over the P-active region, wherein the P-work function metal layer comprises a first bottom portion and first sidewalls, wherein the first bottom portion comprises a first layer of metallic compound with a first thickness; and an N-work function metal layer in an N-gate structure over the N-active region, wherein the N-work function metal layer comprises a second bottom portion and second sidewalls, wherein the second bottom portion comprises a second layer of the metallic compound with a second thickness less than the first thickness. |
申请公布号 |
US9263277(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2016.02.16 |
申请号 |
US201213599868 |
申请日期 |
2012.08.30 |
申请人 |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. |
发明人 |
Chien Pei-Shan;Kelly Andrew Joseph |
分类号 |
H01L27/11;H01L21/82;H01L21/28;H01L29/49;H01L29/66;H01L27/092;H01L21/8238;H01L29/51 |
主分类号 |
H01L27/11 |
代理机构 |
Slater & Matsil, L.L.P. |
代理人 |
Slater & Matsil, L.L.P. |
主权项 |
1. A semiconductor device comprising:
a substrate comprising an isolation region separating and surrounding both a P-active region and an N-active region; a P-work function metal layer in a P-gate structure over the P-active region, wherein the P-work function metal layer comprises a first bottom portion and first sidewalls, wherein the first bottom portion comprises a first layer of metallic compound with a first thickness; an N-work function metal layer in an N-gate structure over the N-active region, wherein the N-work function metal layer comprises a second bottom portion and second sidewalls, wherein the second bottom portion comprises a second layer of the metallic compound with a second thickness less than the first thickness, and wherein a sidewall of the first sidewalls in closest proximity to the N-gate structure and a sidewall of the second sidewalls in closest proximity to the P-gate structure are laterally separated from each other; and a dummy work function metal layer over the isolation region, the dummy work function metal layer comprising a third bottom portion and third sidewalls, wherein a first height of the first sidewalls of the P-work function metal layer and a second height of the second sidewalls of the N-work function metal layer are less than a third height of the third sidewalls of the dummy work function metal layer. |
地址 |
Hsin-Chu TW |