Integrated plasma etch of gate and gate dielectric and low power plasma post gate etch removal of high-K residual

摘要

The present invention relates to a process of fabricating a semiconductor device, including steps of providing a first semiconductor wafer; depositing on the first semiconductor wafer a layer comprising a high-K dielectric material layer; depositing on the layer comprising a high-K dielectric material a polysilicon or polysilicon-germanium layer; and forming a gate stack by plasma etching both a portion of the polysilicon or polysilicon-germanium layer and a portion of the layer comprising a high-K dielectric material in a single chamber. In one embodiment, the step of plasma etching is carried out without moving the first wafer from the chamber. In another embodiment an unwanted residual high-K dielectric material is removed by applying a low power plasma treatment.