Integrating n-type and p-type metal gate transistors
View Patent ↗At least a p-type and n-type semiconductor device deposited upon a semiconductor wafer containing metal or metal alloy gates. More particularly, a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) device is formed on a semiconductor wafer having n-type and p-type metal gates.
1. A process comprising:
forming sidewalls and dielectrics of transistors within a complimentary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) integrated circuit upon a semiconductor substrate;
forming an n-type and a p-type metal gate structure within trenches formed by the sidewalls and dielectrics, wherein the n-type and p-type metal gate structures are formed by implanting n-type and p-type material into the n-type and p-type metal gate structures, respectively.
2. The process of claim 1 wherein a trench is formed by a first etch of a polysilicon gate structure corresponding to one of the n-type and p-type metal gate structures, the first etch leaving substantially un-etched a polysilicon gate structure corresponding to the other of the n-type and p-type metal gate structures.
3. The process of claim 2 further comprising depositing a metal of a first type into a trench formed by the first etch and performing a second etch of the polysilicon gate structure corresponding to the other of the n-type and p-type metal gate structures.
4. The process of claim 3 further comprising depositing a metal of a second type into a trench formed by the second etch, the second type being different from the first type of metal.
5. The process of claim 4 wherein the first and second etches are a dry etch.
6. The process of claim 4 wherein the first and second etches are a wet etch.
7. The process of claim 4 wherein the metal of the first type is an n-type metal and the metal of the second type is a p-type metal.
8. The process of claim 4 wherein the metal of the first type is a p-type metal and the metal of the second type is an n-type metal.