IP Library Granted Patent US 7,569,443
Granted Patent B2
US 7,569,443 · App. 11/159,430 · Granted Aug 4, 2009

Complementary metal oxide semiconductor integrated circuit using raised source drain and replacement metal gate

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Patent No.
US 7,569,443
App. No.
11/159,430
Granted
Aug 4, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A complementary metal oxide semiconductor integrated circuit may be formed with a PMOS device formed using a replacement metal gate and a raised source drain. The raised source drain may be formed of epitaxially deposited silicon germanium material that is doped p-type. The replacement metal gate process results in a metal gate electrode and may involve the-removal of a nitride etch stop layer.

Claims (15)

1. A method comprising:

forming a dummy gate electrode over PMOS side of a complementary structure;

covering said dummy gate electrode with a nitride etch stop layer;

covering a gate electrode over the NMOS side with said nitride etch stop layer;

removing a portion of said nitride etch stop layer on said PMOS side while maintaining said etch stop over said NMOS side;

removing said dummy electrode and replacing said dummy electrode with a metal gate electrode; and

forming an epitaxial p-type source drain on the PMOS side.

2. The method of claim 1 including forming a raised source drain.

3. The method of claim 1 including forming a gate dielectric having a dielectric constant greater than 10.

4. The method of claim 1 including a U-shaped gate dielectric.

5. The method of claim 1 including forming said source drain of p-type doped silicon germanium.

6. The method of claim 1 including forming said nitride etch stop layer over a hard mask.

7. The method of claim 1 including forming said dummy gate electrode of polysilicon.

8. The method of claim 1 including forming a complementary metal oxide semiconductor integrated circuit.

9. The method of claim 1 including etching into a semiconductor substrate using the dummy gate electrode as a mask and depositing a boron doped silicon germanium epitaxial material to form said p-type source drain.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2020
From: INTEL CORPORATION
To: GOOGLE LLC
Reel/Frame 054772/0918 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 21, 2005
From: KAVALIEROS, JACK; CAPPELLANI, ANNALISA; BRASK, JUSTIN K.; DOCZY, MARK L.; METZ, MATTHEW V.; DATTA, SUMAN; BARNS, CHRIS E.; CHAU, ROBERT S.
To: INTEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 016716/0202 →