IP Library Granted Patent US 7,365,400
Granted Patent B2
US 7,365,400 · App. 11/219,795 · Granted Apr 29, 2008

Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same

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Patent No.
US 7,365,400
App. No.
11/219,795
Granted
Apr 29, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for manufacturing semiconductor device employs an EXTIGATE structure. In accordance with the method, a predetermined thickness of the device isolation film is etched to form a recess. The recess is then filled with a second nitride film. A stacked structure of a barrier metal film, a metal layer and a third nitride film on the second nitride film and the polysilicon film are formed on the entire surface and the etched via a photoetching process to form a gate electrode. An insulating film spacer is deposited on a sidewall of the gate electrode. The exposed portion of the polysilicon film uses the third nitride film pattern and the insulating film spacer as a mask to form a polysilicon film pattern and an oxide film on a sidewall of the polysilicon film pattern.

Claims (4)

1. A semiconductor device including a device isolation film defining an active region, the device comprising:

a first gate electrode formed over the active region, the first gate electrode including a first stacked structure consisting only of a polysilicon film over the active region, a first barrier metal film over the polysilicon film, a first metal layer over the first barrier film, and a first nitride film over the first metal film; and

a second gate electrode formed over the device isolation film, the second gate electrode including a second stacked structure consisting only of a second nitride film over the device isolation film, a second barrier metal film over the second nitride film, a second metal layer over the second barrier metal film, and a third nitride film over the second metal layer.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second barrier metal films each comprise a metal selected from the group consisting of tungsten nitride, titanium nitride, and titanium silicon nitride, and the first and second metal layers each comprise a metal selected from the group consisting of tungsten, titanium silicide, tungsten silicide, and cobalt silicide.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE IS HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. NOT HYNIX-SEMICONDUCTOR INC. THERE IS NO HYPHEN IN THE NAME. PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 67328 FRAME 814. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded May 14, 2024
From: HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
To: SK HYNIX INC.
Reel/Frame 067412/0482 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 9, 2024
From: SK HYNIX INC.
To: MIMIRIP LLC
Reel/Frame 067369/0832 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 6, 2024
From: HYNIX-SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
To: SK HYNIX INC.
Reel/Frame 067328/0814 →