IP Library Granted Patent US 7,667,273
Granted Patent B2
US 7,667,273 · App. 11/679,417 · Granted Feb 23, 2010

Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same

Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
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Patent No.
US 7,667,273
App. No.
11/679,417
Granted
Feb 23, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a p-channel MIS transistor. A p-channel MIS transistor includes; an n-type semiconductor layer formed on the substrate; first source/drain regions being formed in the n-type semiconductor layer and being separated from each other; a first gate insulating film being formed on the n-type semiconductor layer between the first source/drain regions, and containing silicon, oxygen, and nitrogen, or containing silicon and nitrogen; a first gate electrode formed above the first gate insulating film; and a first interfacial layer being formed at an interface between the first gate insulating film and the first gate electrode, and containing a 13-group element. The total number of metallic bonds in the 13-group element in the interfacial layer being larger than the total number of each of oxidized, nitrided, or oxynitrided bonds in the 13-group element in the interfacial layer.

Claims (27)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a substrate;

a p-channel MIS transistor that includes; an n-type semiconductor layer formed on the substrate; first source/drain regions being formed in the n-type semiconductor layer and being separated from each other; a first gate insulating film being formed on the n-type semiconductor layer between the first source/drain regions, and containing silicon, oxygen, and nitrogen, or containing silicon and nitrogen; a first gate electrode formed above the first gate insulating film; and a first interfacial layer being formed at an interface between the first gate insulating film and the first gate electrode, and having a first sub-layer provided in the first gate insulating film and a second sub-layer provided in the first gate electrode, each of the first and second sub-layers containing a 13-group element, the total number of metallic bonds in the 13-group element in the interfacial layer being larger than the total number of each of oxidized, nitrided, or oxynitrided bonds in the 13-group element in the interfacial layer; and

an n-channel MIS transistor that includes: a p-type semiconductor layer formed on the substrate; second source/drain regions being formed in the p-type semiconductor layer and being separated from each other; a second gate insulating film being formed on the p-type semiconductor layer between the second source/drain regions, and containing silicon, oxygen, and nitrogen, or containing silicon and nitrogen; a second gate electrode formed above the second gate insulating film; and a second interfacial layer being formed at an interface between the second gate insulating film and the second gate electrode, and containing a 15-group element.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the oxidized, nitrided, or oxynitrided bonds in the 13-group element in the first interfacial layer are mostly located in the first sub-layer; and

the metallic bonds are mostly located in the second sub-layer.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the 13-group element in the first interfacial layer is boron.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the first and second gate electrodes are formed with materials having the same work functions; and

the work functions are in the range of 4.55 eV to 4.75 eV.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 4 , wherein the first and second gate electrodes are formed with metal silicides containing at least one metal of Ni and Co.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the first gate electrode is formed with a material having a work function in the range of 4.75 eV or more to 5.10 eV or less; and

the second gate electrode is formed with a material having a work function in the range of 4.20 eV or more to 4.55 eV or less.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein:

the first gate electrode is formed with a first metal silicide containing at least one metal of Ni and Co;

the first metal silicide has a metal-to-silicon composition ratio of 2 or higher;

the second gate electrode is formed with a second metal silicide containing the same metal as the first gate electrode; and

the second metal silicide has a metal-to-silicon composition ratio of 1 or lower.

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein:

the first gate electrode is formed with a first metal silicide containing at least one metal of Ni, Co, Pt, Ir, Ru, Pd, and Re; and

the second gate electrode is formed with a second metal silicide containing at least one metal of Ni, W, Ti, Zr, Hf, Ta, Nb, and Er.

9. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a first high-dielectric insulating layer being formed between the n-type semiconductor layer and the first gate insulating layer and containing at least one of a metal oxide, a metal silicon oxide, and a metal silicon oxynitride; and

a second high-dielectric insulating layer being formed between the p-type semiconductor layer and the second gate insulating layer and containing the same material as the first high-dielectric insulating layer.

10. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein the first and second high-dielectric insulating layers contain HfSiON.

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: K.K. PANGEA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055669/0401 →
MERGER Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: K.K. PANGEA
Reel/Frame 055659/0471 →
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: KIOXIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055669/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 24, 2017
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043709/0035 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 3, 2007
From: KOYAMA, MASATO; TSUCHIYA, YOSHINORI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 019244/0253 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2006-156422 · Jun 5, 2006 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20070278558A1 · Dec 6, 2007