IP Library Granted Patent US 8,022,486
Granted Patent B2
US 8,022,486 · App. 11/882,012 · Granted Sep 20, 2011

CMOS semiconductor device

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Patent No.
US 8,022,486
App. No.
11/882,012
Granted
Sep 20, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, and a p-channel MOS transistor provided on the semiconductor substrate, the p-channel MOS transistor comprising a first gate dielectric film including Hf, a second gate dielectric film provided on the first gate dielectric film and including aluminum oxide, and a first metal silicide gate electrode provided on the second gate dielectric film.

Claims (7)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a semiconductor substrate;

a p-channel MOS transistor provided on the semiconductor substrate, the p-channel MOS transistor comprising a first gate dielectric film including Hf, a second gate dielectric film provided on the first gate dielectric film and including aluminum oxide, and a first metal silicide gate electrode provided on the second gate dielectric film; and

an n-channel MOS transistor comprising a third gate dielectric film including Hf, a conductive film provided on the third gate dielectric film and including aluminum, and a second metal silicide gate electrode provided on the conductive film, wherein the conductive film is configured to cover side and bottom surfaces of the second metal silicide gate electrode.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first gate dielectric film is a hafnium silicate nitride film, the second gate dielectric film is an Al 2 O 3 film, the third gate dielectric film is a hafnium silicate nitride film, the conductive film is an aluminum film including oxygen.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the p-channel MOS transistor and n-channel MOS transistor are elements of a CMOS.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein the p-channel MOS transistor and n-channel MOS transistor are elements of a CMOS.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 11, 2017
From: TOSHIBA CORPORATION
To: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Reel/Frame 041333/0955 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 10, 2008
From: SEKINE, KATSUYUKI; AOYAMA, TOMONORI; KOBAYASHI, TAKUYA
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 021533/0722 →