IP Library Patent Application 12171733
Patent Application
App. No. 12/171,733

DUAL METAL GATE TRANSISTOR WITH RESISTOR HAVING DIELECTRIC LAYER BETWEEN METAL AND POLYSILICON

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12/171,733
Abstract

Structures are presented including a high-k and metal gate transistor and a resistor where the resistor includes a dielectric layer between a metal and a polysilicon. The resistor provides typical polysilicon resistor performance with less cost and higher throughput.

Claims (11)

1 . A structure comprising:

a transistor and a resistor on the same chip, the transistor and the resistor each including a high-dielectric constant (high-k) material, a metal over the high-k material and a polysilicon over the metal;

wherein the resistor further includes a dielectric layer between the metal and the polysilicon.

2 . The structure of claim 1 , wherein the dielectric layer is selected from the group consisting of: silicon nitride (Si 3 N 4 ), silicon oxide (SiO 2 ), hafnium oxide (HfO 2 ) and zirconium oxide (ZrO 2 ).

3 . The structure of claim 1 , wherein the metal is selected from the group consisting of: titanium nitride (TiN), tantalum nitride (TaN), titanium aluminum nitride (TiAlN) and tantalum carbide (TaC).

4 . The structure of claim 1 , further comprising an amorphous silicon layer between the metal and the polysilicon in the transistor and between the metal and the dielectric layer in the resistor.

5 . A structure comprising:

a transistor including a high-dielectric constant (high-k) material, a metal over the high-k material, an amorphous silicon layer over the metal and a polysilicon over the amorphous silicon layer; and

a resistor on the same chip as the transistor, the resistor including the high-dielectric constant (high-k) material, the metal over the high-k material, the amorphous silicon layer over the metal, a dielectric layer over the amorphous silicon layer and a polysilicon over the dielectric layer.

6 . The structure of claim 5 , wherein the dielectric layer is selected from the group consisting of: silicon nitride (Si 3 N 4 ), silicon oxide (SiO 2 ), hafnium oxide (HfO 2 ) and zirconium oxide (ZrO 2 ).

7 . The structure of claim 5 , wherein the metal is selected from the group consisting of: titanium nitride (TiN), tantalum nitride (TaN), titanium aluminum nitride (TiAlN) and tantalum carbide (TaC).

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