IP Library Granted Patent US 8,067,806
Granted Patent B2
US 8,067,806 · App. 12/557,535 · Granted Nov 29, 2011

Gate structures of CMOS device and method for manufacturing the same

Assignee: United Microelectronics Corp.
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Patent No.
US 8,067,806
App. No.
12/557,535
Granted
Nov 29, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

Gate structures of CMOS device and the method for manufacturing the same are provided. A substrate having an NMOS region, a PMOS region, and a work function modulation layer disposed on the NMOS region and the PMOS region is provided. A nitrogen doping process is performed to dope nitrogen into a portion of the work function modulation layer disposed on the PMOS region so as to form an N-rich work function modulation layer disposed on the PMOS region. A nonmetallic conductive layer is formed blanketly covering the work function modulation layer and the N-rich work function modulation layer. A portion of the nonmetallic conductive layer, the work function modulation layer, and the N-rich work function modulation layer is removed to form a first gate in the NMOS region and a second gate in the PMOS region.

Claims (11)

1. A CMOS device, comprising:

a NMOS device comprising a first gate structure, a source and a drain, the first gate structure being a single metal gate and comprising:

a Ti-rich work function modulation layer; and

a first nonmetallic conductive layer disposed on the Ti-rich work function modulation layer; and

a PMOS device comprising a second gate structure, a source and a drain, the second gate structure being a single metal gate and comprising:

an N-rich work function modulation layer; and

a second nonmetallic conductive layer disposed on the N-rich work function modulation layer;

wherein each of the first gate structure and the second gate structure comprises a gate dielectric layer, a high-k material layer and a cap layer, wherein the cap layer of the first gate structure is between the high-k material layer and the Ti-rich work function modulation layer and the cap layer of the second gate structure is between the high-k material layer and the N-rich work function modulation layer.

2. The CMOS device of claim 1 , wherein the N-rich work function modulation layer has a greater work function than the work function modulation layer.

3. The CMOS device of claim 2 , wherein the N-rich work function modulation layer has a work function approximately of 5.1±0.3 eV, the Ti-rich work function modulation layer has a work function approximately of 4.1±0.3 eV.

4. The CMOS device of claim 1 , wherein the Ti-rich work function modulation layer comprises Ti, and the N-rich work function modulation layer comprises TiN.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 1, 2025
From: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
To: STELLAR SEMICONDUCTOR JAPAN GK
Reel/Frame 071913/0125 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2009
From: LIN, CHUN-HSIEN; LIN, CHIN-FU
To: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
Reel/Frame 023216/0226 →
Continuity (1)
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