IP Library Granted Patent US 8,841,733
Granted Patent B2
US 8,841,733 · App. 13/109,599 · Granted Sep 23, 2014

Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same

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Patent No.
US 8,841,733
App. No.
13/109,599
Granted
Sep 23, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes following steps. A substrate is provided, wherein a first dielectric layer having a trench therein is formed on the substrate, a source/drain region is formed in the substrate at two sides of the trench, and a second dielectric layer is formed on the substrate in the trench. A first physical vapor deposition process is performed to form a Ti-containing metal layer in the trench. A second physical vapor deposition process is performed to form an Al layer on the Ti-containing metal layer in the trench. A thermal process is performed to anneal the Ti-containing metal layer and the Al layer so as to form a work function metal layer. A metal layer is formed to fill the trench.

Claims (16)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a substrate, having a first dielectric layer thereon, wherein the first dielectric layer has a trench therein;

a gate structure, disposed on the substrate in the trench and comprising:

a work function metal layer, disposed in the trench, and comprising a TiAl 3 phase metal layer and an Al metal layer disposed on the TiAl 3 phase metal layer, wherein the Al layer has a thickness ranging from 3 nm to 10 nm; and

a metal layer filling the trench;

a second dielectric layer, disposed between the gate structure and the substrate; and

a source/drain region, disposed in the substrate at two sides of the gate structure.

2. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a substrate, having a first dielectric layer thereon, wherein the first dielectric layer has a trench therein;

a gate structure, disposed on the substrate in the trench and comprising:

a work function metal layer, disposed in the trench, and comprising a Ti-containing metal layer and a TiAl 3 phase metal layer disposed on the Ti-containing metal layer, wherein the Ti-containing metal layer is a TiAl metal layer, wherein the Ti-containing metal layer has a thickness ranging from 2 nm to 10 nm; and

a metal layer filling the trench;

a second dielectric layer, disposed between the gate structure and the substrate; and

a source/drain region, disposed in the substrate at two sides of the gate structure.

3. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a thickness of TiAl 3 phase metal layer is larger than a thickness of the Al layer.

4. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein a thickness of TiAl 3 phase metal layer is larger than a thickness of the Ti-containing metal layer.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 26, 2021
From: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: MARLIN SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
Reel/Frame 056991/0292 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 17, 2011
From: HUANG, HSIN-FU; LIN, KUN-HSIEN; HSU, CHI-MAO; TSAI, MIN-CHUAN; LEE, TZUNG-YING; LIN, CHIN-FU
To: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
Reel/Frame 026296/0328 →