IP Library Granted Patent US 8,779,526
Granted Patent B2
US 8,779,526 · App. 13/283,603 · Granted Jul 15, 2014

Semiconductor device

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Patent No.
US 8,779,526
App. No.
13/283,603
Granted
Jul 15, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for fabricating semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: providing a substrate having a transistor region and a resistor region; forming a shallow trench isolation (STI) on the substrate of the resistor region; forming a tank in the STI of the resistor region; and forming a resistor in the tank and on the surface of the STI adjacent to two sides of the tank.

Claims (19)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a substrate having a transistor region and a resistor region;

a shallow trench isolation (STI) on the resistor region of the substrate;

a tank in the STI; and

a resistor in the tank and on a horizontal top surface of the STI surrounding the tank.

2. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the resistor comprises a polysilicon layer in the tank and two contacts on the STI adjacent to two sides of the tank.

3. The semiconductor device of claim 2 , further comprising a contact etch stop layer (CESL) on part of the substrate and the polysilicon layer.

4. The semiconductor device of claim 3 , further comprising a metal gate on the transistor region, wherein the top of the metal gate is even with the surface of the CESL.

5. The semiconductor device of claim 4 , further comprising:

a first dielectric layer on the substrate and the CESL;

a passivation layer on the metal gate, the first dielectric layer, and the CESL;

a second dielectric layer on the passivation layer; and

a plurality of contact plugs in the second dielectric layer, the passivation layer, and the first dielectric layer for connecting the metal gate and the contacts.

6. The semiconductor device of claim 5 , wherein the passivation layer comprises SiCN or the oxide of the gate.

7. The semiconductor device of claim 2 , wherein at least part of the polysilicon layer comprises a dopant.

8. The semiconductor device of claim 7 , wherein the dopant comprises boron atoms.

9. The semiconductor device of claim 2 , wherein each of the contacts comprises an interfacial layer, a high-k dielectric layer, a barrier layer, a work function metal layer, and a conductive layer.

10. The semiconductor device of claim 9 , wherein the high-k dielectric layer is U-shaped or I-shaped.

11. The semiconductor device of claim 9 , wherein the work function metal layer is U-shaped.

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 Oct 28, 2011
From: HSU, CHUN-WEI; HUANG, PO-CHENG; HUANG, REN-PENG; YANG, JIE-NING; HSU, CHIA-LIN; TSAI, TENG-CHUN; LIN, CHIH-HSUN; KUNG, CHANG-HUNG; CHEN, YEN-MING; LI, YU-TING
To: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
Reel/Frame 027136/0943 →