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US 10,043,669 · App. 15/412,066 · Granted Aug 7, 2018

Method for fabricating metal gate structure

Inventor: Shao-Ping Chen (Kaohsiung, TW)
Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
H01L21/28185H01L21/28088H01L29/4966H01L21/02326H01L29/495H01L29/515H01L29/517H01L29/518
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Patent No.
US 10,043,669
App. No.
15/412,066
Granted
Aug 7, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for fabricating a metal gate structure includes following steps. A substrate is provided and followed by forming a high-K dielectric layer on the substrate. Then, an oxygen-containing titanium nitride layer is formed on the high-K dielectric layer. Next, an amorphous silicon layer is formed on the oxygen-containing titanium nitride layer and followed by performing an annealing process to drive oxygen in the oxygen-containing titanium nitride layer to the high-K dielectric layer.

Claims (22)

1. A method for fabricating a metal gate structure, comprising:

providing a substrate;

forming a dummy gate and two spacers on the substrate, wherein the dummy gate is disposed between the spacers;

removing the dummy gate to form a recess between the spacers;

forming a high-K dielectric layer in the recess and on the substrate;

forming an oxygen-containing titanium nitride layer on the high-K dielectric layer in the recess;

forming an amorphous silicon layer on the oxygen-containing titanium nitride layer in the recess; and

performing an annealing process to drive oxygen in the oxygen-containing titanium nitride layer into the high-K dielectric layer and the amorphous silicon layer right after forming the amorphous silicon layer so as to reduce oxygen content of the oxygen-containing titanium nitride layer, wherein the annealing process is performed in a second sealed environment without oxygen.

2. The method for fabricating the metal gate structure according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate further comprises providing an oxide layer on the substrate, and the annealing process drives oxygen in the oxygen-containing titanium nitride layer into the oxide layer.

3. The method for fabricating the metal gate structure according to claim 1 , wherein forming the oxygen-containing titanium nitride layer comprises:

forming a titanium nitride layer on the high-K dielectric layer in a first sealed environment; and

removing the first sealed environment to fill oxygen into the titanium nitride layer to form the oxygen-containing titanium nitride layer.

4. The method for fabricating the metal gate structure according to claim 3 , wherein the titanium nitride layer comprises a plurality of pores, and filling oxygen into the titanium nitride layer comprises filling oxygen into the pores.

5. The method for fabricating the metal gate structure according to claim 4 , wherein the annealing process drives oxygen in the pores into the high-K dielectric layer and the amorphous silicon layer.

6. The method for fabricating the metal gate structure according to claim 3 , wherein filling oxygen into the titanium nitride layer comprises exposing the titanium nitride layer in an oxygen-containing environment.

7. The method for fabricating the metal gate structure according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the amorphous silicon layer is less than 30 angstroms.

8. The method for fabricating the metal gate structure according to claim 1 , wherein a temperature of the annealing process is greater than 930° C.

9. The method for fabricating the metal gate structure according to claim 1 , wherein the second sealed environment is introduced with nitrogen gas or argon gas.

10. The method for fabricating the metal gate structure according to claim 1 , wherein a duration of the annealing process is ranged from 10 sec to 5 min.

11. The method for fabricating the metal gate structure according to claim 1 , further comprising removing the amorphous silicon layer after the annealing process.

12. The method for fabricating the metal gate structure according to claim 11 , further comprising sequentially forming a tantalum nitride layer and a metal electrode layer on the oxygen-containing titanium nitride layer.

13. The method for fabricating the metal gate structure according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the amorphous silicon layer is less than 3 times of a thickness of the oxygen-containing titanium nitride layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 23, 2017
From: CHEN, SHAO-PING
To: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
Reel/Frame 041036/0064 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 106100269 A · Jan 5, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180190499A1 · Jul 5, 2018
Cited By (1)
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