Method for manufacturing semiconductor devices

1. A method of manufacturing a negative capacitance structure, the method comprising:

forming a dielectric layer over a substrate;

forming a first metallic layer over the dielectric layer;

forming a cap layer over the first metallic layer;

after the cap layer is formed, performing an annealing operation; and

after the annealing operation, removing the cap layer and the first metallic layer;

wherein the annealing operation includes irradiating the cap layer, the first metallic layer and the dielectric layer with an energy beam, and

after the annealing operation, the dielectric layer becomes a ferroelectric dielectric layer including an orthorhombic crystal phase.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the dielectric layer includes one selected from the group consisting of HfO 2 , ZrO 2 and SrTiO 3 .

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the dielectric layer before the first metallic layer is formed is a non-doped amorphous layer.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the dielectric layer includes HfO 2 , and

the first metallic layer includes one or more selected from the group consisting of Si, Zr, Al, La, Y, Gd, Mg and Sr.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the energy beam heats the first metallic layer and the dielectric layer to a temperature in a range from 600° C. to 1000° C.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, after the annealing operation, removing the first metallic layer.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ferroelectric dielectric layer has a U-shape.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cap layer includes silicon oxide, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, or a combination thereof.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, after the removing the cap layer and the first metallic layer, forming one or more second metallic layers over the dielectric layer.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the energy beam includes one selected from the group consisting of an electron beam, an ion beam, a molecular beam, a laser light beam, and a neutral beam.

11. A method of manufacturing a circuit including a metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) disposed in a MOSFET region and a negative capacitance field effect transistor (NCFET) disposed in a NCFET region, the method comprising:

forming a dielectric layer over a channel layer in the MOSFET region and the NCFET region;

forming a first metallic layer over the dielectric layer in the MOSFET region and the NCFET region;

after the first metallic layer is formed, performing an annealing operation only in the NCFET region; and

after the annealing operation, removing the first metallic layer from the MOSFET region and the NCFET region,

wherein the annealing operation includes irradiating the first metallic layer and the dielectric layer in the NCFET region with an energy beam, and

after the annealing operation, the dielectric layer becomes a ferroelectric dielectric layer including an orthorhombic crystal phase in the NCFET region.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the dielectric layer as formed includes amorphous HfO 2 .

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first metallic layer includes one or more selected from the group consisting of Si, Zr, Al, La, Y, Gd, Mg and Sr.

14. The method of claim 11 , further comprising, before the annealing operation, forming a cap layer over the first metallic layer in the MOSFET region and the NCFET region.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the cap layer includes silicon oxide.

16. The method of claim 14 , further comprising, after the annealing operation, removing the cap layer and the first metallic layer from the MOSFET region and the NCFET region.

17. The method of claim 12 , wherein the energy beam includes one selected from the group consisting of an electron beam, an ion beam, a molecular beam, a laser light beam, and a neutral beam having an energy to heat the first metallic layer and the dielectric layer to a temperature in a range from 600° C. to 1000° C.

18. A method of manufacturing a circuit including a metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) disposed in a MOSFET region and a negative capacitance field effect transistor (NCFET) disposed in a NCFET region, the method comprising:

forming a first dummy gate structure over a first fin structure formed in the MOSFET region and a second dummy gate structure over a second fin structure formed in the NCFET region;

forming a first source/drain structure over the first fin structure on opposing sides of the first dummy gate structure and a second source/drain structure over the second fin structure on opposing sides of the second dummy gate structure;

forming an interlayer dielectric layer over the first and second source/drain structures;

removing the first dummy gate structure and the second dummy gate structure, thereby exposing a first channel region of the first fin structure and a second channel region of the first fin structure;

forming a dielectric layer over the first and second channel regions;

forming a first metallic layer over the dielectric layer; and

after the first metallic layer is formed, performing an annealing operation only in the NCFET region;

after the annealing operation, removing the first metallic layer from the MOSFET region and the NCFET region,

wherein the annealing operation includes irradiating the first metallic layer and the dielectric layer in the NCFET region with an energy beam, and

after the annealing operation, the dielectric layer becomes a ferroelectric layer including an orthorhombic crystal phase in the NCFET region.

19. The method of claim 18 , further comprising forming one or more second metallic layers over the dielectric layer in the MOSFET region and over the ferroelectric layer in the NCFET region.

20. The method of claim 18 , wherein:

the dielectric layer in the MOSFET region after the first metallic layer is removed includes amorphous HfO 2 , and

the ferroelectric layer in the NCFET region includes HfO 2 doped with one or more selected from the group consisting of Si, Zr, Al, La, Y, Gd, Mg and Sr.