Techniques providing high-k dielectric metal gate CMOS

1. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method comprising:

forming a first dummy gate on a substrate;

performing a doping process to the substrate, thereby forming a source and a drain at sides of the first dummy gate;

performing a first high temperature annealing to activate the source and drain;

forming an inter-layer dielectric (ILD) material on the substrate;

removing the first dummy gate to create an ILD trench;

forming a first barrier layer within the ILD trench;

forming a first high-k dielectric layer within the ILD trench;

forming a first dummy cap portion within the ILD trench over the first high-k dielectric layer;

performing a second high-temperature annealing to reduce defects in the first high-k dielectric layer;

thereafter, replacing the first dummy cap portion with a first metal gate electrode; and

forming a second barrier layer and a second metal gate electrode in the ILD trench, the first metal gate electrode and second metal gate electrode being physically and electrically separated from each other by the first barrier layer and second barrier layer.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

forming a second dummy gate;

removing the second dummy gate when the first dummy gate is removed and forming the first high-k dielectric layer within the ILD trench in a portion of the ILD trench from which the second dummy gate was removed;

forming a second dummy cap portion within the ILD trench over the first high-k dielectric layer; and

after the second high-temperature annealing, replacing the second dummy cap portion with the second metal gate electrode, the first and second metal gate electrodes being formed in separate processes.

3. The method of claim 2 in which the second metal gate electrode and the first metal gate electrode are not separated by a dielectric layer.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

forming a second dummy gate;

after forming the first metal gate electrode, removing the second dummy gate and forming a second high-k dielectric layer within the ILD trench;

forming a second dummy cap portion within the ILD trench over the second high-k dielectric layer; and

replacing the second dummy cap portion with the second metal gate electrode.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising:

performing a low-temperature annealing after forming the second metal gate electrode.

6. The method of claim 4 in which the second metal gate electrode and the first metal gate electrode are separated by the first high-k dielectric layer.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising:

forming an upper-level metal structure to electrically couple the first metal gate electrode and the second metal gate electrode.

8. The method of claim 1 in which the first dummy cap portion comprises polysilicon.

9. The method of claim 1 in which the method comprises a Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) manufacturing process.

10. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method comprising:

forming a first dielectric layer over a substrate;

forming a first trench in the first dielectric layer;

forming a first barrier layer within the first trench;

forming a second dielectric layer within the first trench;

forming a first dummy cap portion within the first trench over the second dielectric layer;

performing a high-temperature annealing on the second dielectric layer and the first dummy cap portion;

thereafter, replacing the first dummy cap portion with a first metal; and

forming a second barrier layer and a second metal in the first trench, the first metal and second metal being physically and electrically separated from each other by the first barrier layer and second barrier layer.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising:

forming a second trench in the first dielectric layer;

forming the second dielectric layer within the second trench;

forming a second dummy cap portion within the second trench over the second dielectric layer; and

after the high-temperature annealing, replacing the second dummy cap portion with a third metal, the first and second metals being formed in separate processes.

12. The method of claim 11 in which the third metal and the first metal are not separated by a dielectric layer.