IP Library Granted Patent US 9,236,439
Granted Patent B2
US 9,236,439 · App. 14/310,839 · Granted Jan 12, 2016

Semiconductor device and method for forming the same

Inventor: Young Doo Jeong (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: SK HYNIX INC.
H01L29/42376H01L29/4236H01L29/42356H01L29/42372H01L29/45H01L29/4933H01L29/4975H01L29/66666H01L29/7788
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Patent No.
US 9,236,439
App. No.
14/310,839
Granted
Jan 12, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a junction region on both sides of a trench in a semiconductor substrate, a first gate electrode with a first workfunction buried in the trench, and a second gate electrode formed of a polycide layer having a second workfunction overlapping with the junction region at an upper part of the first gate electrode.

Claims (16)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a trench in a semiconductor substrate;

a junction region disposed on two sides of the trench;

a first gate electrode buried in the trench in such a manner that the first gate electrode has a step difference at a top surface thereof and has a first workfunction; and

a second gate electrode disposed over the first gate electrode, the second gate electrode including a polycide material and having a second workfunction,

wherein the second gate electrode overlaps with the junction region, and

wherein the second gate electrode surrounds an upper portion of the first gate electrode.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the second workfunction is substantially the same as a workfunction of un-doped polysilicon.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the second gate electrode includes a silicide of doped polysilicon.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 3 , wherein the doped polysilicon is doped with N + ions.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first electrode is formed to have a symmetrical step structure such that both sides contiguous to the junction region are lower in height than a center part between the both sides.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first gate electrode includes a metal material.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a gate insulation film disposed over sidewalls of the trench; and

a barrier metal film disposed over the gate insulation film.

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first workfunction is higher than the second workfunction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 20, 2014
From: JEONG, YOUNG DOO
To: SK HYNIX INC.
Reel/Frame 033152/0801 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0000133 · Jan 2, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150187899A1 · Jul 2, 2015