IP Library Granted Patent US 9,620,612
Granted Patent B2
US 9,620,612 · App. 14/625,974 · Granted Apr 11, 2017

Intergrated circuit devices including an interfacial dipole layer

Inventors: Jeffrey Junhao Xu (San Diego, CA); Xia Li (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H01L29/517G11C11/221H01L21/28291H01L27/088H01L27/11592H01L29/6684H01L29/66545H01L29/66568H01L29/66795H01L29/78H01L29/785
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Patent No.
US 9,620,612
App. No.
14/625,974
Granted
Apr 11, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An integrated circuit device includes a first transistor structure formed in a memory region (e.g., an embedded memory region) of a die. The first transistor structure includes a substrate (e.g., a planar substrate of a planar FET or a fin of a FinFET) and a first gate. The first gate includes a dipole layer proximate to the substrate and a barrier layer proximate to the dipole layer. The integrated circuit device further includes a second transistor structure formed in a logic device region of the die. The second transistor structure includes a second gate that includes an interface layer, a dielectric layer, and a cap layer. The dielectric layer is formed between the cap layer and the interface layer.

Claims (36)

1. An integrated circuit device, comprising:

a first transistor structure in a memory region of a die, the first transistor structure having a substrate and a first gate, the first gate including a dipole layer proximate to the substrate and a barrier layer proximate to the dipole layer; and

a second transistor structure in a logic device region of the die, the second transistor structure having a second gate, the second gate including an interface layer, a dielectric layer, and a cap layer, the dielectric layer between the cap layer and the interface layer.

2. The integrated circuit device of claim 1 , wherein the barrier layer is on the dipole layer and on the cap layer.

3. The integrated circuit device of claim 1 , wherein the dielectric layer includes hafnium oxide (HfO 2 ), the dipole layer includes hafnium silicon oxide (HfSiO 4 ), or both.

4. The integrated circuit device of claim 1 , wherein the first transistor structure comprises a first field effect transistor (FET), the substrate includes a substrate of the first FET, and the second transistor structure comprises a second FET.

5. The integrated circuit device of claim 4 , wherein the interface layer is proximate to a second substrate of the second FET.

6. The integrated circuit device of claim 1 , wherein a gate stack of the first gate includes:

a metal layer proximate to the barrier layer;

a second barrier layer proximate to the metal layer; and

a fill metal layer proximate to the second barrier layer.

7. The integrated circuit device of claim 6 , wherein a gate stack of the second gate includes:

the interface layer proximate to a second substrate;

the dielectric layer proximate to the interface layer;

the cap layer proximate to the dielectric layer;

the barrier layer proximate to the cap layer;

the metal layer proximate to the barrier layer;

the second barrier layer proximate to the metal layer; and

the fill metal layer proximate to the second barrier layer.

8. An integrated circuit device comprising:

means for storing one or more bits formed in a memory region of a die, the means for storing including a first gate that includes a dipole layer; and

means for performing a logical function formed in a logic device region of the die, the means for performing including a second gate, the second gate including an interface layer, a dielectric layer, and a cap layer, the dielectric layer proximate to the interface layer and between the cap layer and the interface layer.

9. The integrated circuit device of claim 8 , wherein a barrier layer is on the dipole layer and on the cap layer.

10. The integrated circuit device of claim 8 , wherein the dielectric layer includes hafnium oxide (HfO 2 ), the dipole layer includes hafnium silicon oxide (HfSiO 4 ), or both.

11. The integrated circuit device of claim 8 , wherein a gate stack of the first gate includes:

a metal layer proximate to a barrier layer;

a second barrier layer proximate to the metal layer; and

a fill metal layer proximate to the second barrier layer.

12. The integrated circuit device of claim 11 , wherein a gate stack of the second gate includes:

the interface layer proximate to a second substrate;

the dielectric layer proximate to the interface layer;

the cap layer proximate to the dielectric layer;

the barrier layer proximate to the cap layer;

the metal layer proximate to the barrier layer;

the second barrier layer proximate to the metal layer; and

the fill metal layer proximate to the second barrier layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 9, 2015
From: XU, JEFFREY JUNHAO; LI, XIA
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 035111/0766 →
Continuity (1)
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