IP Library Granted Patent US 11,888,045
Granted Patent B2
US 11,888,045 · App. 17/557,787 · Granted Jan 30, 2024

Integrated dipole flow for transistor

Inventors: Yongjing Lin (San Jose, CA); Karla M Bernal Ramos (San Jose, CA); Luping Li (Santa Clara, CA); Shih Chung Chen (Cupertino, CA); Jacqueline S. Wrench (San Jose, CA); Yixiong Yang (Fremont, CA); Steven C. H. Hung (Sunnyvale, CA); Srinivas Gandikota (Santa Clara, CA); Naomi Yoshida (Sunnyvale, CA); Lin Dong (San Jose, CA)
Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
H01L29/513H01L29/401H01L29/4958H01L29/4966
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,888,045
App. No.
17/557,787
Filed
Dec 21, 2021
Granted
Jan 30, 2024
Kind
B2
Examiner
LU, FARUN
Art Unit
2898
USPC
257/411
Abstract

Methods of forming and processing semiconductor devices are described. Certain embodiments related to electronic devices which comprise a dipole region having an interlayer dielectric, a high-κ dielectric material, and a dipole layer. The dipole layer comprises one or more of titanium lanthanum nitride (TiLaN), titanium yttrium nitride (TiYN), titanium strontium nitride (TiSrN), titanium magnesium nitriride (TiMgN, titanium aluminum nitride (TiAlN), titanium tantalum nitride (TiTaN), hafnium carbide (HfC), hafnium nitride (HfN), hafnium oxynitride (HfON), hafnium oxycarbide (HfOC), hafnium carbide aluminum (HfCAl), hafnium aluminum nitride (HfAlN), or hafnium carbonitride (HfCN).

Claims (22)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a source region, a drain region and a channel separating the source region and drain region; and

a dipole region on a top surface of the channel, the dipole region comprising an interlayer dielectric, a high-κ dielectric material, and a dipole layer, the dipole layer deposited by atomic layer deposition (ALD) at a temperature in a range of from 200° C. to about 500° C. of alternating cycles of titanium nitride (TiN) and a dipole precursor, the dipole layer comprising one or more of titanium lanthanum nitride (TiLaN), titanium yttrium nitride (TiYN), titanium strontium nitride (TiSrN), or titanium magnesium nitride (TiMgN).

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the channel comprises n-type material and the dipole precursor comprises one or more of lanthanum nitride (LaN), yttrium nitride (YN), strontium nitride (SrN), or magnesium nitride (MgN).

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising a gate on the dipole region.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the source region and the drain region independently comprise one or more of copper (Cu), cobalt (Co), tungsten (W), titanium (Ti), molybdenum (Mo), nickel (Ni), ruthenium (Ru), silver (Ag), gold (Au), iridium (Ir), platinum (Pt), phosphorus (P), germanium (Ge), silicon (Si), aluminum (Al), or zirconium (Zr).

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the interlayer dielectric comprises a low-κ dielectric.

6. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the low-κ dielectric is selected from one or more of silicon, silicon oxide, doped silicon, doped silicon oxide, or spin-on dielectrics.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the high-κ dielectric material comprises one or more of hafnium oxide or lanthanum (La) doped high-κ dielectrics.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising a capping layer on the dipole region, the capping layer comprising one or more of titanium nitride or titanium aluminum.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the dipole layer has as thickness less than about 50 Å.

10. An electronic device comprising:

a source region, a drain region and a channel separating the source region and drain region;

a dipole region on a top surface of the channel, the dipole region comprising an interlayer dielectric, a high-κ dielectric material, and a dipole layer, the dipole layer deposited by atomic layer deposition (ALD) at a temperature in a range of from 200° C. to about 500° C. of alternating cycles of a hafnium precursor and a second precursor, the dipole layer comprising one or more of hafnium carbide (HfC), hafnium nitride (HfN), hafnium oxynitride (HfON), hafnium oxycarbide (HfOC), hafnium carbide aluminum (HfCAl), hafnium aluminum nitride (HfAlN), or hafnium carbonitride (HfCN);

a gate on the dipole region; and

a capping layer on the dipole region.

11. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the source region and the drain region independently comprise one or more of copper (Cu), cobalt (Co), tungsten (W), titanium (Ti), molybdenum (Mo), nickel (Ni), ruthenium (Ru), silver (Ag), gold (Au), iridium (Ir), platinum (Pt), phosphorus (P), germanium (Ge), silicon (Si), aluminum (Al), or zirconium (Zr).

12. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the interlayer dielectric comprises a low-κ dielectric.

13. The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the low-κ dielectric is selected from one or more of silicon, silicon oxide, doped silicon, doped silicon oxide, or spin-on dielectrics.

14. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the high-κ dielectric material comprises one or more of hafnium oxide or lanthanum (La) doped high-κ dielectrics.

15. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the capping layer comprises one or more of titanium nitride or titanium aluminum.

16. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the dipole layer has a thickness less than about 50 Å.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 22, 2021
From: LIN, YONGJING; BERNAL RAMOS, KARLA M.; LI, LUPING; CHEN, SHIH CHUNG; WRENCH, JACQUELINE S.; YANG, YIXIONG; HUNG, STEVEN C.H.; GANDIKOTA, SRINIVAS; YOSHIDA, NAOMI; DONG, LIN
To: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
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Continuity (3)
Continuation 16876276 · May 18, 2020
Provisional Application 62852349 · May 24, 2019
Related Publication 20220115516A1 · Apr 14, 2022
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