Input/output semiconductor devices
A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a first gate-all-around (GAA) transistor and a second GAA transistor. The first GAA transistor includes a first plurality of channel members, a first interfacial layer over the first plurality of channel members, a first hafnium-containing dielectric layer over the first interfacial layer, and a metal gate electrode layer over the first hafnium-containing dielectric layer. The second GAA transistor includes a second plurality of channel members, a second interfacial layer over the second plurality of channel members, a second hafnium-containing dielectric layer over the second interfacial layer, and the metal gate electrode layer over the second hafnium-containing dielectric layer. A first thickness of the first interfacial layer is greater than a second thickness of the second interfacial layer. A third thickness of the first hafnium-containing dielectric layer is smaller than a fourth thickness of the second hafnium-containing dielectric layer.
1. A method, comprising:
forming first channel members over a first region of a substrate and second channel members over a second region of the substrate;
forming a first interfacial layer over the first channel members to a first thickness;
forming a second interfacial layer over the second channel members to a second thickness smaller than the first thickness;
forming a first hafnium-containing dielectric layer over the first interfacial layer to a third thickness; and
forming a second hafnium-containing dielectric layer over the second interfacial layer to a fourth thickness greater than the third thickness.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the forming of the first hafnium-containing dielectric layer over the first interfacial layer comprises:
depositing the second hafnium-containing dielectric layer over the first interfacial layer in the first region and the second interfacial layer in the second region;
masking the second hafnium-containing dielectric layer in the second region; and
thinning the second hafnium-containing dielectric layer in the first region to form the first hafnium-containing dielectric layer.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first interfacial layer and the second interfacial layer comprises silicon oxide or silicon oxynitride.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first hafnium-containing dielectric layer and the second hafnium-containing dielectric layer comprises hafnium oxide, hafnium zirconium oxide, hafnium silicon oxide, hafnium silicon oxynitride, or hafnium aluminum oxide.
5. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the first thickness is between about 15 Å and about 35 Å,
wherein the second thickness is between about 5 Å and about 15 Å.
6. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the third thickness is smaller than about 10 Å,
wherein the fourth thickness is between about 14 Å and about 18 Å.
7. The method of claim 2 , wherein the thinning of the second hafnium-containing dielectric layer comprises:
using the second hafnium-containing dielectric layer as an etch stop layer.
8. A method, comprising:
forming first nanostructures over a first region of a substrate and second nanostructures over a second region of the substrate;
forming a first interfacial layer over the first nanostructures and the second nanostructures to a first thickness;
selectively removing the first interfacial layer over the second nanostructures;
after the selectively removing, forming a second interfacial layer over the second nanostructures to a second thickness smaller than the first thickness;
forming a first gate dielectric layer over the first interfacial layer and the second interfacial layer to a third thickness; and
selectively thinning the first gate dielectric layer over the first interfacial layer to form a second gate dielectric layer having a fourth thickness smaller than the third thickness.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the selectively removing comprises:
forming a first mask layer over the first region while the second region is exposed.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the first mask layer comprises a bottom antireflective coating (BARC) layer.
11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the selectively thinning comprises:
forming a second mask layer over the second region while the first region is exposed.
12. The method of claim 8 ,
wherein the first nanostructures are vertically stacked one over another,
wherein the second nanostructures are vertically stacked one over another.
13. The method of claim 8 ,
wherein the first thickness is between about 15 Å and about 35 Å,
wherein the second thickness is between about 5 Å and about 15 Å.
14. The method of claim 8 ,
wherein the third thickness is smaller than about 10 Å,
wherein the fourth thickness is between about 14 Å and about 18 Å.
15. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first gate dielectric layer and the second gate dielectric layer comprise hafnium oxide, hafnium zirconium oxide, hafnium silicon oxide, hafnium silicon oxynitride, hafnium aluminum oxide, or a combination thereof.
16. A method, comprising:
forming first nanostructures over a first region of a substrate and second nanostructures over a second region of the substrate;
selectively forming a first interfacial layer over the first nanostructures to a first thickness;
selectively forming a second interfacial layer over the second nanostructures to a second thickness smaller than the first thickness;
selectively forming a first gate dielectric layer over the second interfacial layer to a third thickness; and
selectively forming a second gate dielectric layer over the first interfacial layer to a fourth thickness smaller than the third thickness.
17. The method of claim 16 , wherein a composition of the first gate dielectric layer is identical to a composition of the second gate dielectric layer.
18. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:
depositing an n-dipole layer over the first gate dielectric layer and the second gate dielectric layer;
selectively removing the n-dipole layer over the first gate dielectric layer; and
after the selectively removing, depositing a gate electrode layer over the n-dipole layer in the first region and the first gate dielectric layer in the second region.
19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the n-dipole layer comprises lanthanum oxide, magnesium oxide, or yttrium oxide.
20. The method of claim 18 , wherein the gate electrode layer comprises titanium nitride, titanium silicon nitride, titanium aluminum nitride, tungsten carbonitride, titanium aluminum carbide, titanium aluminide.