IP Library Granted Patent US 12,034,006
Granted Patent B2
US 12,034,006 · App. 17/554,811 · Granted Jul 9, 2024

Input/output semiconductor devices

Inventors: Mao-Lin Huang (Hsinchu, TW); Lung-Kun Chu (New Taipei, TW); Chung-Wei Hsu (Hsinchu, TW); Jia-Ni Yu (Hsinchu, TW); Kuo-Cheng Chiang (Hsinchu County, TW)
Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
H01L27/0924H01L21/823807H01L21/823821H01L21/823857H01L29/42368H01L29/42392H01L29/4966H01L29/517H01L29/78696
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Patent No.
US 12,034,006
App. No.
17/554,811
Granted
Jul 9, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

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.

Claims (55)

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.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2021
From: HUANG, MAO-LIN; CHU, LUNG-KUN; HSU, CHUNG-WEI; YU, JIA-NI; CHIANG, KUO-CHENG
To: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
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