IP Library Granted Patent US 7,371,681
Granted Patent B2
US 7,371,681 · App. 11/266,213 · Granted May 13, 2008

Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device

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Patent No.
US 7,371,681
App. No.
11/266,213
Granted
May 13, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrode on a semiconductor substrate includes a polysilicon layer, a silicon-implanted layer on the polysilicon layer, a tungsten nitride layer on the silicon-implanted layer, a tungsten nitride layer on the silicon-implanted layer, and a tungsten layer on the tungsten nitride layer. The layer between the polysilicon layer and the tungsten nitride layer may be either a tungsten silicon nitride layer or a silicon-germanium layer.

Claims (6)

1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising:

forming a gate insulating film on a semiconductor substrate;

forming a polysilicon layer on said gate insulating film;

forming a silicon-germanium layer on said polysilicon layer by forming a germanium layer on said polysilicon layer and thermally treating said germanium layer in an ambient of one of nitrogen and ammonia;

forming a tungsten nitride layer on said silicon-germanium layer; and

forming a tungsten layer on said tungsten nitride layer.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Nov 29, 2017
From: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044928/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 8, 2010
From: RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORP.
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024953/0224 →