IP Library Granted Patent US 8,004,044
Granted Patent B2
US 8,004,044 · App. 12/473,710 · Granted Aug 23, 2011

Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same

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Patent No.
US 8,004,044
App. No.
12/473,710
Granted
Aug 23, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device including a first transistor of a first conductivity type provided on a first active region of a semiconductor region, and a second transistor of a second conductivity type provided on a second active region of the semiconductor region. The first transistor includes a first gate insulating film and a first gate electrode, the first gate insulating film contains a high-k material and a first metal, and the first gate electrode includes a lower conductive film, a first conductive film and a first silicon film. The second transistor includes a second gate insulating film and a second gate electrode, the second gate insulating film contains a high-k material and a second metal, and the second gate electrode includes a second conductive film made of the same material as the first conductive film, and a second silicon film.

Claims (40)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first transistor of a first conductivity type provided on a first active region of a semiconductor region; and

a second transistor of a second conductivity type provided on a second active region of the semiconductor region, wherein the second active region is separated from the first active region by a device isolation region, wherein

the first transistor includes

a first gate insulating film formed on the first active region and containing a high-k material and a first metal, and

a first gate electrode including a lower conductive film formed on the first gate insulating film, a first conductive film formed on the lower conductive film, and a first silicon film formed on the first conductive film,

the second transistor includes

a second gate insulating film formed on the second active region and containing the high-k material and a second metal, and

a second gate electrode including a second conductive film formed on the second gate insulating film and made of the same material as the first conductive film, and a second silicon film formed on the second conductive film.

2. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein

the first gate insulating film does not contain the second metal, and

the second gate insulating film does not contain the first metal.

3. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein

a value of an effective work function of the first transistor is altered by the first metal, and

a value of an effective work function of the second transistor is altered by the second metal.

4. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein

a thickness of the first gate electrode is greater than that of the second gate electrode.

5. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein

the lower conductive film contains a conductive material and the second metal.

6. The semiconductor device of claim 5 , wherein

the conductive material is tantalum nitride, titanium nitride, or tantalum carbide.

7. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein

the first conductive film and the second conductive film are each made of titanium nitride, ruthenium or aluminum nitride-molybdenum.

8. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein

the first transistor is an N-type MIS transistor, and

the second transistor is a P-type MIS transistor.

9. The semiconductor device of claim 8 , wherein

the first metal is at least one of a lanthanoid element, scandium, strontium and magnesium, and

the second metal is at least one of aluminum and tantalum.

10. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein

the first transistor is a P-type MIS transistor, and

the second transistor is an N-type MIS transistor.

11. The semiconductor device of claim 10 , wherein

the first metal is at least one of aluminum and tantalum, and

the second metal is at least one of a lanthanoid element, scandium, strontium and magnesium.

12. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein

the high-k material is an oxide, an oxynitride or a silicate containing at least one of hafnium, zirconium and yttrium.

13. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein

the first gate insulating film includes a first base film made of a silicon oxynitride between the first active region and the high-k material in the first gate insulating film, and

the second gate insulating film includes a second base film made of the silicon oxynitride between the second active region and the high-k material in the second gate insulating film.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 7, 2015
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANNOVA SEMIC, LLC
Reel/Frame 036065/0273 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 23, 2009
From: OGAWA, HISASHI; MORI, YOSHIHIRO
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 022995/0821 →