IP Library Granted Patent US 11,705,455
Granted Patent B2
US 11,705,455 · App. 16/930,547 · Granted Jul 18, 2023

High voltage extended drain MOSFET (EDMOS) devices in a high-k metal gate (HKMG)

Inventors: Thorsten E. Kammler (Dresden, DE); Peter Baars (Dresden, DE)
Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. INC.
H01L27/0928H01L21/823814H01L21/823842H01L21/823857H01L21/823892H01L29/161H01L29/42364H01L29/4966H01L29/66492H01L29/7833
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Patent No.
US 11,705,455
App. No.
16/930,547
Granted
Jul 18, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to semiconductor devices, and more particularly, to high voltage extended drain MOSFET (EDMOS) devices in a high-k metal gate (HKMG) and methods of manufacture. A structure of the present disclosure includes a plurality of extended drain MOSFET (EDMOS) devices on a high voltage well with a split-gate dielectric material including a first gate dielectric material and a second gate dielectric material, the second gate dielectric material including a thinner thickness than the first gate dielectric material, and a high-k dielectric material on the split-gate dielectric material.

Claims (33)

1. A structure, comprising:

a plurality of extended drain MOSFET (EDMOS) devices on a high voltage well with a split-gate dielectric material comprising a first gate dielectric material and a second gate dielectric material, the second gate dielectric material comprising a thinner thickness than the first gate dielectric material; and

a high-k dielectric material on the split-gate dielectric material.

2. The structure of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of high-k metal gate (HKMG) platform devices which includes the high-k dielectric material and at least one channel material.

3. The structure of claim 2 , wherein the second gate dielectric material is on the HKMG platform devices and the at least one channel material comprises silicon germanium (SiGe).

4. The structure of claim 3 , wherein the first gate dielectric material comprises a high voltage gate oxide and the second gate dielectric material comprises another gate oxide which is on the high voltage gate oxide.

5. The structure of claim 2 , wherein the at least one channel material comprising SiGe includes a first SiGe channel formed in a first PFET device and a second SiGe channel formed in a second PFET device.

6. The structure of claim 5 , wherein the first gate dielectric material and the second gate dielectric material are part of the plurality of EDMOS devices, and the EDMOS devices comprise a n-EDMOS device and a p-EDMOS device.

7. The structure of claim 6 , wherein the high-k dielectric material is on the second gate dielectric material and a portion of the plurality of high-k metal gate (HKMG) platform devices is devoid of the first gate dielectric material and the second gate dielectric material.

8. The structure of claim 7 , further comprising:

a plurality of work function metals on the first gate dielectric material, the second gate dielectric material, and the high-k material; and

a plurality of gates over the first gate dielectric material, the second gate dielectric material, and the high-k dielectric material.

9. The structure of claim 8 , wherein the split gate dielectric material comprises a stepped feature between the first gate dielectric material and the second gate dielectric material.

10. The structure of claim 1 , wherein the high voltage well comprises a n-well and a p-well.

11. The structure of claim 1 , wherein the first gate dielectric material has a thickness in a range of 250 Å to 350 Å, and the second gate dielectric material has a thickness in the range of 30 Å to 70 Å.

12. A structure, comprising:

a n-type extended drain MOSFET (n-EDMOS) device in an integrated circuit which includes a high-k dielectric material, a high voltage gate oxide, and another gate oxide;

a p-type extended drain MOSFET (p-EDMOS) device in the integrated circuit which includes the high-k dielectric material, the high voltage gate oxide, and the another gate oxide;

a plurality of high-k metal gate (HKMG) platform devices with the high-k dielectric material, the another gate oxide, and a channel material in the integrated circuit; and

a stepped feature between the high voltage gate oxide and the another gate oxide.

13. The structure of claim 12 , wherein the another gate oxide is a part of the HKMG platform devices and the channel material comprises silicon germanium (SiGe).

14. The structure of claim 13 , wherein the channel material comprises a first SiGe channel formed in a first PFET device and a second SiGe channel formed in a second PFET device.

15. The structure of claim 14 , wherein the another gate oxide is on the high voltage gate oxide.

16. The structure of claim 15 , wherein the high-k dielectric material is on the another gate oxide.

17. The structure of claim 12 , wherein the high voltage gate oxide has a thickness in a range of 250 Å to 350 Å.

18. The structure of claim 17 , wherein the another gate oxide has the thickness in the range of 30 Å to 70 Å.

19. The structure of claim 12 , further comprising:

a plurality of work function metals on the high voltage gate oxide, the another gate oxide, and the high-k dielectric material; and

a plurality of gates over the high voltage gate oxide, the another gate oxide, and the high-k dielectric material.

20. A method, comprising:

forming a high voltage well in a semiconductor material;

forming extended drain MOSFET (EDMOS) devices on the high voltage well with a split-gate oxide comprising a first gate oxide and a second gate oxide which has a thinner thickness than the first gate oxide; and

forming high-k metal gate (HKMG) platform devices with a high-k dielectric material and at least one channel comprising silicon germanium (SiGe) comprising at least one of a thin oxide and a thick oxide in complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) field effect transistors.

Assignments (3)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2021
From: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. INC.
Reel/Frame 056987/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 2, 2020
From: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
To: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. INC.
Reel/Frame 054633/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 16, 2020
From: KAMMLER, THORSTEN E.; BAARS, PETER
To: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
Reel/Frame 053227/0050 →
Continuity (1)
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