Thermally robust dual-work function ALD-MN x MOSFETs using conventional CMOS process flow

D. G. Park, Z. J. Luo, N. Edleman, W. Zhu, P. Nguyen, K. Wong, C. Cabral, P. Jamison, B. H. Lee, A. Chou, M. Chudzik, J. Bruley, O. Gluschenkov, P. Ronsheim, A. Chakravarti, R. Mitchell, V. Ku, H. Kim, E. Duch, P. KozlowskiC. D'Emic, V. Narayanan, A. Steegen, R. Wise, R. Jammy, R. Rengarajan, H. Ng, A. Sekiguchi, C. H. Wann

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Abstract

Thermally stable dual work function metal gates are demonstrated using a conventional CMOS process flow. The gate structure consists of poly-Si/metal nitrides (MN x)/ SiON (or high-k)/Si stack with atomic layer deposition (ALD)-TaN x for the NFET and ALD-WN x for the PFET. Much enhanced drive current (I d) and transconductance (G m) values, and reduced off current (I off) characteristics were attained with ALD-MN x gated devices over control poly-Si and PVD-MN x devices within controllable V t shifts. Excellent scalability of dual work function MN x/high-k gate stack was demonstrated: the EOT was down to 6.6A° with low leakage in a low thermal budget device scheme.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)186-187
Number of pages2
JournalDigest of Technical Papers - Symposium on VLSI Technology
StatePublished - 2004
Externally publishedYes
Event2004 Symposium on VLSI Technology - Digest of Technical Papers - Honolulu, HI, United States
Duration: Jun 15 2004Jun 17 2004

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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