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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2018
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Yushi Hu, Boise, ID (US);
John Mark Meldrim, Boise, ID (US);
Eric Blomiley, Boise, ID (US);
Everett Allen McTeer, Eagle, ID (US);
Matthew J. King, Boise, ID (US);
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
Some embodiments disclose a gate stack having a gate (e.g., polysilicon (poly) material) horizontally between shallow trench isolations (STIs), a tungsten silicide (WSix) material over the gate and the STIs, and a tungsten silicon nitride (WSiN) material on a top surface of the WSix material. Some embodiments disclose a gate stack having a gate between STIs, a first WSix material over the gate and the STIs, a WSiN interlayer material on a top surface of the first WSix material, and a second WSix material on a top surface of the WSiN interlayer material. Additional embodiments are disclosed.