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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2020
Applicant:
Globalfoundries U.s. Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/28 (2006.01); H01L 21/8238 (2006.01); H01L 27/092 (2006.01); H01L 29/49 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/0922 (2013.01); H01L 21/28088 (2013.01); H01L 21/823842 (2013.01); H01L 29/4966 (2013.01);
Abstract
One illustrative IC product disclosed herein includes a semiconductor substrate and a first transistor device formed on the semiconductor substrate. The first transistor device comprises a first gate structure. The first gate structure comprises a gate insulation layer, a first layer of titanium nitride (TiN) positioned above the gate insulation layer, a layer of titanium silicon nitride (TiSiN) positioned above the first layer of TiN and a second layer of titanium nitride (TiN) positioned above the layer of TiSiN.