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Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2021
Applicant:

Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Yongjing Lin, San Jose, CA (US);

Karla M Bernal Ramos, San Jose, CA (US);

Luping Li, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Shih Chung Chen, Cupertino, CA (US);

Jacqueline S. Wrench, San Jose, CA (US);

Yixiong Yang, Fremont, CA (US);

Steven C. H. Hung, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Srinivas Gandikota, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Naomi Yoshida, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Lin Dong, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/51 (2006.01); H01L 29/40 (2006.01); H01L 29/49 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/513 (2013.01); H01L 29/401 (2013.01); H01L 29/4958 (2013.01); H01L 29/4966 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods of forming and processing semiconductor devices are described. Certain embodiments related to electronic devices which comprise a dipole region having an interlayer dielectric, a high-κ dielectric material, and a dipole layer. The dipole layer comprises one or more of titanium lanthanum nitride (TiLaN), titanium yttrium nitride (TiYN), titanium strontium nitride (TiSrN), titanium magnesium nitriride (TiMgN, titanium aluminum nitride (TiAlN), titanium tantalum nitride (TiTaN), hafnium carbide (HfC), hafnium nitride (HfN), hafnium oxynitride (HfON), hafnium oxycarbide (HfOC), hafnium carbide aluminum (HfCAl), hafnium aluminum nitride (HfAlN), or hafnium carbonitride (HfCN).


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