The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2022
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
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); H01L 29/66 (2006.01); H01L 29/78 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/28088 (2013.01); H01L 21/823821 (2013.01); H01L 21/823842 (2013.01); H01L 27/0924 (2013.01); H01L 29/4966 (2013.01); H01L 29/66795 (2013.01); H01L 29/7851 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure describes method to form a semiconductor device with a diffusion barrier layer. The method includes forming a gate dielectric layer on a fin structure, forming a work function stack on the gate dielectric layer, reducing a carbon concentration in the work function stack, forming a barrier layer on the work function stack, and forming a metal layer over the barrier layer. The barrier layer blocks a diffusion of impurities into the work function stack, the gate dielectric layer, and the fin structure.