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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takayuki Yamada, Osaka, JP;
Masaru Moriwaki, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Inc., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/14763 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/14763 ;
Abstract
After an insulating film, serving as a gate insulating film, is formed on a semiconductor layer formed on a substrate, a target made of tungsten is sputtered in an ambient of a gas mixture of an argon gas and a nitrogen gas. In the sputtering process, a surface region of the insulating film serving as the gate insulating film is nitrided, while a crystal mixture film composed of a mixture of a tungsten crystal and a tungsten nitride crystal is deposited on the insulating film. The crystal mixture film serves to compose at least a part of a gate electrode.