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:
Jan. 07, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2000
Ramachandra Divakaruni, Somers, NY (US);
Jeffrey Peter Gambino, Westford, VT (US);
Jack A. Mandelman, Stormville, NY (US);
Viraj Sardesai, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Mary Elizabeth Weybright, Pleasant Valley, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A fully polysilicon encapsulated metal-containing damascene gate structure is provided that is useful in Gigabit DRAM (dynamic random access memory) device. The fully encapsulated metal-containing damascene gate comprises a semiconductor substrate having a gate oxide layer formed on a surface portion of said substrate; a gate polysilicon layer formed on said gate oxide layer; a metal layer formed on said polysilicon layer; and a cap oxide layer formed on said metal layer, wherein said metal layer is completely encapsulated by said polysilicon and oxide layers. The damascene gate structure may also include polysilicon spacers formed on said gate polysilicon layer and said metal layer is encapsulated therein and outer polysilicon sidewalls that are oxidized.