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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 17, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Abusch-Magder, Maplewood, NJ (US);
Jeffrey Devin Bude, New Providence, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Agere Systems Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/976 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/976 ;
Abstract
A semiconductor device in which hole-induced damage to the dielectric layer is reduced is disclosed. In the device, a layer of a conductive, high bandgap (i.e. a material with a bandgap greater than 1.1 eV) material is formed adjacent to the dielectric layer. The presence of the high bandgap material reduces the hole-induced damage to the dielectric layer that occurs during device operation compared to devices in which the conductive material adjacent to the dielectric is silicon.