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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
May. 02, 2011
Applicants:
Tatsuo Shimizu, Tokyo, JP;
Masato Koyama, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Tatsuo Shimizu, Tokyo, JP;
Masato Koyama, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/78 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
According to one embodiment, it is possible to provide a semiconductor device provided with an MIS transistor which has an effective work function being, as much as possible, suitable for low threshold operation. A CMIS device provided with an electrode having an optimal effective work function and enabling low threshold operation to achieve by producing an in-gap level by the addition of a high valence metal in an Hf (or Zr) oxide and changing a position of the in-gap level by nitrogen or fluorine or the like has been realized.