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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2010
Applicants:
Cancheepuram V. Srividya, Leefdaal, BE;
Suraj Mathew, Boise, ID (US);
Dan Gealy, Kuna, ID (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/11 (2006.01); H01L 21/8244 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Transistors are provided including first and second source/drain regions, a channel region and a gate stack having a first gate dielectric over a substrate, the first gate dielectric having a dielectric constant higher than a dielectric constant of silicon dioxide, and a metal material in contact with the first gate dielectric, the metal material being doped with an inert element. Integrated circuits including the transistors and methods of forming the transistors are also provided.