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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2011
Terence B. Hook, Jericho, VT (US);
Vijay Narayanan, New York, NY (US);
Jay M. Shah, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Melanie J. Sherony, Fishkill, NY (US);
Kenneth J. Stein, Sandy Hook, CT (US);
Helen H. Wang, LaGrangeville, NY (US);
Chendong Zhu, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Terence B. Hook, Jericho, VT (US);
Vijay Narayanan, New York, NY (US);
Jay M. Shah, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Melanie J. Sherony, Fishkill, NY (US);
Kenneth J. Stein, Sandy Hook, CT (US);
Helen H. Wang, LaGrangeville, NY (US);
Chendong Zhu, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A semiconductor device is disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate including: a high-K dielectric region; a blocking region disposed against at least one surface of the high-K dielectric region and adapted to form an oxidized layer in response to exposure to oxygen; and an oxygen rich region disposed against the blocking region such that the blocking region is interposed between the oxygen rich region and the high-K dielectric region.