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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2010
Applicants:
Manfred Ramin, Austin, TX (US);
Michael Pas, Richardson, TX (US);
Inventors:
Manfred Ramin, Austin, TX (US);
Michael Pas, Richardson, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/8238 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A transistor includes a semiconductor substrate includes having a gate hardmask over the gate electrode layer during the formation of transistor source/drain regions. An independent work function adjustment process implants Group IIIa series dopants into a gate polysilicon layer of a PMOS transistor and implants lanthanide series dopants into a gate polysilicon layer of a NMOS transistor.