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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
May. 24, 2012
Applicant:
Jinhong Tong, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventor:
Jinhong Tong, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/31 (2006.01); H01L 21/469 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Provided is a two-step ALD deposition process for forming a gate dielectric involving an erbium oxide layer deposition followed by a hafnium oxide layer deposition. Hafnium oxide can provide a high dielectric constant, high density, large bandgap and good thermal stability. Erbium oxide can act as a barrier against oxygen diffusion, which can lead to increasing an effective oxide thickness of the gate dielectric and preventing hafnium-silicon reactions that may lead to higher leakage current.