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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2013
Applicant:
Globalfoundries Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Inventors:
Assignee:
GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/66 (2006.01); H01L 21/28 (2006.01); H01L 29/78 (2006.01); H01L 29/51 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/6656 (2013.01); H01L 29/6659 (2013.01); H01L 29/7833 (2013.01); H01L 21/28176 (2013.01); H01L 21/28202 (2013.01); H01L 29/518 (2013.01);
Abstract
When forming spacer structures enclosing a gate electrode structure of a transistor, a common problem is given by the thickness variation of the spacer structure obtained as a result of a first deposition process performed in a first chamber and a second, subsequent process performed in a second chamber. The present disclosure provides a method for forming spacers of a well-defined thickness. The method relies on a single deposition step performed by means of an atomic layer deposition. The deposition is performed in two stages performed at different temperatures.