Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100072556 | Semiconductor device and associated methods - A semiconductor device and associated methods, the semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate with a first well region, a first gate electrode disposed on the first well region, and a first N-type capping pattern, a first P-type capping pattern, and a first gate dielectric pattern disposed between the first well region and the first gate electrode. | 03-25-2010 |
20100099245 | Methods of Forming Semiconductor Devices - Provided are a semiconductor device and a method of forming the same. The method may include forming a metal oxide layer on a substrate and forming a sacrificial oxide layer on the metal oxide layer. An annealing process is performed on the substrate. A formation-free energy of the sacrificial oxide layer is greater than a formation-free energy of the metal oxide layer at a process temperature of the annealing process. | 04-22-2010 |
20100099269 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME - Provided are a semiconductor device and a method of forming the same. The method may include forming a gate dielectric layer including a plurality of elements on a substrate; supplying a specific element to the gate dielectric layer; forming a product though reacting the specific element with at least one of the plurality of elements; and removing the product. | 04-22-2010 |
20100124805 | METHODS OF FORMING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES HAVING GATES WITH DIFFERENT WORK FUNCTIONS USING NITRIDATION - A semiconductor device that has a dual gate having different work functions is simply formed by using a selective nitridation. A gate insulating layer is formed on a semiconductor substrate including a first region and a second region, on which devices having different threshold voltages are to be formed. A diffusion inhibiting material is selectively injected into the gate insulating layer in one of the first region and the second region. A diffusion layer is formed on the gate insulating layer. A work function controlling material is directly diffused from the diffusion layer to the gate insulating layer using a heat treatment, wherein the gate insulting layer is self-aligned capped with the selectively injected diffusion inhibiting material so that the work function controlling material is diffused into the other of the first region and the second region. The gate insulating layer is entirely exposed by removing the diffusion layer. A gate electrode layer is formed on the exposed gate insulating layer. A first gate and a second gate having different work functions are respectively formed in the first region and the second region by etching the gate electrode layer and the gate insulating layer | 05-20-2010 |
20100164009 | Method of manufacturing dual gate semiconductor device - The method involves providing a semiconductor substrate comprising first and second regions in which different conductive metal-oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistors are to be formed. A gate dielectric layer above the semiconductor substrate sequentially forming a first metallic conductive layer and a second metallic conductive layer on and above the gate dielectric layer; covering the second region with a mask, and performing ion plantation of a first material into the first metallic conductive layer of the first region. Removing the second metallic conductive layer of the first region and forming a first gate electrode of the first region and a second gate electrode of the second region by patterning the gate dielectric layer and the first metallic conductive layer of the first region, and the gate dielectric layer, the first metallic conductive layer, and the second metallic conductive layer of the second region. The first and second regions of the semiconductor substrate having different work functions because the gate electrodes of the first and second regions have different thicknesses and at least one of the first and second gate electrodes include impurities. | 07-01-2010 |
20100203716 | METHOD OF FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING DUAL GATE - A method of fabricating a semiconductor device having a dual gate allows for the gates to have a wide variety of threshold voltages. The method includes forming a gate insulation layer, a first capping layer, and a barrier layer in the foregoing sequence across a first region and a second region on a substrate, exposing the gate insulation layer on the first region by removing the first capping layer and the barrier layer from the first region, forming a second capping layer on the gate insulation layer in the first region and on the barrier layer in the second region, and thermally processing the substrate on which the second capping layer is formed. The thermal processing causes material of the second capping layer to spread into the gate insulation layer in the first region and material of the first capping layer to spread into the gate insulation layer in the second region. Thus, devices having different threshold voltages can be formed in the first and second regions. | 08-12-2010 |
20110217833 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING AN ETCHANT - In an etchant for etching a capping layer having etching selectivity with respect to a dielectric layer, the capping layer changes compositions of the dielectric layer, to thereby control a threshold voltage of a gate electrode including the dielectric layer. The etchant includes about 0.01 to 3 percent by weight of an acid, about 10 to 40 percent by weight of a fluoride salt and a solvent. Accordingly, the dielectric layer is prevented from being damaged by the etching process for removing the capping layer and the electric characteristics of the gate electrode are improved. | 09-08-2011 |
20110223758 | METHOD OF FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING DUAL GATE - A method of fabricating a semiconductor device having a dual gate allows for the gates to have a wide variety of threshold voltages. The method includes forming a gate insulation layer, a first capping layer, and a barrier layer in the foregoing sequence across a first region and a second region on a substrate, exposing the gate insulation layer on the first region by removing the first capping layer and the barrier layer from the first region, forming a second capping layer on the gate insulation layer in the first region and on the barrier layer in the second region, and thermally processing the substrate on which the second capping layer is formed. The thermal processing causes material of the second capping layer to spread into the gate insulation layer in the first region and material of the first capping layer to spread into the gate insulation layer in the second region. Thus, devices having different threshold voltages can be formed in the first and second regions. | 09-15-2011 |
20120009746 | METHODS OF FORMING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device and associated methods, the semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate with a first well region, a first gate electrode disposed on the first well region, and a first N-type capping pattern, a first P-type capping pattern, and a first gate dielectric pattern disposed between the first well region and the first gate electrode. | 01-12-2012 |
20120012942 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME - Provided are a semiconductor device and a method of forming the same. The method may include forming a gate dielectric layer including a plurality of elements on a substrate; supplying a specific element to the gate dielectric layer; forming a product though reacting the specific element with at least one of the plurality of elements; and removing the product. | 01-19-2012 |
20120214296 | Methods of Forming Semiconductor Devices - Provided are a semiconductor device and a method of forming the same. The method may include forming a metal oxide layer on a substrate and forming a sacrificial oxide layer on the metal oxide layer. An annealing process is performed on the substrate. A formation-free energy of the sacrificial oxide layer is greater than a formation-free energy of the metal oxide layer at a process temperature of the annealing process. | 08-23-2012 |
20120280329 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device and associated methods, the semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate with a first well region, a first gate electrode disposed on the first well region, and a first N-type capping pattern, a first P-type capping pattern, and a first gate dielectric pattern disposed between the first well region and the first gate electrode. | 11-08-2012 |