Semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method thereof
AssigneeChangxin Memory Technologies, Inc.
InventorQiang Long
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A semiconductor structure includes: a substrate; a gate structure located on the substrate, wherein the gate structure comprises a first conductive layer, a barrier layer and a second conductive layer which are stacked in sequence; wherein the first conductive layer includes a first polysilicon layer, a first metal layer and a second polysilicon layer, wherein the first polysilicon layer is adjacent to the substrate and the second polysilicon layer is contiguous to the barrier layer; and wherein the first metal layer is located between the first polysilicon layer and the second polysilicon layer. The gate structure of the embodiments of the application has a straight profile and an excellent electrical performance.
Claims17
A semiconductor structure comprising:
- a substrate;
- and
- a gate structure located on the substrate, wherein the gate structure comprises a first conductive layer, a barrier layer and a second conductive layer which are stacked in sequence;
- wherein the first conductive layer comprises at least two polysilicon layers, and at least one metal layer, wherein a bottom layer of the at least two polysilicon layers is adjacent to the substrate, and a top layer of the at least two polysilicon layers is contiguous to the barrier layer;
- and adjacent polysilicon layers are provided with one metal layer;
- and
- the first conductive layer has a total thickness of 23 nm to 50 nm;
- each polysilicon layer has a same thickness and has a thickness of 9 nm to 15 nm, and each metal layer has a same thickness, and a thickness of each metal layer is from 0.5 nm to 1.5 nm.
A manufacturing method of a semiconductor structure, comprising:
- providing a substrate;
- sequentially forming on the substrate an initial first conductive layer, an initial barrier layer and an initial second conductive layer, which in turn constitute an initial gate structure;
- wherein the initial first conductive layer comprises at least two initial first polysilicon layers, at least one initial metal layer, with a bottom layer of the at least two initial first polysilicon layers located adjacent to the substrate and a top layer of the at least two initial second polysilicon layers located contiguous to the initial barrier layer;
- and wherein adjacent initial polysilicon layers are provided with one initial metal layer;
- forming a patterned mask layer on the initial gate structure;
- and
- etching the initial first conductive layer, the initial barrier layer and the initial second conductive layer with the patterned mask layer as a mask to form a first conductive layer, a barrier layer and a second conductive layer;
- wherein the first conductive layer, the barrier layer and the second conductive layer constitute a gate structure;
- and the first conductive layer comprises at least two polysilicon layers, and at least one metal layer;
- the first conductive layer has a total thickness of 23 nm to 50 nm;
- each polysilicon layer has a same thickness and has a thickness of 9 nm to 15 nm, and each metal layer has a same thickness, and a thickness of each metal layer is from 0.5 nm to 1.5 nm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.