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US 7,247,578 B2Granted
Method of varying etch selectivities of a film
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorJustin K. Brask
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Abstract
A method of patterning a crystalline film. A crystalline film having a degenerate lattice comprising first atoms in a first region and a second region is provided. Dopants are substituted for said first atoms in said first region to form a non-degenerate crystalline film in said first region. The first region and the second region are exposed to a wet etchant wherein the wet etchant etches the degenerate lattice in said second region without etching the non-degenerate lattice in the first region.
Claims3
A method of forming integrated circuit comprising:
- forming a sacrificial gate electrode over a first channel region of a semiconductor substrate and forming a second sacrificial gate electrode over a second channel region of said semiconductor substrate;
- altering said first sacrificial gate electrode and/or said second sacrificial gate electrode such that said first sacrificial gate electrode can be etched with an etchant without etching said second sacrificial gate electrode;
- forming a dielectric layer over said first sacrificial gate electrode and over said second sacrificial gate electrode;
- planarizing said dielectric layer so as to exposed the top surface of said first sacrificial gate electrode and said second sacrificial gate electrode;
- after altering said first sacrificial gate electrode and/or said second sacrificial gate electrode etching said first sacrificial gate electrode with said etchant without etching said second sacrificial gate electrode to form a first opening and expose said first channel region of said semiconductor substrate;
- depositing a first metal film over said first channel region of said semiconductor substrate and on the top surface of said dielectric film;
- removing said first metal film from the top of said dielectric to form a first metal gate electrode;
- removing said second sacrificial gate electrode material to form a second opening;
- forming a second metal film different than said first metal film over said dielectric layer and into said second opening;
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- removing said second metal film from the top surface of said dielectric layer to form a second metal gate electrode.
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