Semiconductor device includes gate insulating film having a high dielectric constant
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorMariko Takayanagi
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Abstract
A semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor substrate and a MOSFET provided on the semiconductor substrate, the MOSFET including a gate insulating film and a gate electrode provided on the gate insulating film, wherein the gate insulating film has a higher dielectric constant in a side contacting the semiconductor substrate than in a side contacting the gate electrode.
Claims4
A method of manufacturing semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor substrate and a MOSFET provided on the semiconductor substrate, the MOSFET including a source region formed in the semiconductor substrate, a drain region formed in the semiconductor substrate, a channel region formed between the source region and the drain region in the semiconductor substrate, a gate insulating film and a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film, said method comprising:
- forming the gate insulating film having a first dielectric constant, on the semiconductor substrate;
- forming a region in edges of the gate insulating film to have a second dielectric constant lower than the first dielectric constant;
- forming as the gate insulating film having the first dielectric constant a Hf silicate film;
- etching the Hf silicate film to a prescribed thickness by using a hard mask, except a part which lies beneath the hard mask;
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- forming the region having the second dielectric constant in the edges of the gate insulating film by introducing silicon, via those parts of the Hf silicate film which are exposed by etching, via parts of the Hf silicate film which lies on edges of the gate insulating film.
A method of manufacturing semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor substrate and a MOSFET provided on the semiconductor substrate, the MOSFET including a source region formed in the semiconductor substrate, a drain region formed in the semiconductor substrate, a channel region formed between the source region and the drain region in the semiconductor substrate, a gate insulating film and a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film, said method comprising:
- forming the gate insulating film having a first dielectric constant, on the semiconductor substrate;
- forming a region in edges of the gate insulating film to have a second dielectric constant lower than the first dielectric constant;
- forming a HfO2 film as the gate insulating film having the first dielectric constant;
- etching the HfO2 film to a prescribed thickness by using a hard mask, except a part which lies beneath the hard mask;
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- forming a region having the second dielectric constant in the edges of the gate insulating film, by introducing aluminum, via those parts of the Hf silicate film which are exposed by etching, into parts of the Hf silicate film which lies on edges of the gate insulating film.
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