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US 7,682,911 B2Granted
Semiconductor device having a fin transistor and method for fabricating the same
AssigneeHynix Semiconductor Inc.
InventorsSe-Aug Jang, Heung-Jae Cho, Kwan-Yong Lim, Tae-Yoon Kim
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Abstract
A fin transistor includes fin active region, an isolation layer covering both sidewalls of a lower portion of the fin active region, a gate insulation layer disposed over a surface of the fin active region, and a gate electrode disposed over the gate insulation layer and the isolation layer, and having a work function ranging from approximately 4.4 eV to approximately 4.8 eV.
Claims9
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device, the method comprising:
- forming an isolation layer in a substrate having first, second and third regions, to define active regions in the first through third regions, respectively;
- selectively etching a portion of the isolation layer in the first region where a gate electrode passes, to form a fin active region
- forming a gate insulation layer over the fin active region of the first region and the active regions of the second and third regions, thereby forming a first resultant structure;
- and
- forming first, second and third gate electrodes over the substrate of the first through third regions,
- wherein work functions of the first through third gate electrodes are different from one another, and the first gate electrode has the work function between those of the second and third gate electrodes, and
- wherein the forming of the first through third gate electrodes, comprises:
- forming a SiGe layer over the first resultant structure where the gate insulation layer is formed;
- removing the SiGe layer of the second and third regions through masking and etching processes, thereby forming a second resultant structure;
- forming an undoped polysilicon layer along a surface profile of the second resultant structure of the first through third regions;
- performing a planarization until the surface of the SiGe layer of the first region is exposed;
- and
- selectively implanting n-type impurities into the second region, and p-type impurities into the third region.
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