METHOD FOR FORMING AN OXYNITRIDE SPACER FOR A METAL GATE ELECTRODE USING A PECVD PROCESS WITH A SILICON-STARVING ATMOSPHERE

• Main Authors: NGO, MINH, VAN, HALLIYAL, ARVIND
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 25.08.2004
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; CHEMISTRY; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATIONOR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY IONIMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION INGENERAL; METALLURGY; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THESURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION

A semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate; a metal gate electrode; and a silicon oxynitride spacer formed on a surface of the metal gate electrode, wherein an interface of the silicon oxynitride spacer and the metal gate electrode is substantially free of metal silicide. In one embodiment, the silicon oxynitride spacer includes a first portion and a second portion, in which the first portion is formed under starving silicon conditions.