| US 7,579,660 B2 | ||
| Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof | ||
| Koji Akiyama, Nirasaki (Japan); Zhang Lulu, Tsukuba (Japan); and Morifumi Ohno, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo (Japan); and Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 16, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/560,653. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2005-333958 (JP), filed on Nov. 18, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0126062 A1, Jun. 07, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. H01L 27/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 257—407 [257/369; 257/250; 257/365; 257/366; 257/392; 257/E29.158; 257/E29.126; 257/E29.128; 257/E29.134; 257/E29.16; 257/E29.264; 257/E29.269; 257/E21.177; 257/E21.179; 257/E21.19; 257/E21.194; 257/E21.621; 257/E21.623; 257/E21.635; 257/288; 438/199] | 13 Claims |

| 1. A semiconductor device, comprising:
a substrate including a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type and a second semiconductor layer of a second
conductivity type at a surface;
first and second gate insulating films disposed on the first and second semiconductor layers, respectively;
a first gate electrode disposed on the first gate insulating film, and including a first conductive layer consisting of a
nitride of a predetermined metal in contact with the first gate insulating film, the first conductive layer having a first
nitrogen concentration; and
a second gate electrode disposed on the second gate insulating film, and including a second conductive layer consisting of
a nitride of the predetermined metal in contact with the second gate insulating film, the second conductive layer having a
second nitrogen concentration lower than the first nitrogen concentration,
wherein the first conductive layer is formed from a first film consisting of a nitride of the predetermined metal, and the
second conductive layer is formed by stacking the first film and a second film consisting of the predetermined metal, and
diffusing nitrogen from the first film to the second film by diffusion, and
wherein the first gate electrode further comprises a portion derived from the second film and stacked on the first conductive
layer through an electrically-conductive barrier layer for preventing nitrogen diffusion.
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