Memory device having multiple dielectric gate stacks and related methods

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9006816
APP PUB NO 20140291749A1
SERIAL NO

13852645

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A memory device may include a semiconductor substrate, and a memory transistor in the semiconductor substrate. The memory transistor may include source and drain regions in the semiconductor substrate and a channel region therebetween, and a gate stack. The gate stack may include a first dielectric layer over the channel region, a first diffusion barrier layer over the first dielectric layer, a first electrically conductive layer over the first diffusion barrier layer, a second dielectric layer over the first electrically conductive layer, a second diffusion barrier layer over the second dielectric layer, and a second electrically conductive layer over the second diffusion barrier layer. The first and second dielectric layers may include different dielectric materials, and the first diffusion barrier layer may be thinner than the second diffusion barrier layer.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION;STMICROELECTRONICS, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Allegret-Maret, Stephane Grenoble, FR 9 47
Cheng, Kangguo Schenectady, US 3065 29582
Doris, Bruce Slingerlands, US 49 988
Edge, Lisa Watervliet, US 2 6
Jagannathan, Hemanth Guilderland, US 258 2168
Khare, Prasanna Schenectady, US 56 694
Liu, Qing Guilderland, US 478 5038
Loubet, Nicolas Guilderland, US 244 2040

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