The present invention relates generally to barrier layers in transistor gate stacks in integrated circuits, and to processes for forming such gate stacks.
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We claim: 1. A method of forming a gate stack in an integrated circuit comprising: depositing a dielectric layer over a substrate comprising a first region and a second region by an atomic layer deposition process; depositing a barrier layer directly over the dielectric layer by an atomic layer de
We claim: 1. A method of forming a gate stack in an integrated circuit comprising: depositing a dielectric layer over a substrate comprising a first region and a second region by an atomic layer deposition process; depositing a barrier layer directly over the dielectric layer by an atomic layer deposition process such that it overlies both the first and second regions; and forming a first gate electrode layer over the first region of the substrate and a second gate electrode layer over the second region, wherein the first and second gate electrode layers comprise materials selected from the group consisting of polysilicon, Ti, Ni, Co, TiN, TiAlxNy, TaN, TaAlxNy, Ru, RuO 2, Ir, IrO2, HfN, WNxCy, HfAlx Ny and HfSixNy; and forming a first and second gate electrode comprising the first and second gate electrode layers respectively, wherein the barrier layer influences the work function of at least one of the first and second gate electrodes. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first region is a PMOS region and the second region is an NMOS region. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second gate electrode layers are adjacent to each other. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first gate electrode layer comprises a first gate electrode material and the second gate electrode layer comprises a second gate electrode material. 5. The method of claim 4, wherein the first and second gate electrode materials are conductive. 6. The method of claim 4, wherein the first and second gate electrode materials are different. 7. The method of claim 5 wherein either the first or second gate electrode material is a metal nitride. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the barrier layer comprises a conductive material. 9. The method of claim 1, wherein the barrier layer is deposited to a thickness of less than about 100 Å. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein the barrier layer is deposited to a thickness of less than about 30 Å. 11. The method of claim 1, additionally comprising treating the dielectric layer to remove OH groups on the surface prior to deposition of the barrier layer. 12. The method of claim 11, wherein the dielectric layer is treated with ammonia gas. 13. The method of claim 11, wherein the dielectric layer is treated with radicals. 14. The method of claim 13, wherein the dielectric layer is treated with nitrogen-hydrogen plasma. 15. The method of claim 1, wherein forming a first gate electrode layer over the first region comprises depositing a layer of first gate electrode material over the first and second regions of the substrate. 16. The method of claim 15, wherein forming a first gate electrode layer over the first region additionally comprises removing first gate electrode material from over the second region of the substrate without removing the underlying barrier layer. 17. The method of claim 16, wherein the first gate electrode material is removed from over the second region of the substrate by chemical mechanical polishing. 18. The method of claim 16, wherein forming the second gate electrode layer comprises depositing a layer of second gate electrode material over the first and second regions of the substrate. 19. The method of claim 16, wherein the first gate electrode material is removed from over the second region of the substrate by differential etching. 20. The method of claim 19, wherein forming the second gate electrode layer over the second region comprises depositing a layer of second gate electrode material over the first and second regions of the substrate and removing second gate electrode material from over the first region without removing the underlying barrier layer. 21. The method of claim 1, additionally comprising depositing a layer of conductive material over the first and second gate electrode layers. 22. The method of claim 1, wherein forming a first gate electrode over the first region of the substrate comprises etching the barrier layer over the second region to a thickness of no more than about 100 angstroms. 23. The method of claim 22, wherein forming a second gate electrode over the second region of the substrate comprising depositing a layer of conductive material over the second region. 24. The method of claim 1, wherein the barrier layer comprises a ternary complex. 25. The method of claim 1, wherein the barrier layer determines the work function of at least one of the first and second gate electrodes. 26. A method of forming a first and second electrode in an integrated circuit comprising: depositing a dielectric layer over a substrate comprising a first region and a second region; depositing a barrier layer directly over the dielectric layer by atomic layer deposition such that it overlies the first and second regions; depositing a first gate electrode material over the first and second regions of the substrate; removing first gate electrode material from over the first region without removing the barrier layer; depositing a second gate electrode material over the substrate, wherein the first and second gate electrode materials are selected from the group consisting of Ti, Ni, Co, TiN, TiAlxN y, TaN, TaAlxNy, Ru, RuO2, Ir, IrO 2, HfN, WNxCy, HfAlxNy and HfSixNy, and defining a first and second electrode in the first and second region, wherein the barrier layer influences the work function of one or both of the first and second electrodes. 27. The method of claim 26, wherein the barrier layer comprises a ternary complex. 28. The method of claim 26, wherein the barrier layer determines the work function of one or both of the first and second electrodes.
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