Patent ID: 7750416

Claim:
A semiconductor structure comprising: a semiconductor substrate having a top surface; and a PMOS device comprising: a gate dielectric over the semiconductor substrate; a gate electrode on the gate dielectric, wherein the gate electrode comprises a p-type impurity and an n-type impurity, wherein at a plane in the gate electrode parallel to the top surface of the semiconductor substrate, the p-type impurity and the n-type impurity each have substantially uniform respective concentrations throughout the plane, and wherein the n-type impurity has a concentration of greater than about 10 19 /cm 3 ; and an additional PMOS device in a peripheral circuit, wherein a gate electrode in the additional PMOS device comprises a p-type impurity having a uniform concentration throughout a plane parallel to a top surface of the gate electrode of the additional PMOS device and an n-type impurity having a concentration of less than about 10 19 /cm 3 .