METHOD AND STRUCTURE FOR THRESHOLD VOLTAGE CONTROL AND DRIVE CURRENT IMPROVEMENT FOR HIGH-K METAL GATE TRANSISTORS

A method of forming a device includes providing a substrate, forming an interfacial layer on the substrate, depositing a high-k dielectric layer on the interfacial layer, depositing an oxygen scavenging layer on the high-k dielectric layer and performing an anneal. A high-k metal gate transistor includes a substrate, an interfacial layer on the substrate, a high-k dielectric layer on the interfacial layer and an oxygen scavenging layer on the high-k dielectric layer.