The invention provides a method for expanding a
grinding window of a
metal gate layer, which comprises the following steps of: providing a substrate, forming pseudo gate structures with different lengths on a long channel device region and a short channel device region on the substrate, and forming an
etching stop layer covering the pseudo gate structures; a first interlayer
dielectric layer with a preset thickness is formed on the
etching stop layer, and then a second interlayer
dielectric layer covering the pseudo gate structures is formed on the first interlayer
dielectric layer, so that only the first interlayer
dielectric layer is filled in a narrower gap between part of the pseudo gate structures; a first interlayer
dielectric layer and a second interlayer
dielectric layer are filled in wider gaps among part of the pseudo gate structures, and the
grinding rate of the second interlayer dielectric layer is slower than that of the first interlayer dielectric layer;
grinding the first interlayer dielectric layer and the second interlayer dielectric layer to the pseudo gate
polycrystalline silicon layer; and removing the pseudo gate
polycrystalline silicon layer to form a groove, forming a
metal gate layer for filling the groove, and grinding the
metal gate layer to a required height. According to the invention, the dished defect degree after the second interlayer dielectric layer is ground is reduced, and the problem that a subsequent
process window is too small is avoided.