Internal spacers for nanowire semiconductor devices
Abstract:
A method of forming an internal spacer between nanowires, the method involving: providing a fin comprising a stack of layers of sacrificial material alternated with nanowire material, and selectively removing part of the sacrificial material, thereby forming a recess. The method also involves depositing dielectric material into the recess resulting in dielectric material within the recess and excess dielectric material outside the recess, where a crevice remains in the dielectric material in each recess, and removing the excess dielectric material using a first etchant. The method also involves enlarging the crevices to form a gap using a second etchant such that a remaining dielectric material still covers the sacrificial material and partly covers the nanowire material, and such that outer ends of the nanowire material are accessible; and growing electrode material on the outer ends such that the electrode material from neighboring outer ends merge, thereby covering the gap.
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