公开(公告)号：EP1834350A4

公开(公告)日：2009-06-17

申请号：EP05853245

申请日：2005-12-08

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： CHIDAMBARRAO DURESETI ,  LI YING ,  MALIK RAJEEV ,  NARASIMHA SHREESH ,  YANG HAINING ,  ZHU HUILONG

IPC: H01L21/336 ,  H01L29/78

CPC classification number: H01L29/7843 ,  H01L21/823807 ,  H01L29/66772 ,  Y10S438/938

Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor device having dual nitride liners, which provide an increased transverse stress state for at least one FET (300) and methods for the manufacture of such a device. A first aspect of the invention provides a method for use in the manufacture of a semiconductor device comprising the steps of applying a first silicon nitride liner (360) to the device and applying a second silicon nitride liner (370) adjacent the fast silicon nitride liner, wherein at least one of the first and second silicon nitride liners induces a transverse stress in a silicon channel (330) beneath at least one of the first and second silicon nitride liner.