摘要:
A method for manufacturing an integrated circuit comprising a plurality of semiconductor devices including an n-type field effect transistor and a p-type field effect transistor by covering the p-type field effect transistor with a mask, and oxidizing a portion of a gate polysilicon of the n-type field effect transistor, such that tensile mechanical stresses are formed within a channel of the n-type field effect transistor.
摘要:
A novel transistor structure and method for fabricating the same. The transistor structure comprises (a) a substrate and (b) a semiconductor region, a gate dielectric region, and a gate region on the substrate, wherein the gate dielectric region is sandwiched between the semiconductor region and the gate region, wherein the semiconductor region is electrically insulated from the gate region by the gate dielectric region, wherein the semiconductor region comprises a channel region and first and second source/drain regions, wherein the channel region is sandwiched between the first and second source/drain regions, wherein the first and second source/drain regions are aligned with the gate region, wherein the channel region and the gate dielectric region (i) share an interface surface which is essentially perpendicular to a top surface of the substrate, and (ii) do not share any interface surface that is essentially parallel to a top surface of the substrate.
摘要:
The present invention provides a strained-Si structure, in which the nFET regions of the structure are strained in tension and the pFET regions of the structure are strained in compression. Broadly the strained-Si structure comprises a substrate, a first layered stack atop the substrate, the first layered stack comprising a first Si-containing portion of the substrate, a compressive layer atop the Si-containing portion of the substrate, and a semiconducting silicon layer atop the compressive layer; and a second layered stack atop the substrate, the second layered stack comprising a second-silicon containing layer portion of the substrate, a tensile layer atop the second Si-containing portion of the substrate, and a second semiconducting silicon-layer atop the tensile layer.
摘要:
A method is provided in which an n-type field effect transistor (NFET) and a p-type field effect transistor (PFET) each have a channel region disposed in a first single-crystal semiconductor region having a first composition. A stress is applied at a first magnitude to a channel region of the PFET but not at that magnitude to the channel region of the NFET. The stress is applied by a single-crystal semiconductor layer having a second composition such that the single-crystal semiconductor layer is lattice-mismatched to the first region. The semiconductor layer is formed over the source and drain regions and optionally over the extension regions of the PFET at a first distance from the channel region of the PFET and is formed over the source and drain regions of the NFET at a second, greater distance from the channel region of the NFET, or the semiconductor layer having the second composition is not formed at all in the NFET.
摘要:
A semiconductor device and method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes channels for a pFET and an nFET. An SiGe layer is grown in the channel of the nFET channel and a Si:C layer is grown in the pFET channel. The SiGe and Si:C layer match a lattice network of the underlying Si layer to create a stress component in an overlying grown epitaxial layer. In one implementation, this causes a compressive component in the pFET channel and a tensile component in the nFET channel. In a further implementation, the SiGe layer is grown in both the nFET and pFET channels. In this implementation, the stress level in the pFET channel should be greater than approximately 3 GPa.
摘要:
A method for forming a semiconductor substrate structure is provided. A compressively strained SiGe layer is formed on a silicon substrate. Atoms are ion-implanted onto the SiGe layer to cause end-of-range damage. Annealing is performed to relax the strained SiGe layer. During the annealing, interstitial dislocation loops are formed as uniformly distributed in the SiGe layer. The interstitial dislocation loops provide a basis for nucleation of misfit dislocations between the SiGe layer and the silicon substrate. Since the interstitial dislocation loops are distributed uniformly, the misfit locations are also distributed uniformly, thereby relaxing the SiGe layer. A tensilely strained silicon layer is formed on the relaxed SiGe layer.
摘要:
A method for manufacturing an integrated circuit comprising a plurality of semiconductor devices including an n-type field effect transistor and a p-type field effect transistor by covering the p-type field effect transistor with a mask, and oxidizing a portion of a gate polysilicon of the n-type field effect transistor, such that tensile mechanical stresses are formed within a channel of the n-type field effect transistor.
摘要:
A semiconductor structure and method of manufacturing is provided. The method of manufacturing includes forming shallow trench isolation (STI) in a substrate and providing a first material and a second material on the substrate. The first material and the second material are mixed into the substrate by a thermal anneal process to form a first island and second island at an nFET region and a pFET region, respectively. A layer of different material is formed on the first island and the second island. The STI relaxes and facilitates the relaxation of the first island and the second island. The first material may be deposited or grown Ge material and the second material may deposited or grown Si:C or C. A strained Si layer is formed on at least one of the first island and the second island.
摘要:
The present invention relates to an FET device having a conductive gate electrode with angled sidewalls. Specifically, the sidewalls of the FET device are offset from the vertical direction by an offset angle that is greater than about 0° and not more than about 45°. In such a manner, such conductive gate electrode has a top surface area that is smaller than its base surface area. Preferably, the FET device further comprises source/drain metal contacts that are also characterized by angled sidewalls, except that the offset angle of the source/drain metal contacts are arranged so that the top surface area of each metal contact is larger than its base surface area. The FET device of the present invention has significantly reduced gate to drain metal contact overlap capacitance, e.g., less than about 0.07 femtoFarads per micron of channel width, in comparison with conventional FET devices having straight-wall gate electrodes and metal contacts.
摘要:
The present invention provides a strained-Si structure, in which the nFET regions of the structure are strained in tension and the pFET regions of the structure are strained in compression. Broadly the strained-Si structure comprises a substrate, a first layered stack atop the substrate, the first layered stack comprising a first Si-containing portion of the substrates a compressive layer atop the Si-containing portion of the substrate, and a semiconducting silicon layer atop the compressive layer; and a second layered stack atop the substrate, the second layered stack comprising a second-silicon containing layer portion of the substrate, a tensile layer atop the second Si-containing portion of the substrate, and a second semiconducting silicon-layer atop the tensile layer.