公开(公告)号：US10833171B1

公开(公告)日：2020-11-10

申请号：US16385436

申请日：2019-04-16

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.

Inventor： Yanping Shen ,  Jiehui Shu ,  Hui Zang

IPC: H01L29/76 ,  H01L31/062 ,  H01L31/113 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L27/108 ,  H01L27/088 ,  H01L21/8234

Abstract: Disclosed is a transistor that includes a sidewall spacer positioned adjacent a sidewall of a gate structure, wherein the sidewall spacer comprises a notch proximate the lower end and wherein the notch is defined by a substantially vertically oriented side surface and a substantially horizontally oriented upper surface. An epi cavity in the substrate includes a substantially vertically oriented cavity sidewall that is substantially vertically aligned with the substantially vertically oriented side surface of the notch and an epi semiconductor material positioned in the epi cavity and in the notch, wherein the epi semiconductor material contacts and engages the substantially vertically oriented side surface of the notch and the substantially horizontally oriented upper surface of the notch.

公开(公告)号：US20200335600A1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-22

申请号：US16385436

申请日：2019-04-16

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.

Inventor： Yanping Shen ,  Jiehui Shu ,  Hui Zang

IPC: H01L29/66 ,  H01L21/8234 ,  H01L27/088 ,  H01L27/108

Abstract: Disclosed is a transistor that includes a sidewall spacer positioned adjacent a sidewall of a gate structure, wherein the sidewall spacer comprises a notch proximate the lower end and wherein the notch is defined by a substantially vertically oriented side surface and a substantially horizontally oriented upper surface. An epi cavity in the substrate includes a substantially vertically oriented cavity sidewall that is substantially vertically aligned with the substantially vertically oriented side surface of the notch and an epi semiconductor material positioned in the epi cavity and in the notch, wherein the epi semiconductor material contacts and engages the substantially vertically oriented side surface of the notch and the substantially horizontally oriented upper surface of the notch.

公开(公告)号：US10700173B2

公开(公告)日：2020-06-30

申请号：US15949730

申请日：2018-04-10

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.

Inventor： Yi Qi ,  Hsien-Ching Lo ,  Hong Yu ,  Yanping Shen ,  Wei Hong ,  Xing Zhang ,  Ruilong Xie ,  Haiting Wang ,  Hui Zhan ,  Yong Jun Shi

IPC: H01L29/417 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/08 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L29/45 ,  H01L21/306 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L21/02 ,  H01L21/3105 ,  H01L29/165

Abstract: One illustrative FinFET device disclosed herein includes a source/drain structure that, when viewed in a cross-section taken through the fin in a direction corresponding to the gate width (GW) direction of the device, comprises a perimeter and a bottom surface. The source/drain structure also has an axial length that extends in a direction corresponding to the gate length (GL) direction of the device. The device also includes a metal silicide material positioned on at least a portion of the perimeter of the source/drain structure for at least a portion of the axial length of the source/drain structure and on at least a portion of the bottom surface of the source/drain structure for at least a portion of the axial length of the source/drain structure.

公开(公告)号：US10553707B1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-04

申请号：US16108152

申请日：2018-08-22

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.

Inventor： Yanping Shen ,  Hui Zang ,  Bingwu Liu ,  Manoj Joshi ,  Jae Gon Lee ,  Hsien-Ching Lo ,  Zhaoying Hu

IPC: H01L29/66 ,  H01L21/308 ,  H01L21/8234 ,  H01L29/08 ,  H01L29/78

Abstract: Methods form devices by patterning a lower layer to form a fin, and forming a sacrificial gate along sidewalls of the fin. Such methods form a mask with cut openings on the sacrificial gate and remove sections of the fin and the sacrificial gate exposed through the cut openings to divide the fin into fin portions and create cut areas between the fin portions. Additionally, these methods remove the mask, epitaxially grow source/drains in the cut areas, replace the sacrificial gate with a gate conductor, and form a gate contact on the gate conductor over a center of the fin portions.

公开(公告)号：US10068902B1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-04

申请号：US15715220

申请日：2017-09-26

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.

Inventor： Yanping Shen ,  Hui Zang ,  Hsien-Ching Lo ,  Yongjun Shi ,  Randy W. Mann ,  Yi Qi ,  Guowei Xu ,  Wei Hong ,  Jerome Ciavatti ,  Jae Gon Lee

IPC: H01L27/088 ,  H01L21/8234 ,  H01L27/11 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/66

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of forming an integrated circuit (IC) structure with multiple non-planar transistors having different effective channel widths. In the method, sacrificial gates are removed from partially completed transistors, creating gate openings that expose sections of semiconductor fins between source/drain regions. Prior to forming replacement metal gates in the gate openings, additional process steps are performed so that, in the resulting IC structure, some transistors have different channel region heights and, thereby different effective channel widths, than others. These steps can include forming isolation regions in the bottoms of some gate openings. Additionally or alternatively, these steps can include filling some gate openings with a sacrificial material, recessing the sacrificial material to expose fin tops within those gate openings, either recessing the fin tops or forming isolation regions in the fin tops, and removing the sacrificial material. Also disclosed is an IC structure formed according to the method.

公开(公告)号：US10461155B2

公开(公告)日：2019-10-29

申请号：US15811990

申请日：2017-11-14

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.

Inventor： Yoong Hooi Yong ,  Yanping Shen ,  Hsien-Ching Lo ,  Xusheng Wu ,  Joo Tat Ong ,  Wei Hong ,  Yi Qi ,  Dongil Choi ,  Yongjun Shi ,  Alina Vinslava ,  James Psillas ,  Hui Zang

IPC: H01L29/08 ,  H01L27/092 ,  H01L21/02 ,  H01L21/8238 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/165

Abstract: A semiconductor structure including a source/drain region is disclosed. The source/drain region may include a first epitaxial region along at least one sidewall of the source/drain region having a substantially uniform sidewall thickness. The semiconductor structure may further include a gate structure adjacent and above the source/drain region wherein at least a portion of the first epitaxial region is positioned below a sidewall spacer of the gate structure. A method of forming a source/drain region including a first epitaxial region having a substantially uniform sidewall thickness is disclosed. The method may include forming a trench in a substrate adjacent to a gate structure, forming the first epitaxial region in the trench, forming a spacer material layer on the gate structure and on a portion of the first epitaxial region, and removing a portion of the first epitaxial region using the spacer material layer as a mask.

公开(公告)号：US20190312117A1

公开(公告)日：2019-10-10

申请号：US15949730

申请日：2018-04-10

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.

Inventor： Yi Qi ,  Hsien-Ching Lo ,  Hong Yu ,  Yanping Shen ,  Wei Hong ,  Xing Zhang ,  Ruilong Xie ,  Haiting Wang ,  Hui Zhan ,  Yong Jun Shi

IPC: H01L29/417 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L29/08 ,  H01L29/45 ,  H01L21/306 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L21/02

Abstract: One illustrative FinFET device disclosed herein includes a source/drain structure that, when viewed in a cross-section taken through the fin in a direction corresponding to the gate width (GW) direction of the device, comprises a perimeter and a bottom surface. The source/drain structure also has an axial length that extends in a direction corresponding to the gate length (GL) direction of the device. The device also includes a metal silicide material positioned on at least a portion of the perimeter of the source/drain structure for at least a portion of the axial length of the source/drain structure and on at least a portion of the bottom surface of the source/drain structure for at least a portion of the axial length of the source/drain structure.

公开(公告)号：US20190103319A1

公开(公告)日：2019-04-04

申请号：US15723472

申请日：2017-10-03

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.

Inventor： Yi Qi ,  Hsien-Ching Lo ,  Jianwei Peng ,  Wei Hong ,  Yanping Shen ,  Yongjun Shi ,  Hui Zang ,  Ruilong Xie ,  Kangguo Cheng ,  Tenko Yamashita ,  Chun-chen Yeh

IPC: H01L21/8234 ,  H01L21/311 ,  H01L21/3213 ,  H01L27/088

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of forming a structure with multiple vertical field effect transistors (VFETs). In the method, lower source/drain regions are formed on a substrate such that semiconductor fins extend vertically above the lower source/drain regions. Lower spacers are formed on the lower source/drain regions and positioned laterally adjacent to the semiconductor fins. Gates, having co-planar top surfaces, are formed on the lower spacers and positioned laterally adjacent to the semiconductor fins. However, process steps are performed prior to gate formation to ensure that the top surfaces of the lower source/drain region and lower spacer of a first VFET are below the levels of the top surfaces of the lower source/drain region and lower spacer, respectively, of a second VFET. As a result, the first VFET will have a longer gate, higher threshold voltage and lower switching speed. Also disclosed is the structure formed according to the method.

公开(公告)号：US10249538B1

公开(公告)日：2019-04-02

申请号：US15723472

申请日：2017-10-03

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.

Inventor： Yi Qi ,  Hsien-Ching Lo ,  Jianwei Peng ,  Wei Hong ,  Yanping Shen ,  Yongjun Shi ,  Hui Zang ,  Ruilong Xie ,  Kangguo Cheng ,  Tenko Yamashita ,  Chun-chen Yeh

IPC: H01L21/8234 ,  H01L27/088 ,  H01L21/3213 ,  H01L21/311

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of forming a structure with multiple vertical field effect transistors (VFETs). In the method, lower source/drain regions are formed on a substrate such that semiconductor fins extend vertically above the lower source/drain regions. Lower spacers are formed on the lower source/drain regions and positioned laterally adjacent to the semiconductor fins. Gates, having co-planar top surfaces, are formed on the lower spacers and positioned laterally adjacent to the semiconductor fins. However, process steps are performed prior to gate formation to ensure that the top surfaces of the lower source/drain region and lower spacer of a first VFET are below the levels of the top surfaces of the lower source/drain region and lower spacer, respectively, of a second VFET. As a result, the first VFET will have a longer gate, higher threshold voltage and lower switching speed. Also disclosed is the structure formed according to the method.

公开(公告)号：US09443771B1

公开(公告)日：2016-09-13

申请号：US14935676

申请日：2015-11-09

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.

Inventor： Yanping Shen ,  Min-hwa Chi ,  Ashish Kumar Jha ,  Haiting Wang

IPC: H01L21/8238 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L21/28 ,  H01L21/3215 ,  H01L21/3213 ,  H01L27/092 ,  H01L29/49

CPC classification number: H01L21/823828 ,  H01L21/26506 ,  H01L21/28088 ,  H01L21/28185 ,  H01L21/32134 ,  H01L21/32139 ,  H01L21/32155 ,  H01L21/823821 ,  H01L21/823842 ,  H01L27/092 ,  H01L27/0924 ,  H01L29/4966 ,  H01L29/513 ,  H01L29/517 ,  H01L29/66545 ,  H01L29/7833

Abstract: A method of removing RMG sidewall layers, and the resulting device are provided. Embodiments include forming a TiN layer in nFET and pFET RMG trenches; forming an a-Si layer over the TiN layer; implanting O2 vertically in the a-Si layer; removing the a-Si layer and TiN layer from the side surfaces of the RMG trenches followed by the a-Si layer from the bottom surfaces; forming a TiN layer in the RMG trenches; forming a a-Si layer over the TiN layer; implanting O2 vertically in the a-Si layer; removing the a-Si layer and TiN layer from the side surfaces of the RMG trenches, the a-Si layer from the bottom surfaces, and a remainder of the TiN layer from only the nFET RMG trench; forming a Ti layer in the RMG trenches; implanting Al or C in the Ti layer vertically and annealing; and filling the RMG trenches with Al or W.

Abstract translation: 提供去除RMG侧壁层的方法，并且提供所得到的装置。 实施例包括在nFET和pFET RMG沟槽中形成TiN层; 在TiN层上形成a-Si层; 在a-Si层中垂直注入O2; 从RMG沟槽的侧表面除去a-Si层和TiN层，然后从底表面除去a-Si层; 在RMG沟槽中形成TiN层; 在TiN层上形成a-Si层; 在a-Si层中垂直注入O2; 从RMG沟槽的侧表面，从底表面的a-Si层和仅仅nFET RMG沟槽的TiN层的剩余部分去除a-Si层和TiN层; 在RMG沟槽中形成Ti层; 在Ti层中垂直注入Al或C并进行退火; 并用Al或W填充RMG沟槽。