公开(公告)号：US20190115466A1

公开(公告)日：2019-04-18

申请号：US16214946

申请日：2018-12-10

Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION

Inventor： STEPHEN M. CEA ,  ROZA KOTLYAR ,  HAROLD W. KENNEL ,  GLENN A. GLASS ,  ANAND S. MURTHY ,  WILLY RACHMADY ,  TAHIR GHANI

IPC: H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/161 ,  H01L29/04 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L27/092 ,  H01L29/10 ,  H01L29/66

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for incorporating high mobility strained channels into fin-based NMOS transistors (e.g., FinFETs such as double-gate, trigate, etc), wherein a stress material is cladded onto the channel area of the fin. In one example embodiment, a germanium or silicon germanium film is cladded onto silicon fins in order to provide a desired tensile strain in the core of the fin, although other fin and cladding materials can be used. The techniques are compatible with typical process flows, and cladding deposition can occur at a plurality of locations within typical process flow. In various embodiments, fins may be formed with a minimum width (or later thinned) so as to improve transistor performance. In some embodiments, a thinned fin also increases tensile strain across the core of a cladded fin. In some cases, strain in the core may be further enhanced by adding an embedded silicon epitaxial source and drain.

公开(公告)号：US20170221724A1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-03

申请号：US15489569

申请日：2017-04-17

Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION

Inventor： ANAND S. MURTHY ,  GLENN A. GLASS ,  TAHIR GHANI ,  RAVI PILLARISETTY ,  NILOY MUKHERJEE ,  JACK T. KAVALIEROS ,  ROZA KOTLYAR ,  WILLY RACHMADY ,  MARK Y. LIU

IPC: H01L21/3215 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/778 ,  H01L21/768 ,  H01L29/08 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L21/02 ,  H01L21/285

CPC classification number: H01L29/0676 ,  H01L21/02532 ,  H01L21/28512 ,  H01L21/28525 ,  H01L21/3215 ,  H01L21/76831 ,  H01L23/535 ,  H01L27/092 ,  H01L27/0924 ,  H01L29/0615 ,  H01L29/0847 ,  H01L29/086 ,  H01L29/165 ,  H01L29/167 ,  H01L29/36 ,  H01L29/41791 ,  H01L29/42392 ,  H01L29/45 ,  H01L29/456 ,  H01L29/4966 ,  H01L29/66477 ,  H01L29/66545 ,  H01L29/6659 ,  H01L29/66628 ,  H01L29/66636 ,  H01L29/66681 ,  H01L29/66931 ,  H01L29/7785 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/7816 ,  H01L29/7833 ,  H01L29/7848 ,  H01L29/785 ,  H01L29/7851

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for forming transistor devices having source and drain regions with high concentrations of boron doped germanium. In some embodiments, an in situ boron doped germanium, or alternatively, boron doped silicon germanium capped with a heavily boron doped germanium layer, are provided using selective epitaxial deposition in the source and drain regions and their corresponding tip regions. In some such cases, germanium concentration can be, for example, in excess of 50 atomic % and up to 100 atomic %, and the boron concentration can be, for instance, in excess of 1E20 cm−3. A buffer providing graded germanium and/or boron concentrations can be used to better interface disparate layers. The concentration of boron doped in the germanium at the epi-metal interface effectively lowers parasitic resistance without degrading tip abruptness. The techniques can be embodied, for instance, in planar or non-planar transistor devices.

公开(公告)号：US20200381549A1

公开(公告)日：2020-12-03

申请号：US16998382

申请日：2020-08-20

Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION

Inventor： STEPHEN M. CEA ,  ROZA KOTLYAR ,  HAROLD W. KENNEL ,  GLENN A. GLASS ,  ANAND S. MURTHY ,  WILLY RACHMADY ,  TAHIR GHANI

IPC: H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/10 ,  H01L27/092 ,  H01L29/04 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/161

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for incorporating high mobility strained channels into fin-based NMOS transistors (e.g., FinFETs such as double-gate, trigate, etc), wherein a stress material is cladded onto the channel area of the fin. In one example embodiment, a germanium or silicon germanium film is cladded onto silicon fins in order to provide a desired tensile strain in the core of the fin, although other fin and cladding materials can be used. The techniques are compatible with typical process flows, and cladding deposition can occur at a plurality of locations within typical process flow. In various embodiments, fins may be formed with a minimum width (or later thinned) so as to improve transistor performance. In some embodiments, a thinned fin also increases tensile strain across the core of a cladded fin. In some cases, strain in the core may be further enhanced by adding an embedded silicon epitaxial source and drain.