Abstract:
Semiconductor device stacks and devices made there from having Ge-rich device layers. A Ge-rich device layer is disposed above a substrate, with a p-type doped Ge etch suppression layer (e.g., p-type SiGe) disposed there between to suppress etch of the Ge-rich device layer during removal of a sacrificial semiconductor layer richer in Si than the device layer. Rates of dissolution of Ge in wet etchants, such as aqueous hydroxide chemistries, may be dramatically decreased with the introduction of a buried p-type doped semiconductor layer into a semiconductor film stack, improving selectivity of etchant to the Ge-rich device layers.
Abstract:
A transistor including a gate stack and source and drain on opposing sides of the gate stack; and a first material and a second material on the substrate, the first material disposed between the substrate and the second material and the channel of the transistor is defined in the second material between the source and drain, wherein the first material and the second material each include an implant and the implant includes a greater solubility in the first material than in the second material. A method for forming an integrated circuit structure including forming a first material on a substrate; forming a second material on the first material; introducing an implant into the second material, wherein the implant includes a greater solubility in the first material than in the second material; annealing the substrate; and forming a transistor on the substrate, the transistor including a channel including the second material.
Abstract:
Methods for doping a subfin region of a semiconductor fin structure include forming a fin on a substrate; forming an oxide material on the substrate and a portion of the fin that corresponds to a sub-fin region of the fin; forming a hard mask on a top-fin region of the fin that is disposed above the sub-fin region; exposing a surface of the sub-fin region by removing the oxide material from a surface of the sub-fin region and leaving a layer of the oxide material on the substrate; depositing a dopant material on the hard mask, the surface of the subfin region, and the layer of the oxide material on the substrate; and removing the hard mask from the top-fin region to expose a surface of the top-fin region. Devices constructed using the disclosed methods are also provided, and other embodiments are discussed
Abstract:
Semiconductor device stacks and devices made there from having Ge-rich device layers. A Ge-rich device layer is disposed above a substrate, with a p-type doped Ge etch suppression layer (e.g., p-type SiGe) disposed there between to suppress etch of the Ge-rich device layer during removal of a sacrificial semiconductor layer richer in Si than the device layer. Rates of dissolution of Ge in wet etchants, such as aqueous hydroxide chemistries, may be dramatically decreased with the introduction of a buried p-type doped semiconductor layer into a semiconductor film stack, improving selectivity of etchant to the Ge-rich device layers.