Abstract:
A method for forming a semiconductor structure includes forming a strained silicon germanium layer on top of a substrate. At least one patterned hard mask layer is formed on and in contact with at least a first portion of the strained silicon germanium layer. At least a first exposed portion and a second exposed portion of the strained silicon germanium layer are oxidized. The oxidizing process forms a first oxide region and a second oxide region within the first and second exposed portions, respectively, of the strained silicon germanium.
Abstract:
Methods of fabricating a semiconductor structure include providing a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrate including a base substrate, a strained stressor layer above the base substrate, a surface semiconductor layer, and a dielectric layer between the stressor layer and the surface semiconductor layer. Ions are implanted into or through a first region of the stressor layer, and additional semiconductor material is formed on the surface semiconductor layer above the first region of the stressor layer. The strain state in the first region of the surface semiconductor layer above the first region of the stressor layer is altered, and a trench structure is formed at least partially into the base substrate. The strain state is altered in a second region of the surface semiconductor layer above the second region of the stressor layer. Semiconductor structures are fabricated using such methods.
Abstract:
A semiconductor die is disclosed comprising a lateral semiconductor device on an upper major surface of a substrate, the integrated circuit comprising a silicon layer over the substrate, a recess in the silicon layer, a layer of LOCOS silicon oxide within the recess and having a grown upper surface which is coplanar with the surface of an un-recessed portion of the silicon layer, wherein the silicon layer beneath the recess has a non-uniform lateral doping profile, and is comprised in a drift region of the lateral semiconductor device. A method of making such a die is also disclosed, as is an integrated circuit and a driver circuit.
Abstract:
After forming a first trench and a second trench extending through a top elemental semiconductor layer present on a substrate including, from bottom to top, a handle substrate, a compound semiconductor template layer and a buried insulator layer to define a top elemental semiconductor layer portion for a p-type metal-oxide-semiconductor transistor, the second trench is vertically expanded through the buried insulator layer to provide an expanded second trench that exposes a top surface of the compound semiconductor template layer at a bottom of the expanded second trench. A stack of a compound semiconductor buffer layer and a top compound semiconductor layer is epitaxially grown on the compound semiconductor template layer within the expanded second trench for an n-type metal-oxide-semiconductor transistor.
Abstract:
A semiconductor die is disclosed comprising a lateral semiconductor device on an upper major surface of a substrate, the integrated circuit comprising a silicon layer over the substrate, a recess in the silicon layer, a layer of LOCOS silicon oxide within the recess and having a grown upper surface which is coplanar with the surface of an un-recessed portion of the silicon layer, wherein the silicon layer beneath the recess has a non-uniform lateral doping profile, and is comprised in a drift region of the lateral semiconductor device. A method of making such a die is also disclosed, as is an integrated circuit and a driver circuit.
Abstract:
Disclosed are methods for forming a localized buried dielectric layer under a fin for use in a semiconductor device. In some embodiments, the method may include providing a substrate comprising a bulk semiconductor material and forming at least two trenches in the substrate, thereby forming at least one fin. The method further includes filling the trenches with an insulating material and partially removing the insulating material to form an insulating region at the bottom of each of the trenches. The method further includes depositing a liner at least on the sidewalls of the trenches, removing a layer from a top of each of the insulating regions to thereby form a window opening at the bottom region of the fin, and transforming the bulk semiconductor material of the bottom region of the fin via the window opening, thereby forming a localized buried dielectric layer in the bottom region of the fin.
Abstract:
Photonic devices are created by laterally growing a semiconductor material (i.e., a localized semiconductor-on-insulator layer) over a localized buried oxide (BOX) created in a semiconductor by either a trench isolation process or thermal oxidation. In one embodiment, and after trench formation in a semiconductor substrate, the trench is filled with oxide to create a localized BOX. The top surface of the BOX is recessed to depth below the topmost surface of the semiconductor substrate to expose sidewall surfaces of the semiconductor substrate within each trench. A semiconductor material is then epitaxially grown from the exposed sidewall surfaces of the semiconductor substrate.
Abstract:
Disclosed are methods for forming a localized buried dielectric layer under a fin for use in a semiconductor device. In some embodiments, the method may include providing a substrate comprising a bulk semiconductor material and forming at least two trenches in the substrate, thereby forming at least one fin. The method further includes filling the trenches with an insulating material and partially removing the insulating material to form an insulating region at the bottom of each of the trenches. The method further includes depositing a liner at least on the sidewalls of the trenches, removing a layer from a top of each of the insulating regions to thereby form a window opening at the bottom region of the fin, and transforming the bulk semiconductor material of the bottom region of the fin via the window opening, thereby forming a localized buried dielectric layer in the bottom region of the fin.
Abstract:
A semiconductor substrate including a first epitaxial semiconductor layer is provided. The first epitaxial semiconductor layer includes a first semiconductor material, and can be formed on an underlying epitaxial substrate layer, or can be the entirety of the semiconductor substrate. A second epitaxial semiconductor layer including a second semiconductor material is epitaxially formed upon the first epitaxial semiconductor layer. Semiconductor fins including portions of the second single crystalline semiconductor material are formed by patterning the second epitaxial semiconductor layer employing the first epitaxial semiconductor layer as an etch stop layer. At least an upper portion of the first epitaxial semiconductor layer is oxidized to provide a localized oxide layer that electrically isolates the semiconductor fins. The first semiconductor material can be selected from materials more easily oxidized relative to the second semiconductor material to provide a uniform height for the semiconductor fins after formation of the localized oxide layer.
Abstract:
A silicon on insulater (SOI) wafer is provided. A dielectric layer is formed on an active silicon substrate of the wafer. The dielectric layer is patterned and etched to expose selected portions of the silicon substrate. Impurities are then introduced into the exposed portions of the silicon substrate to act as gettering regions. The dielectric layer is then removed and an epitaxial layer of silicon is grown on the silicon substrate. Trenches are etched in the epitaxial layer of silicon through the gettering regions, partially removing the gettering regions and any contaminants contained therein. Remaining portions of the gettering regions still act as gettering regions during subsequent process steps.