Abstract:
A semiconductor substrate may be formed by providing an providing a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrate including a base semiconductor layer, a buried insulator layer above the base semiconductor layer, and a SOI layer comprising a first semiconductor material above the buried insulator layer; forming an isolation region in the SOI layer isolating a first portion of the SOI layer from a second portion of the SOI layer; removing the second portion of the SOI layer to expose a portion of the buried insulator layer; forming a hole in the exposed portion of the buried insulator layer to expose a portion of the base semiconductor layer; and forming a semiconductor layer made of a second semiconductor material on the exposed portion of the base semiconductor layer, so that the replacement semiconductor layer covers the exposed region of the buried insulator layer.
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a fin field-effect transistor (FinFET) device comprises forming a plurality of fins on a substrate, epitaxially growing a sacrificial epitaxy region between the fins, stopping growth of the sacrificial epitaxy region at a beginning of merging of epitaxial shapes between neighboring fins, and forming a dielectric layer on the substrate including the fins and the sacrificial epitaxy region, wherein a portion of the dielectric layer is positioned between the sacrificial epitaxy region extending from fins of adjacent transistors.
Abstract:
An illustrative method includes forming a FinFET device above structure comprising a semiconductor substrate, a first epi semiconductor material and a second epi semiconductor material that includes forming an initial fin structure that comprises portions of the semiconductor substrate, the first epi material and the second epi material, recessing a layer of insulating material such that a portion, but not all, of the second epi material portion of the initial fin structure is exposed so as to define a final fin structure, forming a gate structure above and around the final fin structure, removing the first epi material of the initial fin structure and thereby define an under-fin cavity under the final fin structure and substantially filling the under-fin cavity with a stressed material.
Abstract:
A semiconductor structure is provided that has semiconductor fins having variable heights without any undue topography. The semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate having a first semiconductor surface and a second semiconductor surface, wherein the first semiconductor surface is vertically offset and located above the second semiconductor surface. An oxide region is located directly on the first semiconductor surface and/or the second semiconductor surface. A first set of first semiconductor fins having a first height is located above the first semiconductor surface of the semiconductor substrate. A second set of second semiconductor fins having a second height is located above the second semiconductor surface, wherein the second height is different than the first height and wherein each first semiconductor fin and each second semiconductor fin have topmost surfaces which are coplanar with each other.
Abstract:
A device includes first and second fins defined in a semiconductor substrate and a raised isolation post structure positioned between the first and second fins, wherein an upper surface of the raised isolation post structure is at a level that is approximately equal to or greater than a level corresponding to an upper surface of each of the first and second fins. A first space is defined by a sidewall of the first fin and a first sidewall of the raised isolation post structure, a second space is defined by a sidewall of the second fin and a second sidewall of the raised isolation post structure, and a gate structure is positioned around a portion of each of the first and second fins and around a portion of the raised isolation post structure, wherein at least portions of the gate structure are positioned in the first and second spaces.
Abstract:
An e-fuse is provided in one area of a semiconductor substrate. The E-fuse includes a vertical stack of from, bottom to top, base metal semiconductor alloy portion, a first metal semiconductor alloy portion, a second metal semiconductor portion, a third metal semiconductor alloy portion and a fourth metal semiconductor alloy portion, wherein the first metal semiconductor alloy portion and the third metal semiconductor portion have outer edges that are vertically offset and do not extend beyond vertical edges of the second metal semiconductor alloy portion and the fourth metal semiconductor alloy portion.
Abstract:
One method disclosed herein includes forming a conformal liner layer in a plurality of trenches that define a fin, forming a layer of insulating material above the liner layer, exposing portions of the liner layer, removing portions of the liner layer so as to result in a generally U-shaped liner positioned at a bottom of each of the trenches, performing at least one third etching process on the layer of insulating material, wherein at least a portion of the layer of insulating material is positioned within a cavity of the U-shaped liner layer, and forming a gate structure around the fin. A FinFET device disclosed herein includes a plurality of trenches that define a fin, a local isolation that includes a generally U-shaped liner that defines, in part, a cavity and a layer of insulating material positioned within the cavity, and a gate structure positioned around the fin.
Abstract:
A gate structure straddling a plurality of semiconductor material portions is formed. Source regions and drain regions are formed in the plurality of semiconductor material portions, and a gate spacer laterally surrounding the gate structure is formed. Epitaxial active regions are formed from the source and drain regions by a selective epitaxy process. The assembly of the gate structure and the gate spacer is cut into multiple portions employing a cut mask and an etch to form multiple gate assemblies. Each gate assembly includes a gate structure portion and two disjoined gate spacer portions laterally spaced by the gate structure portion. Portions of the epitaxial active regions can be removed from around sidewalls of the gate spacers to prevent electrical shorts among the epitaxial active regions. A dielectric spacer or a dielectric liner may be employed to limit areas in which metal semiconductor alloys are formed.
Abstract:
A stacked semiconductor device includes a first pair of vertically stacked self-aligned nanowires, a second pair of vertically stacked self-aligned nanowires, and a gate upon a semiconductor substrate, the gate surrounding portions of the first pair of vertically stacked self-aligned nanowires and the second pair of vertically stacked self-aligned nanowires. First epitaxy may merge the first pair of vertically stacked self-aligned nanowires and second epitaxy may merge second pair of vertically stacked self-aligned nanowires. The stacked semiconductor device may be fabricated by forming a lattice-fin upon the semiconductor substrate and the gate surrounding a portion of the lattice-fin. The vertically stacked self-aligned nanowires may be formed by selectively removing a plurality of layers from the lattice-fin.
Abstract:
One method disclosed includes, among other things, conformably depositing a layer of contact insulating material and a conductive material layer in a contact opening, forming a reduced-thickness sacrificial material layer in the contact opening so as to expose a portion, but not all, of the conductive material layer, removing portions of the conductive material layer and the layer of contact insulating material positioned above the upper surface of the reduced-thickness sacrificial material layer, removing the reduced-thickness sacrificial material layer, and forming a conductive contact in the contact opening that contacts the recessed portions of the conductive material layer and the layer of contact insulating material.