摘要:
A substrate includes a first source region and a first drain region each having a first semiconductor layer disposed on a second semiconductor layer and a surface parallel to {110} crystalline planes and opposing sidewall surfaces parallel to the {110} crystalline planes; nanowire channel members suspended by the first source region and the first drain region, where the nanowire channel members include the first semiconductor layer, and opposing sidewall surfaces parallel to {100} crystalline planes and opposing faces parallel to the {110} crystalline planes. The substrate further includes a second source and drain regions having the characteristics of the first source and drain regions, and a single channel member suspended by the second source region and the second drain region and having the same characteristics as the nanowire channel members. A width of the single channel member is at least several times a width of a single nanowire member.
摘要:
A method for forming a nanowire field effect transistor (FET) device including forming a first silicon on insulator (SOI) pad region, a second SOI pad region, a third SOI pad region, a first SOI portion connecting the first SOI pad region to the second SOI pad region, and a second SOI portion connecting the second SOI pad region to the third SOI pad region on a substrate, patterning a first hardmask layer over the second SOI portion, forming a first suspended nanowire over the semiconductor substrate, forming a first gate structure around a portion of the first suspended nanowire, patterning a second hardmask layer over the first gate structure and the first suspended nanowire, removing the first hardmask layer, forming a second suspended nanowire over the semiconductor substrate, forming a second gate structure around a portion of the second suspended nanowire, and removing the second hardmask layer.
摘要:
A structure for use in fabrication of a PiN heterojunction tunnel field effect transistor (TFET) includes a silicon wafer comprising an alignment trench, a p-type silicon germanium (SiGe) region, and a hydrogen implantation region underneath the p-type SiGe region and the alignment trench that divides the silicon wafer into a upper silicon region and a lower silicon region, wherein the upper silicon region comprises the alignment trench and the p-type SiGe region; and a first oxide layer located over the alignment trench and the p-type SiGe region that fills the alignment trench and is bonded to a second oxide layer located on a handle wafer; wherein the alignment trench is configured to align a wiring level of the device comprising the PiN heterojunction TFET to the p-type SiGe region.
摘要:
A nanowire field effect transistor (FET) device includes a channel region including a silicon nanowire portion having a first distal end extending from the channel region and a second distal end extending from the channel region, the silicon portion is partially surrounded by a gate stack disposed circumferentially around the silicon portion, a source region including the first distal end of the silicon nanowire portion, a drain region including the second distal end of the silicon nanowire portion, a metallic layer disposed on the source region and the drain region, a first conductive member contacting the metallic layer of the source region, and a second conductive member contacting the metallic layer of the drain region.
摘要:
A method for forming a nanowire field effect transistor (FET) device includes forming a nanowire on a semiconductor substrate, forming a first gate structure on a first portion of the nanowire, forming a first protective spacer adjacent to sidewalls of the first gate structure and over portions of the nanowire extending from the first gate structure, removing exposed portions of the nanowire left unprotected by the first spacer, and epitaxially growing a doped semiconductor material on exposed cross sections of the nanowire to form a first source region and a first drain region.
摘要:
A method for forming a nanowire field effect transistor (FET) device includes forming a nanowire on a semiconductor substrate, forming a first gate structure on a first portion of the nanowire, forming a first protective spacer adjacent to sidewalls of the first gate structure and over portions of the nanowire extending from the first gate structure, removing exposed portions of the nanowire left unprotected by the first spacer, and epitaxially growing a doped semiconductor material on exposed cross sections of the nanowire to form a first source region and a first drain region.
摘要:
A process for preparing a phase change memory semiconductor device comprising a (plurality of) nanoscale electrode(s) for alternately switching a chalcogenide phase change material from its high resistance (amorphous) state to its low resistance (crystalline) state, whereby a reduced amount of current is employed, and wherein the plurality of nanoscale electrodes, when present, have substantially the same dimensions.
摘要:
A method of forming a semiconductor is provided and includes patterning a pad and a nanowire onto a wafer, the nanowire being substantially perpendicular with a pad sidewall and substantially parallel with a wafer surface and epitaxially growing on an outer surface of the nanowire a secondary layer of semiconductor material, which is lattice mismatched with respect to a material of the nanowire and substantially free of defects.
摘要:
In one embodiment, a method of providing a nanowire semiconductor device is provided, in which the gate structure to the nanowire semiconductor device has a trapezoid shape. The method may include forming a trapezoid gate structure surrounding at least a portion of a circumference of a nanowire. The first portion of the trapezoid gate structure that is in direct contact with an upper surface of the nanowire has a first width and a second portion of the trapezoid gate structure that is in direct contact with a lower surface of the nanowire has a second width. The second width of the trapezoid gate structure is greater than the first width of the trapezoid gate structure. The exposed portions of the nanowire that are adjacent to the portion of the nanowire that the trapezoid gate structure is surrounding are then doped to provide source and drain regions.
摘要:
A method for forming a nanowire tunnel field effect transistor (FET) device includes forming a nanowire suspended by a first pad region and a second pad region, forming a gate around a portion of the nanowire, forming a protective spacer adjacent to sidewalls of the gate structure and around portions of the nanowire extending from the gate structure, implanting ions in a first portion of the exposed nanowire, removing a second portion of the exposed nanowire to form a cavity defined by the core portion of the nanowire surrounded by the gate structure and the spacer, exposing a silicon portion of the substrate, and epitaxially growing a doped semiconductor material in the cavity from exposed cross section of the nanowire, the second pad region, and the exposed silicon portion to connect the exposed cross sections of the nanowire to the second pad region.