公开(公告)号：US10109533B1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-23

申请号：US15636725

申请日：2017-06-29

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.

Inventor： Ruilong Xie ,  Cheng Chi ,  Pietro Montanini ,  Tenko Yamashita ,  Nicolas Jean Loubet

IPC: H01L29/76 ,  H01L21/8238 ,  H01L27/092

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a method of forming nanosheet devices including: forming a first and second nanosheet stack on a substrate, the first and the second nanosheet stacks including a plurality of vertically spaced nanosheets disposed on the substrate and separated by a plurality of spacing members, each of the plurality of spacing members including a sacrificial layer and a pair of inner spacers formed on lateral ends of the sacrificial layer; growing a pair of epitaxial regions adjacent to the first and second nanosheet stacks from each of the plurality of nanosheets such that each of the plurality of inner spacers is enveloped by one of the epitaxial regions; covering the first nanosheet stack with a mask; and forming a pair of p-type source/drain regions on the second nanosheet stack, each of the pair of p-type source/drain regions being adjacent to the epitaxial regions on the second nanosheet stack.

公开(公告)号：US20180277648A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-27

申请号：US15986031

申请日：2018-05-22

Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION ,  GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.

Inventor： Xiuyu Cai ,  Kangguo Cheng ,  Ali Khakifirooz ,  Ruilong Xie ,  Tenko Yamashita

IPC: H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L21/20 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L21/3105 ,  H01L21/308 ,  H01L21/3065 ,  H01L29/10

Abstract: Methods for forming a semiconductor device include forming a first spacer on a plurality of fins. A second spacer is formed on the first spacer, the second spacer being formed from a different material from the first spacer. Gaps between the fins are filled with a support material. The first spacer and second spacer are polished to expose a top surface of the plurality of fins. All of the support material is etched away after polishing the first spacer and second spacer. The plurality of fins is etched below a bottom level of the first spacer to form a fin cavity. Material from the first spacer is removed to expand the fin cavity. Fin material is grown directly on the etched plurality of fins to fill the fin cavity.

公开(公告)号：US10056408B2

公开(公告)日：2018-08-21

申请号：US15335549

申请日：2016-10-27

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.

Inventor： Andres Bryant ,  Jeffrey B. Johnson ,  Effendi Leobandung ,  Tenko Yamashita

IPC: H01L27/12 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/16 ,  H01L29/45 ,  H01L29/51

CPC classification number: H01L27/1211 ,  H01L29/0649 ,  H01L29/16 ,  H01L29/456 ,  H01L29/517 ,  H01L29/66545 ,  H01L29/66795 ,  H01L29/785

Abstract: A method for fabricating a FinFET device includes forming a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate having a semiconductor layer overlaying a buried oxide (BOX) layer; etching the semiconductor layer to form a plurality of fin structures and a semiconductor layer gap in between the plurality of fin structures and the BOX layer; depositing a sacrificial gate over at least one gate region, wherein the gate region separates a source and a drain region; disposing offset spacers on vertical sidewalls of the sacrificial gate; removing the sacrificial gate; removing the semiconductor layer gap in the gate region to prevent merging of the plurality of fin structures in the gate regions; and fabricating a high-k dielectric metal gate structure overlaying the fin structures in the gate region.

公开(公告)号：US10056334B2

公开(公告)日：2018-08-21

申请号：US15623691

申请日：2017-06-15

Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION ,  GlobalFoundries, Inc.

Inventor： Takashi Ando ,  Hiroaki Niimi ,  Tenko Yamashita

IPC: H01L23/535 ,  H01L27/092 ,  H01L21/8238 ,  H01L21/02 ,  H01L21/768 ,  H01L29/51 ,  H01L29/66

CPC classification number: H01L23/535 ,  H01L21/02164 ,  H01L21/02178 ,  H01L21/02192 ,  H01L21/285 ,  H01L21/76802 ,  H01L21/76831 ,  H01L21/76832 ,  H01L21/76846 ,  H01L21/76877 ,  H01L21/823871 ,  H01L23/485 ,  H01L27/092 ,  H01L29/517 ,  H01L29/66545

Abstract: A method of making a semiconductor device includes forming a first source/drain trench and a second source/drain trench over a first and second source/drain region, respectively; forming a first silicon dioxide layer in the first source/drain trench and a second silicon dioxide layer in the second source/drain trench; forming a first source/drain contact over the first source/drain region, the first source/drain contact including a first tri-layer contact disposed between the first silicon dioxide layer and a first conductive material; and forming a second source/drain contact over the second source/drain region, the second source/drain contact including a second tri-layer contact disposed between the second silicon dioxide layer and a second conductive material; wherein the first tri-layer contact includes a first metal oxide layer in contact with the first silicon dioxide layer, and the second tri-layer contact includes a second metal oxide layer in contact with the second silicon dioxide layer.

公开(公告)号：US09947793B1

公开(公告)日：2018-04-17

申请号：US15427594

申请日：2017-02-08

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.

Inventor： Ruilong Xie ,  Kangguo Cheng ,  Tenko Yamashita

IPC: H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L27/088 ,  H01L21/8234 ,  H01L23/535 ,  H01L21/768 ,  H01L29/417 ,  H01L21/311

CPC classification number: H01L29/785 ,  H01L21/31111 ,  H01L21/76895 ,  H01L21/823418 ,  H01L21/823431 ,  H01L21/823475 ,  H01L23/535 ,  H01L27/0886 ,  H01L29/41791 ,  H01L29/66545 ,  H01L29/66666 ,  H01L29/66795 ,  H01L29/7827

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of forming a vertical pillar-type field effect transistor (FET). One or more semiconductor pillars are formed by epitaxial deposition in one or more openings, respectively, that extend through a first dielectric layer and that have high aspect ratios in two directions. The first dielectric layer is etched back and the following components are formed laterally surrounding the semiconductor pillar(s): a first source/drain region above and adjacent to the first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer on the first source/drain region, a gate on the second dielectric layer and a gate cap on the gate. The gate cap extends over the top surface(s) of the semiconductor pillar(s). A recess is formed in the gate cap to expose at least the top surface(s) of the semiconductor pillar(s) and a second source/drain region is formed within the recess. Also disclosed is the vertical pillar-type FET structure.

公开(公告)号：US09935180B2

公开(公告)日：2018-04-03

申请号：US15482040

申请日：2017-04-07

Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation ,  GlobalFoundries, Inc.

Inventor： Kangguo Cheng ,  Ruilong Xie ,  Tenko Yamashita

IPC: H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L21/02 ,  H01L21/306 ,  H01L21/308 ,  H01L21/3065

CPC classification number: H01L21/3086 ,  H01L21/02164 ,  H01L21/02233 ,  H01L21/02238 ,  H01L21/02255 ,  H01L21/30604 ,  H01L21/3065 ,  H01L21/3081 ,  H01L21/31 ,  H01L21/324 ,  H01L29/66795

Abstract: A method of making a semiconductor device includes patterning a fin in a substrate; performing a first etch to remove a portion of the fin to cut the fin into a first cut fin and a second cut fin, the first cut fin having a first and second fin end and the second cut fin having a first and second fin ends; forming an oxide layer along an endwall of the first fin end and an endwall of the second fin end of the first cut fin, and an endwall of the first fin end and an endwall of the second fin end of the second cut fin; disposing a liner onto the oxide layer disposed onto the endwall of the first fin end of the first cut fin to form a bilayer liner; and performing a second etch to remove a portion of the second cut fin.

公开(公告)号：US20180090624A1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-29

申请号：US15276372

申请日：2016-09-26

Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation ,  Globalfoundries Inc.

Inventor： Kangguo Cheng ,  Xin Miao ,  Ruilong Xie ,  Tenko Yamashita

IPC: H01L29/786 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L29/66

CPC classification number: H01L29/78696 ,  H01L29/0649 ,  H01L29/0673 ,  H01L29/42392 ,  H01L29/66545 ,  H01L29/66742 ,  H01L29/78618 ,  H01L29/78654 ,  H01L29/78684

Abstract: In one aspect, a method of forming a semiconductor device includes the steps of: forming an alternating series of sacrificial/active layers on a wafer and patterning it into at least one nano device stack; forming a dummy gate on the nano device stack; patterning at least one upper active layer in the nano device stack to remove all but a portion of the at least one upper active layer beneath the dummy gate; forming spacers on opposite sides of the dummy gate covering the at least one upper active layer that has been patterned; forming source and drain regions on opposite sides of the nano device stack, wherein the at least one upper active layer is separated from the source and drain regions by the spacers; and replacing the dummy gate with a replacement gate. A masking process is also provided to tailor the effective device width of select devices.

公开(公告)号：US09929247B2

公开(公告)日：2018-03-27

申请号：US15594757

申请日：2017-05-15

Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION ,  GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.

Inventor： Kangguo Cheng ,  Ruilong Xie ,  Tenko Yamashita

IPC: H01L21/8234 ,  H01L29/49 ,  H01L21/28 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L21/8238

CPC classification number: H01L29/4991 ,  H01L21/28114 ,  H01L21/28132 ,  H01L21/283 ,  H01L21/31 ,  H01L21/31111 ,  H01L21/764 ,  H01L21/76802 ,  H01L21/7682 ,  H01L21/76879 ,  H01L21/823468 ,  H01L21/823864 ,  H01L23/5226 ,  H01L29/401 ,  H01L29/41775 ,  H01L29/41791 ,  H01L29/42376 ,  H01L29/515 ,  H01L29/517 ,  H01L29/6653 ,  H01L29/66545 ,  H01L29/6656 ,  H01L29/66795 ,  H01L29/785 ,  H01L29/7851

Abstract: A semiconductor device that includes a gate structure on a channel region of a semiconductor device. Source and drain regions may be present on opposing sides of the channel region. The semiconductor device may further include a composite gate sidewall spacer present on a sidewall of the gate structure. The composite gate sidewall spacer may include a first composition portion having an air gap encapsulated therein, and a second composition portion that is entirely solid and present atop the first composition portion.

公开(公告)号：US09899525B2

公开(公告)日：2018-02-20

申请号：US15592597

申请日：2017-05-11

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.

Inventor： Veeraraghavan S. Basker ,  Chung-Hsun Lin ,  Zuoguang Liu ,  Tenko Yamashita ,  Chun-Chen Yeh

IPC: H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L21/311 ,  H01L21/8234 ,  H01L29/08 ,  H01L29/417

CPC classification number: H01L29/7851 ,  H01L21/3065 ,  H01L21/31111 ,  H01L21/823418 ,  H01L21/823431 ,  H01L21/823475 ,  H01L29/0847 ,  H01L29/41791 ,  H01L29/66545 ,  H01L29/66795 ,  H01L29/7848

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a fin field effect transistor including a gate structure formed on a fin. Source and drain (S/D) regions are epitaxially grown on the fin adjacent to the gate structure. The S/D regions include a diamond-shaped cross section wherein the diamond-shaped cross section includes: internal sidewalls where the fin was recessed to a reduced height, and an external top portion of the diamond-shaped cross section of the S/D regions. A contact liner is formed over the internal sidewalls and the top portion of the diamond-shaped cross section of the S/D regions; and contacts are formed over the contact liner and over the internal sidewalls and the top portion of the diamond-shaped cross section of the S/D regions.

公开(公告)号：US20180047824A1

公开(公告)日：2018-02-15

申请号：US15792206

申请日：2017-10-24

Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION ,  GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.

Inventor： Hiroaki Niimi ,  Shariq Siddiqui ,  Tenko Yamashita

IPC: H01L29/45 ,  H01L21/02 ,  H01L29/161 ,  H01L29/08 ,  H01L29/417 ,  H01L23/532 ,  H01L21/8238 ,  H01L21/768 ,  H01L21/3213 ,  H01L21/285 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L27/092

CPC classification number: H01L21/76843 ,  H01L21/02244 ,  H01L21/02252 ,  H01L21/02255 ,  H01L21/285 ,  H01L21/28512 ,  H01L21/28518 ,  H01L21/2855 ,  H01L21/28556 ,  H01L21/28568 ,  H01L21/32134 ,  H01L21/32136 ,  H01L21/76814 ,  H01L21/76831 ,  H01L21/7684 ,  H01L21/76846 ,  H01L21/7685 ,  H01L21/76855 ,  H01L21/76858 ,  H01L21/76865 ,  H01L21/76877 ,  H01L21/76879 ,  H01L21/76895 ,  H01L21/823814 ,  H01L21/823871 ,  H01L23/485 ,  H01L23/53223 ,  H01L23/53238 ,  H01L23/53252 ,  H01L23/53266 ,  H01L23/535 ,  H01L27/092 ,  H01L29/0847 ,  H01L29/161 ,  H01L29/165 ,  H01L29/41725 ,  H01L29/41783 ,  H01L29/45 ,  H01L29/665 ,  H01L29/66628 ,  H01L29/7848

Abstract: An electrical device including a first semiconductor device having a silicon and germanium containing source and drain region, and a second semiconductor device having a silicon containing source and drain region. A first device contact to at least one of said silicon and germanium containing source and drain region of the first semiconductor device including a metal liner of an aluminum titanium and silicon alloy and a first tungsten fill. A second device contact is in contact with at least one of the silicon containing source and drain region of the second semiconductor device including a material stack of a titanium oxide layer and a titanium layer. The second device contact may further include a second tungsten fill.