公开(公告)号：US09318579B2

公开(公告)日：2016-04-19

申请号：US14300506

申请日：2014-06-10

Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. ,  GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc. ,  INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

Inventor： Qing Liu ,  Ruilong Xie ,  Xiuyu Cai ,  Kejia Wang ,  Chun-chen Yeh

IPC: H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L21/28

CPC classification number: H01L29/66795 ,  H01L21/28114 ,  H01L21/32137 ,  H01L21/32139 ,  H01L29/66545 ,  H01L29/6656 ,  H01L29/7848 ,  H01L29/785

Abstract: A method for making a semiconductor device includes forming laterally spaced-apart semiconductor fins above a substrate, and a gate overlying the semiconductor fins. The gate has a tapered outer surface. A first pair of sidewall spacers is formed adjacent the gate an exposed tapered outer surface is also defined. Portions of the gate are removed at the exposed tapered outer surface to define a recess. A second pair of sidewall spacers is formed covering the first pair of sidewall spacers and the recess. Source/drain regions are formed on the semiconductor fins.

Abstract translation: 制造半导体器件的方法包括在衬底上形成横向间隔开的半导体鳍片，以及覆盖半导体鳍片的栅极。 门具有锥形外表面。 在栅极附近形成第一对侧壁间隔物，露出的锥形外表面也被限定。 在露出的锥形外表面上去除栅极的部分以限定凹部。 形成第二对侧壁间隔件，覆盖第一对侧壁间隔件和凹部。 源极/漏极区域形成在半导体鳍片上。

公开(公告)号：US09281382B2

公开(公告)日：2016-03-08

申请号：US14295618

申请日：2014-06-04

Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. ,  GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc. ,  INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

Inventor： Qing Liu ,  Ruilong Xie ,  Xiuyu Cai ,  Chun-chen Yeh

IPC: H01L21/00 ,  H01L21/84 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L21/762

CPC classification number: H01L29/66795 ,  H01L21/76224 ,  H01L21/823431 ,  H01L29/0649 ,  H01L29/6681 ,  H01L29/785

Abstract: A method for making a semiconductor device may include forming, above a substrate, a plurality of laterally spaced-apart semiconductor fins, and forming regions of a first dielectric material between the laterally spaced-apart semiconductor fins. The method may further include selectively removing at least one intermediate semiconductor fin from among the plurality of semiconductor fins to define at least one trench between corresponding regions of the first dielectric material, and forming a region of a second dielectric material different than the first dielectric in the at least one trench to provide at least one isolation pillar between adjacent semiconductor fins.

Abstract translation: 制造半导体器件的方法可以包括在衬底之上形成多个横向间隔开的半导体鳍片，以及在横向间隔开的半导体鳍片之间形成第一电介质材料的区域。 该方法还可以包括：从多个半导体鳍片中选择性地移除至少一个中间半导体鳍片，以限定第一介电材料的相应区域之间的至少一个沟槽，以及形成与第一电介质不同的第二电介质材料的区域 所述至少一个沟槽用于在相邻的半导体鳍片之间提供至少一个隔离柱。

公开(公告)号：US09252052B2

公开(公告)日：2016-02-02

申请号：US14096563

申请日：2013-12-04

Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation ,  STMicroelectronics, Inc. ,  COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES

Inventor： Bruce B. Doris ,  Shom Ponoth ,  Prasanna Khare ,  Qing Liu ,  Nicolas Loubet ,  Maud Vinet

IPC: H01L29/00 ,  H01L27/01 ,  H01L27/12 ,  H01L31/0392 ,  H01L21/768 ,  H01L21/762 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/786 ,  H01L29/66

CPC classification number: H01L21/76879 ,  H01L21/0217 ,  H01L21/76224 ,  H01L21/76283 ,  H01L21/76802 ,  H01L21/76877 ,  H01L21/76897 ,  H01L29/0649 ,  H01L29/0653 ,  H01L29/0847 ,  H01L29/41783 ,  H01L29/66545 ,  H01L29/6656 ,  H01L29/66568 ,  H01L29/66628 ,  H01L29/78609

Abstract: A shallow trench is formed to extend into a handle substrate of a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) layer. A dielectric liner stack of a dielectric metal oxide layer and a silicon nitride layer is formed in the shallow trench, followed by deposition of a shallow trench isolation fill portion. The dielectric liner stack is removed from above a top surface of a top semiconductor portion, followed by removal of a silicon nitride pad layer and an upper vertical portion of the dielectric metal oxide layer. A divot laterally surrounding a stack of a top semiconductor portion and a buried insulator portion is filled with a silicon nitride portion. Gate structures and source/drain structures are subsequently formed. The silicon nitride portion or the dielectric metal oxide layer functions as a stopping layer during formation of source/drain contact via holes, thereby preventing electrical shorts between source/drain contact via structures and the handle substrate.

公开(公告)号：US09059041B2

公开(公告)日：2015-06-16

申请号：US13933642

申请日：2013-07-02

Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation ,  STMicroelectronics, Inc. ,  Commissariat A l'Energie atomique et aux Energies alternatives

Inventor： Kangguo Cheng ,  Bruce B. Doris ,  Ali Khakifirooz ,  Qing Liu ,  Laurent Grenouillet ,  Yannick Le Tiec ,  Maud Vinet

IPC: H01L27/12 ,  H01L21/762 ,  H01L21/02

CPC classification number: H01L27/1207 ,  H01L21/02529 ,  H01L21/02532 ,  H01L21/0262 ,  H01L21/76224 ,  H01L21/76283 ,  H01L21/84 ,  H01L29/0649 ,  H01L29/1608 ,  H01L29/161

Abstract: Trenches are formed through a top semiconductor layer and a buried insulator layer of a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrate. A selective epitaxy is performed to form bulk semiconductor portions filling the trenches and in epitaxial alignment with the semiconductor material of a handle substrate. At least one dielectric layer is deposited over the top semiconductor layer and the bulk semiconductor portions, and is patterned to form openings over selected areas of the top semiconductor layer and the bulk semiconductor portions. A semiconductor alloy material is deposited within the openings directly on physically exposed surfaces of the top semiconductor layer and the bulk semiconductor portions. The semiconductor alloy material intermixes with the underlying semiconductor materials in a subsequent anneal. Within each of the SOI region and the bulk region, two types of semiconductor material portions are formed depending on whether a semiconductor material intermixes with the semiconductor alloy material.

Abstract translation: 通过顶部半导体层和绝缘体上半导体（SOI）衬底的掩埋绝缘体层形成沟槽。 执行选择性外延以形成填充沟槽并与处理衬底的半导体材料外延对准的体半导体部分。 在顶部半导体层和体半导体部分上沉积至少一个电介质层，并且被图案化以在顶部半导体层和体半导体部分的选定区域上形成开口。 半导体合金材料直接在顶部半导体层和体半导体部分的物理暴露表面上沉积在开口内。 半导体合金材料在随后的退火中与下面的半导体材料混合。 在SOI区域和体区域的每一个内，根据半导体材料是否与半导体合金材料混合形成两种类型的半导体材料部分。

公开(公告)号：US08962430B2

公开(公告)日：2015-02-24

申请号：US13907237

申请日：2013-05-31

Applicant: STMicroelectronics, Inc. ,  International Business Machines Corporation

Inventor： Qing Liu ,  Nicolas Loubet ,  Bruce Doris

IPC: H01L21/336 ,  H01L21/762 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/66

CPC classification number: H01L29/66477 ,  H01L21/76232 ,  H01L21/76283 ,  H01L29/0649

Abstract: On a substrate formed of a first semiconductor layer, an insulating layer and a second semiconductor layer, a silicon oxide pad layer and a silicon nitride pad layer are deposited and patterned to define a mask. The mask is used to open a trench through the first semiconductor layer and insulating layer and into the second semiconductor layer. A dual liner of silicon dioxide and silicon nitride is conformally deposited within the trench. The trench is filled with silicon dioxide. A hydrofluoric acid etch removes the silicon nitride pad layer along with a portion of the conformal silicon nitride liner. A hot phosphoric acid etch removes the silicon oxide pad layer, a portion of the silicon oxide filling the trench and a portion of the conformal silicon nitride liner. The dual liner protects against substrate etch through at an edge of the trench between the first and second semiconductor layers.

Abstract translation: 在由第一半导体层，绝缘层和第二半导体层形成的衬底上，沉积氧化硅衬垫层和氮化硅衬垫层以形成掩模。 掩模用于打开通过第一半导体层和绝缘层并进入第二半导体层的沟槽。 二氧化硅和氮化硅的双衬垫共形沉积在沟槽内。 沟槽填充有二氧化硅。 氢氟酸蚀刻将氮化硅衬垫层与一部分共形氮化硅衬垫一起去除。 热磷酸蚀刻去除氧化硅衬垫层，填充沟槽的氧化硅的一部分和保形氮化硅衬垫的一部分。 双衬垫在第一和第二半导体层之间的沟槽的边缘处防止衬底蚀刻。

公开(公告)号：US20150008520A1

公开(公告)日：2015-01-08

申请号：US13933642

申请日：2013-07-02

Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation ,  Commissariat A I'Energie atomique et aux Energies alternatives ,  STMicroelectronics, Inc.

Inventor： Kangguo Cheng ,  Bruce B. Doris ,  Ali Khakifirooz ,  Qing Liu ,  Laurent Grenouillet ,  Yannick Le Tiec ,  Maud Vinet

IPC: H01L27/12 ,  H01L21/02 ,  H01L21/762

CPC classification number: H01L27/1207 ,  H01L21/02529 ,  H01L21/02532 ,  H01L21/0262 ,  H01L21/76224 ,  H01L21/76283 ,  H01L21/84 ,  H01L29/0649 ,  H01L29/1608 ,  H01L29/161

Abstract: Trenches are formed through a top semiconductor layer and a buried insulator layer of a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrate. A selective epitaxy is performed to form bulk semiconductor portions filling the trenches and in epitaxial alignment with the semiconductor material of a handle substrate. At least one dielectric layer is deposited over the top semiconductor layer and the bulk semiconductor portions, and is patterned to form openings over selected areas of the top semiconductor layer and the bulk semiconductor portions. A semiconductor alloy material is deposited within the openings directly on physically exposed surfaces of the top semiconductor layer and the bulk semiconductor portions. The semiconductor alloy material intermixes with the underlying semiconductor materials in a subsequent anneal. Within each of the SOI region and the bulk region, two types of semiconductor material portions are formed depending on whether a semiconductor material intermixes with the semiconductor alloy material.

公开(公告)号：US20140353753A1

公开(公告)日：2014-12-04

申请号：US13906677

申请日：2013-05-31

Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation ,  STMicroelectronics, Inc.

Inventor： Nicolas Loubet ,  Shom Ponoth ,  Prasanna Khare ,  Qing Liu ,  Balasubramanian Pranatharthiharan

IPC: H01L29/66 ,  H01L27/088 ,  H01L21/8234 ,  H01L29/78

CPC classification number: H01L29/66795 ,  H01L21/823412 ,  H01L21/823418 ,  H01L21/823431 ,  H01L27/0886 ,  H01L29/7848 ,  H01L29/785

Abstract: Improved fin field effect transistor (FinFET) devices and methods for fabrication thereof. In one aspect, a method for fabricating a FinFET device comprises: a silicon substrate on which a silicon epitaxial layer is grown is provided. Sacrificial structures on the substrate are formed from the epitaxial layer. A blanket silicon layer is formed over the sacrificial structures and exposed substrate portions, the blanket silicon layer having upper and lower portions of uniform thickness and intermediate portions interposed between the upper and lower portions of non-uniform thickness and having an angle of formation. An array of semiconducting fins is formed from the blanket silicon layer and a non-conformal layer formed over the blanket layer. The sacrificial structures are removed and the resulting void filled with isolation structures under the channel regions. Source and drain are formed in the source/drain regions during a fin merge of the FinFET.

Abstract translation: 改进的鳍状场效应晶体管（FinFET）器件及其制造方法。 一方面，一种用于制造FinFET器件的方法包括：提供生长有硅外延层的硅衬底。 衬底上的牺牲结构由外延层形成。 在牺牲结构和暴露的衬底部分之上形成覆盖硅层，所述覆盖硅层具有均匀厚度的上部和下部，并且中间部分插入在不均匀厚度的上部和下部之间并且具有形成角度。 半导体散热片阵列由覆盖硅层和覆盖层上形成的非共形层形成。 去除牺牲结构，并且在通道区域下填充隔离结构的所得空隙。 在FinFET的鳍合并期间，在源极/漏极区域中形成源极和漏极。

公开(公告)号：US20140239395A1

公开(公告)日：2014-08-28

申请号：US13775946

申请日：2013-02-25

Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION ,  STMicroelectronics, Inc.

Inventor： Veeraraghavan S. Basker ,  Qing Liu ,  Tenko Yamashita ,  Chun-Chen Yeh

IPC: H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/78

CPC classification number: H01L29/41791 ,  H01L29/165 ,  H01L29/456 ,  H01L29/66545 ,  H01L29/66795 ,  H01L29/785

Abstract: A method for forming contacts in a semiconductor device includes forming a plurality of substantially parallel semiconductor fins on a dielectric layer of a substrate having a gate structure formed transversely to a longitudinal axis of the fins. The fins are merged by epitaxially growing a crystalline material between the fins. A field dielectric layer is deposited over the fins and the crystalline material. Trenches that run transversely to the longitudinal axis of the fins are formed to expose the fins in the trenches. An interface layer is formed over portions of the fins exposed in the trenches. Contact lines are formed in the trenches that contact a top surface of the interface layer on the fins and at least a portion of side surfaces of the interface layer on the fins.

Abstract translation: 一种用于在半导体器件中形成触点的方法包括在具有横向于鳍的纵向轴线形成的栅极结构的基底的介电层上形成多个基本上平行的半导体鳍。 翅片通过在翅片之间外延生长结晶材料而合并。 场致电介质层沉积在鳍片和结晶材料上。 形成横向于翅片的纵向轴线的沟槽以暴露沟槽中的翅片。 界面层形成在暴露在沟槽中的翅片的部分上。 接触线形成在与鳍片上的界面层的顶表面和鳍片上界面层的至少一部分侧表面接触的沟槽中。

公开(公告)号：US20140099773A1

公开(公告)日：2014-04-10

申请号：US14096515

申请日：2013-12-04

Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION ,  COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES ,  STMICROELECTRONICS, INC.

Inventor： Bruce B. Doris ,  Shom Ponoth ,  Prasanna Khare ,  Qing Liu ,  Nicolas Loubet ,  Maud Vinet

IPC: H01L21/768 ,  H01L21/762

CPC classification number: H01L21/76879 ,  H01L21/0217 ,  H01L21/76224 ,  H01L21/76283 ,  H01L21/76802 ,  H01L21/76877 ,  H01L21/76897 ,  H01L29/0649 ,  H01L29/0653 ,  H01L29/0847 ,  H01L29/41783 ,  H01L29/66545 ,  H01L29/6656 ,  H01L29/66568 ,  H01L29/66628 ,  H01L29/78609

Abstract: A shallow trench is formed to extend into a handle substrate of a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) layer. A dielectric liner stack of a dielectric metal oxide layer and a silicon nitride layer is formed in the shallow trench, followed by deposition of a shallow trench isolation fill portion. The dielectric liner stack is removed from above a top surface of a top semiconductor portion, followed by removal of a silicon nitride pad layer and an upper vertical portion of the dielectric metal oxide layer. A divot laterally surrounding a stack of a top semiconductor portion and a buried insulator portion is filled with a silicon nitride portion. Gate structures and source/drain structures are subsequently formed. The silicon nitride portion or the dielectric metal oxide layer functions as a stopping layer during formation of source/drain contact via holes, thereby preventing electrical shorts between source/drain contact via structures and the handle substrate.

公开(公告)号：US20140239415A1

公开(公告)日：2014-08-28

申请号：US13778314

申请日：2013-02-27

Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

Inventor： Veeraraghavan S. Basker ,  Qing Liu ,  Tenko Yamashita ,  Chun-Chen Yeh

IPC: H01L29/78 ,  H01L21/8238 ,  H01L29/66

CPC classification number: H01L21/8238 ,  H01L21/823412 ,  H01L21/823431 ,  H01L21/823807 ,  H01L21/823821 ,  H01L27/0886 ,  H01L27/0924 ,  H01L29/66795 ,  H01L29/7845 ,  H01L29/7847 ,  H01L29/785

Abstract: Transistors with memorized stress and methods for making such transistors. The methods include forming a transistor structure having a channel region, a source and drain region, and a gate dielectric; depositing a stressor over the channel region of the transistor structure, wherein the stressor provides a stress to the channel region; removing the stressor metal after the stress is memorized within the channel region; and depositing a work function metal over the channel region of the transistor structure, where the work function metal applies less stress to the channel region than the stress applied by the stressor. A transistor with memorized stress includes a source and drain region on a substrate; a stress-memorized channel region on the substrate that retains an externally applied stress; and a gate structure including a work function gate metal that applies less stress to the stress-memorized channel region than the externally applied stress.

Abstract translation: 具有记忆应力的晶体管和制造这种晶体管的方法。 所述方法包括形成具有沟道区，源极和漏极区以及栅极电介质的晶体管结构; 在所述晶体管结构的沟道区上沉积应力器，其中所述应力源向所述沟道区提供应力; 在应力存储在通道区域内之前去除应力金属; 以及在所述晶体管结构的沟道区域上沉积功函数金属，其中所述功函数金属对所述沟道区施加比由所述应力源施加的应力更小的应力。 具有记忆应力的晶体管包括衬底上的源区和漏区; 衬底上的应力记忆通道区域，其保持外部施加的应力; 以及包括与外部施加的应力相比对应力存储的沟道区域施加较小应力的功函栅极金属的栅极结构。