公开(公告)号：US09401408B2

公开(公告)日：2016-07-26

申请号：US14676608

申请日：2015-04-01

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.

Inventor： Ruilong Xie ,  Andreas Knorr

IPC: H01L21/336 ,  H01L29/786 ,  H01L21/8238 ,  H01L29/417 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L21/28 ,  H01L21/768 ,  H01L27/088

CPC classification number: H01L27/0886 ,  H01L21/28518 ,  H01L21/28525 ,  H01L21/76895 ,  H01L21/76897 ,  H01L21/823418 ,  H01L21/823431 ,  H01L21/823475 ,  H01L23/485 ,  H01L29/665 ,  H01L29/66545 ,  H01L29/66795 ,  H01L29/7851

Abstract: A non-planar semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate, multiple raised semiconductor structures coupled to the substrate and surrounded at a lower portion thereof by a layer of isolation material, gate structure(s) and confined epitaxial material above active regions of the raised structures, the confined epitaxial material having recessed portion(s) therein. Dummy gate structures surrounding a portion of each of the raised structures are initially used, and the confined epitaxial material is created before replacing the dummy gate structures with final gate structures. The structure further includes silicide on upper surfaces of a top portion of the confined epitaxial material, and contacts above the silicide, the contacts including separate contacts electrically coupled to only one area of confined epitaxial material and common contact(s) electrically coupling two adjacent areas of the confined epitaxial material.

Abstract translation: 非平面半导体结构包括半导体衬底，耦合到衬底的多个凸起的半导体结构，并且在其下部被隔离材料层，栅极结构和凸起结构的有源区上方的限定外延材料包围， 该限制外延材料在其中具有凹入部分。 最初使用围绕每个凸起结构的一部分的虚拟门结构，并且在用最终栅极结构替换伪栅极结构之前产生约束的外延材料。 该结构还包括在限制的外延材料的顶部的上表面上的硅化物和硅化物上方的触点，触点包括电耦合到仅限于一部分的限制性外延材料的单独触点和电耦合两个相邻区域 的限制外延材料。

公开(公告)号：US20140162447A1

公开(公告)日：2014-06-12

申请号：US13709250

申请日：2012-12-10

Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION ,  GLOBALFOUNDRIES, INC. ,  RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION

Inventor： Lisa F. Edge ,  Martin M. Frank ,  Balasubramanian S. Haran ,  Atsuro Inada ,  Sivananda K. Kanakasabapathy ,  Andreas Knorr ,  Vijay Narayanan ,  Vamsi K. Paruchuri ,  Soon-cheon Seo

IPC: H01L21/28

CPC classification number: H01L29/66795 ,  H01L29/41791

Abstract: A method for fabricating a field effect transistor device includes patterning a fin on substrate, patterning a gate stack over a portion of the fin and a portion of an insulator layer arranged on the substrate, forming a protective barrier over the gate stack, a portion of the fin and a portion of the insulator layer, the protective barrier enveloping the gate stack, depositing a second insulator layer over portions of the fin and the protective barrier, performing a first etching process to selectively remove portions of the second insulator layer to define cavities that expose portions of source and drain regions of the fin without appreciably removing the protective barrier, and depositing a conductive material in the cavities.

Abstract translation: 一种用于制造场效应晶体管器件的方法，包括对衬底上的翅片进行图案化，在栅极堆叠的一部分上构图栅极堆叠，以及布置在衬底上的绝缘体层的一部分，在栅极叠层上形成保护屏障， 所述翅片和所述绝缘体层的一部分，所述保护屏障包围所述栅极堆叠，在所述鳍片和所述保护屏障的部分上沉积第二绝缘体层，执行第一蚀刻工艺以选择性地去除所述第二绝缘体层的部分以限定空腔 其暴露鳍片的源极和漏极区域的部分，而不明显地去除保护屏障，以及在空腔中沉积导电材料。

公开(公告)号：US10937693B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-02

申请号：US16150026

申请日：2018-10-02

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.

Inventor： Ruilong Xie ,  Andreas Knorr ,  Haiting Wang ,  Hui Zang

IPC: H01L21/768 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L21/285 ,  H01L21/02

Abstract: At least one method, apparatus and system disclosed herein involves forming local interconnect regions during semiconductor device manufacturing. A plurality of fins are formed on a semiconductor substrate. A gate region is over a portion of the fins. A trench silicide (TS) region is formed adjacent a portion of the gate region. The TS region comprises a first TS metal feature and a second TS metal feature. A bi-layer self-aligned contact (SAC) cap is formed over a first portion of the TS region and electrically coupled to a portion of the gate region. A portion of the bi-layer SAC cap is removed to form a first void. A first local interconnect feature is formed in the first void.

公开(公告)号：US20180182757A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-28

申请号：US15862064

申请日：2018-01-04

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.

Inventor： Ruilong Xie ,  Andreas Knorr ,  Murat Kerem Akarvardar ,  Lars Liebmann ,  Nigel Graeme Cave

IPC: H01L27/088 ,  H01L21/8234 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/45 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L29/78

CPC classification number: H01L27/0886 ,  H01L21/823418 ,  H01L21/823431 ,  H01L21/823456 ,  H01L21/823468 ,  H01L21/823475 ,  H01L21/823481 ,  H01L21/823871 ,  H01L21/823878 ,  H01L27/0924 ,  H01L29/42376 ,  H01L29/45 ,  H01L29/665 ,  H01L29/66545 ,  H01L29/785 ,  H01L2029/7858

Abstract: Disclosed are methods of forming improved fin-type field effect transistor (FINFET) structures and, particularly, relatively tall single-fin FINFET structures that provide increased drive current over conventional single-fin FINFET structures. The use of such a tall single-fin FINFET provides significant area savings over a FINFET that requires multiple semiconductor fins to achieve the same amount of drive current. Furthermore, since only a single fin is used, only a single leakage path is present at the bottom of the device. Thus, the disclosed FINFET structures can be incorporated into a cell in place of multi-fin FINFETs in order to allow for cell height scaling without violating critical design rules or sacrificing performance.

公开(公告)号：US09318342B2

公开(公告)日：2016-04-19

申请号：US14811987

申请日：2015-07-29

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.

Inventor： Ruilong Xie ,  Andreas Knorr ,  Ajey Poovannummoottil Jacob ,  Michael Hargrove

IPC: H01L21/311 ,  H01L21/308 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L21/8234 ,  H01L29/78

CPC classification number: H01L21/3085 ,  H01L21/3081 ,  H01L21/3086 ,  H01L21/823431 ,  H01L29/0649 ,  H01L29/0692 ,  H01L29/785

Abstract: One illustrative method disclosed herein includes forming a plurality of initial fins in a substrate, wherein at least one of the initial fins is a to-be-removed fin, forming a material adjacent the initial fins, forming a fin removal masking layer above the plurality of initial fins, removing a desired portion of the at least one to-be-removed fin by: (a) performing a recess etching process on the material to remove a portion, but not all, of the material positioned adjacent the sidewalls of the at least one to-be-removed fin, (b) after performing the recess etching process, performing a fin recess etching process to remove a portion, but not all, of the at least one to be removed fin and (c) repeating steps (a) and (b) until the desired amount of the at least one to-be-removed fin is removed.

Abstract translation: 本文公开的一种说明性方法包括在基底中形成多个初始翅片，其中至少一个初始翅片是待去除翅片，形成与初始翅片相邻的材料，在多个 的初始翅片，通过以下步骤去除所述至少一个待去除的翅片的期望部分：（a）对所述材料执行凹陷蚀刻工艺以去除邻近所述第二侧壁的所述材料定位的部分（但不是全部） 至少一个待去除的翅片，（b）在执行凹陷蚀刻工艺之后，进行翅片凹槽蚀刻工艺以去除待除去的至少一个翅片的部分而不是全部，以及（c）重复步骤 （a）和（b），直到除去所需量的至少一个待去除的翅片。

公开(公告)号：US10424657B2

公开(公告)日：2019-09-24

申请号：US15428312

申请日：2017-02-09

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.

Inventor： Ruilong Xie ,  Andreas Knorr

IPC: H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L29/786 ,  H01L27/12 ,  H01L21/8234 ,  H01L21/8238 ,  H01L21/84 ,  H01L27/11

Abstract: A tri-gate FinFET device includes a fin that is positioned vertically above and spaced apart from an upper surface of a semiconductor substrate, wherein the fin has an upper surface, a lower surface opposite of the upper surface, a first side surface, and a second side surface opposite of the first side surface. The axis of the fin in a height direction of the fin is oriented substantially parallel to the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate, and the first side surface of the fin contacts an insulating material. A gate structure is positioned around the upper surface, the second side surface, and the lower surface of the fin, and a gate contact structure is conductively coupled to the gate structure.

公开(公告)号：US10304833B1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-28

申请号：US15898812

申请日：2018-02-19

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.

Inventor： Puneet Harischandra Suvarna ,  Bipul C. Paul ,  Ruilong Xie ,  Bartlomiej Jan Pawlak ,  Lars W. Liebmann ,  Daniel Chanemougame ,  Nicholas V. LiCausi ,  Andreas Knorr

IPC: H01L29/775 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L27/092 ,  H01L21/02 ,  H01L21/8238 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/10 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L27/12

Abstract: A device includes a first nano-sheet of a first semiconductor material. First source/drain regions are positioned adjacent ends of the first nano-sheet. A first dielectric material is positioned above the first source/drain regions. A second nano-sheet of a second semiconductor material is positioned above the first nano-sheet. Second source/drain regions are positioned adjacent ends of the second nano-sheet and above the first dielectric material. A gate structure has a first portion capacitively coupled to the first nano-sheet and a second portion capacitively coupled to the second nano-sheet. A first source/drain contact contacts a first portion of the second source/drain regions in a first region where the first and second source/drain regions do not vertically overlap. The first source/drain contact has a first depth that extends below a height of an upper surface of the first source/drain regions in a second region where the first and second source/drain regions vertically overlap.

公开(公告)号：US10290549B2

公开(公告)日：2019-05-14

申请号：US15695229

申请日：2017-09-05

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.

Inventor： Ruilong Xie ,  Julien Frougier ,  Min Gyu Sung ,  Edward Joseph Nowak ,  Nigel G. Cave ,  Lars Liebmann ,  Daniel Chanemougame ,  Andreas Knorr

IPC: H01L21/8238 ,  H01L27/092 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L29/786 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L27/11

Abstract: The disclosure is directed to gate all-around integrated circuit structures, finFETs having a dielectric isolation, and methods of forming the same. The gate all-around integrated circuit structure may include a first insulator region within a substrate; a pair of remnant liner stubs disposed within the first insulator region; a second insulator region laterally adjacent to the first insulator region within the substrate; a pair of fins over the first insulator region, each fin in the pair of fins including an inner sidewall facing the inner sidewall of an adjacent fin in the pair of fins and an outer sidewall opposite the inner sidewall; and a gate structure substantially surrounding an axial portion of the pair of fins and at least partially disposed over the first and second insulator regions, wherein each remnant liner stub is substantially aligned with the inner sidewall of a respective fin of the pair of fins.

公开(公告)号：US20190123160A1

公开(公告)日：2019-04-25

申请号：US16190549

申请日：2018-11-14

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.

Inventor： Ruilong Xie ,  Andreas Knorr ,  Julien Frougier ,  Hui Zang ,  Min-hwa Chi

IPC: H01L29/423 ,  H01L27/088 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/49 ,  H01L29/786

Abstract: A method of forming a GAA FinFET, including: forming a fin on a substrate, the substrate having a STI layer formed thereon and around a portion of a FIN-bottom portion of the fin, the fin having a dummy gate formed thereover, the dummy gate having a gate sidewall spacer on sidewalls thereof; forming a FIN-void and an under-FIN cavity in the STI layer; forming first spacers by filling the under-FIN cavity and FIN-void with a first fill; removing the dummy gate, thereby exposing both FIN-bottom and FIN-top portions of the fin underneath the gate; creating an open area underneath the exposed FIN-top by removing the exposed FIN-bottom; and forming a second spacer by filling the open area with a second fill; wherein a distance separates a top-most surface of the second spacer from a bottom-most surface of the FIN-top portion. A GAA FinFET formed by the method is also disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US10164041B1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-25

申请号：US15790216

申请日：2017-10-23

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.

Inventor： Ruilong Xie ,  Andreas Knorr ,  Julien Frougier ,  Hui Zang ,  Min-hwa Chi

IPC: H01L29/423 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/49 ,  H01L29/786 ,  H01L27/088

Abstract: A method of forming a GAA FinFET, including: forming a fin on a substrate, the substrate having a STI layer formed thereon and around a portion of a FIN-bottom portion of the fin, the fin having a dummy gate formed thereover, the dummy gate having a gate sidewall spacer on sidewalls thereof; forming a FIN-void and an under-FIN cavity in the STI layer; forming first spacers by filling the under-FIN cavity and FIN-void with a first fill; removing the dummy gate, thereby exposing both FIN-bottom and FIN-top portions of the fin underneath the gate; creating an open area underneath the exposed FIN-top by removing the exposed FIN-bottom; and forming a second spacer by filling the open area with a second fill; wherein a distance separates a top-most surface of the second spacer from a bottom-most surface of the FIN-top portion. A GAA FinFET formed by the method is also disclosed.