公开(公告)号：US20190363053A1

公开(公告)日：2019-11-28

申请号：US15985838

申请日：2018-05-22

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.

Inventor： Wei Zhao ,  Minghao Tang ,  Rui Chen ,  Dongyue Yang ,  Haiting Wang ,  Erik Geiss ,  Scott Beasor

IPC: H01L23/544

Abstract: One illustrative example of an overlay mark disclosed herein includes four quadrants (I-IV). Each quadrant of the mark contains an inner periodic structure and an outer periodic structure. Each of the outer periodic structures includes a plurality of outer features. Each of the inner periodic structures includes a plurality of first inner groups, each of the first inner groups having a plurality of first inner features, each first inner group being oriented such that there is an end-to-end spacing relationship between each first inner group and a selected one of the outer features.

公开(公告)号：US10361289B1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-23

申请号：US15933032

申请日：2018-03-22

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.

Inventor： Wei Zhao ,  Shahab Siddiqui ,  Haiting Wang ,  Ting-Hsiang Hung ,  Yiheng Xu ,  Beth Baumert ,  Jinping Liu ,  Scott Beasor ,  Yue Zhong ,  Shesh Mani Pandey

IPC: H01L29/66 ,  H01L21/02 ,  H01L21/28 ,  H01L29/78

Abstract: A method of thermally oxidizing a Si fin to form an oxide layer over the Si fin and then forming an ALD oxide layer over the oxide layer and resulting device are provided. Embodiments include forming a plurality of Si fins on a Si substrate; forming a dielectric layer over the plurality of Si fins and the Si substrate; recessing the dielectric layer, exposing a top portion of the plurality of Si fins; thermally oxidizing surface of the top portion of the plurality of Si fins, an oxide layer formed; and forming an ALD oxide layer over the oxide layer.

公开(公告)号：US20190221661A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-18

申请号：US15869541

申请日：2018-01-12

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.

Inventor： Wei Zhao ,  Ming Hao Tang ,  Haiting Wang ,  Rui Chen ,  Yuping Ren ,  Hui Zang ,  Scott H. Beasor ,  Ruilong Xie

IPC: H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/49 ,  H01L21/265 ,  H01L27/11 ,  H01L21/762 ,  H01L21/3105 ,  H01L21/28 ,  H01L29/423

Abstract: A method of forming isolation pillars for a gate structure, the method including: providing a preliminary structure including a substrate having a plurality of fins thereon, an STI formed between adjacent fins, an upper surface of the STIs extending higher than an upper surface of the fins, and a hardmask over the upper surface of the fins and between adjacent STIs; forming a first trench in a first selected STI and between adjacent fins in a gate region, and forming a second trench in a second selected STI and between adjacent fins in a TS region; and filling the first and second trenches with an isolation fill thereby forming a first isolation pillar in the gate region and a second isolation pillar in the TS region, the first and second isolation pillars extending below the upper surface of the STIs.

公开(公告)号：US20190131177A1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-02

申请号：US15794600

申请日：2017-10-26

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.

Inventor： David P. Brunco ,  Wei Zhao ,  Haiting Wang

IPC: H01L21/8234 ,  H01L21/02 ,  H01L21/311 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L21/306 ,  H01L27/088

Abstract: Methods of forming a structure for a fin-type field-effect transistor and structures for a fin-type field-effect transistor. A plurality of sacrificial layers are formed on a dielectric layer. An opening is formed that includes a first section that extends through the sacrificial layers and a second section that extends through the dielectric layer. A semiconductor material is epitaxially grown inside the opening to form a fin. The first section of the opening has a first width dimension, and the second section of the opening has a second width dimension that is less than the first width dimension.

公开(公告)号：US09935104B1

公开(公告)日：2018-04-03

申请号：US15589292

申请日：2017-05-08

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.

Inventor： Haiting Wang ,  Wei Zhao ,  Hong Yu ,  Xusheng Wu ,  Hui Zang ,  Zhenyu Hu

IPC: H01L21/84 ,  H01L27/088 ,  H01L21/8234 ,  H01L21/311 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L21/308 ,  H01L21/02

CPC classification number: H01L27/0886 ,  H01L21/02164 ,  H01L21/3086 ,  H01L21/31111 ,  H01L21/762 ,  H01L21/823418 ,  H01L21/823431 ,  H01L21/823468 ,  H01L21/823481 ,  H01L29/0649

Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor structure, including at least one fin-type field effect transistor and at least one single-diffusion break (SDB) type isolation region, and a method of forming the semiconductor structure. In the method, an isolation bump is formed above an isolation region within a semiconductor fin and sidewall spacers are formed on the bump. During an etch process to reduce the height of the bump and to remove isolation material from the sidewalls of the fin, the sidewall spacers prevent lateral etching of the bump. During an etch process to form source/drain recesses in the fin, the sidewalls spacers protect the semiconductor material adjacent to the isolation region. Consequently, the sides and bottom of each recess include semiconductor surfaces and the angle of the top surfaces of the epitaxial source/drain regions formed therein is minimized, thereby minimizing the risk of unlanded source/drain contacts.

公开(公告)号：US09886998B2

公开(公告)日：2018-02-06

申请号：US15175466

申请日：2016-06-07

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.

Inventor： Igor Arsovski ,  Qing Li ,  Wei Zhao ,  Xiaoli Hu

IPC: G11C11/419

CPC classification number: G11C11/419 ,  G11C7/067

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to sensing circuit for a memory and methods of use. The memory includes a self-referenced sense amp that is structured to calibrate its individual pre-charge based on a trip-point, with autonomous pre-charge activation circuitry that starts pre-charging a sense-line on each unique entry as soon as a sense has been performed or completed.

公开(公告)号：US09653583B1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-16

申请号：US15226165

申请日：2016-08-02

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.

Inventor： Wei Zhao ,  Haiting Wang ,  Hongliang Shen ,  Zhenyu Hu ,  Min-Hwa Chi

IPC: H01L21/8238 ,  H01L21/66 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L21/02 ,  H01L21/762 ,  H01L21/3105

CPC classification number: H01L29/66795 ,  H01L21/02164 ,  H01L21/31053 ,  H01L21/76224 ,  H01L21/823821 ,  H01L21/823857 ,  H01L21/823878 ,  H01L29/66545

Abstract: One illustrative method disclosed herein includes, among other things, forming a first gate structure above a fin, forming epi semiconductor material on the fin, performing at least one first etching process through a patterned sacrificial layer of material to remove at least a gate cap layer and sacrificial gate materials of the first gate structure so as to define a first isolation cavity that exposes the fin while leaving the second gate structure intact, performing at least one second etching process through the first isolation cavity to remove at least a portion of a vertical height of the fin and thereby form a first isolation trench, removing the patterned sacrificial layer of material, and forming a layer of insulating material above the epi semiconductor material and in the first isolation trench and in the first isolation cavity.

公开(公告)号：US10510385B2

公开(公告)日：2019-12-17

申请号：US15903826

申请日：2018-02-23

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.

Inventor： Xiaoli Hu ,  Wei Zhao ,  Hao Pu

IPC: G11C7/12 ,  G11C11/419

Abstract: A structure includes a write driver circuit configured to drive both a true bitline side and a complement bitline side up to a power supply and down to ground such that one of the true bitline side and the complement bitline side is driven to ground and another of the true bitline side and the complement bitline side is driven to a high level at a same time and before a precharge below a level of the power supply of the one of the true bitline side and the complement bitline side.

公开(公告)号：US10475890B2

公开(公告)日：2019-11-12

申请号：US15728070

申请日：2017-10-09

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.

Inventor： Haiting Wang ,  Wei Zhao ,  Hui Zang ,  Hong Yu ,  Zhenyu Hu ,  Scott Beasor ,  Erik Geiss ,  Jerome Ciavatti ,  Jae Gon Lee

IPC: H01L29/417 ,  H01L27/11 ,  H01L27/088 ,  H01L27/092 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L21/8234 ,  H01L21/8238

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to scaled memory structures with middle of the line cuts and methods of manufacture The structure comprises: a plurality of fin structures formed on a substrate; a plurality of gate structures spanning over adjacent fin structures; a cut in adjacent epitaxial source/drain regions; and a cut in contact material formed adjacent to the plurality of gate structures, which provides separate contacts.

公开(公告)号：US10403742B2

公开(公告)日：2019-09-03

申请号：US15712748

申请日：2017-09-22

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.

Inventor： Wei Zhao ,  Haiting Wang ,  David P. Brunco ,  Jiehui Shu ,  Shesh Mani Pandey ,  Jinping Liu ,  Scott Beasor

IPC: H01L29/66 ,  H01L21/02 ,  H01L21/762 ,  H01L29/417 ,  H01L21/8234 ,  H01L21/8238 ,  H01L27/088 ,  H01L27/092 ,  H01L29/10 ,  H01L21/84 ,  H01L27/12

Abstract: Methods of forming a structure for a fin-type field-effect transistor and structures for a fin-type field-effect transistor. An etch stop layer, a sacrificial layer, and a dielectric layer are arranged in a layer stack formed on a substrate. a plurality of openings are formed that extend through the layer stack to the substrate. A semiconductor material is epitaxially grown inside each of the plurality of openings from the substrate to form a plurality of fins embedded in the layer stack. The sacrificial layer is removed selective to the etch stop layer to reveal a section of each of the plurality of fins.