公开(公告)号：US09082852B1

公开(公告)日：2015-07-14

申请号：US14560472

申请日：2014-12-04

申请人： STMicroelectronics, Inc. ,  International Business Machines Corporation ,  GlobalFoundries Inc

发明人： Qing Liu ,  Ruilong Xie ,  Xiuyu Cai ,  Chun-Chen Yeh

IPC分类号： H01L29/78

CPC分类号： H01L29/785 ,  H01L29/66545 ,  H01L29/66795

摘要： A FinFET includes a semiconductor fin supporting a first transistor and a second transistor. A first transistor gate electrode extends over a first channel region of the fin and a second transistor gate electrode extends over a second channel region of the fin. Epitaxial growth material on a top of the fin forms a raised source region on a first side of the first transistor gate electrode, an intermediate region between a second side of the first transistor gate electrode and a first side of the second transistor gate electrode, and a raised drain region on a second side of the second transistor gate electrode. The first and second transistor gate electrodes are short circuit connected to each other, with the first transistor configured to have a first threshold voltage and the second transistor configured to have a second threshold voltage different from the first threshold voltage.

摘要翻译： FinFET包括支撑第一晶体管和第二晶体管的半导体鳍片。 第一晶体管栅极电极延伸在鳍片的第一沟道区域上，第二晶体管栅电极在鳍片的第二沟道区域上延伸。 翅片顶部的外延生长材料在第一晶体管栅电极的第一侧上形成升高的源极区，在第一晶体管栅电极的第二侧和第二晶体管栅电极的第一侧之间的中间区域，以及 在所述第二晶体管栅电极的第二侧上的升高的漏极区。 第一和第二晶体管栅极彼此短路，其中第一晶体管被配置为具有第一阈值电压，并且第二晶体管被配置为具有不同于第一阈值电压的第二阈值电压。

公开(公告)号：US10355086B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-16

申请号：US15181843

申请日：2016-06-14

申请人： International Business Machines Corporation ,  GlobalFoundries, Inc. ,  STMicroelectronics, Inc.

发明人： Xiuyu Cai ,  Qing Liu ,  Kejia Wang ,  Ruilong Xie ,  Chun-Chen Yeh

IPC分类号： H01L21/84 ,  H01L29/10 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L21/306 ,  H01L29/20 ,  H01L29/417 ,  H01L29/78

摘要： A semiconductor device includes a fin patterned in a substrate; a gate disposed over and substantially perpendicular to the fin; a pair of epitaxial contacts including a III-V material over the fin and on opposing sides of the gate; and a channel region between the pair of epitaxial contacts under the gate comprising an undoped III-V material between doped III-V materials, the doped III-V materials including a dopant in an amount in a range from about 1e18 to about 1e20 atoms/cm3 and contacting the epitaxial contacts.

公开(公告)号：US20190206868A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-04

申请号：US16294117

申请日：2019-03-06

申请人： International Business Machines Corporation ,  GlobalFoundries, Inc. ,  STMicroelectronics, Inc.

发明人： Xiuyu Cai ,  Qing Liu ,  Ruilong Xie ,  Chun-Chen Yeh

IPC分类号： H01L27/092 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/16 ,  H01L21/8238 ,  H01L21/033 ,  H01L21/308 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/165 ,  H01L29/10 ,  H01L27/12 ,  H01L21/84

CPC分类号： H01L27/0924 ,  H01L21/0338 ,  H01L21/3086 ,  H01L21/3088 ,  H01L21/823807 ,  H01L21/823821 ,  H01L21/845 ,  H01L27/0922 ,  H01L27/1211 ,  H01L29/0684 ,  H01L29/1054 ,  H01L29/16 ,  H01L29/165 ,  H01L29/7849

摘要： A semiconductor substrate includes a bulk substrate layer that extends along a first axis to define a width and a second axis perpendicular to the first axis to define a height. A plurality of hetero semiconductor fins includes an epitaxial material formed on a first region of the bulk substrate layer. A plurality of non-hetero semiconductor fins is formed on a second region of the bulk substrate layer different from the first region. The non-hetero semiconductor fins are integrally formed from the bulk substrate layer such that the material of the non-hetero semiconductor fins is different from the epitaxial material.

公开(公告)号：US10032912B2

公开(公告)日：2018-07-24

申请号：US14588221

申请日：2014-12-31

申请人： STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. ,  GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC. ,  INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

发明人： Pierre Morin ,  Kangguo Cheng ,  Jody Fronheiser ,  Xiuyu Cai ,  Juntao Li ,  Shogo Mochizuki ,  Ruilong Xie ,  Hong He ,  Nicolas Loubet

IPC分类号： H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/16 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L21/8238 ,  H01L27/092

摘要： A modified silicon substrate having a substantially defect-free strain relaxed buffer layer of SiGe is suitable for use as a foundation on which to construct a high performance CMOS FinFET device. The substantially defect-free SiGe strain-relaxed buffer layer can be formed by making cuts in, or segmenting, a strained epitaxial film, causing edges of the film segments to experience an elastic strain relaxation. When the segments are small enough, the overall film is relaxed so that the film is substantially without dislocation defects. Once the substantially defect-free strain-relaxed buffer layer is formed, strained channel layers can be grown epitaxially from the relaxed SRB layer. The strained channel layers are then patterned to create fins for a FinFET device. In one embodiment, dual strained channel layers are formed—a tensilely strained layer for NFET devices, and a compressively strained layer for PFET devices.

公开(公告)号：US20180175202A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-21

申请号：US15890880

申请日：2018-02-07

申请人： International Business Machines Corporation ,  GlobalFoundries, Inc. ,  STMicroelectronics, Inc.

发明人： Xiuyu Cai ,  Qing Liu ,  Kejia Wang ,  Ruilong Xie ,  Chun-Chen Yeh

IPC分类号： H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/10 ,  H01L29/417 ,  H01L21/306 ,  H01L29/66

CPC分类号： H01L29/1033 ,  H01L21/30621 ,  H01L29/1054 ,  H01L29/20 ,  H01L29/41791 ,  H01L29/66522 ,  H01L29/66545 ,  H01L29/6656 ,  H01L29/66636 ,  H01L29/66795 ,  H01L29/785 ,  H01L29/7851

摘要： A semiconductor device includes a fin patterned in a substrate; a gate disposed over and substantially perpendicular to the fin; a pair of epitaxial contacts including a III-V material over the fin and on opposing sides of the gate; and a channel region between the pair of epitaxial contacts under the gate including an undoped III-V material between doped III-V materials, the doped III-V materials including a dopant in an amount in a range from about 1e18 to about 1e20 atoms/cm3 and contacting the epitaxial contacts.

公开(公告)号：US09935179B2

公开(公告)日：2018-04-03

申请号：US15472556

申请日：2017-03-29

申请人： INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION ,  GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Inc. ,  STMICROELECTRONICS, INC.

发明人： Xiuyu Cai ,  Qing Liu ,  Kejia Wang ,  Ruilong Xie ,  Chun-Chen Yeh

IPC分类号： H01L21/336 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L27/088 ,  H01L21/8234

CPC分类号： H01L29/66795 ,  H01L21/823431 ,  H01L21/823437 ,  H01L27/0886 ,  H01L29/0653 ,  H01L29/41791 ,  H01L29/66545 ,  H01L29/6656

摘要： A method for making a semiconductor device may include forming first and second spaced apart semiconductor active regions with an insulating region therebetween, forming at least one sacrificial gate line extending between the first and second spaced apart semiconductor active regions and over the insulating region, and forming sidewall spacers on opposing sides of the at least one sacrificial gate line. The method may further include removing portions of the at least one sacrificial gate line within the sidewall spacers and above the insulating region defining at least one gate line end recess, filling the at least one gate line end recess with a dielectric material, and forming respective replacement gates in place of portions of the at least one sacrificial gate line above the first and second spaced apart semiconductor active regions.

公开(公告)号：US09859423B2

公开(公告)日：2018-01-02

申请号：US14587655

申请日：2014-12-31

申请人： STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. ,  GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC. ,  INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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

IPC分类号： H01L29/165 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/417

CPC分类号： H01L29/7848 ,  H01L29/165 ,  H01L29/41783 ,  H01L29/6681 ,  H01L29/7842 ,  H01L29/7851

摘要： A hetero-channel FinFET device provides enhanced switching performance over a FinFET device having a silicon channel, and is easier to integrate into a fabrication process than is a FinFET device having a germanium channel. A FinFET device featuring the heterogeneous Si/SiGe channel includes a fin having a central region made of silicon and sidewall regions made of SiGe. A hetero-channel pFET device in particular has higher carrier mobility and less gate-induced drain leakage current than either a silicon device or a SiGe device. The hetero-channel FinFET permits the SiGe portion of the channel to have a Ge concentration in the range of about 25-40% and permits the fin height to exceed 40 nm while remaining stable.

公开(公告)号：US09660057B2

公开(公告)日：2017-05-23

申请号：US14307011

申请日：2014-06-17

申请人： STMicroelectronics, Inc. ,  International Business Machines Corporation ,  GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.

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

IPC分类号： H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/20 ,  H01L29/205

CPC分类号： H01L29/66795 ,  H01L29/20 ,  H01L29/205 ,  H01L29/6653 ,  H01L29/66545 ,  H01L29/6656 ,  H01L29/785

摘要： Methods and structures for forming a reduced resistance region of a finFET are described. According to some aspects, a dummy gate and first gate spacer may be formed above a fin comprising a first semiconductor composition. At least a portion of source and drain regions of the fin may be removed, and a second semiconductor composition may be formed in the source and drain regions in contact with the first semiconductor composition. A second gate spacer may be formed covering the first gate spacer. The methods may be used to form finFETs having reduced resistance at source and drain junctions.

公开(公告)号：US09653579B2

公开(公告)日：2017-05-16

申请号：US14281021

申请日：2014-05-19

申请人： STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. ,  GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc ,  INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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

IPC分类号： H01L21/336 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L21/8234 ,  H01L27/088 ,  H01L29/417

CPC分类号： H01L29/66795 ,  H01L21/823431 ,  H01L21/823437 ,  H01L27/0886 ,  H01L29/0653 ,  H01L29/41791 ,  H01L29/66545 ,  H01L29/6656

摘要： A method for making a semiconductor device may include forming first and second spaced apart semiconductor active regions with an insulating region therebetween, forming at least one sacrificial gate line extending between the first and second spaced apart semiconductor active regions and over the insulating region, and forming sidewall spacers on opposing sides of the at least one sacrificial gate line. The method may further include removing portions of the at least one sacrificial gate line within the sidewall spacers and above the insulating region defining at least one gate line end recess, filling the at least one gate line end recess with a dielectric material, and forming respective replacement gates in place of portions of the at least one sacrificial gate line above the first and second spaced apart semiconductor active regions.

公开(公告)号：US20170033197A1

公开(公告)日：2017-02-02

申请号：US15181843

申请日：2016-06-14

申请人： International Business Machines Corporation ,  GlobalFoundries, Inc. ,  STMicroelectronics, Inc.

发明人： Xiuyu Cai ,  Qing Liu ,  Kejia Wang ,  Ruilong Xie ,  Chun-Chen Yeh

IPC分类号： H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/20 ,  H01L21/306 ,  H01L29/08

CPC分类号： H01L29/1033 ,  H01L21/30621 ,  H01L29/1054 ,  H01L29/20 ,  H01L29/41791 ,  H01L29/66522 ,  H01L29/66545 ,  H01L29/6656 ,  H01L29/66636 ,  H01L29/66795 ,  H01L29/785 ,  H01L29/7851

摘要： A semiconductor device includes a fin patterned in a substrate; a gate disposed over and substantially perpendicular to the fin; a pair of epitaxial contacts including a III-V material over the fin and on opposing sides of the gate; and a channel region between the pair of epitaxial contacts under the gate comprising an undoped III-V material between doped III-V materials, the doped III-V materials including a dopant in an amount in a range from about 1e18 to about 1e20 atoms/cm3 and contacting the epitaxial contacts.

摘要翻译： 半导体器件包括在衬底中图案化的鳍; 设置在所述翅片上并基本上垂直于所述翅片的门; 一对外延触点，包括在鳍的上方和栅极的相对侧上的III-V材料; 以及在栅极之间的一对外延触点之间的沟道区，其包括在掺杂III-V材料之间的未掺杂的III-V材料，掺杂的III-V材料包括量为约1e18至约1e20原子/ 并与外延触点接触。