公开(公告)号：US09985135B2

公开(公告)日：2018-05-29

申请号：US15462644

申请日：2017-03-17

Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation ,  GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.

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

IPC: H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/51 ,  H01L21/321 ,  H01L21/02 ,  H01L29/423

CPC classification number: H01L29/7856 ,  H01L21/0217 ,  H01L21/28141 ,  H01L21/3212 ,  H01L29/42364 ,  H01L29/6653 ,  H01L29/66545 ,  H01L29/6656 ,  H01L29/66575 ,  H01L29/785 ,  H01L29/78654

Abstract: A semiconductor structure including a semiconductor material portion located on a substrate and extending along a lengthwise direction, a gate stack overlying a portion of the semiconductor material portion, and a first low-k spacer portion and a second low-k spacer portion abutting the gate stack and spaced from each other by the gate stack along said lengthwise direction. The first low-k spacer portion and the second low-k spacer portion each part of a recessed dummy gate structure on the substrate and a sacrificial spacer with gaps around and above a portion of the dummy gate stack. The gaps are filled in with the first low-k spacer portion and the second low-k spacer portion.

公开(公告)号：US09935201B2

公开(公告)日：2018-04-03

申请号：US15396743

申请日：2017-01-02

Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION ,  GlobalFoundries, Inc. ,  STMicroelectronics, Inc.

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

IPC: H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/10 ,  H01L29/41 ,  H01L29/417 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L21/306

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

Abstract: 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：US09793171B2

公开(公告)日：2017-10-17

申请号：US15179620

申请日：2016-06-10

Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation ,  GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC. ,  STMICROELECTRONICS, INC.

Inventor： Qing Liu ,  Ruilong Xie ,  Chun-Chen Yeh ,  Xiuyu Cai ,  William J. Taylor

IPC: H01L21/336 ,  H01L21/8234 ,  H01L29/417 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L21/84 ,  H01L27/12 ,  H01L21/285

CPC classification number: H01L21/823475 ,  H01L21/28518 ,  H01L21/823418 ,  H01L21/823431 ,  H01L21/845 ,  H01L27/1211 ,  H01L29/41791 ,  H01L29/66795 ,  H01L29/785

Abstract: An integrated circuit transistor is formed on a substrate. A trench in the substrate is at least partially filled with a metal material to form a source (or drain) contact buried in the substrate. The substrate further includes a source (or drain) region in the substrate which is in electrical connection with the source (or drain) contact. The substrate further includes a channel region adjacent to the source (or drain) region. A gate dielectric is provided on top of the channel region and a gate electrode is provided on top of the gate dielectric. The substrate may be of the silicon on insulator (SOI) or bulk type. The buried source (or drain) contact makes electrical connection to a side of the source (or drain) region using a junction provided at a same level of the substrate as the source (or drain) and channel regions.

公开(公告)号：US20170179246A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-22

申请号：US15451565

申请日：2017-03-07

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.

Inventor： Ruilong Xie ,  Chanro Park ,  Xiuyu Cai

IPC: H01L29/423 ,  H01L23/535 ,  H01L21/768 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L21/311 ,  H01L29/08 ,  H01L29/78

CPC classification number: H01L29/4232 ,  H01L21/31144 ,  H01L21/76832 ,  H01L21/76834 ,  H01L21/76897 ,  H01L23/535 ,  H01L29/0847 ,  H01L29/665 ,  H01L29/6653 ,  H01L29/66545 ,  H01L29/66628 ,  H01L29/78

Abstract: One illustrative example of a transistor device disclosed herein includes, among other things, a gate structure, first and second spacers positioned adjacent opposite sides of the gate structure, and a multi-layer gate cap structure positioned above the gate structure and the upper surface of the spacers. The multi-layer gate cap structure includes a first gate cap material layer positioned on an upper surface of the gate structure and on the upper surfaces of the first and second spacers, a first high-k protection layer positioned on an upper surface of the first gate cap material layer and a second gate cap material layer positioned on an upper surface of the high-k protection layer. The first and second gate cap layers comprise different materials than the first high-k protection layer.

公开(公告)号：US09666791B2

公开(公告)日：2017-05-30

申请号：US14841997

申请日：2015-09-01

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.

Inventor： Xunyuan Zhang ,  Ruilong Xie ,  Xiuyu Cai ,  Seowoo Nam ,  Hyun-Jin Cho

IPC: H01L43/08 ,  H01L21/02 ,  H01L27/22 ,  H01L43/12 ,  H01L43/02

CPC classification number: H01L43/08 ,  G11C11/161 ,  H01L21/02 ,  H01L27/222 ,  H01L27/226 ,  H01L27/228 ,  H01L43/02 ,  H01L43/12

Abstract: A method of forming a self-aligned MTJ without using a photolithography mask and the resulting device are provided. Embodiments include forming a first electrode over a metal layer, the metal layer recessed in a low-k dielectric layer; forming a MTJ layer over the first electrode; forming a second electrode over the MTJ layer; removing portions of the second electrode, the MTJ layer, and the first electrode down to the low-k dielectric layer; forming a silicon nitride-based layer over the second electrode and the low-k dielectric layer; and planarizing the silicon nitride-based layer down to the second electrode.

公开(公告)号：US20170140994A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-18

申请号：US15419346

申请日：2017-01-30

Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation ,  GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.

Inventor： Xiuyu Cai ,  Kangguo Cheng ,  Johnathan E. Faltermeier ,  Ali Khakifirooz ,  Theodorus E. Standaert ,  Ruilong Xie

IPC: H01L21/8234 ,  H01L21/84 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/08 ,  H01L29/417 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L21/311 ,  H01L27/088

CPC classification number: H01L21/823437 ,  H01L21/31111 ,  H01L21/823418 ,  H01L21/823431 ,  H01L21/823468 ,  H01L21/845 ,  H01L27/088 ,  H01L27/0886 ,  H01L29/0847 ,  H01L29/41783 ,  H01L29/665 ,  H01L29/66795 ,  H01L29/785

Abstract: A gate structure straddling a plurality of semiconductor material portions is formed. Source regions and drain regions are formed in the plurality of semiconductor material portions, and a gate spacer laterally surrounding the gate structure is formed. Epitaxial active regions are formed from the source and drain regions by a selective epitaxy process. The assembly of the gate structure and the gate spacer is cut into multiple portions employing a cut mask and an etch to form multiple gate assemblies. Each gate assembly includes a gate structure portion and two disjoined gate spacer portions laterally spaced by the gate structure portion. Portions of the epitaxial active regions can be removed from around sidewalls of the gate spacers to prevent electrical shorts among the epitaxial active regions. A dielectric spacer or a dielectric liner may be employed to limit areas in which metal semiconductor alloys are formed.

公开(公告)号：US20170110583A1

公开(公告)日：2017-04-20

申请号：US15396743

申请日：2017-01-02

Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION ,  GlobalFoundries, Inc. ,  STMicroelectronics, Inc.

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

IPC: H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/417 ,  H01L29/10

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

Abstract: 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 le18 to about le20 atoms/cm3 and contacting the epitaxial contacts.

公开(公告)号：US20170092645A1

公开(公告)日：2017-03-30

申请号：US15170134

申请日：2016-06-01

Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation ,  GlobalFoundries, Inc.

Inventor： Xiuyu Cai ,  Sanjay C. Mehta ,  Tenko Yamashita

IPC: H01L27/092 ,  H01L21/311 ,  H01L21/8238 ,  H01L21/306 ,  H01L29/16 ,  H01L29/66

CPC classification number: H01L27/0924 ,  H01L21/30604 ,  H01L21/31116 ,  H01L21/823807 ,  H01L21/823814 ,  H01L21/823821 ,  H01L21/823828 ,  H01L29/16 ,  H01L29/66545 ,  H01L29/6656 ,  H01L29/66636 ,  H01L29/66795 ,  H01L29/7848

Abstract: A method for fabricating a field effect transistor device comprises forming a fin on a substrate, forming a first dummy gate stack and a second dummy gate stack over the fin, forming spacers adjacent to the fin, the first dummy gate stack, and the second dummy gate stack, etching to remove portions of the fin and form a first cavity partially defined by the spacers, depositing an insulator material in the first cavity, patterning a mask over the first dummy gate stack and portions of the fin, etching to remove exposed portions of the insulator material, and epitaxially growing a first semiconductor material on exposed portions of the fin.

公开(公告)号：US20170033221A1

公开(公告)日：2017-02-02

申请号：US14812425

申请日：2015-07-29

Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation ,  GlobalFoundries, Inc. ,  STMicroelectronics, Inc.

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

IPC: H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/08 ,  H01L29/10 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L21/306

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

Abstract: 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.

Abstract translation: 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; 以及在栅极下方的一对外延触点之间的沟道区，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。

公开(公告)号：US09559018B2

公开(公告)日：2017-01-31

申请号：US15252315

申请日：2016-08-31

Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation ,  GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Inc. ,  STMICROELECTRONICS, INC.

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

IPC: H01L27/12 ,  H01L21/84 ,  H01L29/78

CPC classification number: H01L21/845 ,  H01L27/1211 ,  H01L29/7849

Abstract: Fabricating a semiconductor device includes providing a strained semiconductor material (SSM) layer disposed on a dielectric layer, forming a first plurality of fins on the SSOI structure, at least one fin of the first plurality of fins is in a nFET region and at least one fin is in a pFET region, etching portions of the dielectric layer under portions of the SSM layer of the at least one fin in the pFET region, filling areas cleared by the etching, forming a second plurality of fins from the at least one fin in the nFET region such that each fin comprises a portion of the SSM layer disposed on the dielectric layer, and forming a third plurality of fins from the at least one fin in the pFET region such that each fin comprises a portion of the SSM layer disposed on a flowable oxide.

Abstract translation: 制造半导体器件包括提供设置在电介质层上的应变半导体材料（SSM）层，在SSOI结构上形成第一多个鳍片，第一组多个鳍片中的至少一个鳍片在nFET区域中，并且至少一个 鳍状物在pFET区域中，在pFET区域中的至少一个鳍片的SSM层的部分之下蚀刻介电层的部分，通过蚀刻清除的填充区域，从至少一个鳍片形成第二多个鳍片 所述nFET区域使得每个鳍片包括设置在所述电介质层上的所述SSM层的一部分，以及从所述pFET区域中的所述至少一个翅片形成第三多个翅片，使得每个翅片包括设置在所述SSM层上的部分 可流动的氧化物。