Abstract:
A semiconductor device and a process for fabricating the device, the process including steps of depositing on the silicon substrate a layer comprising at least one high-K dielectric material, whereby a quantity of silicon dioxide is formed at an interface between the silicon substrate and the high-K dielectric material layer; depositing on the high-K dielectric material layer a layer of a metal; and diffusing the metal through the high-K dielectric material layer, whereby the metal reduces at least a portion of the silicon dioxide to silicon and the metal is oxidized to form a dielectric material having a K value greater than silicon dioxide. In another embodiment, the metal is implanted into the interfacial layer. A semiconductor device including such metal layer and implanted metal is also provided.
Abstract:
An integrated circuit can include gate structures designed to effect a work function of a transistor. A first set of gate structures can have a first work function and a second set of gate structures can have a second work function. The gate structures include metal layers to affect changes in the work function. The work function can affect the threshold voltage associated with the transistors. The transistor can be built on a silicon-on-insulator substrate.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device may include forming a fin structure on an insulator and forming a gate structure over a channel portion of the fin structure. The method may also include forming a sacrificial oxide layer around the gate structure and removing the gate structure to define a gate recess within the sacrificial oxide layer. A metal gate may be formed in the gate recess, and the sacrificial oxide layer may be removed.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device, a semiconductor wafer and a method of forming a semiconductor wafer where a barrier layer is used to inhibit P-type ion-penetration into a dielectric layer made from a high-K material.
Abstract:
A double gate MOSFET. The MOSFET includes a bottom gate electrode and a bottom gate dielectric disposed over the bottom gate electrode. A semiconductor body region is disposed over the bottom gate dielectric and the bottom gate electrode, and disposed between a source and a drain. A top gate electrode is disposed over the body. A top gate dielectric separates the top gate electrode and the body, the top gate electrode and the bottom gate electrode defining a channel within the body and interposed between the source and the drain. At least one of the bottom gate dielectric or the top gate dielectric is formed from a high-K material. A method of forming a double gate MOSFET is also disclosed where a semiconductor film used to form a body is recrystallized using a semiconductor substrate as a seed crystal.
Abstract:
A method of fabricating an integrated circuit with a transistor having less susceptibility to off-state leakage current and short-channel effect is disclosed. The transistor includes high-K gate dielectric spacers and a T-shaped gate conductor. The high-K dielectric spacers can be tantalum pentaoxide or titanium dioxide. The process can be utilized for P-channel or N-channel metal oxide field semiconductor effect transistors (MOSFETs). The T-shaped conductor forms dynamic source/drain extensions.
Abstract:
A method for improving the channel doping profile of deep-submicron field effect transistors and MOSFETs. The method involves dual halo implants annealed at different temperatures to improve the threshold voltage roll-off characteristics of MOSFETs of approximately 50 nm or less. The method includes a deep source/drain implant and anneal, followed by an angled deep halo implant and a second anneal at a lower temperature. An amorphization implant is then made, followed by a second angled halo implant, formation of source/drain extensions and a third anneal at a temperature less than the second anneal.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing an integrated circuit utilizes a thin film substrate and a high-k gate dielectric. The method includes providing a mask structure on a top surface of the thin film, depositing a semiconductor material above the top surface of the thin film and the mask structure, removing the semiconductor material to a level below the top surface of the mask structure, siliciding the semiconductor material, and providing a gate structure in an aperture formed by removing the mask structure. The transistor can be a fully depleted transistor having material for siliciding source and drain regions.
Abstract:
For fabricating a field effect transistor on a semiconductor substrate in SOI (semiconductor on insulator) technology, a pillar of semiconductor material is formed on a layer of buried insulating material. The pillar has a top surface and first and second side surfaces, and the pillar has a width, a length, and a height. A masking structure is formed on a center portion of the top surface of the pillar along the length of the pillar. A top portion of the height of the pillar is etched from exposed surfaces of the top surface of the pillar down to a bottom portion of the height of the pillar to form an upside down T-shape for the pillar. A gate dielectric material is deposited on any exposed surface of the semiconductor material of the pillar for a gate length along the length of the pillar. A gate electrode material is deposited on the gate dielectric material to surround the pillar for the gate length of the pillar. A drain and source dopant is implanted into exposed regions of the pillar to form a drain of the field effect transistor on a first side of the gate electrode material along the length of the pillar and to form a source of the field effect transistor on a second side of the gate electrode material along the length of the pillar. In this manner, for a given height and width of the semiconductor pillar, any point of a cross-section of such a pillar is more closely located to the gate bias applied at a surface of such a pillar to maximize effective drive current while minimizing undesired short channel effects of the field effect transistor.
Abstract:
The invention provides an improved well structure for electrically separating n-channel and p-channel MOSFETs. The invention first forms a shallow well in a substrate. A buried amorphous layer is then formed below the shallow well. A deep well is then formed below the buried amorphous layer. The substrate is then subjected to a rapid thermal anneal to recrystallize the buried amorphous layer. The well structure is formed by the shallow well and the deep well. A conventional semiconductor device may then be formed above the well structure. The buried amorphous layer suppresses the channeling effect during the forming of the deep well without requiring a tilt angle.