摘要:
A semiconductor-on-insulator device includes a silicon active layer with a crystal direction placed over an insulator layer. The insulator layer is placed onto a substrate with a crystal direction. Transistors oriented on a direction are formed on the silicon active layer.
摘要:
A method of forming a strained silicon layer on a relaxed, low defect density semiconductor alloy layer such as SiGe, has been developed. In a first embodiment of this invention the relaxed, low density SiGe layer is epitaxially grown on an silicon layer which in turn is located on an underlying SiGe layer. During the epitaxial growth of the overlying SiGe layer defects are formed in the underlying silicon layer resulting in the desired, relaxation, and decreased defect density for the SiGe layer. A second embodiment features an anneal procedure performed during growth of the relaxed SiGe layer, resulting in additional relaxation and decreased defect density, while a third embodiment features an anneal procedure performed to the underlying silicon layer prior to epitaxial growth of the relaxed SiGe layer, again allowing optimized relaxation and defect density to be realized for the SiGe layer. The ability to obtain a strained silicon layer on a relaxed, low defect density SiGe layer, allows devices with enhanced carrier mobility to be formed in the surface of the strained silicon layer, with decreased risk of leakage due the presence of the underlying, relaxed, low defect density SiGe layer.
摘要:
A static memory element includes a first inverter having an input coupled to a left bit node and an output coupled to a right bit node. A second inverter has an input coupled to the right bit node and an output coupled to the left right bit node. A first fully depleted semiconductor-on-insulator transistor has a drain coupled to the left bit node, and a second fully depleted semiconductor-on-insulator transistor has a drain coupled to the right bit node.
摘要:
A method of forming a tensile or compressive strained channel region for a semiconductor device, such as a MOSFET device, allowing improved carrier transport properties and increased device performance to be realized, has been developed. The method features the epitaxial growth of a semiconductor layer such as silicon, or silicon-germanium, with the incorporation of atoms such as carbon. The silicon-germanium-carbon channel layer, under biaxial tensile or compressive strain, is then overlaid with an optional silicon capping layer, used to accommodate the overlying, thermally grown silicon dioxide gate insulator layer, of the MOSFET device.
摘要:
Nano-wires, preferably of less than 20 nm diameter, can be formed with minimized risk of narrowing and breaking that results from silicon atom migration during an annealing process step. This is accomplished by masking portion of the active layer where silicon atomer would otherwise agglomerate with a material such as silicon dioxide, silicon nitride, or other dielectric that eliminates or substantially reduces the silicon atom migration. Nano-wires, nanotubes, nano-rods, and other features can be formed and can optionally be incorporated into devices, such as by use as a channel region in a transistor device.
摘要:
A method for forming a contact to a semiconductor fin which can be carried out by first providing a semiconductor fin that has a top surface, two sidewall surfaces and at least one end surface; forming an etch stop layer overlying the fin; forming a passivation layer overlying the etch stop layer; forming a contact hole in the passivation layer exposing the etch stop layer; removing the etch stop layer in the contact hole; and filling the contact hole with an electrically conductive material.
摘要:
A method for forming a contact to a semiconductor fin which can be carried out by first providing a semiconductor fin that has a top surface, two sidewall surfaces and at least one end surface; forming an etch stop layer overlying the fin; forming a passivation layer overlying the etch stop layer; forming a contact hole in the passivation layer exposing the etch stop layer; removing the etch stop layer in the contact hole; and filling the contact hole with an electrically conductive material.
摘要:
A method of fabricating an integrated circuit is provided. A first gate dielectric portion is formed on a substrate in a first transistor region. The first gate dielectric portion includes a first high-permittivity dielectric material. The first gate dielectric portion has a first equivalent silicon oxide thickness. A second gate dielectric portion is formed on the substrate in a second transistor region. The second gate dielectric portion includes the first high-permittivity dielectric material. The second gate dielectric portion has a second equivalent silicon oxide thickness. The second equivalent silicon oxide thickness is different than the first equivalent silicon oxide thickness.
摘要:
A semiconductor structure includes of a plurality of semiconductor fins overlying an insulator layer, a gate dielectric overlying a portion of said semiconductor fin, and a gate electrode overlying the gate dielectric. Each of the semiconductor fins has a top surface, a first sidewall surface, and a second sidewall surface. Dopant ions are implanted at a first angle (e.g., greater than about 7°) with respect to the normal of the top surface of the semiconductor fin to dope the first sidewall surface and the top surface. Further dopant ions are implanted with respect to the normal of the top surface of the semiconductor fin to dope the second sidewall surface and the top surface.
摘要:
A method of fabricating a CMOS device wherein mobility enhancement of both the NMOS and PMOS elements is realized via strain induced band structure modification, has been developed. The NMOS element is formed featuring a silicon channel region under biaxial strain while the PMOS element is simultaneously formed featuring a SiGe channel region under biaxial compressive strain. A novel process sequence allowing formation of a thicker silicon layer overlying a SiGe layer, allows the NMOS channel region to exist in the silicon layer which is under biaxial tensile stain enhancing electron mobility. The same novel process sequence results in the presence of a thinner silicon layer, overlying the same SiGe layer in the PMOS region, allowing the PMOS channel region to exist in the biaxial compressively strained SiGe layer, resulting in hole mobility enhancement.