公开(公告)号：US12027417B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-02

申请号：US16913320

申请日：2020-06-26

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Cory Bomberger ,  Suresh Vishwanath ,  Yulia Tolstova ,  Pratik Patel ,  Szuya S. Liao ,  Anand S. Murthy

IPC: H01L21/768 ,  H01L21/02 ,  H01L21/28 ,  H01L21/3215 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/08 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L29/49 ,  H01L29/66

CPC classification number: H01L21/76834 ,  H01L21/02532 ,  H01L21/28255 ,  H01L21/3215 ,  H01L21/76831 ,  H01L29/0676 ,  H01L29/0847 ,  H01L29/4236 ,  H01L29/4916 ,  H01L29/6656 ,  H01L29/66628

Abstract: Integrated circuit structures having source or drain structures with a high germanium concentration capping layer are described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes source or drain structures including an epitaxial structure embedded in a fin at a side of a gate stack. The epitaxial structure has a lower semiconductor layer and a capping semiconductor layer on the lower semiconductor layer with an abrupt interface between the capping semiconductor layer and the lower semiconductor layer. The lower semiconductor layer includes silicon, germanium and boron, the germanium having an atomic concentration of less than 40% at the abrupt interface. The capping semiconductor layer includes silicon, germanium and boron, the germanium having an atomic concentration of greater than 50% at the abrupt interface and throughout the capping semiconductor layer.

公开(公告)号：US11978784B2

公开(公告)日：2024-05-07

申请号：US17985112

申请日：2022-11-10

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Cory Bomberger ,  Anand Murthy ,  Susmita Ghose ,  Zachary Geiger

IPC: H01L29/66 ,  H01L21/02 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/08 ,  H01L29/34 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/423

CPC classification number: H01L29/6681 ,  H01L21/0243 ,  H01L21/0245 ,  H01L21/02532 ,  H01L29/0673 ,  H01L29/0847 ,  H01L29/34 ,  H01L29/6653 ,  H01L29/7848 ,  H01L29/7853 ,  H01L21/02502 ,  H01L29/42392

Abstract: Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having germanium nanowire channel structures, and methods of fabricating gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having germanium nanowire channel structures, are described. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes a vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires above a fin, each of the nanowires including germanium, and the fin including a defect modification layer on a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer on the defect modification layer, and a third semiconductor layer on the second semiconductor layer. A gate stack is around the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires. A first epitaxial source or drain structure is at a first end of the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires, and a second epitaxial source or drain structure is at a second end of the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires.

公开(公告)号：US20230197862A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-22

申请号：US17557756

申请日：2021-12-21

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Prashant Majhi ,  Anand Murthy ,  Cory Bomberger ,  Koustav Ganguly

IPC: H01L29/868 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/66

CPC classification number: H01L29/868 ,  H01L29/0657 ,  H01L29/6609

Abstract: Techniques are provided herein to form a semiconductor diode device within an integrated circuit. In an example, a diode device includes separate fins or bodies of semiconductor material that are separated by an insulating barrier. One of the fins or bodies is doped with n-type dopants while the other fin or body is doped with p-type dopants. Each of the first and second fins or bodies includes an epitaxially grown region over it that includes the corresponding dopant type with a higher dopant concentration. Additionally, each of the first and second fins or bodies includes another epitaxially grown region on the backside (e.g., under the fins or bodies) of the corresponding dopant type with a lower dopant concentration compared to the epitaxial regions on the opposite side of the fins or bodies. An undoped or lightly doped layer may also be formed between the epitaxially grown regions on the backside.

公开(公告)号：US11522048B2

公开(公告)日：2022-12-06

申请号：US16361861

申请日：2019-03-22

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Cory Bomberger ,  Anand Murthy ,  Mark T. Bohr ,  Tahir Ghani ,  Biswajeet Guha

IPC: H01L29/08 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/417

Abstract: Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having source or drain structures with epitaxial nubs, and methods of fabricating gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having source or drain structures with epitaxial nubs, are described. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes a first vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires and a second vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires. A first pair of epitaxial source or drain structures includes vertically discrete portions aligned with the first vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires. A second pair of epitaxial source or drain structures includes vertically discrete portions aligned with the second vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires. A conductive contact structure is laterally between and in contact with the one of the first pair of epitaxial source or drain structures and the one of the second pair of epitaxial source or drain structures.

公开(公告)号：US11328988B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-10

申请号：US16728887

申请日：2019-12-27

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Gilbert Dewey ,  Ryan Keech ,  Cory Bomberger ,  Cheng-Ying Huang ,  Ashish Agrawal ,  Willy Rachmady ,  Anand Murthy

IPC: H01L27/12 ,  H01L23/522 ,  H01L21/768 ,  H01L21/762

Abstract: A device includes a device level having a metallization structure coupled to a semiconductor device and a transistor above the device level. The transistor has a body including a single crystal group III-V or group IV semiconductor material, a source structure on a first portion of the body and a drain structure on a second portion of the body, where the source structure is separate from the drain structure. The transistor further includes a gate structure including a first gate structure portion in a recess in the body and a second gate structure portion between the source structure and the drain structure. A source contact is coupled with the source structure and a drain contact is coupled with the drain structure. The source contact is in contact with the metallization structure in the device level.

公开(公告)号：US11164785B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-02

申请号：US16728903

申请日：2019-12-27

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Ashish Agrawal ,  Gilbert Dewey ,  Cheng-Ying Huang ,  Willy Rachmady ,  Anand Murthy ,  Ryan Keech ,  Cory Bomberger

IPC: H01L21/822 ,  H01L27/12 ,  H01L29/08 ,  H01L23/522 ,  H01L29/417 ,  H01L21/8238

Abstract: A monolithic three-dimensional integrated circuit may include multiple transistor levels separated by one or more levels of metallization. An upper level transistor structure may include monocrystalline source and drain material epitaxially grown from a monocrystalline channel material at a temperature low enough to avoid degradation of a lower level transistor structure and/or degradation of one or more low-k dielectric materials between the transistor levels. A highly conductive n-type silicon source and drain material may be selectively deposited at low temperatures with a high pressure CVD process. Multiple crystals of source drain material arranged in a vertically stacked multi-channel transistor structure may be contacted by a single contact metallization.

公开(公告)号：US11996404B2

公开(公告)日：2024-05-28

申请号：US17540120

申请日：2021-12-01

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Cheng-Ying Huang ,  Gilbert Dewey ,  Ashish Agrawal ,  Kimin Jun ,  Willy Rachmady ,  Zachary Geiger ,  Cory Bomberger ,  Ryan Keech ,  Koustav Ganguly ,  Anand Murthy ,  Jack Kavalieros

IPC: H01L27/06 ,  H01L21/683 ,  H01L21/8238 ,  H01L27/092 ,  H01L29/04 ,  H01L29/08 ,  H01L29/10

CPC classification number: H01L27/0688 ,  H01L21/6835 ,  H01L21/823807 ,  H01L21/823814 ,  H01L21/823857 ,  H01L21/823871 ,  H01L27/092 ,  H01L29/045 ,  H01L29/0847 ,  H01L29/1033 ,  H01L2221/68363

Abstract: A monolithic three-dimensional integrated circuit may include multiple transistor levels separated by one or more levels of metallization. An upper level transistor structure may include a monocrystalline channel material over a bottom gate stack. The channel material and the gate stack materials may be formed on a donor substrate at any suitable temperature, and subsequently transferred from the donor substrate to a host substrate that includes lower-level circuitry. The upper-level transistor may be patterned from the transferred layers so that the gate electrode includes one or more bonding layers. Source and drain material may be patterned from a source and drain material layer that was transferred from the donor substrate along with the channel material, or source and drain material may be grown at low temperatures from the transferred channel material.

公开(公告)号：US11735630B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-22

申请号：US16238858

申请日：2019-01-03

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Cory Bomberger ,  Anand Murthy ,  Anupama Bowonder ,  Aaron Budrevich ,  Tahir Ghani

IPC: H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/08 ,  H01L29/161 ,  H01L29/167 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L21/02

CPC classification number: H01L29/0847 ,  H01L21/02532 ,  H01L21/02579 ,  H01L29/161 ,  H01L29/167 ,  H01L29/66636 ,  H01L29/66795 ,  H01L29/7851

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure include integrated circuit structures having source or drain dopant diffusion blocking layers. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a fin including silicon. A gate structure is over a channel region of the fin, the gate structure having a first side opposite a second side. A first source or drain structure is at the first side of the gate structure. A second source or drain structure is at the second side of the gate structure. The first and second source or drain structures include a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer. The first semiconductor layer is in contact with the channel region of the fin, and the second semiconductor layer is on the first semiconductor layer. The first semiconductor layer has a greater concentration of germanium than the second semiconductor layer, and the second semiconductor layer includes boron dopant impurity atoms.

公开(公告)号：US11682731B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-20

申请号：US16700826

申请日：2019-12-02

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Cory Bomberger ,  Anand S. Murthy ,  Tahir Ghani ,  Anupama Bowonder

IPC: H01L21/00 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/165

CPC classification number: H01L29/7853 ,  H01L29/165 ,  H01L29/66818 ,  H01L29/7851

Abstract: Fin smoothing, and integrated circuit structures resulting therefrom, are described. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes a semiconductor fin having a protruding fin portion above an isolation structure, the protruding fin portion having substantially vertical sidewalls. The semiconductor fin further includes a sub-fin portion within an opening in the isolation structure, the sub-fin portion having a different semiconductor material than the protruding fin portion. The sub-fin portion has a width greater than or less than a width of the protruding portion where the sub-fin portion meets the protruding portion. A gate stack is over and conformal with the protruding fin portion of the semiconductor fin. A first source or drain region at a first side of the gate stack, and a second source or drain region at a second side of the gate stack opposite the first side of the gate stack.

公开(公告)号：US11621325B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-04

申请号：US16368097

申请日：2019-03-28

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Cory Bomberger ,  Anand Murthy ,  Suresh Vishwanath

IPC: H01L29/08 ,  H01L21/02 ,  H01L21/8234 ,  H01L23/00 ,  H01L27/088 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/16 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/78 ,  B82Y10/00 ,  H01L29/161 ,  H01L29/165 ,  H01L29/775 ,  H01L21/40 ,  H01L29/417 ,  H01L27/092 ,  H01L29/36

Abstract: Integrated circuit structures having source or drain structures with low resistivity are described. In an example, integrated circuit structure includes a fin having a lower fin portion and an upper fin portion. A gate stack is over the upper fin portion of the fin, the gate stack having a first side opposite a second side. A first source or drain structure includes an epitaxial structure embedded in the fin at the first side of the gate stack. A second source or drain structure includes an epitaxial structure embedded in the fin at the second side of the gate stack. Each epitaxial structure of the first and second source or drain structures include silicon, germanium and boron. The first and second source or drain structures have a resistivity less than or equal to 0.3 mOhm·cm.