公开(公告)号：US20150287648A1

公开(公告)日：2015-10-08

申请号：US14583842

申请日：2014-12-29

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： H01L21/8238 ,  H01L21/308 ,  H01L29/16 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L27/092

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.

摘要翻译： 半导体衬底包括沿着第一轴线延伸以限定宽度的体基板层和垂直于第一轴线的第二轴线以限定高度。 多个异质半导体鳍片包括形成在本体衬底层的第一区域上的外延材料。 在与第一区域不同的本体衬底层的第二区域上形成多个非异质半导体鳍片。 非异质半导体散热片从本体衬底层一体地形成，使得非异质半导体鳍片的材料与外延材料不同。

公开(公告)号：US11374111B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-28

申请号：US16743293

申请日：2020-01-15

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

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

IPC分类号： H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/417 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L21/768 ,  H01L29/08 ,  H01L29/161 ,  H01L29/165

摘要： A semiconductor device that a fin structure, and a gate structure present on a channel region of the fin structure. A composite spacer is present on a sidewall of the gate structure including an upper portion having a first dielectric constant, a lower portion having a second dielectric constant that is less than the first dielectric constant, and an etch barrier layer between sidewalls of the first and second portion of the composite spacer and the gate structure. The etch barrier layer may include an alloy including at least one of silicon, boron and carbon.

公开(公告)号：US10749031B2

公开(公告)日：2020-08-18

申请号：US15273778

申请日：2016-09-23

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： H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/417 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/08 ,  H01L29/45 ,  H01L21/02 ,  H01L21/8234 ,  H01L21/768 ,  H01L21/285

摘要： A large area electrical contact for use in integrated circuits features a non-planar, sloped bottom profile. The sloped bottom profile provides a larger electrical contact area, thus reducing the contact resistance, while maintaining a small contact footprint. The sloped bottom profile can be formed by recessing an underlying layer, wherein the bottom profile can be crafted to have a V-shape, U-shape, crescent shape, or other profile shape that includes at least a substantially sloped portion in the vertical direction. In one embodiment, the underlying layer is an epitaxial fin of a FinFET. A method of fabricating the low-resistance electrical contact employs a thin etch stop liner for use as a hard mask. The etch stop liner, e.g., HfO2, prevents erosion of an adjacent gate structure during the formation of the contact.

公开(公告)号：US10355020B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-16

申请号：US15180860

申请日：2016-06-13

申请人： International Business Machines Corporation ,  GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC. ,  STMICROELECTRONICS, INC.

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

IPC分类号： H01L27/12 ,  H01L29/417 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L21/8234 ,  H01L21/28 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/10 ,  H01L29/78 ,  G06N3/04 ,  G10L15/16 ,  H01L29/36

摘要： Techniques and structures for controlling etch-back of a finFET fin are described. One or more layers may be deposited over the fin and etched. Etch-back of a planarization layer may be used to determine a self-limited etch height of one or more layers adjacent the fin and a self-limited etch height of the fin. Strain-inducing material may be formed at regions of the etched fin to induce strain in the channel of a finFET.

公开(公告)号：US10243074B2

公开(公告)日：2019-03-26

申请号：US15693938

申请日：2017-09-01

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

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

IPC分类号： H01L21/02 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L21/306 ,  H01L21/324 ,  H01L29/417

摘要： A method of fabricating features of a vertical transistor include performing a first etch process to form a first portion of a fin in a substrate; depositing a spacer material on sidewalls of the first portion of the fin; performing a second etch process using the spacer material as a pattern to elongate the fin and form a second portion of the fin in the substrate, the second portion having a width that is greater than the first portion; oxidizing a region of the second portion of the fin beneath the spacer material to form an oxidized channel region; and removing the oxidized channel region to form a vacuum channel.

公开(公告)号：US20180102432A1

公开(公告)日：2018-04-12

申请号：US15693938

申请日：2017-09-01

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

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

IPC分类号： H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/417 ,  H01L21/324 ,  H01L21/02 ,  H01L21/306

CPC分类号： H01L29/7827 ,  H01L21/02614 ,  H01L21/30604 ,  H01L21/324 ,  H01L29/41741 ,  H01L29/66553 ,  H01L29/66666

摘要： A method of fabricating features of a vertical transistor include performing a first etch process to form a first portion of a fin in a substrate; depositing a spacer material on sidewalls of the first portion of the fin; performing a second etch process using the spacer material as a pattern to elongate the fin and form a second portion of the fin in the substrate, the second portion having a width that is greater than the first portion; oxidizing a region of the second portion of the fin beneath the spacer material to form an oxidized channel region; and removing the oxidized channel region to form a vacuum channel.

公开(公告)号：US09922883B2

公开(公告)日：2018-03-20

申请号：US15180158

申请日：2016-06-13

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： H01L27/12 ,  H01L21/8238 ,  H01L29/08 ,  H01L29/786 ,  H01L21/84 ,  H01L21/768 ,  H01L29/78

CPC分类号： H01L21/823807 ,  H01L21/76895 ,  H01L21/823814 ,  H01L21/823871 ,  H01L21/823878 ,  H01L21/84 ,  H01L27/1203 ,  H01L29/0847 ,  H01L29/7842 ,  H01L29/7848 ,  H01L29/786 ,  H01L29/78684

摘要： A method for making a semiconductor device is provided. Raised source and drain regions are formed with a tensile strain-inducing material, after thermal treatment to form source drain extension regions, to thereby preserve the strain-inducing material in desired substitutional states.

公开(公告)号：US09748352B2

公开(公告)日：2017-08-29

申请号：US14984688

申请日：2015-12-30

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： H01L21/336 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/16 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/51 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/167 ,  H01L29/36 ,  H01L29/10 ,  H01L29/161 ,  H01L29/165 ,  B82Y10/00 ,  H01L29/775 ,  H01L29/786

CPC分类号： H01L29/42392 ,  B82Y10/00 ,  H01L29/0649 ,  H01L29/0673 ,  H01L29/1037 ,  H01L29/1608 ,  H01L29/161 ,  H01L29/165 ,  H01L29/167 ,  H01L29/36 ,  H01L29/42364 ,  H01L29/51 ,  H01L29/518 ,  H01L29/66439 ,  H01L29/66545 ,  H01L29/66742 ,  H01L29/6681 ,  H01L29/775 ,  H01L29/785 ,  H01L29/78618 ,  H01L29/78696

摘要： A high performance GAA FET is described in which vertically stacked silicon nanowires carry substantially the same drive current as the fin in a conventional FinFET transistor, but at a lower operating voltage, and with greater reliability. One problem that occurs in existing nanowire GAA FETs is that, when a metal is used to form the wraparound gate, a short circuit can develop between the source and drain regions and the metal gate portion that underlies the channel. The vertically stacked nanowire device described herein, however, avoids such short circuits by forming insulating barriers in contact with the source and drain regions, prior to forming the gate. Through the use of sacrificial films, the fabrication process is almost fully self-aligned, such that only one lithography mask layer is needed, which significantly reduces manufacturing costs.

公开(公告)号：US09620505B2

公开(公告)日：2017-04-11

申请号：US15073100

申请日：2016-03-17

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

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

IPC分类号： H01L21/30 ,  H01L27/088 ,  H01L27/12 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L21/84 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/161

CPC分类号： H01L27/0886 ,  H01L21/845 ,  H01L27/1211 ,  H01L29/0649 ,  H01L29/161 ,  H01L29/66795

摘要： A semiconductor device which includes: a substrate; a first set of fins above the substrate of a first semiconductor material; a second set of fins above the substrate and of a second semiconductor material different than the first semiconductor material; and an isolation region positioned between the first and second sets of fins, the isolation region having a nitride layer. The isolation region may be an isolation pillar or an isolation trench.

公开(公告)号：US09564501B2

公开(公告)日：2017-02-07

申请号：US14581741

申请日：2014-12-23

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

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

IPC分类号： H01L21/336 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/40

CPC分类号： H01L29/4236 ,  H01L29/401 ,  H01L29/42364 ,  H01L29/42384 ,  H01L29/6653 ,  H01L29/66545 ,  H01L29/6656 ,  H01L29/66772 ,  H01L29/66795 ,  H01L29/7825 ,  H01L29/78654

摘要： The present disclosure is directed to a gate structure for a transistor. The gate structure is formed on a substrate and includes a trench. There are sidewalls that line the trench. The sidewalls have a first dimension at a lower end of the trench and a second dimension at an upper end of the trench. The first dimension being larger than the second dimension, such that the sidewalls are tapered from a lower region to an upper region. A high k dielectric liner is formed on the sidewalls and a conductive liner is formed on the high k dielectric liner. A conductive material is in the trench and is adjacent to the conductive liner. The conductive material has a first dimension at the lower end of the trench that is smaller than a second dimension at the upper end of the trench.

摘要翻译： 本公开涉及晶体管的栅极结构。 栅极结构形成在衬底上并且包括沟槽。 有沟槽划线的侧壁。 侧壁在沟槽的下端具有第一尺寸，在沟槽的上端具有第二尺寸。 第一尺寸大于第二尺寸，使得侧壁从下部区域向上部区域逐渐变细。 在侧壁上形成高k电介质衬垫，并且在高k电介质衬垫上形成导电衬垫。 导电材料在沟槽中并且与导电衬垫相邻。 导电材料在沟槽的下端具有小于沟槽上端的第二尺寸的第一尺寸。