摘要:
Raised Si/SiGe source and drain regions include epitaxially grown silicon on SiGe sidewalls. The epi silicon prevents adverse effects of Ge during silicidation, including Ge out diffusion and silicide line breakage. The Si also increases the active area.
摘要:
A semiconductor device has selectively applied thin tensile films and thin compressive films, as well as thick tensile films and thick compressive films, to enhance electron and hole mobility in CMOS circuits. Fabrication entails steps of applying each film, and selectively removing each applied film from areas that would not experience performance benefit from the applied stressed film.
摘要:
The present invention provides a method of forming a semiconducting substrate including the steps of providing an initial structure having first device region comprising a first orientation material and a second device region having a second orientation material; forming a first concentration of lattice modifying material atop the first orientation material; forming a second concentration of the lattice modifying material atop the second orientation material; intermixing the first concentration of lattice modifying material with the first orientation material to produce a first lattice dimension surface and the second concentration of lattice modifying material the second orientation material to produce a second lattice dimension surface; and forming a first strained semiconducting layer atop the first lattice dimension surface and a second strained semiconducting layer atop the second lattice dimension surface.
摘要:
The present invention provides a method of forming a semiconducting substrate including the steps of providing an initial structure having first device region comprising a first orientation material and a second device region having a second orientation material; forming a first concentration of lattice modifying material atop the first orientation material; forming a second concentration of the lattice modifying material atop the second orientation material; intermixing the first concentration of lattice modifying material with the first orientation material to produce a first lattice dimension surface and the second concentration of lattice modifying material the second orientation material to produce a second lattice dimension surface; and forming a first strained semiconducting layer atop the first lattice dimension surface and a second strained semiconducting layer atop the second lattice dimension surface.
摘要:
The present invention provides a strained Si directly on insulator (SSDOI) substrate having multiple crystallographic orientations and a method of forming thereof. Broadly, but in specific terms, the inventive SSDOI substrate includes a substrate; an insulating layer atop the substrate; and a semiconducting layer positioned atop and in direct contact with the insulating layer, the semiconducting layer comprising a first strained Si region and a second strained Si region; wherein the first strained Si region has a crystallographic orientation different from the second strained Si region and the first strained Si region has a crystallographic orientation the same or different from the second strained Si region. The strained level of the first strained Si region is different from that of the second strained Si region.
摘要:
A semiconductor structure and method that is capable of generating a local mechanical gate stress for channel mobility modification are provided. The semiconductor structure includes at least one NFET and at least one PFET on a surface of a semiconductor substrate. The at least one NFET has a gate stack structure comprising a gate dielectric, a first gate electrode layer, a barrier layer, a Si-containing second gate electrode layer and a compressive metal, and the at least one PFET has a gate stack structure comprising a gate dielectric, a first gate electrode layer, a barrier layer and a tensile metal or a silicide.
摘要:
Structures and methods of manufacturing are disclosed of dislocation free stressed channels in bulk silicon and SOI (silicon on insulator) CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor) devices by gate stress engineering with SiGe and/or Si:C. A CMOS device comprises a substrate of either bulk Si or SOI, a gate dielectric layer over the substrate, and a stacked gate structure of SiGe and/or Si:C having stresses produced at the interfaces of SSi(strained Si)/SiGe or SSi/Si:C in the stacked gate structure. The stacked gate structure has a first stressed film layer of large grain size Si or SiGe over the gate dielectric layer, a second stressed film layer of strained SiGe or strained Si:C over the first stressed film layer, and a semiconductor or conductor such as p(poly)-Si over the second stressed film layer.
摘要:
A method is provided for producing a fin structure on a semiconductor substrate using a thin SiGe layer to produce a void between a silicon substrate and a silicon fin portion. A fin structure produced by such a method is also provided.
摘要:
The present invention provides a method of forming a substantially planar SOI substrate having multiple crystallographic orientations including the steps of providing a multiple orientation surface atop a single orientation layer, the multiple orientation surface comprising a first device region contacting and having a same crystal orientation as the single orientation layer, and a second device region separated from the first device region and the single orientation layer by an insulating material, wherein the first device region and the second device region have different crystal orientations; producing a damaged interface in the single orientation layer; bonding a wafer to the multiple orientation surface; separating the single orientation layer at the damaged interface; wherein a damaged surface of said single orientation layer remains; and planarizing the damaged surface until a surface of the first device region is substantially coplanar to a surface of the second device region.
摘要:
A part of the gate of a FINFET is replaced with a stress material to apply stress to the channel of the FINFET to enhance electron and hole mobility and improve performance. The FINFET has a SiGe/Si stacked gate, and before silicidation the SiGe part of the gate is selectively etched to form a gate gap that makes the gate thin enough to be fully silicidated. After silicidation, the gate-gap is filled with a stress nitride film to create stress in the channel and enhance the performance of the FINFET.