Abstract:
Disclosed is a method of forming an integrated circuit (IC) structure with multiple non-planar transistors having different effective channel widths. In the method, sacrificial gates are removed from partially completed transistors, creating gate openings that expose sections of semiconductor fins between source/drain regions. Prior to forming replacement metal gates in the gate openings, additional process steps are performed so that, in the resulting IC structure, some transistors have different channel region heights and, thereby different effective channel widths, than others. These steps can include forming isolation regions in the bottoms of some gate openings. Additionally or alternatively, these steps can include filling some gate openings with a sacrificial material, recessing the sacrificial material to expose fin tops within those gate openings, either recessing the fin tops or forming isolation regions in the fin tops, and removing the sacrificial material. Also disclosed is an IC structure formed according to the method.
Abstract:
A device includes a substrate having an N-active region and a P-active region, a layer of silicon-carbon positioned on an upper surface of the N-active region, a first layer of a first semiconductor material positioned on the layer of silicon-carbon, a second layer of the first semiconductor material positioned on an upper surface of the P-active region, and a layer of a second semiconductor material positioned on the second layer of the first semiconductor material. An N-type transistor is positioned in and above the N-active region and a P-type transistor is positioned in and above the P-active region.
Abstract:
A dual-strained Si and SiGe FinFET device with dielectric isolation and a dual-strained nanowire device and methods of forming them are provided. Embodiments include a SiGe SRB formed on a silicon substrate, the SRB having a first region and a second region; a first and a second dielectric isolation layer formed on the first region and on the second region of the SiGe SRB, respectively; a tensile strained Si fin formed on the first dielectric isolation layer; a compressive strained SiGe fin formed on the second dielectric isolation layer; first source/drain regions formed at opposite sides of the tensile strained Si fin; second source/drain regions formed at opposite sides of the compressive strained SiGe fin; a first RMG formed between the first source/drain regions; and a second RMG formed between the second source/drain regions.
Abstract:
A method of fabricating raised fin structures is provided, the fabricating including: providing a substrate and at least one dielectric layer over the substrate; forming a trench in the at least one dielectric layer, the trench having a lower portion, a lateral portion, and an upper portion, the upper portion being at least partially laterally offset from the lower portion and being joined to the lower portion by the lateral portion; and, growing a material in the trench to form the raised fin structure, wherein the trench is formed to ensure that any growth defect in the lower portion of the trench terminates either in the lower portion or the lateral portion of the trench and does not extend into the upper portion of the trench.
Abstract:
One illustrative method disclosed herein includes, among other things, forming a fin in a semiconductor substrate and performing an epitaxial deposition process using a combination of silane (SiH4), dichlorosilane (SiH2Cl2), germane (GeH4) and a carrier gas to form an epi semiconductor material around the fin, wherein the flow rate of dichlorosilane used during the epitaxial deposition process is equal to 10-90% of the combined flow rate of silane and dichlorosilane.
Abstract:
Embodiments of the invention provide an improved method and structure for a transistor with reduced DIBL and RON. A sigma cavity is formed in a semiconductor substrate adjacent to a transistor. The sigma cavity is filled with an epitaxially grown semiconductor material that also serves as a stress-inducing region for the purposes of increasing carrier mobility. The epitaxially grown semiconductor material is doped with a reverse doping profile. A lightly doped region lines the interior of the sigma cavity, followed by an undoped region, followed by a heavily doped region. The shape of the lightly doped region is such that it is thicker adjacent to the channel, which reduces RON, and thinner below the channel, which reduces DIBL.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to faceted epitaxial source/drain regions and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: a gate structure over a substrate; an L-shaped sidewall spacer located on sidewalls of the gate structure and extending over the substrate adjacent to the gate structure; and faceted diffusion regions on the substrate, adjacent to the L-shaped sidewall spacer.
Abstract:
Device structures for a field-effect transistor and methods of forming a device structure for a field-effect transistor. A channel region is arranged laterally between a first source/drain region and a second source/drain region. The channel region includes a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer arranged over the first semiconductor layer. A gate structure is arranged over the second semiconductor layer of the channel region The first semiconductor layer is composed of a first semiconductor material having a first carrier mobility. The second semiconductor layer is composed of a second semiconductor material having a second carrier mobility that is greater than the first carrier mobility of the first semiconductor layer.
Abstract:
Structures for a field-effect transistor and methods of forming a structure for a field-effect transistor. A first dielectric layer is deposited over a first gate structure in a first device area and a second gate structure in a second device area, and then planarized. A second dielectric layer is deposited over the planarized first dielectric layer, and then removed from the first device area. After removing the second dielectric layer from the first device area, the first dielectric layer in the first device area is recessed to expose the first gate structure. A silicide is formed on the exposed first gate structure.
Abstract:
Various aspects of the disclosure include nanosheet-FET structures having a wrap-all-around contact where the contact wraps entirely around the S/D epitaxy structure, not just on the top and sides of the S/D epitaxy structure, thereby increasing contact area and ultimately allowing for improved S/D contact resistance. Other aspects of the disclosure include nanosheet-FET structures having a bottom isolation to reduce parasitic S/D leakage to the substrate.