公开(公告)号：US08278175B2

公开(公告)日：2012-10-02

申请号：US12813311

申请日：2010-06-10

申请人： Kangguo Cheng ,  Bruce B. Doris ,  Ali Khakifirooz ,  Pranita Kulkarni ,  Ghavam G. Shahidi

发明人： Kangguo Cheng ,  Bruce B. Doris ,  Ali Khakifirooz ,  Pranita Kulkarni ,  Ghavam G. Shahidi

IPC分类号： H01L21/335

CPC分类号： H01L21/823431 ,  H01L21/823412 ,  H01L21/823807 ,  H01L21/823821 ,  H01L29/66795 ,  H01L29/7843 ,  H01L29/7846 ,  H01L29/785

摘要： Methods for fabricating FET device structures are disclosed. The methods include receiving a fin of a Si based material, and converting a region of the fin into an oxide element. The oxide element exerts pressure onto the fin where a Fin-FET device is fabricated. The exerted pressure induces compressive stress in the device channel of the Fin-FET device. The methods also include receiving a rectangular member of a Si based material and converting a region of the member into an oxide element. The methods further include patterning the member that N fins are formed in parallel, while being abutted by the oxide element, which exerts pressure onto the N fins. Fin-FET devices are fabricated in the compressed fins, which results in compressively stressed device channels. FET devices structures are also disclosed. An FET devices structure has a Fin-FET device with a fin of a Si based material. An oxide element is abutting the fin and exerts pressure onto the fin. The Fin-FET device channel is compressively stressed due to the pressure on the fin. A further FET device structure has Fin-FET devices in a row each having fins. An oxide element extending perpendicularly to the row of fins is abutting the fins and exerts pressure onto the fins. Device channels of the Fin-FET devices are compressively stressed due to the pressure on the fins.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于制造FET器件结构的方法。 所述方法包括接收Si基材料的翅片，以及将鳍片的区域转换为氧化物元件。 氧化物元件在制造Fin-FET器件的鳍片上施加压力。 施加的压力在Fin-FET器件的器件沟道中引起压应力。 所述方法还包括接收Si基材料的矩形构件并将所述构件的区域转换为氧化物元件。 所述方法进一步包括在与N个翅片施加压力的同时被N型翅片平行地形成的构件图案化。 Fin-FET器件制造在压缩鳍片中，这导致压缩应力器件通道。 还公开了FET器件结构。 FET器件结构具有具有Si基材料的翅片的Fin-FET器件。 氧化物元件邻接翅片并对翅片施加压力。 Fin-FET器件通道由于鳍上的压力而受到压缩应力。 另外的FET器件结构具有各自具有鳍片的Fin-FET器件。 垂直于翅片排延伸的氧化物元件邻接散热片并对翅片施加压力。 Fin-FET器件的器件通道由于鳍片上的压力而受到压缩应力。

公开(公告)号：US08207038B2

公开(公告)日：2012-06-26

申请号：US12786397

申请日：2010-05-24

申请人： Kangguo Cheng ,  Bruce B. Doris ,  Ali Khakifirooz ,  Pranita Kulkarni ,  Ghavam G. Shahidi

发明人： Kangguo Cheng ,  Bruce B. Doris ,  Ali Khakifirooz ,  Pranita Kulkarni ,  Ghavam G. Shahidi

IPC分类号： H01L21/336

CPC分类号： H01L29/7843 ,  H01L21/823821 ,  H01L21/845 ,  H01L27/0924 ,  H01L27/1211 ,  H01L29/66795 ,  H01L29/7848 ,  H01L29/785 ,  H01L2029/7858

摘要： A method for fabricating an FET device is disclosed. The method includes Fin-FET devices with fins that are composed of a first material, and then merged together by epitaxial deposition of a second material. The fins are vertically recesses using a selective etch. A continuous silicide layer is formed over the increased surface areas of the first material and the second material, leading to smaller resistance. A stress liner overlaying the FET device is afterwards deposited. An FET device is also disclosed, which FET device includes a plurality of Fin-FET devices, the fins of which are composed of a first material. The FET device includes a second material, which is epitaxially merging the fins. The fins are vertically recessed relative to an upper surface of the second material. The FET device furthermore includes a continuous silicide layer formed over the fins and over the second material, and a stress liner covering the device.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于制造FET器件的方法。 该方法包括具有由第一材料构成的翅片的Fin-FET器件，然后通过外延沉积第二材料而合并在一起。 翅片是使用选择性蚀刻的垂直凹部。 在第一材料和第二材料的增加的表面积上形成连续的硅化物层，导致较小的电阻。 覆盖FET器件的应力衬垫之后被沉积。 还公开了一种FET器件，该FET器件包括多个Fin-FET器件，其翅片由第一材料构成。 FET器件包括第二材料，其外延地融合鳍片。 翅片相对于第二材料的上表面垂直凹入。 FET器件还包括形成在鳍片上方和第二材料上的连续硅化物层，以及覆盖该器件的应力衬垫。

公开(公告)号：US20110291189A1

公开(公告)日：2011-12-01

申请号：US12789699

申请日：2010-05-28

申请人： Kangguo Cheng ,  Bruce B. Doris ,  Ali Khakifirooz ,  Pranita Kulkarni ,  Ghavam G. Shahidi

发明人： Kangguo Cheng ,  Bruce B. Doris ,  Ali Khakifirooz ,  Pranita Kulkarni ,  Ghavam G. Shahidi

IPC分类号： H01L29/786 ,  H01L21/336

CPC分类号： H01L29/7849 ,  H01L21/26506 ,  H01L29/66772 ,  H01L29/785 ,  H01L29/78654

摘要： A device and method for inducing stress in a semiconductor layer includes providing a substrate having a dielectric layer formed between a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer. A removable buried layer is provided on or in the second semiconductor layer. A gate structure with side spacers is formed on the first semiconductor layer. Recesses are formed down to the removable buried layer in areas for source and drain regions. The removable buried layer is etched away to form an undercut below the dielectric layer below the gate structure. A stressor layer is formed in the undercut, and source and drain regions are formed.

摘要翻译： 用于在半导体层中诱发应力的装置和方法包括提供在第一半导体层和第二半导体层之间形成介电层的基板。 可移除的掩埋层设置在第二半导体层上或第二半导体层中。 在第一半导体层上形成具有侧面间隔物的栅极结构。 在源区和漏区的区域中形成凹陷到可移除的掩埋层。 蚀刻掉可移除的掩埋层，以在栅极结构下面的介电层下方形成底切。 在底切中形成应力层，形成源区和漏区。

公开(公告)号：US20110221003A1

公开(公告)日：2011-09-15

申请号：US12719934

申请日：2010-03-09

申请人： Bruce B. Doris ,  Kangguo Cheng ,  Ali Khakifirooz ,  Pranita Kulkarni

发明人： Bruce B. Doris ,  Kangguo Cheng ,  Ali Khakifirooz ,  Pranita Kulkarni

IPC分类号： H01L29/417 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L21/336 ,  H01L21/3205

CPC分类号： H01L29/66477 ,  H01L21/28518 ,  H01L23/485 ,  H01L29/0847 ,  H01L29/165 ,  H01L29/41725 ,  H01L29/41766 ,  H01L29/41783 ,  H01L29/45 ,  H01L29/456 ,  H01L29/66628 ,  H01L29/66636 ,  H01L2924/0002 ,  H01L2924/00

摘要： A method and structure for forming a field effect transistor with reduced contact resistance are provided. The reduced contact resistance is manifested by a reduced metal semiconductor alloy contact resistance and a reduced conductively filled via contact-to-metal semiconductor alloy contact resistance. The reduced contact resistance is achieved in this disclosure by texturing the surface of the transistor's source region and/or the transistor's drain region. Typically, both the source region and the drain region are textured in the present disclosure. The textured source region and/or the textured drain region have an increased area as compared to a conventional transistor that includes a flat source region and/or a flat drain region. A metal semiconductor alloy, e.g., a silicide, is formed on the textured surface of the source region and/or the textured surface of the drain region. A conductively filled via contact is formed atop the metal semiconductor alloy.

摘要翻译： 提供了形成具有降低的接触电阻的场效应晶体管的方法和结构。 降低的接触电阻由金属半导体合金接触电阻降低和导电填充通孔接触 - 金属半导体合金接触电阻表现出来。 在本公开内容中通过纹理化晶体管的源极区域和/或晶体管的漏极区域的表面来实现降低的接触电阻。 通常，在本公开内容中，源极区域和漏极区域都被纹理化。 与包括平坦源极区域和/或平坦漏极区域的常规晶体管相比，纹理化源极区域和/或织构化漏极区域具有增加的面积。 在源极区域的纹理表面和/或漏极区域的纹理化表面上形成金属半导体合金，例如硅化物。 在金属半导体合金的顶部形成导电填充的通孔接触。

公开(公告)号：US20110169089A1

公开(公告)日：2011-07-14

申请号：US12687273

申请日：2010-01-14

申请人： Bruce B. Doris ,  Kangguo Cheng ,  Ali Khakifirooz ,  Ghavam G. Shahidi

发明人： Bruce B. Doris ,  Kangguo Cheng ,  Ali Khakifirooz ,  Ghavam G. Shahidi

IPC分类号： H01L27/12 ,  H01L21/86

CPC分类号： H01L27/1214 ,  H01L21/84 ,  H01L27/1203 ,  H01L27/13

摘要： An electrical device is provided that in one embodiment includes a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrate having a semiconductor layer with a thickness of less than 10 nm. A semiconductor device having a raised source region and a raised drain region of a single crystal semiconductor material of a first conductivity is present on a first surface of the semiconductor layer. A resistor composed of the single crystal semiconductor material of the first conductivity is present on a second surface of the semiconductor layer. A method of forming the aforementioned electrical device is also provided.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种电气装置，其在一个实施例中包括具有厚度小于10nm的半导体层的绝缘体上半导体（SOI）基板。 在半导体层的第一表面上存在具有第一导电性的单晶半导体材料的升高的源极区域和升高的漏极区域的半导体器件。 由第一导电性的单晶半导体材料构成的电阻器存在于半导体层的第二表面上。 还提供了形成上述电气装置的方法。

公开(公告)号：US09041116B2

公开(公告)日：2015-05-26

申请号：US13478154

申请日：2012-05-23

申请人： Bruce B. Doris ,  Kangguo Cheng ,  Steven J. Holmes ,  Ali Khakifirooz ,  Pranita Kulkarni ,  Shom Ponoth ,  Raghavasimhan Sreenivasan ,  Stefan Schmitz

发明人： Bruce B. Doris ,  Kangguo Cheng ,  Steven J. Holmes ,  Ali Khakifirooz ,  Pranita Kulkarni ,  Shom Ponoth ,  Raghavasimhan Sreenivasan ,  Stefan Schmitz

IPC分类号： H01L27/092 ,  H01L27/12 ,  H01L21/8238

CPC分类号： H01L21/823835 ,  H01L21/823842

摘要： A method for forming an electrical device that includes forming a high-k gate dielectric layer over a semiconductor substrate that is patterned to separate a first portion of the high-k gate dielectric layer that is present on a first conductivity device region from a second portion of the high-k gate dielectric layer that is present on a second conductivity device region. A connecting gate conductor is formed on the first portion and the second portion of the high-k gate dielectric layer. The connecting gate conductor extends from the first conductivity device region over the isolation region to the second conductivity device region. One of the first conductivity device region and the second conductivity device region may then be exposed to an oxygen containing atmosphere. Exposure with the oxygen containing atmosphere modifies a threshold voltage of the semiconductor device that is exposed.

公开(公告)号：US08933515B2

公开(公告)日：2015-01-13

申请号：US13531175

申请日：2012-06-22

申请人： Stephen W. Bedell ,  Huiming Bu ,  Kangguo Cheng ,  Bruce B. Doris ,  Johnathan E. Faltermeier ,  Ali Khakifirooz ,  Devendra K. Sadana ,  Chun-Chen Yeh

发明人： Stephen W. Bedell ,  Huiming Bu ,  Kangguo Cheng ,  Bruce B. Doris ,  Johnathan E. Faltermeier ,  Ali Khakifirooz ,  Devendra K. Sadana ,  Chun-Chen Yeh

IPC分类号： H01L27/088 ,  H01L21/8238 ,  H01L27/02 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/78

CPC分类号： H01L21/823807 ,  H01L21/823814 ,  H01L27/0207 ,  H01L29/6656 ,  H01L29/66628 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/7843 ,  H01L29/7848

摘要： A semiconductor device and method for fabricating a semiconductor device include providing a strained semiconductor layer having a first strained axis, forming an active region within a surface of the strained semiconductor layer where the active region has a longitudinal axis along the strained axis and forming gate structures over the active region. Raised source/drain regions are formed on the active regions above and over the surface of the strained semiconductor layer and adjacent to the gate structures to form transistor devices.

摘要翻译： 一种用于制造半导体器件的半导体器件和方法包括提供具有第一应变轴的应变半导体层，在应变半导体层的表面内形成有源区，其中有源区具有沿应变轴的纵向轴线并形成栅极结构 在活跃地区。 在应变半导体层的表面上方和与栅极结构相邻的有源区上形成升高的源/漏区，以形成晶体管器件。

公开(公告)号：US08889562B2

公开(公告)日：2014-11-18

申请号：US13555306

申请日：2012-07-23

申请人： Kangguo Cheng ,  Bruce B. Doris ,  Ali Khakifirooz ,  Ying Zhang

发明人： Kangguo Cheng ,  Bruce B. Doris ,  Ali Khakifirooz ,  Ying Zhang

IPC分类号： H01L21/302

CPC分类号： H01L21/3086 ,  H01B13/00 ,  H01B19/04 ,  H01L21/0337 ,  H01L21/3081 ,  H01L21/32134 ,  H01L21/32137

摘要： Disclosed is an improved double patterning method for forming openings (e.g., vias or trenches) or mesas on a substrate. This method avoids the wafer topography effects seen in prior art double patterning techniques by ensuring that the substrate itself is only subjected to a single etch process. Specifically, in the method, a first mask layer is formed on the substrate and processed such that it has a doped region and multiple undoped regions within the doped region. Then, either the undoped regions or the doped region can be selectively removed in order to form a mask pattern above the substrate. Once the mask pattern is formed, an etch process can be performed to transfer the mask pattern into the substrate. Depending upon whether the undoped regions are removed or the doped region is removed, the mask pattern will form openings (e.g., vias or trenches) or mesas, respectively, on the substrate.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于在基板上形成开口（例如，通孔或沟槽）或台面的改进的双重图案化方法。 该方法通过确保衬底本身仅经历单次蚀刻工艺来避免现有技术的双重图案化技术中所见到的晶片形貌效应。 具体地说，在该方法中，在衬底上形成第一掩模层并进行处理，使得其在掺杂区域内具有掺杂区域和多个未掺杂区域。 然后，可以选择性地去除未掺杂区域或掺杂区域，以在衬底上方形成掩模图案。 一旦形成掩模图案，就可以执行蚀刻工艺以将掩模图案转印到基板中。 取决于未掺杂的区域是去除还是去除掺杂区域，掩模图案将分别在衬底上形成开口（例如，通孔或沟槽）或台面。

公开(公告)号：US08803233B2

公开(公告)日：2014-08-12

申请号：US13242861

申请日：2011-09-23

申请人： Kangguo Cheng ,  Bruce B. Doris ,  Ali Khakifirooz ,  Pranita Kulkarni ,  Tak H. Ning

发明人： Kangguo Cheng ,  Bruce B. Doris ,  Ali Khakifirooz ,  Pranita Kulkarni ,  Tak H. Ning

IPC分类号： H01L29/778

CPC分类号： H01L21/823807 ,  H01L27/0922 ,  H01L27/1203 ,  H01L29/78654 ,  H01L29/78696

摘要： A transistor includes a semiconductor layer, and a gate dielectric is formed on the semiconductor layer. A gate conductor is formed on the gate dielectric and an active area is located in the semiconductor layer underneath the gate dielectric. The active area includes a graded dopant region that has a higher doping concentration near a top surface of the semiconductor layer and a lower doping concentration near a bottom surface of the semiconductor layer. This graded dopant region has a gradual decrease in the doping concentration. The transistor also includes source and drain regions that are adjacent to the active region. The source and drain regions and the active area have the same conductivity type.

摘要翻译： 晶体管包括半导体层，并且在半导体层上形成栅极电介质。 栅极导体形成在栅极电介质上，并且有源区位于栅极电介质下方的半导体层中。 有源区包括在半导体层的顶表面附近具有较高掺杂浓度的渐变掺杂区和在半导体层的底表面附近的较低的掺杂浓度。 该渐变掺杂剂区域的掺杂浓度逐渐降低。 晶体管还包括与有源区相邻的源区和漏区。 源极和漏极区域和有源区域具有相同的导电类型。

公开(公告)号：US08741701B2

公开(公告)日：2014-06-03

申请号：US13585395

申请日：2012-08-14

申请人： Kangguo Cheng ,  Bruce B. Doris ,  Ali Khakifirooz ,  Chun-Chen Yeh

发明人： Kangguo Cheng ,  Bruce B. Doris ,  Ali Khakifirooz ,  Chun-Chen Yeh

IPC分类号： H01L21/335 ,  H01L21/8232

CPC分类号： H01L21/32139 ,  H01L21/0337 ,  H01L21/3086 ,  H01L21/31144 ,  H01L29/66795

摘要： A method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming a mandrel on top of a substrate; forming a first spacer adjacent to the mandrel on top of the substrate; forming a cut mask over the first spacer and the mandrel, such that the first spacer is partially exposed by the cut mask; partially removing the partially exposed first spacer; and etching the substrate to form a fin structure corresponding to the partially removed first spacer in the substrate.

摘要翻译： 形成半导体器件的方法包括：在基底的顶部上形成心轴; 在所述基板的顶部上形成邻近所述心轴的第一间隔件; 在第一间隔件和心轴上形成切割掩模，使得第一间隔件被切割掩模部分地暴露; 部分地去除部分暴露的第一间隔件; 并且蚀刻所述衬底以形成对应于所述衬底中部分移除的第一间隔物的翅片结构。