Abstract:
A method of thermally oxidizing a Si fin to form an oxide layer over the Si fin and then forming an ALD oxide layer over the oxide layer and resulting device are provided. Embodiments include forming a plurality of Si fins on a Si substrate; forming a dielectric layer over the plurality of Si fins and the Si substrate; recessing the dielectric layer, exposing a top portion of the plurality of Si fins; thermally oxidizing surface of the top portion of the plurality of Si fins, an oxide layer formed; and forming an ALD oxide layer over the oxide layer.
Abstract:
One illustrative method disclosed herein includes, among other things, forming a sacrificial sidewall spacer adjacent a sidewall spacer of a transistor and, with the sacrificial sidewall spacer in position, forming openings in an active layer of an SOI substrate adjacent the sacrificial sidewall spacer so as to thereby expose portions of a buried insulation layer of the SOI substrate. In this example, the method also includes performing an isotropic etching process to form recesses of any shape in the buried insulation layer, wherein the recesses extend laterally under a portion of the active layer, and forming an epi semiconductor material in at least the recesses in the buried insulation layer.
Abstract:
Device structures and fabrication methods for a BiCMOS integrated circuit. A first fin and a second fin are formed on a semiconductor substrate. A gate electrode of a vertical field effect transistor is formed in association with the first fin. An emitter of a bipolar junction transistor is formed with an epitaxial growth process on the second fin, and a first source/drain region of the vertical field-effect transistor is concurrently formed with the epitaxial growth process on the first fin. The gate electrode and the first fin are arranged in a vertical direction between the source/drain region and the semiconductor substrate. The second fin is arranged in the vertical direction between the emitter and the semiconductor substrate.
Abstract:
A method can include applying a patterned mask over a semiconductor structure, the semiconductor structure having a dielectric layer, forming using the patterned mask a material formation trench intermediate first and second spaced apart metal formations formed in the dielectric layer, and disposing a dielectric material formation in the material formation trench.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to notched fin structures and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: a fin structure composed of a substrate material and a stack of multiple epitaxially grown materials on the substrate material; a notch formed in a first epitaxially grown material of the stack of multiple epitaxially grown materials of the fin structure; an insulator material within the notch of the fin structure; and an insulator layer surrounding the fin structure and above a surface of the notch.
Abstract:
Diodes for use in FinFET technologies having increased junction electric fields without the need for increased dopant concentrations, as well as methods, apparatus, and systems for fabricating such diodes. The diodes may comprise a semiconductor substrate and a plurality of fins formed on the semiconductor substrate; wherein each of the plurality of fins comprises an N channel doped region comprising an N channel dopant, and the semiconductor substrate further comprises a plurality of P channel doped regions comprising a P channel dopant, wherein each of the P channel doped regions is disposed under one of the plurality of fins and is adjacent to the N channel doped region of the fin.
Abstract:
A method of forming a source/drain region with an abrupt, vertical and conformal junction and the resulting device are disclosed. Embodiments include forming a gate electrode over and perpendicular to a semiconductor fin; forming first spacers on opposite sides of the gate electrode; forming second spacers on opposite sides of the fin; forming a cavity in the fin adjacent the first spacers, between the second spacers; partially epitaxially growing source/drain regions in each cavity; implanting a first dopant into the partially grown source/drain regions with an optional RTA thereafter; epitaxially growing a remainder of the source/drain regions in the cavities, in situ doped with a second dopant; and implanting a third dopant in the source/drain regions.
Abstract:
A method of forming fins and the resulting fin-shaped field effect transistors (finFET) are provided. Embodiments include forming silicon (Si) fins over a substrate; forming a first metal over each of the Si fins; forming an isolation material over the first metal; removing an upper portion of the isolation material to expose and upper portion of the first metal; removing the upper portion of the first metal to expose an upper portion of each Si fin; removing the isolation material after removing the upper portion of the first metal; and forming a second metal over the first metal and the upper portion of the Si fins.
Abstract:
Aspects of the present invention relate to an approach for implanting and forming a polysilicon resistor with a single implant dose. Specifically, a mask having a set of openings is formed over a resistor surface. The set of openings are typically formed in a column-row arrangement according to a predetermined pattern. Forming the mask in this manner allows the resistor surface to have multiple regions/zones. A first region is defined by the set of openings in the mask, and a second region is defined by the remaining portions of the mask. The resistor is then subjected to a single implant dose via the openings. Implanting the resistor in this manner allows the resistor to have multiple resistance values (i.e., a first resistance value in the first region, and a second resistance value in the second region).