摘要:
A silicon on insulator (SOI) substrate includes a layer of silicon carbide beneath an insulating layer on which semiconductor devices are formed. The silicon carbide layer has a high thermal conductivity and provides beneficial dissipation of thermal energy generated by the devices. The SOI substrate may be formed by a bonding method. SOI MOSFET devices using the SOI substrate are also disclosed.
摘要:
A shallow trench isolation region formed in a layer of semiconductor material. The shallow trench isolation region includes a trench formed in the layer of semiconductor material, the trench being defined by sidewalls and a bottom; a liner within the trench formed from a high-K material, the liner conforming to the sidewalls and bottom of the trench; and a fill section made from isolating material, and disposed within and conforming to the high-K liner. A method of forming the shallow trench isolation region is also disclosed.
摘要:
A method of manufacturing an integrated circuit (IC) utilizes a shallow trench isolation (STI) technique. The shallow trench isolation technique is used in a strained silicon (SMOS) process. The liner for the trench is formed from a layer deposited in a low temperature process which reduces germanium outgassing. The low temperature process can be an LPCVD. An annealing step can be utilized to form the liner.
摘要:
The formation of shallow trench isolations in a strained silicon MOSFET includes performing ion implantation in the strained silicon layer in the regions to be etched to form the trenches of the shallow trench isolations. The dosage of the implanted ions and the energy of implantation are chosen so as to damage the crystal lattice of the strained silicon throughout the thickness of the strained silicon layer in the shallow trench isolation regions to such a degree that the etch rate of the strained silicon in those regions is increased to approximately the same as or greater than the etch rate of the underlying undamaged silicon germanium. Subsequent etching yields trenches with significantly reduced or eliminated undercutting of the silicon germanium relative to the strained silicon. This in turn substantially prevents the formation of fully depleted silicon on insulator regions under the ends of the gate, thus improving the MOSFET leakage current.
摘要:
A method of fabricating an SMOS integrated circuit with source and drain junctions utilizes an offset gate spacer for N-type transistors. Ions are implanted to form the source and drain regions in a strained layer. The offset spacer reduces problems associated with Arsenic (As) diffusion on strained semiconductor layers. The process can be utilized for SMOS metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETs). The strained layer can be a strained silicon layer formed above a germanium layer.
摘要:
A method of programming a fuse utilizes a fuse including a material having a first phase and a second phase. The first phase has a different resistivity than the second phase. The method includes providing a current or voltage to the fuse and changing the material from the first phase to the second phase with the current. The material can be a silicide material such as nickel silicide.
摘要:
The present invention enables the production of improved high-speed semiconductor devices. The present invention provides the higher speed offered by strained silicon technology coupled with the smaller overall device size provided by shallow trench isolation technology without relaxation of the portion of the strained silicon layer adjacent to a shallow trench isolation region by laterally extending a shallow trench isolation into the strained silicon layer overlying a silicon germanium layer.
摘要:
The formation of shallow trench isolations in a strained silicon MOSFET includes implantation of a dopant into overhang portions of the strained silicon layer and silicon germanium layer at the edges of trenches in which shallow trench isolations are to be formed. The conductivity type of the dopant is chosen to be opposite the conductivity type of the source and drain dopants. The implanted dopant increases the threshold voltage Vt beneath the ends of the gate in overhang portions of the strained silicon layer so that it is approximately equal to or greater than that of the remainder of the MOSFET. The resulting strained silicon MOSFET exhibits reduced leakage current beneath the ends of the gate.
摘要:
A transistor architecture utilizes a raised source and drain region to reduce the adverse affects of germanium on silicide regions. Epitaxial growth can form a silicide region above the source and drain. The protocol can utilize any number of silicidation processes. The protocol allows better silicidation in SMOS devices.
摘要:
The mobility enhancement of a strained silicon layer is augmented through incorporation of carbon into a strained silicon lattice to which strain is also imparted by an underlying silicon germanium layer. The presence of the relatively small carbon atoms effectively increases the spacing within the strained silicon lattice and thus imparts additional strain. This enhancement may be implemented for any MOSFET device including silicon on insulator MOSFETs, and is preferably selectively implemented for the PMOS components of CMOS devices to achieve approximately equal carrier mobility for the PMOS and NMOS devices.