公开(公告)号：US10121861B2

公开(公告)日：2018-11-06

申请号：US13996850

申请日：2013-03-15

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Seung Hoon Sung ,  Seiyon Kim ,  Kelin Kuhn ,  Willy Rachmady ,  Jack Kavalieros

IPC: H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/10 ,  B41F3/46 ,  B41F17/08 ,  B41N10/04 ,  H01L21/033 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/78

Abstract: A nanowire device of the present description may be produced with the incorporation of at least one hardmask during the fabrication of at least one nanowire transistor in order to assist in protecting an uppermost channel nanowire from damage that may result from fabrication processes, such as those used in a replacement metal gate process and/or the nanowire release process. The use of at least one hardmask may result in a substantially damage free uppermost channel nanowire in a multi-stacked nanowire transistor, which may improve the uniformity of the channel nanowires and the reliability of the overall multi-stacked nanowire transistor.

公开(公告)号：US09865684B2

公开(公告)日：2018-01-09

申请号：US14707292

申请日：2015-05-08

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Benjamin Chu-Kung ,  Van Le ,  Robert Chau ,  Sansaptak Dasgupta ,  Gilbert Dewey ,  Niti Goel ,  Jack Kavalieros ,  Matthew Metz ,  Niloy Mukherjee ,  Ravi Pillarisetty ,  Willy Rachmady ,  Marko Radosavljevic ,  Han Wui Then ,  Nancy Zelick

IPC: H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/10 ,  H01L29/267 ,  H01L29/775 ,  H01L29/165 ,  H01L29/04 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/786 ,  H01L21/308

CPC classification number: H01L29/1033 ,  H01L21/3086 ,  H01L29/04 ,  H01L29/0665 ,  H01L29/0669 ,  H01L29/0673 ,  H01L29/165 ,  H01L29/267 ,  H01L29/42392 ,  H01L29/66545 ,  H01L29/775 ,  H01L29/785 ,  H01L29/78696

Abstract: An embodiment of the invention includes an epitaxial layer that directly contacts, for example, a nanowire, fin, or pillar in a manner that allows the layer to relax with two or three degrees of freedom. The epitaxial layer may be included in a channel region of a transistor. The nanowire, fin, or pillar may be removed to provide greater access to the epitaxial layer. Doing so may allow for a “all-around gate” structure where the gate surrounds the top, bottom, and sidewalls of the epitaxial layer. Other embodiments are described herein.

公开(公告)号：US09691857B2

公开(公告)日：2017-06-27

申请号：US15197615

申请日：2016-06-29

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Han Wui Then ,  Robert Chau ,  Benjamin Chu-Kung ,  Gilbert Dewey ,  Jack Kavalieros ,  Matthew Metz ,  Niloy Mukherjee ,  Ravi Pillarisetty ,  Marko Radosavljevic

IPC: H01L29/06 ,  H01L31/00 ,  H01L29/15 ,  H01L27/088 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/775 ,  H01L29/778 ,  H01L29/20 ,  H01L29/786 ,  H01L29/78 ,  B82Y10/00 ,  H01L23/66 ,  H01L27/06 ,  H01L29/04 ,  H01L29/205 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L21/02

CPC classification number: H01L29/158 ,  B82Y10/00 ,  H01L21/02603 ,  H01L23/66 ,  H01L27/0605 ,  H01L27/0886 ,  H01L29/045 ,  H01L29/0669 ,  H01L29/0673 ,  H01L29/0676 ,  H01L29/068 ,  H01L29/2003 ,  H01L29/205 ,  H01L29/42392 ,  H01L29/66431 ,  H01L29/66462 ,  H01L29/66469 ,  H01L29/66522 ,  H01L29/66742 ,  H01L29/775 ,  H01L29/778 ,  H01L29/7786 ,  H01L29/785 ,  H01L29/78618 ,  H01L29/78681 ,  H01L29/78696 ,  H01L2223/6677 ,  Y10S977/938

Abstract: A group III-N nanowire is disposed on a substrate. A longitudinal length of the nanowire is defined into a channel region of a first group III-N material, a source region electrically coupled with a first end of the channel region, and a drain region electrically coupled with a second end of the channel region. A second group III-N material on the first group III-N material serves as a charge inducing layer, and/or barrier layer on surfaces of nanowire. A gate insulator and/or gate conductor coaxially wraps completely around the nanowire within the channel region. Drain and source contacts may similarly coaxially wrap completely around the drain and source regions.

公开(公告)号：US20170170318A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-15

申请号：US15442087

申请日：2017-02-24

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Robert S. Chau ,  Suman Datta ,  Jack Kavalieros ,  Justin K. Brask ,  Mark L. Doczy ,  Matthew Metz

IPC: H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/45 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/51 ,  H01L29/08 ,  H01L29/267 ,  H01L29/207

CPC classification number: H01L29/7848 ,  H01L29/0649 ,  H01L29/0847 ,  H01L29/1033 ,  H01L29/16 ,  H01L29/20 ,  H01L29/201 ,  H01L29/207 ,  H01L29/267 ,  H01L29/41783 ,  H01L29/4236 ,  H01L29/452 ,  H01L29/517 ,  H01L29/66522 ,  H01L29/66628 ,  H01L29/66636 ,  H01L29/66795 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/7827 ,  H01L29/7836 ,  H01L29/785 ,  H01L29/78603 ,  H01L29/78618 ,  H01L29/78681

Abstract: A transistor having a narrow bandgap semiconductor source/drain region is described. The transistor includes a gate electrode formed on a gate dielectric layer formed on a silicon layer. A pair of source/drain regions are formed on opposite sides of the gate electrode wherein said pair of source/drain regions comprise a narrow bandgap semiconductor film formed in the silicon layer on opposite sides of the gate electrode.

公开(公告)号：US09385180B2

公开(公告)日：2016-07-05

申请号：US14576111

申请日：2014-12-18

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Justin K. Brask ,  Jack Kavalieros ,  Brian S. Doyle ,  Uday Shah ,  Suman Datta ,  Amlan Majumdar ,  Robert S. Chau

IPC: H01L21/02 ,  H01L29/04 ,  H01L21/306 ,  H01L21/84 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L21/308 ,  H01L29/786

CPC classification number: H01L29/7853 ,  H01L21/30608 ,  H01L21/30617 ,  H01L21/3085 ,  H01L21/84 ,  H01L29/04 ,  H01L29/045 ,  H01L29/0657 ,  H01L29/51 ,  H01L29/66795 ,  H01L29/78681 ,  H01L29/78684

Abstract: A method of patterning a semiconductor film is described. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a hard mask material is formed on a silicon film having a global crystal orientation wherein the semiconductor film has a first crystal plane and second crystal plane, wherein the first crystal plane is denser than the second crystal plane and wherein the hard mask is formed on the second crystal plane. Next, the hard mask and semiconductor film are patterned into a hard mask covered semiconductor structure. The hard mask covered semiconductor structured is then exposed to a wet etch process which has sufficient chemical strength to etch the second crystal plane but insufficient chemical strength to etch the first crystal plane.

公开(公告)号：US20250031362A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-23

申请号：US18907358

申请日：2024-10-04

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Cheng-Ying Huang ,  Ashish Agrawal ,  Gilbert Dewey ,  Abhishek A. Sharma ,  Wilfred Gomes ,  Jack Kavalieros

IPC: H10B12/00 ,  H01L21/683 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/786 ,  H10B53/30

Abstract: Monolithic two-dimensional (2D) arrays of double-sided DRAM cells including a frontside bit cell over a backside bit cell. Each double-sided cell includes a stacked transistor structure having at least a first transistor over a second transistor. Each double-sided cell further includes a first capacitor on a frontside of the stacked transistor structure and electrically coupled to a source/drain of the first transistor. Each double-sided cell further includes a second capacitor on a backside of the stacked transistor structure and electrically coupled to a source/drain of the second transistor. Frontside cell addressing interconnects are electrically coupled to other terminals of at least the first transistor while one or more backside addressing interconnects are electrically coupled to at least one terminal of the second transistor or second capacitor.

公开(公告)号：US12048165B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-23

申请号：US16914140

申请日：2020-06-26

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Nazila Haratipour ,  Sou-Chi Chang ,  Shriram Shivaraman ,  I-Cheng Tung ,  Tobias Brown-Heft ,  Devin R. Merrill ,  Che-Yun Lin ,  Seung Hoon Sung ,  Jack Kavalieros ,  Uygar Avci ,  Matthew V. Metz

IPC: H10B53/00 ,  G11C11/22 ,  H01G4/008 ,  H01L27/08 ,  H01L49/02 ,  H10B53/10

CPC classification number: H10B53/00 ,  G11C11/221 ,  H01G4/008 ,  H01L27/0805 ,  H01L28/65 ,  H10B53/10

Abstract: An integrated circuit capacitor structure, includes a first electrode includes a cylindrical column, a ferroelectric layer around an exterior sidewall of the cylindrical column and a plurality of outer electrodes. The plurality of outer electrodes include a first outer electrode laterally adjacent to a first portion of an exterior of the ferroelectric layer and a second outer electrode laterally adjacent to a second portion of the exterior of the ferroelectric layer, wherein the second outer electrode is above the first outer electrode.

公开(公告)号：US20240105854A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-28

申请号：US18528545

申请日：2023-12-04

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Gilbert Dewey ,  Abhishek Sharma ,  Van Le ,  Jack Kavalieros ,  Shriram Shivaraman ,  Seung Hoon Sung ,  Tahir Ghani ,  Arnab Sen Gupta ,  Nazila Haratipour ,  Justin Weber

IPC: H01L29/786 ,  H01L21/8238 ,  H01L27/092 ,  H01L29/221

CPC classification number: H01L29/7869 ,  H01L21/823807 ,  H01L27/092 ,  H01L29/221 ,  H01L29/78696

Abstract: Transistor structures may include a metal oxide contact buffer between a portion of a channel material and source or drain contact metallization. The contact buffer may improve control of transistor channel length by limiting reaction between contact metallization and the channel material. The channel material may be of a first composition and the contact buffer may be of a second composition.

公开(公告)号：US11887988B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-30

申请号：US16529643

申请日：2019-08-01

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Ashish Agrawal ,  Jack Kavalieros ,  Anand Murthy ,  Gilbert Dewey ,  Matthew Metz ,  Willy Rachmady ,  Cheng-Ying Huang ,  Cory Bomberger

IPC: H01L27/12 ,  H01L29/08 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/10 ,  H01L29/417

CPC classification number: H01L27/1207 ,  H01L29/0847 ,  H01L29/1033 ,  H01L29/41733 ,  H01L29/66742

Abstract: Thin film transistor structures may include a regrown source or drain material between a channel material and source or drain contact metallization. The source or drain material may be selectively deposited at low temperatures to backfill recesses formed in the channel material. Electrically active dopant impurities may be introduced in-situ during deposition of the source or drain material. The source or drain material may overlap a portion of a gate electrode undercut by the recesses. With channel material of a first composition and source or drain material of a second composition, thin film transistor structures may display low external resistance and high channel mobility.

公开(公告)号：US11695081B2

公开(公告)日：2023-07-04

申请号：US16024701

申请日：2018-06-29

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Sean Ma ,  Nicholas Minutillo ,  Cheng-Ying Huang ,  Tahir Ghani ,  Jack Kavalieros ,  Anand Murthy ,  Harold Kennel ,  Gilbert Dewey ,  Matthew Metz ,  Willy Rachmady

IPC: H01L29/786 ,  H01L29/205 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/04 ,  H01L29/423

CPC classification number: H01L29/78696 ,  H01L29/045 ,  H01L29/205 ,  H01L29/42392 ,  H01L29/66462

Abstract: Embodiments herein describe techniques, systems, and method for a semiconductor device. A semiconductor device may include isolation areas above a substrate to form a trench between the isolation areas. A first buffer layer is over the substrate, in contact with the substrate, and within the trench. A second buffer layer is within the trench over the first buffer layer, and in contact with the first buffer layer. A channel area is above the first buffer layer, above a portion of the second buffer layer that are below a source area or a drain area, and without being vertically above a portion of the second buffer layer. In addition, the source area or the drain area is above the second buffer layer, in contact with the second buffer layer, and adjacent to the channel area. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.