Abstract:
Semiconductor structures with reduced gate and/or contact resistances and fabrication methods are provided. The method includes: providing a semiconductor device, which includes forming a transistor of the semiconductor device, where the transistor forming includes: forming a T-shaped gate for the transistor, the T-shaped gate being T-shaped in elevational cross-section; and forming an inverted-T-shaped contact to an active region of the transistor, the inverted-T-shaped contact including a conductive structure with an inverted T-shape in elevational cross-section.
Abstract:
A method of fabricating a FinFET device includes forming contact openings for source/drain contacts prior to performing a replacement metal gate (RMG) module. Etch selective metals are used to form source/drain contacts and gate contacts optionally within active device regions using a block and recess technique.
Abstract:
Devices and methods of fabricating integrated circuit devices via cobalt fill metallization are provided. A method includes, for instance, providing an intermediate semiconductor device having at least one trench, forming at least one layer of semiconductor material on the device, depositing a first cobalt (Co) layer on the second layer, and performing an anneal reflow process on the device. Also provided are intermediate semiconductor devices. An intermediate semiconductor device includes, for instance, at least one trench formed within the device, the trench having a bottom portion and sidewalls, at least one layer of semiconductor material disposed on the device, a first cobalt (Co) layer disposed on the at least one layer of semiconductor material, wherein the at least one layer of semiconductor material includes at least a first semiconductor material and a second semiconductor material.
Abstract:
A method can include forming a contact trench in a semiconductor structure so that the contact trench extends to a contact formation, the forming including using a hardmask layer, and filling the contact trench with a sacrificial material layer, the sacrificial material layer formed over the contact formation. A semiconductor structure can include a sacrificial material layer over a contact formation.