Abstract:
A method for producing a finFET having a fin with thinned sidewalls on a lower portion above a shallow trench isolation (STI) regions is provided. Embodiments include forming a fin surrounded by STI regions on a substrate; recessing the STI regions, revealing an upper portion of the fin; forming a spacer over side and upper surfaces of the upper portion of the fin; recessing the STI regions, exposing a lower portion of the fin; and thinning sidewalls of the lower portion 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:
Semiconductor structures and methods of fabrication are provided, with one or both of an extended source-to-channel interface or an extended drain-to-channel interface. The fabrication method includes, for instance, recessing a semiconductor material to form a cavity adjacent to a channel region of a semiconductor structure being fabricated, the recessing forming a first cavity surface and a second cavity surface within the cavity; and implanting one or more dopants into the semiconductor material through the first cavity surface to define an implanted region within the semiconductor material, and form an extended channel interface, the extended channel interface including, in part, an interface of the implanted region within the semiconductor material to the channel region of the semiconductor structure. In one embodiment, the semiconductor structure with the extended channel interface is a FinFET.
Abstract:
P-type metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistors (pMOSFET's), semiconductor devices comprising the pMOSFET's, and methods of forming pMOSFET's are provided. The pMOSFET's include a silicon-germanium (SiGe) film that has a lower interface in contact with a semiconductor substrate and an upper surface, and the SiGe film has a graded boron doping profile where boron content increases upwardly over a majority of the width of boron-doped SiGe film between the lower interface of the SiGe film and the upper surface of the SiGe film. Methods of forming the pMOSFET's include: providing a semiconductor substrate; depositing a SiGe film on the semiconductor substrate, thereby forming a lower interface of the SiGe film in contact with the semiconductor substrate, and an upper surface of the SiGe film; and doping the SiGe film with boron to form a SiGe film having a graded boron doping profile where boron content increases upwardly over a majority of the width of boron-doped SiGe film between the lower interface of the SiGe film and the upper surface of the SiGe film.
Abstract:
Methods to reduce a width of a channel region of Si fins and the resulting devices are disclosed. Embodiments include forming a Si fin in a Si layer; forming a channel region over the Si fin including a dummy gate with a spacer on each side; forming S/D regions at opposite ends of the Si fin; removing the dummy gate, forming a cavity; thinning sidewalls of the Si fin; and forming a high-k/metal gate in the cavity.
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 a hybrid fin cut with improved fin profiles and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: a plurality of fin structures in a first region of a first density of fin structures; a plurality of fin structures in a second region of a second density of fin structures; and a plurality of fin structures in a third region of a third density of fin structures. The first density, second density and third density of fin structures are different densities of fin structures, and the plurality of fin structures in the first region, the second region and the third region have a substantially uniform profile.
Abstract:
A method of forming NFET S/D structures with multiple layers, with consecutive epi-SiP layers being doped at increasing dosages of P and the resulting device are provided. Embodiments include forming multiple epi-Si layers in each S/D cavity of a NFET; and performing in-situ doping of P for each epi-Si layer, wherein consecutive epi-Si layers are doped at increasing dosages of P.
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:
Semiconductor structures and methods of fabrication are provided, with one or both of an extended source-to-channel interface or an extended drain-to-channel interface. The fabrication method includes, for instance, recessing a semiconductor material to form a cavity adjacent to a channel region of a semiconductor structure being fabricated, the recessing forming a first cavity surface and a second cavity surface within the cavity; and implanting one or more dopants into the semiconductor material through the first cavity surface to define an implanted region within the semiconductor material, and form an extended channel interface, the extended channel interface including, in part, an interface of the implanted region within the semiconductor material to the channel region of the semiconductor structure. In one embodiment, the semiconductor structure with the extended channel interface is a FinFET.