摘要:
The invention forms an epitaxial silicon-containing layer on a silicon germanium, patterned strained silicon, or patterned thin silicon-on-insulator surface and avoids creating a rough surface upon which the epitaxial silicon-containing layer is grown. In order to avoid creating the rough surface, the invention first performs a hydrofluoric acid etching process on the silicon germanium, patterned strained silicon, or patterned thin silicon-on-insulator surface. This etching process removes most of oxide from the surface, and leaves only a sub-monolayer of oxygen (typically 1×1013-1×1015/cm2 of oxygen) at the silicon germanium, patterned strained silicon, or patterned thin silicon-on-insulator surface. The invention then performs a hydrogen pre-bake process in a chlorine containing environment which heats the silicon germanium, strained silicon, or thin silicon-on-insulator surface sufficiently to remove the remaining oxygen from the surface. By introducing a small amount of chlorine containing gases, the heating processes avoid changing the roughness of the silicon germanium, patterned strained silicon, or patterned thin silicon-on-insulator surface. Then the process of epitaxially growing the epitaxial silicon-containing layer on the silicon germanium, patterned strained silicon, or patterned silicon-on-insulator surface is performed.
摘要:
A method of forming a silicon germanium on insulator (SGOI) structure. A SiGe layer is deposited on an SOI wafer. Thermal mixing of the SiGe and Si layers is performed to form a thick SGOI with high relaxation and low stacking fault defect density. The SiGe layer is then thinned to a desired final thickness. The Ge concentration, the amount of relaxation, and stacking fault defect density are unchanged by the thinning process. A thin SGOI film is thus obtained with high relaxation and low stacking fault defect density. A layer of Si is then deposited on the thin SGOI wafer. The method of thinning includes low temperature (550° C.-700° C.) HIPOX or steam oxidation, in-situ HCl etching in an epitaxy chamber, or CMP. A rough SiGe surface resulting from HIPOX or steam oxidation thinning is smoothed with a touch-up CMP, in-situ hydrogen bake and SiGe buffer layer during strained Si deposition, or heating the wafer in a hydrogen environment with a mixture of gases HCl, DCS and GeH4.
摘要:
The invention forms an epitaxial silicon-containing layer on a silicon germanium, patterned strained silicon, or patterned thin silicon-on-insulator surface and avoids creating a rough surface upon which the epitaxial silicon-containing layer is grown. In order to avoid creating the rough surface, the invention first performs a hydrofluoric acid etching process on the silicon germanium, patterned strained silicon, or patterned thin silicon-on-insulator surface. This etching process removes most of oxide from the surface, and leaves a first amount of oxygen (typically 1×1013-1×1015/cm2 of oxygen) on the silicon germanium, patterned strained silicon, or patterned thin silicon-on-insulator surface. The invention then performs a hydrogen pre-bake process which heats the silicon germanium, patterned strained silicon, or patterned thin silicon-on-insulator surface sufficiently to remove additional oxygen from the surface and leave a second amount of oxygen, less than the first amount, on the silicon germanium, patterned strained silicon, or patterned thin silicon-on-insulator surface. The heating process leaves an amount of at least 5×1012/cm2 of oxygen (typically, between approximately 1×1013/cm2 and approximately 5×1013/cm2 of oxygen) on the silicon germanium, patterned strained silicon, or patterned thin silicon-on-insulator surface. By leaving a small amount of oxygen on the silicon germanium, patterned strained silicon, or patterned silicon-on-insulator surface, the heating processes avoid changing the roughness of the silicon germanium, patterned strained silicon, or patterned thin silicon-on-insulator surface. Then the process of epitaxially growing the epitaxial silicon-containing layer on the silicon germanium, patterned strained silicon, or patterned silicon-on-insulator surface is performed.
摘要:
The present invention provides a method for retarding the diffusion of dopants from a first material layer (typically a semiconductor) into an overlayer or vice versa. In the method of the present invention, diffusion of dopants from the first semiconductor into the overlayer or vice versa is retarded by forming a monolayer comprising carbon and oxygen between the two layers. The monolayer is formed in the present invention utilizing a chemical pretreatment process in which a solution including iodine and an alcohol such as methanol is employed.
摘要:
A method is disclosed for forming an epitaxial layer on a front side of a substrate formed of a monocrystalline material, using a chemical vapor deposition system. In this method, a plurality of gettering wafers formed of a gettering material are arranged in the CVD system, such that the front side of each substrate is facing one of the gettering wafers. Impurities present in the CVD system during formation of the epitaxial layer are gettered by the gettering wafers. Alternatively, a layer of a gettering material is deposited on a back side of each of the plurality of substrates, and the substrates are arranged such that the front side of each substrate is facing the backside of another of the substrates. In another embodiment, a layer of a gettering material is deposited on an interior surface of the CVD system. Impurities removed from the CVD system during epitaxial formation include oxygen, water vapor and other oxygen-containing contaminants.
摘要:
The present invention comprises a method for forming a semiconducting device including the steps of providing a layered structure including a substrate, a low diffusivity layer of a first-conductivity dopant; and a channel layer; forming a gate stack atop a protected surface of the channel layer; etching the layered structure selective to the gate stack to expose a surface of the substrate, where a remaining portion of the low diffusivity layer provides a retrograded island substantially aligned to the gate stack having a first dopant concentration to reduce short-channel effects without increasing leakage; growing a Si-containing material atop the recessed surface of the substrate; and doping the Si-containing material with a second-conductivity dopant at a second dopant concentration. The low diffisivity layer may be Si1-x-yGexZy, where Z can be carbon (C), xenon (Xe), germanium (Ge), krypton (Kr), argon (Ar), nitrogen (N), or combinations thereof.
摘要翻译:本发明包括一种形成半导体器件的方法,包括以下步骤:提供包括衬底,第一导电掺杂剂的低扩散层的分层结构; 和通道层; 在沟道层的受保护表面上方形成栅极堆叠; 蚀刻对栅极堆叠选择性的层状结构以暴露衬底的表面,其中低扩散层的剩余部分提供基本上与具有第一掺杂剂浓度的栅极堆叠对准的退化岛,以减少短沟道效应而不增加泄漏 ; 在衬底的凹陷表面的顶部生长含Si材料; 并且以第二掺杂剂浓度用第二导电掺杂剂掺杂含Si材料。 低扩散层可以是Si 1-xy X z Z z,其中Z可以是碳(C),氙(Xe), 锗(Ge),氪(Kr),氩(Ar),氮(N)或其组合。
摘要:
Raised Si/SiGe source and drain regions include epitaxially grown silicon on SiGe sidewalls. The epi silicon prevents adverse effects of Ge during silicidation, including Ge out diffusion and silicide line breakage. The Si also increases the active area.
摘要:
A method for manufacturing an integrated circuit includes providing one or more n-type field effect transistor and one or more p-type field effect transistor on a semiconductor substrate. Each of the transistors separated by a trench isolation structure. Each of the transistors has a source and drain regions formed in the semiconductor layer and a gate electrode formed above the semiconductor layer. An oxide liner is deposited across the upper surface of the integrated circuit and onto each of the one or more n-type field effect transistors and one or more p-type field effect transistors. A nitride liner depositing is deposited the oxide liner. At least a portion of the nitride liner on each of the one or more p-type field effect transistor is removed to form nitride sidewall spacers. Additional source and drain regions are implanted into the one or more p-type field effect transistors. The integrated circuit is annealed. The nitride liner is removed from the one or more n-type field effect transistors. The exposed oxide liner is removed from the semiconductor substrate and the one or more n-type field effect transistors and the one or more p-type field effect transistors whereby each of the one or more p-type field effect transistor has greater silicide proximity than each of the one or more n-type field effect transistors, thereby allowing increased performance of each of the one or more p-type field effect transistors without adversely affecting performance of each of the one or more n-type field effect transistors.
摘要:
The invention relates to a semiconductor structure and method of manufacturing and more particularly to a CMOS device with at least one embedded SiGe layer in the source/drain region of the PFET, and at least one embedded SiGe layer in the channel region of the NFET. In one embodiment, the structure of the invention enhances the electron mobility in the NFET device, and further enhances the hole mobility in the PFET device. Additionally, by using the fabrication methods and hence achieving the final structure of the invention, it is also possible to construct a PFET and NFET each with embedded SiGe layers on the same substrate.
摘要:
The present invention comprises a method for forming a semiconducting device including the steps of providing a layered structure including a substrate, a low diffusivity layer of a first-conductivity dopant; and a channel layer; forming a gate stack atop a protected surface of the channel layer; etching the layered structure selective to the gate stack to expose a surface of the substrate, where a remaining portion of the low diffusivity layer provides a retrograded island substantially aligned to the gate stack having a first dopant concentration to reduce short-channel effects without increasing leakage; growing a Si-containing material atop the recessed surface of the substrate; and doping the Si-containing material with a second-conductivity dopant at a second dopant concentration. The low diffusivity layer may be Si1-x-yGexZy, where Z can be carbon (C), xenon (Xe), germanium (Ge), krypton (Kr), argon (Ar), nitrogen (N), or combinations thereof.
摘要翻译:本发明包括一种形成半导体器件的方法,包括以下步骤:提供包括衬底,第一导电掺杂剂的低扩散层的分层结构; 和通道层; 在沟道层的受保护表面上方形成栅极堆叠; 蚀刻对栅极堆叠选择性的层状结构以暴露衬底的表面,其中低扩散层的剩余部分提供基本上与具有第一掺杂剂浓度的栅极堆叠对准的退化岛,以减少短沟道效应而不增加泄漏 ; 在衬底的凹陷表面的顶部生长含Si材料; 并且以第二掺杂剂浓度用第二导电掺杂剂掺杂含Si材料。 低扩散性层可以是Si 1-xy X z Z z,其中Z可以是碳(C),氙(Xe), 锗(Ge),氪(Kr),氩(Ar),氮(N)或其组合。