摘要:
A novel transistor structure and method for fabrication the same. The novel transistor structure comprises first and second source/drain (S/D) regions whose top surfaces are lower than a top surface of the channel region of the transistor structure. The method for fabricating the transistor structure starts out with a planar semiconductor layer and a gate stack on top of the semiconductor layer. Then, top regions of the semiconductor layer on opposing sides of the gate stack are removed. Then, regions beneath the removed regions are doped to form lowered S/D regions of the transistor structure
摘要:
A novel transistor structure and method for fabricating the same. The transistor structure comprises (a) a substrate and (b) a semiconductor region, a gate dielectric region, and a gate region on the substrate, wherein the gate dielectric region is sandwiched between the semiconductor region and the gate region, wherein the semiconductor region is electrically insulated from the gate region by the gate dielectric region, wherein the semiconductor region comprises a channel region and first and second source/drain regions, wherein the channel region is sandwiched between the first and second source/drain regions, wherein the first and second source/drain regions are aligned with the gate region, wherein the channel region and the gate dielectric region (i) share an interface surface which is essentially perpendicular to a top surface of the substrate, and (ii) do not share any interface surface that is essentially parallel to a top surface of the substrate.
摘要:
The present invention relates to an FET device having a conductive gate electrode with angled sidewalls. Specifically, the sidewalls of the FET device are offset from the vertical direction by an offset angle that is greater than about 0° and not more than about 45°. In such a manner, such conductive gate electrode has a top surface area that is smaller than its base surface area. Preferably, the FET device further comprises source/drain metal contacts that are also characterized by angled sidewalls, except that the offset angle of the source/drain metal contacts are arranged so that the top surface area of each metal contact is larger than its base surface area. The FET device of the present invention has significantly reduced gate to drain metal contact overlap capacitance, e.g., less than about 0.07 femtoFarads per micron of channel width, in comparison with conventional FET devices having straight-wall gate electrodes and metal contacts.
摘要:
The present invention relates to an FET device having a conductive gate electrode with angled sidewalls. Specifically, the sidewalls of the FET device are offset from the vertical direction by an offset angle that is greater than about 0° and not more than about 45°. In such a manner, such conductive gate electrode has a top surface area that is smaller than its base surface area. Preferably, the FET device further comprises source/drain metal contacts that are also characterized by angled sidewalls, except that the offset angle of the source/drain metal contacts are arranged so that the top surface area of each metal contact is larger than its base surface area. The FET device of the present invention has significantly reduced gate to drain metal contact overlap capacitance, e.g., less than about 0.07 femtoFarads per micron of channel width, in comparison with conventional FET devices having straight-wall gate electrodes and metal contacts.
摘要:
The present invention relates to an field effect transistor (FET) comprising an inverted source/drain metallic contact that has a lower portion located in a first, lower dielectric layer and an upper portion located in a second, upper dielectric layer. The lower portion of the inverted source/drain metallic contact has a larger cross-sectional area than the upper portion. Preferably, the lower portion of the inverted source/drain metallic contact has a cross-sectional area ranging from about 0.03 μm2 to about 3.15 μm2, and such an inverted source/drain metallic contact is spaced apart from a gate electrode of the FET by a distance ranging from about 0.001 μm to about 5 μm.
摘要:
The present invention relates to an field effect transistor (FET) comprising an inverted source/drain metallic contact that has a lower portion located in a first, lower dielectric layer and an upper portion located in a second, upper dielectric layer. The lower portion of the inverted source/drain metallic contact has a larger cross-sectional area than the upper portion. Preferably, the lower portion of the inverted source/drain metallic contact has a cross-sectional area ranging from about 0.03 μm2 to about 3.15 μm2, and such an inverted source/drain metallic contact is spaced apart from a gate electrode of the FET by a distance ranging from about 0.001 μm to about 5 μm.
摘要:
A conductive structure in an integrated circuit (12), and a method of forming the structure, is provided that includes a polysilicon layer (30), a thin layer containing titanium over the polysilicon, a tungsten nitride layer (34) over the titanium-containing layer and a tungsten layer over the tungsten nitride layer. The structure also includes a silicon nitride interfacial region (38) between the polysilicon layer and the titanium-containing layer. The structure withstands high-temperature processing without substantial formation of metal silicides in the polysilicon layer (30) and the tungsten layer (32), and provides low interface resistance between the tungsten layer and the polysilicon layer.
摘要:
Methods are provided for fabricating semiconductor IC (integrated circuit) chips having high-Q on-chip capacitors formed on the chip back-side and connected to integrated circuits on the chip front-side using through-wafer interconnects. In one aspect, a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a front side, a back side, and a buried insulating layer interposed between the front and back sides of the substrate. An integrated circuit is formed on the front side of the semiconductor substrate, an integrated capacitor is formed on the back side of the semiconductor substrate, and an interconnection structure is formed through the buried insulating layer to connect the integrated capacitor to the integrated circuit.
摘要:
A damascene method of forming a C4 element includes forming a last level metal layer on a substrate, forming a TV ILD layer on the last level metal layer, forming a lithographically patterned UBM adhesion layer including one of Ti, TiW, Cr and Cu, forming a mandrel layer over the UBM adhesion layer, lithographically patterning the mandrel layer to form an aperture, depositing a solder layer by one of sputtering, evaporation, physical vapor deposition, solder wave or injection molding in the aperture, planarizing the solder layer by CMP, removing the mandrel layer, reflowing the solder to ball the solder to form a ball interconnect, and joining a second substrate with an I/O pad to the ball interconnect.
摘要:
The present invention provides an interconnect structure that can be made in the BEOL which exhibits good mechanical contact during normal chip operations and does not fail during various reliability tests as compared with the conventional interconnect structures described above. The inventive interconnect structure has a kinked interface at the bottom of a via that is located within an interlayer dielectric layer. Specifically, the inventive interconnect structure includes a first dielectric layer having at least one metallic interconnect embedded within a surface thereof; a second dielectric layer located atop the first dielectric layer, wherein said second dielectric layer has at least one aperture having an upper line region and a lower via region, wherein the lower via region includes a kinked interface; at least one pair of liners located on at least vertical walls of the at least one aperture; and a conductive material filling the at least one aperture.