Abstract:
High voltage three-dimensional devices having dielectric liners and methods of forming high voltage three-dimensional devices having dielectric liners are described. For example, a semiconductor structure includes a first fin active region and a second fin active region disposed above a substrate. A first gate structure is disposed above a top surface of, and along sidewalls of, the first fin active region. The first gate structure includes a first gate dielectric, a first gate electrode, and first spacers. The first gate dielectric is composed of a first dielectric layer disposed on the first fin active region and along sidewalls of the first spacers, and a second, different, dielectric layer disposed on the first dielectric layer and along sidewalls of the first spacers. The semiconductor structure also includes a second gate structure disposed above a top surface of, and along sidewalls of, the second fin active region. The second gate structure includes a second gate dielectric, a second gate electrode, and second spacers. The second gate dielectric is composed of the second dielectric layer disposed on the second fin active region and along sidewalls of the second spacers.
Abstract:
Vertical non-planar semiconductor devices for system-on-chip (SoC) applications and methods of fabricating vertical non-planar semiconductor devices are described. For example, a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor fin disposed above a substrate, the semiconductor fin having a recessed portion and an uppermost portion. A source region is disposed in the recessed portion of the semiconductor fin. A drain region is disposed in the uppermost portion of the semiconductor fin. A gate electrode is disposed over the uppermost portion of the semiconductor fin, between the source and drain regions.
Abstract:
Two or more types of fin-based transistors having different gate structures and formed on a single integrated circuit are described. The gate structures for each type of transistor are distinguished at least by the thickness or composition of the gate dielectric layer(s) or the composition of the work function metal layer(s) in the gate electrode. Methods are also provided for fabricating an integrated circuit having at least two different types of fin-based transistors, where the transistor types are distinguished by the thickness and composition of the gate dielectric layer(s) and/or the thickness and composition of the work function metal in the gate electrode.
Abstract:
Integrated circuitry comprising high voltage (HV) and low voltage (LV) ribbon or wire (RoW) transistor stack structures. In some examples, a gate electrode of the HV and LV transistor stack structures may include the same work function metal. A metal oxide may be deposited around one or more channels of the HV transistor stack, thereby altering the dipole properties of the gate insulator stack from those of the LV transistor stack structure.
Abstract:
A transistor structure includes a first channel layer over a second channel layer, where the first and the second channel layers include monocrystalline silicon. An epitaxial source material is coupled to a first end of the first and second channel layers. An epitaxial drain material is coupled to a second end of the first and second channel layers, a gate electrode is between the epitaxial source material and the epitaxial drain material, and around the first channel layer and around the second channel layer. The transistor structure further includes a first gate dielectric layer between the gate electrode and each of the first channel layer and the second channel layer, where the first gate dielectric layer has a first dielectric constant. A second gate dielectric layer is between the first gate dielectric layer and the gate electrode, where the second gate dielectric layer has a second dielectric constant.
Abstract:
High voltage three-dimensional devices having dielectric liners and methods of forming high voltage three-dimensional devices having dielectric liners are described. For example, a semiconductor structure includes a first fin active region and a second fin active region disposed above a substrate. A first gate structure is disposed above a top surface of, and along sidewalls of, the first fin active region. The first gate structure includes a first gate dielectric, a first gate electrode, and first spacers. The first gate dielectric is composed of a first dielectric layer disposed on the first fin active region and along sidewalls of the first spacers, and a second, different, dielectric layer disposed on the first dielectric layer and along sidewalls of the first spacers. The semiconductor structure also includes a second gate structure disposed above a top surface of, and along sidewalls of, the second fin active region. The second gate structure includes a second gate dielectric, a second gate electrode, and second spacers. The second gate dielectric is composed of the second dielectric layer disposed on the second fin active region and along sidewalls of the second spacers.
Abstract:
High voltage three-dimensional devices having dielectric liners and methods of forming high voltage three-dimensional devices having dielectric liners are described. For example, a semiconductor structure includes a first fin active region and a second fin active region disposed above a substrate. A first gate structure is disposed above a top surface of, and along sidewalls of, the first fin active region. The first gate structure includes a first gate dielectric, a first gate electrode, and first spacers. The first gate dielectric is composed of a first dielectric layer disposed on the first fin active region and along sidewalls of the first spacers, and a second, different, dielectric layer disposed on the first dielectric layer and along sidewalls of the first spacers. The semiconductor structure also includes a second gate structure disposed above a top surface of, and along sidewalls of, the second fin active region. The second gate structure includes a second gate dielectric, a second gate electrode, and second spacers. The second gate dielectric is composed of the second dielectric layer disposed on the second fin active region and along sidewalls of the second spacers.
Abstract:
Low leakage non-planar access transistors for embedded dynamic random access memory (eDRAM) and methods of fabricating low leakage non-planar access transistors for eDRAM are described. For example, a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor fin disposed above a substrate and including a narrow fin region disposed between two wide fin regions. A gate electrode stack is disposed conformal with the narrow fin region of the semiconductor fin, the gate electrode stack including a gate electrode disposed on a gate dielectric layer. The gate dielectric layer includes a lower layer and an upper layer, the lower layer composed of an oxide of the semiconductor fin. A pair of source/drain regions is included, each of the source/drain regions disposed in a corresponding one of the wide fin regions.
Abstract:
Vertical non-planar semiconductor devices for system-on-chip (SoC) applications and methods of fabricating vertical non-planar semiconductor devices are described. For example, a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor fin disposed above a substrate, the semiconductor fin having a recessed portion and an uppermost portion. A source region is disposed in the recessed portion of the semiconductor fin. A drain region is disposed in the uppermost portion of the semiconductor fin. A gate electrode is disposed over the uppermost portion of the semiconductor fin, between the source and drain regions.
Abstract:
Substrate-less electrostatic discharge (ESD) integrated circuit structures, and methods of fabricating substrate-less electrostatic discharge (ESD) integrated circuit structures, are described. For example, a substrate-less integrated circuit structure includes a first fin and a second fin protruding from a semiconductor pedestal. An N-type region is in the first and second fins. A P-type region is in the semiconductor pedestal. A P/N junction is between the N-type region and the P-type region, the P/N junction on or in the semiconductor pedestal.