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公开(公告)号:US20200373403A1
公开(公告)日:2020-11-26
申请号:US16990219
申请日:2020-08-11
Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION
Inventor: SEUNG HOON SUNG , WILLY RACHMADY , JACK T. KAVALIEROS , HAN WUI THEN , MARKO RADOSAVLJEVIC
IPC: H01L29/49 , H01L29/78 , H01L29/423 , H01L29/66 , H01L21/28
Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for transistor gate trench engineering to decrease capacitance and resistance. Sidewall spacers, sometimes referred to as gate spacers, or more generally, spacers, may be formed on either side of a transistor gate to help lower the gate-source/drain capacitance. Such spacers can define a gate trench after dummy gate materials are removed from between the spacers to form the gate trench region during a replacement gate process, for example. In some cases, to reduce resistance inside the gate trench region, techniques can be performed to form a multilayer gate or gate electrode, where the multilayer gate includes a first metal and a second metal above the first metal, where the second metal includes lower electrical resistivity properties than the first metal. In some cases, to reduce capacitance inside a transistor gate trench, techniques can be performed to form low-k dielectric material on the gate trench sidewalls.
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公开(公告)号:US20170330955A1
公开(公告)日:2017-11-16
申请号:US15525571
申请日:2014-12-22
Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION
Inventor: NADIA M. RAHHAL-ORABI , TAHIR GHANI , WILLY RACHMADY , MATTHEW V. METZ , JACK T. KAVALIEROS , GILBERT DEWEY , ANAND S. MURTHY , CHANDRA S. MOHAPATRA
IPC: H01L29/66 , H01L29/423 , H01L21/28
CPC classification number: H01L29/66545 , H01L21/28114 , H01L29/42376 , H01L29/66795 , H01L29/785
Abstract: Systems and methods of optimizing a gate profile for performance and gate fill are disclosed. A semiconductor device having an optimized gate profile includes a semiconductor substrate and a fin extending above the semiconductor substrate. A pair of source and drain regions are disposed on opposite sides of a channel region. A gate stack is disposed over the channel region, where the gate stack includes a top portion separated from a bottom portion by a tapered portion. The top portion and at least a portion of the tapered portion are disposed above the fm.
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公开(公告)号:US20200006331A1
公开(公告)日:2020-01-02
申请号:US16024080
申请日:2018-06-29
Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION
Inventor: AARON D. LILAK , GILBERT DEWEY , WILLY RACHMADY , RAMI HOURANI , STEPHANIE A. BOJARSKI , RISHABH MEHANDRU , ANH PHAN , EHREN MANNEBACH
IPC: H01L27/088 , H01L29/66 , H01L29/78 , H01L29/423 , H01L29/10 , H01L29/08 , H01L29/06
Abstract: A stacked transistor architecture has a fin structure that includes lower and upper portions separated by an isolation region built into the fin structure. Upper and lower gate structures on respective upper and lower fin structure portions may be different from one another (e.g., with respect to work function metal and/or gate dielectric thickness). One example methodology includes depositing lower gate structure materials on the lower and upper channel regions, recessing those materials to re-expose the upper channel region, and then re-depositing upper gate structure materials on the upper channel region. Another example methodology includes depositing a sacrificial protective layer on the upper channel region. The lower gate structure materials are then deposited on both the exposed lower channel region and sacrificial protective layer. The lower gate structure materials and sacrificial protective layer are then recessed to re-expose upper channel region so that upper gate structure materials can be deposited.
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公开(公告)号:US20200006330A1
公开(公告)日:2020-01-02
申请号:US16024076
申请日:2018-06-29
Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION
Inventor: AARON D. LILAK , ANH PHAN , EHREN MANNEBACH , CHENG-YING HUANG , STEPHANIE A. BOJARSKI , GILBERT DEWEY , ORB ACTON , WILLY RACHMADY
IPC: H01L27/088 , H01L29/423 , H01L29/08 , H01L29/06 , H01L23/528 , H01L29/78 , H01L21/762
Abstract: Stacked transistor structures having a conductive interconnect between upper and lower transistors. In an embodiment, the interconnect is formed by first provisioning a protective layer over an area to be protected (gate dielectric or other sensitive material) of upper transistor, and then etching material adjacent and below the protected area to expose an underlying contact point of lower transistor. A metal is deposited into the void created by the etch to provide the interconnect. The protective layer is resistant to the etch process and is preserved in the structure, and in some cases may be utilized as a work-function metal. In an embodiment, the protective layer is formed by deposition of reactive semiconductor and metal material layers which are subsequently transformed into a work function metal or work function metal-containing compound. A remnant of unreacted reactive semiconductor material may be left in structure and collinear with protective layer.
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公开(公告)号:US20180158944A1
公开(公告)日:2018-06-07
申请号:US15576381
申请日:2015-06-23
Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION
Inventor: CHANDRA S. MOHAPATRA , ANAND S. MURTHY , GLENN A. GLASS , TAHIR GHANI , WILLY RACHMADY , JACK T. KAVALIEROS , GILBERT DEWEY , MATTHEW V. METZ , HAROLD W. KENNEL
IPC: H01L29/78 , H01L29/10 , H01L29/12 , H01L29/775 , H01L29/66 , H01L29/205 , H01L27/088
CPC classification number: H01L29/785 , H01L21/02241 , H01L27/0886 , H01L29/1054 , H01L29/125 , H01L29/205 , H01L29/66795 , H01L29/775
Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for forming high mobility NMOS fin-based transistors having an indium-rich channel region electrically isolated from the sub-fin by an aluminum-containing layer. The aluminum aluminum-containing layer may be provisioned within an indium-containing layer that includes the indium-rich channel region, or may be provisioned between the indium-containing layer and the sub-fin. The indium concentration of the indium-containing layer may be graded from an indium-poor concentration near the aluminum-containing barrier layer to an indium-rich concentration at the indium-rich channel layer. The indium-rich channel layer is at or otherwise proximate to the top of the fin, according to some example embodiments. The grading can be intentional and/or due to the effect of reorganization of atoms at the interface of indium-rich channel layer and the aluminum-containing barrier layer. Numerous variations and embodiments will be appreciated in light of this disclosure.
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公开(公告)号:US20180158841A1
公开(公告)日:2018-06-07
申请号:US15576393
申请日:2015-06-26
Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION
Inventor: GLENN A. GLASS , ANAND S. MURTHY , DANIEL B. AUBERTINE , TAHIR GHANI , JACK T. KAVALIEROS , BENJAMIN CHU-KUNG , CHANDRA S. MOHAPATRA , KARTHIK JAMBUNATHAN , GILBERT DEWEY , WILLY RACHMADY
IPC: H01L27/12 , H01L29/161 , H01L29/20 , H01L29/06 , H01L29/66 , H01L21/762
CPC classification number: H01L27/1211 , H01L21/76224 , H01L21/845 , H01L29/0649 , H01L29/0673 , H01L29/161 , H01L29/20 , H01L29/66545 , H01L29/66795 , H01L29/78
Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for customization of fin-based transistor devices to provide a diverse range of channel configurations and/or material systems, and within the same integrated circuit die. In accordance with an embodiment, sacrificial fins are cladded and then removed thereby leaving the cladding layer as a pair of standalone fins. Once the sacrificial fin areas are filled back in with a suitable insulator, the resulting structure is fin-on-insulator. The new fins can be configured with any materials by using such a cladding-on-core approach. The resulting fin-on-insulator structure is favorable, for instance, for good gate control while eliminating or otherwise reducing sub-channel source-to-drain (or drain-to-source) leakage current. In addition, parasitic capacitance from channel-to-substrate is significantly reduced. The sacrificial fins can be thought of as cores and can be implemented, for example, with material native to the substrate or a replacement material that enables low-defect exotic cladding materials combinations.
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公开(公告)号:US20160372607A1
公开(公告)日:2016-12-22
申请号:US15120818
申请日:2014-03-28
Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION
Inventor: VAN H. LE , BENJAMIN CHU-KUNG , JACK T. KAVALIEROS , RAVI PILLARISETTY , WILLY RACHMADY , HAROLD W. KENNEL
IPC: H01L29/786 , H01L29/66 , H01L29/423 , H01L29/15 , H01L29/06
CPC classification number: H01L29/78696 , B82Y10/00 , B82Y40/00 , H01L21/02381 , H01L21/0245 , H01L21/02461 , H01L21/02463 , H01L21/02466 , H01L21/02505 , H01L21/02532 , H01L21/02543 , H01L21/02546 , H01L29/0673 , H01L29/1054 , H01L29/1079 , H01L29/155 , H01L29/165 , H01L29/42364 , H01L29/42392 , H01L29/66439 , H01L29/66742 , H01L29/66772 , H01L29/775 , H01L29/7849 , H01L29/78603 , H01L29/78618 , H01L29/78684
Abstract: An embodiment includes a device comprising: a first epitaxial layer, coupled to a substrate, having a first lattice constant; a second epitaxial layer, on the first layer, having a second lattice constant; a third epitaxial layer, contacting an upper surface of the second layer, having a third lattice constant unequal to the second lattice constant; and an epitaxial device layer, on the third layer, including a channel region; wherein (a) the first layer is relaxed and includes defects, (b) the second layer is compressive strained and the third layer is tensile strained, and (c) the first, second, third, and device layers are all included in a trench. Other embodiments are described herein.
Abstract translation: 一个实施例包括一种装置,包括:第一外延层,其耦合到具有第一晶格常数的衬底; 第二外延层,在第一层上,具有第二晶格常数; 第三外延层,与第二层的上表面接触,具有不等于第二晶格常数的第三晶格常数; 以及在所述第三层上的包括沟道区的外延器件层; 其中(a)第一层被松弛并且包括缺陷,(b)第二层被压缩应变并且第三层被拉伸应变,并且(c)第一层,第二层,第三层以及器件层都包括在沟槽 。 本文描述了其它实施例。
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公开(公告)号:US20150249131A1
公开(公告)日:2015-09-03
申请号:US14707292
申请日:2015-05-08
Applicant: Intel Corporation
Inventor: BENJAMIN CHU-KUNG , VAN LE , ROBERT CHAU , SANSAPTAK DASGUPTA , GILBERT DEWEY , NITIKA GOEL , JACK KAVALIEROS , MATTHEW METZ , NILOY MUKHERJEE , RAVI PILLARISETTY , WILLY RACHMADY , MARKO RADOSAVLJEVIC , HAN WUI THEN , NANCY ZELICK
CPC classification number: H01L29/1033 , H01L21/3086 , H01L29/04 , H01L29/0665 , H01L29/0669 , H01L29/0673 , H01L29/165 , H01L29/267 , H01L29/42392 , H01L29/66545 , H01L29/775 , H01L29/785 , H01L29/78696
Abstract: An embodiment of the invention includes an epitaxial layer that directly contacts, for example, a nanowire, fin, or pillar in a manner that allows the layer to relax with two or three degrees of freedom. The epitaxial layer may be included in a channel region of a transistor. The nanowire, fin, or pillar may be removed to provide greater access to the epitaxial layer. Doing so may allow for a “all-around gate” structure where the gate surrounds the top, bottom, and sidewalls of the epitaxial layer. Other embodiments are described herein.
Abstract translation: 本发明的实施例包括外延层,其以允许该层以两个或三个自由度放松的方式直接接触例如纳米线,翅片或支柱。 外延层可以包括在晶体管的沟道区中。 可以去除纳米线,鳍或柱以提供对外延层的更大的访问。 这样做可以允许围绕外延层的顶部,底部和侧壁的“全向栅极”结构。 本文描述了其它实施例。
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公开(公告)号:US20200294998A1
公开(公告)日:2020-09-17
申请号:US16355195
申请日:2019-03-15
Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION
Inventor: AARON D. LILAK , EHREN MANNEBACH , ANH PHAN , RICHARD E. SCHENKER , STEPHANIE A. BOJARSKI , WILLY RACHMADY , PATRICK R. MORROW , JEFFERY D. BIELEFELD , GILBERT DEWEY , HUI JAE YOO
IPC: H01L27/088 , H01L29/78 , H01L29/06 , H01L21/8234 , H01L23/48 , H01L23/532
Abstract: Backside contact structures include etch selective materials to facilitate backside contact formation. An integrated circuit structure includes a frontside contact region, a device region below the frontside contact region, and a backside contact region below the device region. The device region includes a transistor. The backside contact region includes a first dielectric material under a source or drain region of the transistor, a second dielectric material laterally adjacent to the first dielectric material and under a gate structure of the transistor. A non-conductive spacer is between the first and second dielectric materials. The first and second dielectric materials are selectively etchable with respect to one another and the spacer. The backside contact region may include an interconnect feature that, for instance, passes through the first dielectric material and contacts a bottom side of the source/drain region, and/or passes through the second dielectric material and contacts the gate structure.
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公开(公告)号:US20190189794A1
公开(公告)日:2019-06-20
申请号:US16283756
申请日:2019-02-23
Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION
Inventor: CHANDRA S. MOHAPATRA , ANAND S. MURTHY , GLENN A. GLASS , TAHIR GHANI , WILLY RACHMADY , JACK T. KAVALIEROS , GILBERT DEWEY , MATTHEW V. METZ , HAROLD W. KENNEL
IPC: H01L29/78 , H01L29/12 , H01L29/775 , H01L29/66 , H01L27/088 , H01L29/205 , H01L29/10
CPC classification number: H01L29/785 , H01L21/02241 , H01L27/0886 , H01L29/1054 , H01L29/125 , H01L29/205 , H01L29/66795 , H01L29/775
Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for forming high mobility NMOS fin-based transistors having an indium-rich channel region electrically isolated from the sub-fin by an aluminum-containing layer. The aluminum aluminum-containing layer may be provisioned within an indium-containing layer that includes the indium-rich channel region, or may be provisioned between the indium-containing layer and the sub-fin. The indium concentration of the indium-containing layer may be graded from an indium-poor concentration near the aluminum-containing barrier layer to an indium-rich concentration at the indium-rich channel layer. The indium-rich channel layer is at or otherwise proximate to the top of the fin, according to some example embodiments. The grading can be intentional and/or due to the effect of reorganization of atoms at the interface of indium-rich channel layer and the aluminum-containing barrier layer. Numerous variations and embodiments will be appreciated in light of this disclosure.
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