公开(公告)号：US20180108750A1

公开(公告)日：2018-04-19

申请号：US15573168

申请日：2015-06-12

Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION

Inventor： GLENN A. GLASS ,  ANAND S. MURTHY ,  HEI KAM ,  TAHIR GHANI ,  KARTHIK JAMBUNATHAN ,  CHANDRA S. MOHAPATRA

IPC: H01L29/66 ,  H01L21/02 ,  H01L21/8256 ,  H01L21/762 ,  H01L21/8238 ,  H01L29/08 ,  H01L29/78

CPC classification number: H01L29/6681 ,  H01L21/02532 ,  H01L21/76224 ,  H01L21/823807 ,  H01L21/823814 ,  H01L21/823821 ,  H01L21/823878 ,  H01L21/8256 ,  H01L21/8258 ,  H01L27/0605 ,  H01L27/0924 ,  H01L29/0847 ,  H01L29/66545 ,  H01L29/7848

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for forming transistors on the same substrate with varied channel materials. The techniques include forming a replacement material region in the substrate, such region used to form a plurality of fins therefrom, the fins used to form transistor channel regions. In an example case, the substrate may comprise Si and the replacement materials may include Ge, SiGe, and/or at least one III-V material. The replacement material regions can have a width sufficient to ensure a substantially planar interface between the replacement material and the substrate material. Therefore, the fins formed from the replacement material regions can also have a substantially planar interface between the replacement material and the substrate material. One example benefit from being able to form replacement material channel regions with such substantially planar interfaces can include at least a 30 percent improvement in current flow at a fixed voltage.

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.

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.

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.

公开(公告)号：US20180358440A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-13

申请号：US15778863

申请日：2015-12-24

Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION

Inventor： CHANDRA S. MOHAPATRA ,  GLENN A. GLASS ,  ANAND S. MURTHY ,  KARTHIK JAMBUNATHAN ,  WILLY RACHMADY ,  GILBERT DEWEY ,  TAHIR GHANI ,  JACK T. KAVALIEROS

IPC: H01L29/10 ,  H01L21/8238 ,  H01L27/092 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/739 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/786

CPC classification number: H01L29/1054 ,  H01L21/823821 ,  H01L27/0924 ,  H01L29/42392 ,  H01L29/66356 ,  H01L29/66545 ,  H01L29/66795 ,  H01L29/7391 ,  H01L29/785 ,  H01L29/78696

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for forming transistor structures including tensile-strained germanium (Ge) channel material. The transistor structures may be used for either or both of n-type and p-type transistor devices, as tensile-strained Ge has very high carrier mobility properties suitable for both types. Thus, a simplified CMOS integration scheme may be achieved by forming n-MOS and p-MOS devices included in the CMOS device using the techniques described herein. In some cases, the tensile-strained Ge may be achieved by epitaxially growing the Ge material on a group III-V material having a lattice constant that is higher than that of Ge and/or by applying a macroscopic 3-point bending to the die on which the transistor is formed. The techniques may be used to form transistors having planar or non-planar configurations, such as finned configurations (e.g., finFET or tri-gate) or gate-all-around (GAA) configurations (including at least one nanowire).

公开(公告)号：US20170330966A1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-16

申请号：US15525183

申请日：2014-12-22

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： KARTHIK JAMBUNATHAN ,  GLENN A. GLASS ,  CHANDRA S. MOHAPATRA ,  ANAND S. MURTHY ,  STEPHEN M. CEA ,  TAHIR GHANI

IPC: H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/66

CPC classification number: H01L29/7831 ,  H01L29/0607 ,  H01L29/1054 ,  H01L29/66795 ,  H01L29/66803 ,  H01L29/785

Abstract: An embodiment includes an apparatus comprising: a fin structure on a substrate, the fin structure including fin top and bottom portions, a channel including a majority carrier, and an epitaxial (EPI) layer; an insulation layer including insulation layer top and bottom portions adjacent the fin top and bottom portions; wherein (a) the EPI layer comprises one or more of group IV and III-V materials, (b) the fin bottom portion includes a fin bottom portion concentration of dopants of opposite polarity to the majority carrier, (c) the fin top portion includes a fin top portion concentration of the dopants less than the fin bottom portion concentration, (d) the insulation layer bottom portion includes an insulation layer bottom portion concentration of the dopants, and (e) the insulation layer top portion includes an insulation top layer portion concentration greater than the insulation bottom portion concentration. Other embodiments are described herein.

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.

公开(公告)号：US20190157310A1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-23

申请号：US16306295

申请日：2016-07-01

Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION

Inventor： GLENN A. GLASS ,  ANAND S. MURTHY ,  KARTHIK JAMBUNATHAN ,  CHANDRA S. MOHAPATRA ,  MAURO J. KOBRINSKY ,  PATRICK MORROW

IPC: H01L27/12 ,  H01L21/8234 ,  H01L21/84 ,  H01L27/088 ,  H01L21/8238 ,  H01L29/775

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for backside contact resistance reduction for semiconductor devices with metallization on both sides (MOBS). In some embodiments, the techniques described herein provide methods to recover low contact resistance that would otherwise be present with making backside contacts, thereby reducing or eliminating parasitic external resistance that degrades transistor performance. In some embodiments, the techniques include adding an epitaxial deposition of very highly doped crystalline semiconductor material in backside contact trenches to provide enhanced ohmic contact properties. In some cases, a backside source/drain (S/D) etch-stop layer may be formed below the replacement S/D regions of the one or more transistors formed on the transfer wafer (during frontside processing), such that when backside contact trenches are being formed, the backside S/D etch-stop layer may help stop the backside contact etch process before consuming a portion or all of the S/D material. Other embodiments may be described and/or disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US20190097055A1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-28

申请号：US16081572

申请日：2016-04-01

Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION

Inventor： GILBERT DEWEY ,  TAHIR GHANI ,  WILLY RACHMADY ,  JACK T. KAVALIEROS ,  MATTHEW V. METZ ,  ANAND S. MURTHY ,  CHANDRA S. MOHAPATRA

IPC: H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/10 ,  H01L29/08 ,  H01L21/8238

CPC classification number: H01L29/7853 ,  H01L21/823807 ,  H01L21/823821 ,  H01L21/823828 ,  H01L21/823864 ,  H01L21/823878 ,  H01L29/0847 ,  H01L29/1054 ,  H01L29/4236 ,  H01L29/66545 ,  H01L29/6656 ,  H01L29/6681 ,  H01L29/66818

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for forming a beaded fin transistor. As will be apparent in light of this disclosure, a transistor including a beaded fin configuration may be formed by starting with a multilayer finned structure, and then selectively etching one or more of the layers to form at least one necked (or relatively narrower) portion, thereby forming a beaded fin structure. The beaded fin transistor configuration has improved gate control over a finned transistor configuration having the same top down area or footprint, because the necked/narrower portions increase gate surface area as compared to a non-necked finned structure, such as finned structures used in finFET devices. Further, because the beaded fin structure remains intact (e.g., as compared to a gate-all-around (GAA) transistor configuration where nanowires are separated from each other), the parasitic capacitance problems caused by GAA transistor configurations are mitigated or eliminated.

公开(公告)号：US20190043993A1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-07

申请号：US16076550

申请日：2016-03-11

Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION

Inventor： CHANDRA S. MOHAPATRA ,  GLENN A. GLASS ,  ANAND S. MURTHY ,  KARTHIK JAMBUNATHAN ,  WILLY RACHMADY ,  GILBERT DEWEY ,  TAHIR GHANI ,  JACK T. KAVALIEROS

IPC: H01L29/786 ,  H01L27/092 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L21/02 ,  H01L21/306 ,  H01L21/762 ,  H01L21/8252

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for forming transistors including one or more group III-V semiconductor material nanowires using sacrificial group IV semiconductor material layers. In some cases, the transistors may include a gate-all-around (GAA) configuration. In some cases, the techniques may include forming a replacement fin stack that includes group III-V material layer (such as indium gallium arsenide, indium arsenide, or indium antimonide) formed on a group IV material buffer layer (such as silicon, germanium, or silicon germanium), such that the group IV buffer layer can be later removed using a selective etch process to leave the group III-V material for use as a nanowire in a transistor channel. In some such cases, the group III-V material layer may be grown pseudomorphically to the underlying group IV material, so as to not form misfit dislocations. The techniques may be used to form transistors including any number of nanowires.