公开(公告)号：US11610971B2

公开(公告)日：2023-03-21

申请号：US16222976

申请日：2018-12-17

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Sansaptak Dasgupta ,  Marko Radosavljevic ,  Han Wui Then ,  Nidhi Nidhi ,  Rahul Ramaswamy ,  Johann Rode ,  Paul Fischer ,  Walid Hafez

IPC: H01L29/205 ,  H01L29/10 ,  H01L29/778 ,  H01L29/20 ,  H01L21/02 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L21/762 ,  H01L29/08 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L29/207

Abstract: An integrated circuit structure comprises a base layer that includes a channel region, wherein the base layer and the channel region include group III-V semiconductor material. A polarization layer stack is over the base layer, wherein the polarization layer stack comprises a buffer stack, an interlayer over the buffer stack, a polarization layer over the interlayer. A cap layer stack is over the polarization layer to reduce transistor access resistance.

公开(公告)号：US11502191B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-15

申请号：US16275631

申请日：2019-02-14

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Johann Christian Rode ,  Nidhi Nidhi ,  Rahul Ramaswamy ,  Han Wui Then ,  Walid M. Hafez

IPC: H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/778 ,  H01L29/40

Abstract: Disclosed herein are IC structures that implement field plates for III-N transistors in a form of electrically conductive structures provided in a III-N semiconductor material below the polarization layer (i.e., at the “backside” of an IC structure). In some embodiments, such a field plate may be implemented as a through-silicon via (TSV) extending from the back/bottom face of the substrate towards the III-N semiconductor material. Implementing field plates at the backside may provide a viable approach to changing the distribution of electric field at a transistor drain and increasing the breakdown voltage of an III-N transistor without incurring the large parasitic capacitances associated with the use of metal field plates provided above the polarization material. In addition, backside field plates may serve as a back barrier for advantageously reducing drain-induced barrier lowering.

公开(公告)号：US11450617B2

公开(公告)日：2022-09-20

申请号：US16354241

申请日：2019-03-15

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Han Wui Then ,  Marko Radosavljevic ,  Sansaptak Dasgupta ,  Nidhi Nidhi ,  Paul B. Fischer ,  Rahul Ramaswamy ,  Walid M. Hafez ,  Johann Christian Rode

IPC: H01L23/552 ,  H01L29/778 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/207 ,  H01L23/66 ,  H01L29/20

Abstract: IC structures that include transmission line structures to be integrated with III-N devices are disclosed. An example transmission line structure includes a transmission line of an electrically conductive material provided above a stack of a III-N semiconductor material and a polarization material. The transmission line structure further includes means for reducing electromagnetic coupling between the line and charge carriers present below the interface of the polarization material and the III-N semiconductor material. In some embodiments, said means include a shield material of a metal or a doped semiconductor provided over portions of the polarization material that are under the transmission line. In other embodiments, said means include dopant atoms implanted into the portions of the polarization material that are under the transmission line, and into at least an upper portion of the III-N semiconductor material under such portions of the polarization material.

公开(公告)号：US20200373297A1

公开(公告)日：2020-11-26

申请号：US16419240

申请日：2019-05-22

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Nidhi Nidhi ,  Han Wui Then ,  Marko Radosavljevic ,  Sansaptak Dasgupta ,  Paul B. Fischer ,  Rahul Ramaswamy ,  Walid M. Hafez ,  Johann Christian Rode

IPC: H01L27/088 ,  H01L29/20 ,  H01L29/205 ,  H01L29/40 ,  H01L25/065 ,  H01L23/31 ,  H01L23/00 ,  H01L29/778

Abstract: Disclosed herein are IC structures, packages, and devices that include III-N transistor-based cascode arrangements that may simultaneously realize enhancement mode transistor operation and high voltage capability. In one aspect, an IC structure includes a source region, a drain region, an enhancement mode III-N transistor, and a depletion mode III-N transistor, where each of the transistors includes a first and a second source or drain (S/D) terminals. The transistors are arranged in a cascode arrangement in that the first S/D terminal of the enhancement mode III-N transistor is coupled to the source region, the second S/D terminal of the enhancement mode III-N transistor is coupled to the first S/D terminal of the depletion mode III-N transistor, and the second S/D terminal of the depletion mode III-N transistor is coupled to the drain region.

公开(公告)号：US12027613B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-02

申请号：US16419179

申请日：2019-05-22

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Nidhi Nidhi ,  Han Wui Then ,  Marko Radosavljevic ,  Sansaptak Dasgupta ,  Paul B. Fischer ,  Rahul Ramaswamy ,  Walid M. Hafez ,  Johann Christian Rode

IPC: H01L29/778 ,  H01L23/00 ,  H01L23/31 ,  H01L25/065 ,  H01L29/20 ,  H01L29/51

CPC classification number: H01L29/7786 ,  H01L23/3128 ,  H01L24/09 ,  H01L24/17 ,  H01L25/0655 ,  H01L29/2003 ,  H01L29/517 ,  H01L29/778 ,  H01L2224/0401 ,  H01L2924/13064

Abstract: Disclosed herein are IC structures, packages, and devices that include III-N transistor arrangements that may reduce nonlinearity of off-state capacitance of the III-N transistors. In various aspects, III-N transistor arrangements limit the extent of access regions of the transistors, compared to conventional implementations, which may limit the depletion of the access regions. Due to the limited extent of the depletion regions of a transistor, the off-state capacitance may exhibit less variability in values across different gate-source voltages and, hence, exhibit a more linear behavior during operation.

公开(公告)号：US11715790B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-01

申请号：US16390819

申请日：2019-04-22

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Nidhi Nidhi ,  Marko Radosavljevic ,  Sansaptak Dasgupta ,  Yang Cao ,  Han Wui Then ,  Johann Christian Rode ,  Rahul Ramaswamy ,  Walid M. Hafez ,  Paul B. Fischer

IPC: H01L29/778 ,  H01L29/20 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/205 ,  H01L29/49 ,  H01L29/45 ,  H01L21/02 ,  H01L29/808 ,  H01L29/10

CPC classification number: H01L29/7786 ,  H01L21/0254 ,  H01L21/02458 ,  H01L29/2003 ,  H01L29/205 ,  H01L29/452 ,  H01L29/49 ,  H01L29/4925 ,  H01L29/66462 ,  H01L29/7781 ,  H01L29/808 ,  H01L29/1066

Abstract: Disclosed herein are IC structures, packages, and devices that include III-N transistors implementing various means by which their threshold voltage it tuned. In some embodiments, a III-N transistor may include a doped semiconductor material or a fixed charge material included in a gate stack of the transistor. In other embodiments, a III-N transistor may include a doped semiconductor material or a fixed charge material included between a gate stack and a III-N channel stack of the transistor. Including doped semiconductor or fixed charge materials either in the gate stack or between the gate stack and the III-N channel stack of III-N transistors adds charges, which affects the amount of 2DEG and, therefore, affects the threshold voltages of these transistors.

公开(公告)号：US11527532B2

公开(公告)日：2022-12-13

申请号：US16419240

申请日：2019-05-22

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Nidhi Nidhi ,  Han Wui Then ,  Marko Radosavljevic ,  Sansaptak Dasgupta ,  Paul B. Fischer ,  Rahul Ramaswamy ,  Walid M. Hafez ,  Johann Christian Rode

IPC: H01L29/66 ,  H01L27/088 ,  H01L29/20 ,  H01L29/205 ,  H01L29/40 ,  H01L23/31 ,  H01L23/00 ,  H01L29/778 ,  H01L25/065

Abstract: Disclosed herein are IC structures, packages, and devices that include III-N transistor-based cascode arrangements that may simultaneously realize enhancement mode transistor operation and high voltage capability. In one aspect, an IC structure includes a source region, a drain region, an enhancement mode III-N transistor, and a depletion mode III-N transistor, where each of the transistors includes a first and a second source or drain (S/D) terminals. The transistors are arranged in a cascode arrangement in that the first S/D terminal of the enhancement mode III-N transistor is coupled to the source region, the second S/D terminal of the enhancement mode III-N transistor is coupled to the first S/D terminal of the depletion mode III-N transistor, and the second S/D terminal of the depletion mode III-N transistor is coupled to the drain region.

公开(公告)号：US20200335526A1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-22

申请号：US16390478

申请日：2019-04-22

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Nidhi Nidhi ,  Han Wui Then ,  Marko Radosavljevic ,  Sansaptak Dasgupta ,  Paul B. Fischer ,  Rahul Ramaswamy ,  Walid M. Hafez ,  Johann Christian Rode

IPC: H01L27/12 ,  H01L27/092 ,  H01L21/8258 ,  H01L29/778

Abstract: Disclosed herein are IC structures, packages, and devices that include Si-based semiconductor material stack monolithically integrated on the same support structure as non-Si transistors or other non-Si-based devices. In some aspects, the Si-based semiconductor material stack may be provided by semiconductor regrowth over an insulator material. Providing a Si-based semiconductor material stack monolithically integrated on the same support structure as non-Si based devices may provide a viable approach to integrating Si-based transistors with non-Si technologies because the Si-based semiconductor material stack may serve as a foundation for forming Si-based transistors.

公开(公告)号：US20200227407A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-16

申请号：US16249256

申请日：2019-01-16

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Marko Radosavljevic ,  Han Wui Then ,  Sansaptak Dasgupta ,  Paul B. Fischer ,  Nidhi Nidhi ,  Rahul Ramaswamy ,  Johann Christian Rode ,  Walid M. Hafez

IPC: H01L27/07 ,  H01L49/02 ,  H01L29/20 ,  H01L29/778 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/423

Abstract: Disclosed herein are IC structures, packages, and devices that include polysilicon resistors, monolithically integrated on the same substrate/die/chip as III-N transistors. An example IC structure includes an III-N semiconductor material provided over a support structure, a III-N transistor provided over a first portion of the III-N material, and a polysilicon resistor provided over a second portion of the III-N material. Because the III-N transistor and the polysilicon resistor are both provided over a single support structure, they may be referred to as “integrated” transistors. Because the III-N transistor and the polysilicon resistor are provided over different portions of the III-N semiconductor material, and, therefore, over different portion of the support structure, their integration may be referred to as “side-by-side” integration.

公开(公告)号：US10312367B2

公开(公告)日：2019-06-04

申请号：US15301282

申请日：2014-06-20

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Kinyip Phoa ,  Nidhi Nidhi ,  Chia-Hong Jan ,  Ting Chang

IPC: H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/08 ,  H01L21/8234 ,  H01L27/092

Abstract: High voltage transistors spanning multiple non-planar semiconductor bodies, such as fins or nanowires, are monolithically integrated with non-planar transistors utilizing an individual non-planar semiconductor body. The non-planar FETs may be utilized for low voltage CMOS logic circuitry within an IC, while high voltage transistors may be utilized for high voltage circuitry within the IC. A gate stack may be disposed over a high voltage channel region separating a pair of fins with each of the fins serving as part of a source/drain for the high voltage device. The high voltage channel region may be a planar length of substrate recessed relative to the fins. A high voltage gate stack may use an isolation dielectric that surrounds the fins as a thick gate dielectric. A high voltage transistor may include a pair of doped wells formed into the substrate that are separated by the high voltage gate stack with one or more fin encompassed within each well.