公开(公告)号：US20240421157A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-19

申请号：US18336269

申请日：2023-06-16

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Xia Li ,  Ming-Huei Lin ,  Haining Yang

IPC: H01L27/092 ,  H01L21/8238

Abstract: A gate cut extending through a gate adjacent to a channel region of a 3D FET causes the gate to exert a first force and a second force in directions orthogonal to each other on the channel region to improve carrier mobility, thereby increasing drive strength. The gate cut may include a gate cut wall to cause the gate to exert a first force in a first direction on the channel region. The gate cut may include a gate cut wedge to cause the gate to exert a second force in the first direction and exert a third force in a second direction on the channel region to further improve carrier mobility. The 3D FET may be P-type or N-type and the 3D FET may be FinFET or GAA FET.

公开(公告)号：US20240321861A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-26

申请号：US18189482

申请日：2023-03-24

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Haining Yang ,  Hyunwoo Park ,  Ming-Huei Lin ,  Junjing Bao

IPC: H01L27/02 ,  H01L27/118 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/775 ,  H01L29/786

CPC classification number: H01L27/0207 ,  H01L27/11807 ,  H01L29/0673 ,  H01L29/42392 ,  H01L29/66439 ,  H01L29/66545 ,  H01L29/775 ,  H01L29/78696

Abstract: A logic circuit includes a first circuit having a first diffusion region and a second diffusion region and a second circuit having a third diffusion region, and a fourth diffusion region. First devices in the first circuit each include a portion of the first diffusion region and a portion of the second diffusion region. Second devices in the second circuit each include portions of the third and fourth diffusion regions. The first diffusion region is between the second diffusion region and the third diffusion region. The third diffusion region is between the first diffusion region and the fourth diffusion region. A second distance from a first side of the fourth diffusion region to a second side of the third diffusion region is less than a first distance from a first side of the first diffusion region to a second side of the second diffusion region.

公开(公告)号：US20240363690A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-31

申请号：US18306421

申请日：2023-04-25

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Haining Yang ,  Ming-Huei Lin ,  Junjing Bao

IPC: H01L29/10 ,  H01L21/8238 ,  H01L27/092 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/775 ,  H01L29/786

CPC classification number: H01L29/1054 ,  H01L21/823807 ,  H01L27/092 ,  H01L29/0673 ,  H01L29/42392 ,  H01L29/66439 ,  H01L29/775 ,  H01L29/78696

Abstract: Gate-all-around (GAA) field-effect transistor (FET) device employing strain material structure in inactive gate region(s) of a gate for applying channel strain to the channel(s) of the GAA FET for increased carrier mobility. The GAA FET device includes a GAA P-type (P) FET (PFET) and a GAA N-type (N) FET (NFET) served by a gate with a strain material in the inactive gate region(s) of the gate adjacent to the active gates of the GAA NFET and GAA PFET. In this manner, the strain material applies strain to both the GAA NFET and GAA PFET channels in the elongated direction of the gate in a direction orthogonal to their channel directions between the respective sources and drains, so that a strain material of the same strain type can be used to increase carrier mobility of both the GAA NFET and GAA PFET alike.