摘要:
A method and structure are disclosed for a defect free Si:C source/drain in an NFET device. A wafer is accepted with a primary surface of {100} crystallographic orientation. A recess is formed in the wafer in such manner that the bottom surface and the four sidewall surfaces of the recess are all having {100} crystallographic orientations. A Si:C material is eptaxially grown in the recess, and due to the crystallographic orientations the defect density next to each of the four sidewall surfaces is essentially the same as next to the bottom surface. The epitaxially filled recess is used in the source/drain fabrication of an NFET device. The NFET device is oriented along the crystallographic direction, and has the device channel under a tensile strain due to the defect free Si:C in the source/drain.
摘要:
A protective dielectric layer is formed on a first shallow trench having straight sidewalls, while exposing a second shallow trench. An oxidation barrier layer is formed on the semiconductor substrate. A resist is applied and recessed within the second shallow trench. The oxidation barrier layer is removed above the recessed resist. The resist is removed and thermal oxidation is performed so that a thermal oxide collar is formed above the remaining oxidation mask layer. The oxidation barrier layer is thereafter removed and exposed semiconductor area therebelow depth is etched to form a bottle shaped shallow trench. The first and the bottle shaped trenches are filled with a dielectric material to form a straight sidewall shallow trench isolation structure and a bottle shallow trench isolation structure, respectively. Both shallow trench isolation structures may be employed to provide optimal electrical isolation and device performance to semiconductor devices having different depths.
摘要:
A trench capacitor and related methods are disclosed including a trench having lateral extensions extending in only one direction from the trench filled with a capacitor material. In one embodiment, the trench capacitor includes a trench within a substrate, and at least one lateral extension extending from the trench in only one direction, wherein the trench and each lateral extension are filled with a capacitor material. The lateral extensions increase surface area for the trench capacitor, but do not take up as much space as conventional structures.
摘要:
A method to achieve multiple threshold voltage (Vt) devices on the same semiconductor chip is disclosed. The method provides different threshold voltage devices using threshold voltage adjusting materials and a subsequent drive in anneal instead of directly doping the channel. As such, the method of the present disclosure avoids short channel penalties. Additionally, no ground plane/back gates are utilized in the present application thereby the method of the present disclosure can be easily integrated into current complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) processing technology.
摘要:
A method to achieve multiple threshold voltage (Vt) devices on the same semiconductor chip is disclosed. The method provides different threshold voltage devices using threshold voltage adjusting materials and a subsequent drive in anneal instead of directly doping the channel. As such, the method of the present disclosure avoids short channel penalties. Additionally, no ground plane/back gates are utilized in the present application thereby the method of the present disclosure can be easily integrated into current complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) processing technology.
摘要:
A method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming a buried oxide (BOX) layer on a semiconductor substrate, forming a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) layer on the BOX layer, depositing a hard mask including one of silicon, a nitride, and a metal oxide on the SOI layer, removing the hard mask from a first region of the semiconductor device, performing a cleaning process on the semiconductor device, wherein the hard mask is not removed from a second region of the semiconductor device by the cleaning process, epitaxially growing a semiconductor material in the first region of the semiconductor device, and removing the hard mask from the second region of the semiconductor device.
摘要:
A method of forming a semiconductor device is provided where in one embodiment an STI fill is recessed below the pad nitride and pad oxide layers, to a level substantially coplanar with the top surface of the substrate. A thin (having a thickness in the range of about 10 Å-100 Å) wet etch resistant layer is formed in contact with and completely covering at least the top surface of the recessed STI fill material. The thin wet etch resistant layer is more resistant to a wet etch process than at least the pad oxide layer. The thin wet etch resistant layer may be a refractory dielectric material, or a dielectric such as HfOx, AlyOx, ZrOx, HfZrOx, and HfSiOx. The inventive wet etch resistant layer improves the wet etch budget of subsequent wet etch processing steps.
摘要翻译:提供一种形成半导体器件的方法,其中在一个实施例中,STI填充物在衬垫氮化物和衬垫氧化物层下方凹入到与衬底的顶表面基本上共面的水平。 至少形成凹入的STI填充材料的上表面,形成薄(具有在约10埃-120埃范围内的厚度)耐湿蚀刻层。 薄的耐湿蚀刻层比至少衬垫氧化物层更耐湿蚀刻工艺。 薄的耐湿蚀刻层可以是耐火电介质材料,或诸如HfO x,Al y O x,ZrO x,HfZrO x和HfSiO x的电介质。 本发明的耐湿蚀刻层提高了后续湿蚀刻处理步骤的湿法蚀刻预算。
摘要:
Equivalent oxide thickness (EOT) scaled high k/metal gate stacks are provided in which the capacitance bottleneck of the interfacial layer is substantially eliminated, with minimal compromise on the mobility of carriers in the channel of the device. In one embodiment, the aforementioned EOT scaled high k/metal gate stacks are achieved by increasing the dielectric constant of the interfacial layer to a value that is greater than the originally formed interfacial layer, i.e., the interfacial layer prior to diffusion of a high k material dopant element therein. In another embodiment, the aforementioned scaled high k/metal gate stacks are achieved by eliminating the interfacial layer from the structure. In yet another embodiment, the aforementioned high k/metal gate stacks are achieved by both increasing the dielectric constant of the interfacial layer and reducing/eliminating the interfacial layer.
摘要:
Equivalent oxide thickness (EOT) scaled high k/metal gate stacks are provided in which the capacitance bottleneck of the interfacial layer is substantially eliminated, with minimal compromise on the mobility of carriers in the channel of the device. In one embodiment, the aforementioned EOT scaled high k/metal gate stacks are achieved by increasing the dielectric constant of the interfacial layer to a value that is greater than the originally formed interfacial layer, i.e., the interfacial layer prior to diffusion of a high k material dopant element therein. In another embodiment, the aforementioned scaled high k/metal gate stacks are achieved by eliminating the interfacial layer from the structure. In yet another embodiment, the aforementioned high k/metal gate stacks are achieved by both increasing the dielectric constant of the interfacial layer and reducing/eliminating the interfacial layer.
摘要:
A self-aligned gate cap dielectric can be employed to form a self-aligned contact to a diffusion region, while preventing electrical short with a gate conductor due to overlay variations. In one embodiment, an electroplatable or electrolessly platable metal is selectively deposited on conductive materials in a gate electrode, while the metal is not deposited on dielectric surfaces. The metal portion on top of the gate electrode is converted into a gate cap dielectric including the metal and oxygen. In another embodiment, a self-assembling monolayer is formed on dielectric surfaces, while exposing metallic top surfaces of a gate electrode. A gate cap dielectric including a dielectric oxide is formed on areas not covered by the self-assembling monolayer. The gate cap dielectric functions as an etch-stop structure during formation of a via hole, so that electrical shorting between a contact via structure formed therein and the gate electrode is avoided.