Abstract:
Provided is a substrate processing apparatus. The substrate processing apparatus includes a tube having an inner space, a substrate support on which a plurality of substrates are stacked in multistage within the tube, the substrate support individually defining a plurality of processing spaces in which the plurality of substrates are respectively processed, a first gas supply part configured to supply a first gas into all the plurality of processing spaces, a second gas supply part comprising a plurality of injectors disposed to respectively correspond to the plurality of processing spaces so that the second gas is individually supplied onto each of the plurality of substrates, and an exhaust part configured to exhaust the gases within the tube. Thus, the gas may be individually supplied into each of the processing spaces in which the plurality of substrates are respectively processed.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device and method for fabricating such a device are presented. The semiconductor device includes a fin extending away from a substrate, a plurality of epitaxially grown regions disposed along a top surface of the fin, and at least two contacts that provide electrical contact to the fin. The plurality of epitaxially grown regions are arranged to alternate with regions having no epitaxial material grown on the top surface of the fin. A resistance exists between the two contacts that is at least partially based on the arrangement of the plurality of epitaxially grown regions.
Abstract:
A photonic structure can include in one aspect one or more waveguides formed by patterning of waveguiding material adapted to propagate light energy. Such waveguiding material may include one or more of silicon (single-, poly-, or non-crystalline) and silicon nitride.
Abstract:
Various methods and semiconductor structures for fabricating at least one FET device having textured gate-source-drain contacts of the FET device that reduce or eliminate variability in parasitic resistance between the contacts of the FET device. An example fabrication method includes epitaxially growing a source-drain contact region on an underlying semiconductor substrate of one of a pFET device or an nFET device. The method deposits a bottom film layer directly on the epitaxially grown source-drain contact region. A first anneal forms a textured bottom silicide film layer directly on the epitaxially grown source-drain contact region. A top metal film layer is deposited on the textured bottom silicide film layer. A second anneal forms a textured top metal silicide film layer. The method can be repeated on the other one of the pFET device or the nFET device.
Abstract:
A transistor structure having an epitaxial layer deposited over an implanted substrate in order to reduce process variability. The epitaxial layer is able to be deposited doped, un-doped or lightly doped via up-diffusion from the implanted substrate, and used to form the channel for the transistor structure. As a result, this use of un-doped epitaxial layer provides the benefit of reducing process variability (e.g. random dopant fluctuation) and thus the transistor performance variability despite the small physical size of the transistors.
Abstract:
Disclosed are methods for selective deposition of doped Group IV-Sn materials. In some embodiments, the method includes providing a patterned substrate comprising at least a first region and a second region, where the first region includes an exposed first semiconductor material and the second region includes an exposed insulator material, and performing at least two cycles of a grow-etch cyclic process. Each cycle includes depositing a doped Group IV-Tin (Sn) layer, where depositing the doped Group IV-Sn layer includes providing a Group IV precursor, a Sn precursor, and a dopant precursor, and using an etch gas to etch back the deposited doped Group IV-Sn layer.
Abstract:
Silicon and silicon germanium fins are formed on a semiconductor wafer or other substrate in a manner that facilitates production of closely spaced nFET and pFET devices. A patterned mandrel layer is employed for forming one or more recesses in the wafer prior to the epitaxial growth of a silicon germanium layer that fills the recess. Spacers are formed on the side walls of the patterned mandrel layer followed by removal of the mandrel layer. The exposed areas of the wafer and silicon germanium layer between the spacers are etched to form fins usable for nFET devices from the wafer and fins usable for pFET devices from the silicon germanium layer.
Abstract:
One aspect of the present invention is a double sided hybrid crystal structure including a trigonal Sapphire wafer containing a (0001) C-plane and having front and rear sides. The Sapphire wafer is substantially transparent to light in the visible and infrared spectra, and also provides insulation with respect to electromagnetic radio frequency noise. A layer of crystalline Si material having a cubic diamond structure aligned with the cubic direction on the (0001) C-plane and strained as rhombohedron to thereby enable continuous integration of a selected (SiGe) device onto the rear side of the Sapphire wafer. The double sided hybrid crystal structure further includes an integrated III-Nitride crystalline layer on the front side of the Sapphire wafer that enables continuous integration of a selected III-Nitride device on the front side of the Sapphire wafer.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a new and improved system and method for fabricating monolithically integrated diamond semiconductor. The method may include the steps of seeding the surface of a substrate material, forming a diamond layer upon the surface of the substrate material; and forming a semiconductor layer within the diamond layer, wherein the diamond semiconductor of the semiconductor layer has n-type donor atoms and a diamond lattice, wherein at least 0.16% of the donor atoms contribute conduction electrons with mobility greater than 770 cm2/Vs to the diamond lattice at 100 kPa and 300K.
Abstract:
A silicon carbide single crystal manufacturing apparatus includes a crucible constituted by a crucible body and a crucible lid and a base having a crucible lid side surface supported by the lower surface of the crucible lid, and a seed crystal mounting surface on which the seed crystal is mounted and which is a surface on the opposite side of the crucible lid side surface, wherein the base is made of graphite material, the area of the seed crystal mounting surface is larger than the area of the crucible lid side surface, and the base has at least of a portion in which the cross-sectional area orthogonal to the vertical direction connecting the crucible lid side surface and the seed crystal mounting surface is gradually reduced, and a portion that is getting smaller gradually, from the surface of the seed crystal mounting surface toward the crucible lid side surface.