公开(公告)号：US09818873B2

公开(公告)日：2017-11-14

申请号：US14879220

申请日：2015-10-09

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.

Inventor： Emre Alptekin ,  Lars W. Liebmann ,  Injo Ok ,  Balasubramanian Pranatharthiharan ,  Ravikumar Ramachandran ,  Soon-Cheon Seo ,  Charan V. V. S. Surisetty ,  Mickey H. Yu

IPC: H01L29/40 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L27/088 ,  H01L21/8234 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L21/3213

CPC classification number: H01L29/7848 ,  H01L21/32139 ,  H01L21/823418 ,  H01L21/823425 ,  H01L21/823431 ,  H01L21/823437 ,  H01L21/823475 ,  H01L27/0886 ,  H01L29/401 ,  H01L29/66636 ,  H01L29/66795

Abstract: Various embodiments include methods and integrated circuit structures. In some cases, a method of forming an integrated circuit structure can include: forming a doped silicon layer over a substrate; forming a plurality of fin structures from the doped silicon layer; forming a plurality of gate structures over the plurality of fin structures, each of the plurality of gate structures separated from a neighboring gate structure by a first pitch; forming a mask over the plurality of gate structures, exposing at least one of the plurality of gate structures; removing the at least one of the plurality of gate structures, wherein two of the remaining gate structures after the removing are separated by a second pitch larger than the first pitch; and forming an epitaxial region over the substrate between the two of the remaining gate structures.

公开(公告)号：US09349650B2

公开(公告)日：2016-05-24

申请号：US14524246

申请日：2014-10-27

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.

Inventor： Kevin K. Chan ,  Yue Ke ,  Annie Levesque ,  Dae-Gyu Park ,  Ravikumar Ramachandran ,  Amanda L. Tessier ,  Min Yang

IPC: H01L21/8234 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L21/02 ,  H01L21/285 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L21/223 ,  H01L21/265 ,  H01L27/088 ,  H01L29/08

CPC classification number: H01L21/823431 ,  H01L21/02532 ,  H01L21/02576 ,  H01L21/02579 ,  H01L21/0262 ,  H01L21/223 ,  H01L21/2236 ,  H01L21/26566 ,  H01L21/28518 ,  H01L21/823418 ,  H01L21/823437 ,  H01L21/823468 ,  H01L21/845 ,  H01L27/0886 ,  H01L27/1211 ,  H01L29/0847 ,  H01L29/66795 ,  H01L29/6681 ,  H01L29/7848 ,  H01L29/7853

Abstract: A gate structure is formed straddling a first portion of a plurality of semiconductor fins that extend upwards from a topmost surface of an insulator layer. A dielectric spacer is formed on sidewalls of the gate structure and straddling a second portion of the plurality of semiconductor fins. Epitaxial semiconductor material portions that include a non-planar bottommost surface and a non-planar topmost surface are grown from at least the exposed sidewalls of each semiconductor fin not including the gate structure or the gate spacer to merge adjacent semiconductor fins. A gap is present beneath epitaxial semiconductor material portions and the topmost surface of the insulator layer. A second epitaxial semiconductor material is formed on the epitaxial semiconductor material portions and thereafter the second epitaxial semiconductor material is converted into a metal semiconductor alloy.

Abstract translation: 栅极结构跨越从绝缘体层的最上表面向上延伸的多个半导体鳍片的第一部分形成。 介电隔离件形成在栅极结构的侧壁上并且跨越多个半导体鳍片的第二部分。 至少从不包括栅极结构或栅极间隔物的半导体鳍片的暴露的侧壁至少生长包括非平面最底表面和非平面最上表面的外延半导体材料部分，以使相邻的半导体鳍片合流。 在外延半导体材料部分和绝缘体层的最上表面之下存在间隙。 在外延半导体材料部分上形成第二外延半导体材料，然后将第二外延半导体材料转换成金属半导体合金。