摘要:
A method for forming fins includes growing a SiGe layer and a silicon layer over a surface of a bulk Si substrate, patterning fin structures from the silicon layer and the SiGe layer and filling between the fin structures with a dielectric fill. Trenches are formed to expose end portions of the fin structures. A first region of the fin structures is blocked off. The SiGe layer of the fin structures of a second region is removed by selectively etching the fin structures from the end portions to form voids, which are filled with dielectric material. The silicon layer of the fin structures is exposed. The SiGe layer in the first region is thermally oxidized to drive Ge into the silicon layer to form SiGe fins on an oxide layer in the first region and silicon fins on the dielectric material in the second region.
摘要:
Improved fin field effect transistor (FinFET) devices and methods for fabrication thereof. In one aspect, a method for fabricating a FinFET device comprises: a silicon substrate on which a silicon epitaxial layer is grown is provided. Sacrificial structures on the substrate are formed from the epitaxial layer. A blanket silicon layer is formed over the sacrificial structures and exposed substrate portions, the blanket silicon layer having upper and lower portions of uniform thickness and intermediate portions interposed between the upper and lower portions of non-uniform thickness and having an angle of formation. An array of semiconducting fins is formed from the blanket silicon layer and a non-conformal layer formed over the blanket layer. The sacrificial structures are removed and the resulting void filled with isolation structures under the channel regions. Source and drain are formed in the source/drain regions during a fin merge of the FinFET.
摘要:
A method for channel formation in a fin transistor includes removing a dummy gate and dielectric from a dummy gate structure to expose a region of an underlying fin and depositing an amorphous layer including Ge over the region of the underlying fin. The amorphous layer is oxidized to condense out Ge and diffuse the Ge into the region of the underlying fin to form a channel region with Ge in the fin.
摘要:
An improved transistor with channel epitaxial silicon. In one aspect, a method of fabrication includes: forming a gate stack structure on an epitaxial silicon region disposed on a substrate, a width dimension of the epitaxial silicon region approximating a width dimension of the gate stack structure; and growing a raised epitaxial source and drain from the substrate, the raised epitaxial source and drain in contact with the epitaxial silicon region and the gate stack structure. For a SRAM device, further: removing an epitaxial layer in contact with the silicon substrate and the raised source and drain and to which the epitaxial silicon region is coupled leaving a space above the silicon substrate and under the raised epitaxial source and drain; and filling the space with an insulating layer and isolating the raised epitaxial source and drain and a channel of the transistor from the silicon substrate.
摘要:
A method for channel formation in a fin transistor includes removing a dummy gate and dielectric from a dummy gate structure to expose a region of an underlying fin and depositing an amorphous layer including Ge over the region of the underlying fin. The amorphous layer is oxidized to condense out Ge and diffuse the Ge into the region of the underlying fin to form a channel region with Ge in the fin.
摘要:
Methods and structures for forming finFETs of different semiconductor composition and of different conductivity type on a same wafer are described. Some finFET structures may include strained channel regions. FinFETs of a first semiconductor composition may be grown in trenches formed in a second semiconductor composition. Material of the second semiconductor composition may be removed from around some of the fins at first regions of the wafer, and may remain around fins at second regions of the wafer. A chemical component from the second semiconductor composition may be driven into the fins by diffusion at the second regions to form finFETs of a different chemical composition from those of the first regions. The converted fins at the second regions may include strain.
摘要:
Isolation trenches are etched through an active silicon layer overlying a buried oxide on a substrate into the substrate, and through any pad dielectric(s) on the active silicon layer. Lateral epitaxial growth of the active silicon layer forms protrusions into the isolation trenches to a lateral distance of at least about 5 nanometers, and portions of the isolation trenches around the protrusions are filled with dielectric. Raised source/drain regions are formed on portions of the active silicon layer including a dielectric. As a result, misaligned contacts passing around edges of the raised source/drain regions remain spaced apart from sidewalls of the substrate in the isolation trenches.
摘要:
A substrate layer formed of a first semiconductor material includes adjacent first and second regions. Fin structures are formed from the substrate layer in both the first and second regions. At least the side walls of the fin structures in the second region are covered with an epitaxially grown layer of second semiconductor material. A drive in process is performed to convert the fin structures in the second region from the first semiconductor material to the second semiconductor material. The first semiconductor material is, for example, silicon, and the second semiconductor material is, for example, silicon germanium or silicon carbide. The fin structures in the first region are provided for a FinFET of a first (for example, n-channel) conductivity type while the fin structures in the second region are provided for a FinFET of a second (for example, p-channel) conductivity type.
摘要:
A shallow trench is formed to extend into a handle substrate of a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) layer. A dielectric liner stack of a dielectric metal oxide layer and a silicon nitride layer is formed in the shallow trench, followed by deposition of a shallow trench isolation fill portion. The dielectric liner stack is removed from above a top surface of a top semiconductor portion, followed by removal of a silicon nitride pad layer and an upper vertical portion of the dielectric metal oxide layer. A divot laterally surrounding a stack of a top semiconductor portion and a buried insulator portion is filled with a silicon nitride portion. Gate structures and source/drain structures are subsequently formed. The silicon nitride portion or the dielectric metal oxide layer functions as a stopping layer during formation of source/drain contact via holes, thereby preventing electrical shorts between source/drain contact via structures and the handle substrate.
摘要:
On a first semiconductor material substrate, an overlying sacrificial layer formed of a second semiconductor material is deposited. In a first region, a first semiconductor material region is formed over the sacrificial layer. In a second region, a second semiconductor material region is formed over the sacrificial layer. The first semiconductor material region is patterned to define a first FinFET fin. The second semiconductor material region is patterned to define a second FinFET fin. The fins are each covered with a cap and sidewall spacer. The sacrificial layer formed of the second semiconductor material is then selectively removed to form an opening below each of the first and second FinFET fins (with those fins being supported by the sidewall spacers). The openings below each of the fins are then filled with a dielectric material that serves to isolate the semiconductive materials of the fins from the substrate.