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公开(公告)号:US20210280415A1
公开(公告)日:2021-09-09
申请号:US17321691
申请日:2021-05-17
Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Chun-Yen Peng , Te-Yang Lai , Sai-Hooi Yeong , Chi On Chui
IPC: H01L21/02 , H01L29/66 , H01L21/768 , H01L29/78
Abstract: A method for forming a crystalline high-k dielectric layer and controlling the crystalline phase and orientation of the crystal growth of the high-k dielectric layer during an anneal process. The crystalline phase and orientation of the crystal growth of the dielectric layer may be controlled using seeding sections of the dielectric layer serving as nucleation sites and using a capping layer mask during the anneal process. The location of the nucleation sites and the arrangement of the capping layer allow the orientation and phase of the crystal growth of the dielectric layer to be controlled during the anneal process. Based on the dopants and the process controls used the phase can be modified to increase the permittivity and/or the ferroelectric property of the dielectric layer.
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公开(公告)号:US20210273070A1
公开(公告)日:2021-09-02
申请号:US16889217
申请日:2020-06-01
Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Chia-Ching Lee , Hung-Chin Chung , Chung-Chiang Wu , Hsuan-Yu Tung , Kuan-Chang Chiu , Chien-Hao Chen , Chi On Chui
Abstract: A semiconductor device and method of manufacture are provided. In some embodiments a treatment process is utilized to treat a work function layer. The treatment prevents excessive oxidation of the work function layer during subsequent processing steps, such as application of a subsequent photoresist material, thereby allowing the work function layer to be thinner than otherwise.
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公开(公告)号:US20210265489A1
公开(公告)日:2021-08-26
申请号:US16906546
申请日:2020-06-19
Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Wen-Ju Chen , Chung-Ting Ko , Chi On Chui
IPC: H01L29/66 , H01L29/06 , H01L29/423 , H01L29/49 , H01L29/786 , H01L21/02 , H01L21/28 , H01L21/764
Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a first semiconductor layer over a substrate, forming a second semiconductor layer over the first semiconductor layer, and forming a sacrificial film over the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer. The sacrificial film fills an area between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer. The method further includes forming a space in the sacrificial film between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer and removing the sacrificial film.
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公开(公告)号:US20210242327A1
公开(公告)日:2021-08-05
申请号:US16940226
申请日:2020-07-27
Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Wen-Kai Lin , Che-Hao Chang , Chi On Chui , Yung-Cheng Lu
IPC: H01L29/66 , H01L27/088 , H01L29/423 , H01L29/786 , H01L21/8234
Abstract: Improved inner spacers for semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same are disclosed. In an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a substrate; a plurality of semiconductor channel structures over the substrate; a gate structure over the semiconductor channel structures, the gate structure extending between adjacent ones of the semiconductor channel structures; a source/drain region adjacent of the gate structure, the source/drain region contacting the semiconductor channel structures; and an inner spacer interposed between the source/drain region and the gate structure, the inner spacer including a first inner spacer layer contacting the gate structure and the source/drain region, the first inner spacer layer including silicon and nitrogen; and a second inner spacer layer contacting the first inner spacer layer and the source/drain region, the second inner spacer layer including silicon, oxygen, and nitrogen, the second inner spacer layer having a lower dielectric constant than the first inner spacer layer.
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公开(公告)号:US20210202697A1
公开(公告)日:2021-07-01
申请号:US16806366
申请日:2020-03-02
Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Bo-Feng Young , Sai-Hooi Yeong , Chi On Chui
IPC: H01L29/06 , H01L21/02 , H01L29/10 , H01L21/3065 , H01L21/762 , H01L29/08 , H01L29/66 , H01L27/092 , H01L21/8238 , H01L21/265
Abstract: An embodiment is a semiconductor device including a first channel region over a semiconductor substrate, a second channel region over the first channel region, a first gate stack over the semiconductor substrate and surrounding the first channel region and the second channel region, a first inner spacer extending from the first channel region to the second channel region and along a sidewall of the first gate stack, a second inner spacer extending from the first channel region to the second channel region and along a sidewall of the first inner spacer, the second inner spacer having a different material composition than the first inner spacer, and a first source/drain region adjacent the first channel region, the second channel region, and the second inner spacer, the first and second inner spacers being between the first gate stack and the first source/drain region.
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公开(公告)号:US20210202511A1
公开(公告)日:2021-07-01
申请号:US16904717
申请日:2020-06-18
Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Sai-Hooi Yeong , Chi On Chui , Chenchen Jacob Wang
IPC: H01L27/11509 , H01L27/11507 , H01L49/02
Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a first dielectric layer over the substrate; a memory cell over the substrate in a first region of the semiconductor device, where the memory cell includes a first ferroelectric structure in the first dielectric layer, where the first ferroelectric structure includes a first bottom electrode, a first top electrode, and a first ferroelectric layer in between; and a tunable capacitor over the substrate in a second region of the semiconductor device, where the tunable capacitor includes a second ferroelectric structure, where the second ferroelectric structure includes a second bottom electrode, a second top electrode, and a second ferroelectric layer in between, where at least a portion of the second ferroelectric structure is in the first dielectric layer.
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公开(公告)号:US10818658B2
公开(公告)日:2020-10-27
申请号:US16045266
申请日:2018-07-25
Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Kuo-Cheng Ching , Ying-Keung Leung , Chi On Chui
IPC: H01L21/02 , H01L21/8234 , H01L27/088 , H01L29/66 , H01L29/06 , H01L29/423 , H01L27/092 , H01L21/8238 , H01L21/32 , H01L21/3105
Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes a fin structure on a substrate; a first gate stack and a second gate stack formed on the fin structure; a dielectric material layer disposed on the first and second gate stacks, wherein the dielectric layer includes a first portion disposed on a sidewall of the first gate stack with a first thickness and a second portion disposed on a sidewall of the second gate stack with a second thickness greater than the first thickness; a first gate spacer disposed on the first portion of the dielectric material layer; and a second gate spacer disposed on the second portion of the dielectric material layer.
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公开(公告)号:US20200127111A1
公开(公告)日:2020-04-23
申请号:US16218151
申请日:2018-12-12
Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Cheng-Ming Lin , Kai Tak Lam , Sai-Hooi Yeong , Chi On Chui , Ziwei Fang
Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming a hafnium-containing layer over a semiconductor layer, simultaneously performing a thermal annealing process and applying an electrical field to the hafnium-containing layer to form a ferroelectric hafnium-containing layer, and forming a gate electrode over the ferroelectric hafnium-containing layer.
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公开(公告)号:US10593775B2
公开(公告)日:2020-03-17
申请号:US16228872
申请日:2018-12-21
Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Inventor: Yee-Chia Yeo , Sung-Li Wang , Chi On Chui , Jyh-Cherng Sheu , Hung-Li Chiang , I-Sheng Chen
IPC: H01L29/45 , H01L21/8234 , H01L21/8238 , H01L27/092 , H01L23/522 , H01L27/088 , H01L29/08 , H01L29/417 , H01L29/78
Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a field effect transistor (FET). The FET includes a first channel, a first source and a first drain; a second channel, a second source and a second drain; and a gate structure disposed over the first and second channels. The gate structure includes a gate dielectric layer and a gate electrode layer. The first source includes a first crystal semiconductor layer and the second source includes a second crystal semiconductor layer. The first source and the second source are connected by an alloy layer made of one or more Group IV element and one or more transition metal elements. The first crystal semiconductor layer is not in direct contact with the second crystal semiconductor layer.
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公开(公告)号:US20200075419A1
公开(公告)日:2020-03-05
申请号:US16674443
申请日:2019-11-05
Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Bo-Cyuan Lu , Chunyao Wang , Jr-Hung Li , Chung-Ting Ko , Chi On Chui
IPC: H01L21/8234 , H01L29/66 , H01L27/088 , H01L29/423 , H01L29/417 , H01L29/78
Abstract: Gate structures and gate spacers, along with methods of forming such, are described. In an embodiment, a structure includes an active area on a substrate, a gate structure on the active area and over the substrate, and a low-k gate spacer on the active area and along a sidewall of the gate structure. The gate structure includes a conformal gate dielectric on the active area and includes a gate electrode over the conformal gate dielectric. The conformal gate dielectric extends vertically along a first sidewall of the low-k gate spacer. In some embodiments, the low-k gate spacer can be formed using a selective deposition process after a dummy gate structure has been removed in a replacement gate process.
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