公开(公告)号：US20230037420A1

公开(公告)日：2023-02-09

申请号：US17386062

申请日：2021-07-27

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. Inc.

Inventor： Johnatan A. Kantarovsky ,  Mark D. Levy ,  Brett T. Cucci ,  Jeonghyun Hwang ,  Siva P. Adusumilli

IPC: H01L29/06 ,  H01L21/8234 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/778

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to gate structures and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: a gate structure comprising a horizontal portion and a substantially vertical stem portion; and an air gap surrounding the substantially vertical stem portion and having a curved surface under the horizontal portion.

公开(公告)号：US20240222366A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-04

申请号：US18604627

申请日：2024-03-14

Applicant: GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc.

Inventor： Mark Levy ,  Jeonghyun Hwang ,  Siva P. Adusumilli

IPC: H01L27/06 ,  H01L21/8258 ,  H01L29/04 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/16 ,  H01L29/20

CPC classification number: H01L27/0605 ,  H01L21/8258 ,  H01L27/0623 ,  H01L29/045 ,  H01L29/0649 ,  H01L29/16 ,  H01L29/2003

Abstract: Structures including devices, such as transistors, integrated on a bulk semiconductor substrate and methods of forming a structure including devices, such as transistors, integrated on a bulk semiconductor substrate. The bulk semiconductor substrate contains a single-crystal semiconductor material having a diamond crystal lattice structure and a crystal orientation. A first transistor is formed in a first device region of the bulk semiconductor substrate, and a second transistor is formed in a second device region of the bulk semiconductor substrate. The second transistor includes a layer stack on the bulk semiconductor substrate, and the layer stack includes a layer comprised of a III-V compound semiconductor material.

公开(公告)号：US20230207639A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-29

申请号：US18174052

申请日：2023-02-24

Applicant: GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc.

Inventor： Johnatan A. Kantarovsky ,  Mark D. Levy ,  Jeonghyun Hwang ,  Siva P. Adusumilli ,  Ajay Raman

IPC: H01L29/40 ,  H01L29/778 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/417 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L21/768

CPC classification number: H01L29/401 ,  H01L29/7786 ,  H01L29/66462 ,  H01L29/41766 ,  H01L29/42316 ,  H01L21/76897 ,  H01L29/42376 ,  H01L29/4983

Abstract: Disclosed are a transistor and a method for forming the transistor. The method includes concurrently forming gate and source/drain openings through an uppermost layer (i.e., a dielectric layer) in a stack of layers. The method can further include: depositing and patterning gate conductor material so that a first gate section is in the gate opening and a second gate section is above the gate opening and so that the source/drain openings are exposed; extending the depth of the source/drain openings; and depositing and patterning source/drain conductor material so that a first source/drain section is in each source/drain opening and a second source/drain section is above each source/drain opening. Alternatively, the method can include: forming a plug in the gate opening and sidewall spacers in the source/drain openings; extending the depth of source/drain openings; depositing and patterning the source/drain conductor material; and subsequently depositing and patterning the gate conductor material.

公开(公告)号：US11616127B2

公开(公告)日：2023-03-28

申请号：US17650854

申请日：2022-02-13

Applicant: GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc.

Inventor： Johnatan Avraham Kantarovsky ,  Rajendran Krishnasamy ,  Siva P. Adusumilli ,  Steven Bentley ,  Michael Joseph Zierak ,  Jeonghyun Hwang

IPC: H01L29/40 ,  H01L29/778 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/417

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to structures in semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to semiconductor devices having field plates that are arranged symmetrically around a gate. The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device including an active region above a substrate, source and drain electrodes in contact with the active region, a gate above the active region and laterally between the source and drain electrodes, a first field plate between the source electrode and the gate, a second field plate between the drain electrode and the gate, in which the gate is spaced apart laterally and substantially equidistant from the first field plate and the second field plate.

公开(公告)号：US20230034728A1

公开(公告)日：2023-02-02

申请号：US17389779

申请日：2021-07-30

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. Inc.

Inventor： Zhong-Xiang He ,  Richard J. Rassel ,  Alvin J. Joseph ,  Ramsey M. Hazbun ,  Jeonghyun Hwang ,  Mark D. Levy

IPC: H01L21/768 ,  H01L23/48 ,  H01L29/778 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L21/8234

Abstract: Disclosed is an integrated circuit (IC) structure that includes a through-metal through-substrate interconnect. The interconnect extends essentially vertically through a device level metallic feature on a frontside of a substrate, extends downward from the device level metallic feature into or completely through the substrate (e.g., to contact a backside metallic feature below), and extends upward from the device level metallic feature through interlayer dielectric (ILD) material (e.g., to contact a BEOL metallic feature above). The device level metallic feature can be, for example, a metallic source/drain region of a transistor, such as a high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) or a metal-insulator-semiconductor high electron mobility transistor (MISHEMT), which is formed on the frontside of the substrate. The backside metallic feature can be a grounded metal layer. The BEOL metallic feature can be a metal wire in one of the BEOL metal levels. Also disclosed is an associated method.

公开(公告)号：US11469225B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-11

申请号：US17072649

申请日：2020-10-16

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. Inc.

Inventor： Mark Levy ,  Jeonghyun Hwang ,  Siva P. Adusumilli

IPC: H01L27/06 ,  H01L29/20 ,  H01L21/8258 ,  H01L29/16 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/04

Abstract: Structures including devices, such as transistors, integrated on a bulk semiconductor substrate and methods of forming a structure including devices, such as transistors, integrated on a bulk semiconductor substrate. The bulk semiconductor substrate contains a single-crystal semiconductor material having a diamond crystal lattice structure and a crystal orientation. A first transistor is formed in a first device region of the bulk semiconductor substrate, and a second transistor is formed in a second device region of the bulk semiconductor substrate. The second transistor includes a layer stack on the bulk semiconductor substrate, and the layer stack includes a layer comprised of a III-V compound semiconductor material.

公开(公告)号：US11881506B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-23

申请号：US17386062

申请日：2021-07-27

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. Inc.

Inventor： Johnatan A. Kantarovsky ,  Mark D. Levy ,  Brett T. Cucci ,  Jeonghyun Hwang ,  Siva P. Adusumilli

IPC: H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/778 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L21/8234

CPC classification number: H01L29/0649 ,  H01L21/823481 ,  H01L29/66431 ,  H01L29/7786

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to gate structures and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: a gate structure comprising a horizontal portion and a substantially vertical stem portion; and an air gap surrounding the substantially vertical stem portion and having a curved surface under the horizontal portion.

公开(公告)号：US20230139011A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-04

申请号：US17517738

申请日：2021-11-03

Applicant: GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc.

Inventor： Zhong-Xiang He ,  Jeonghyun Hwang ,  Ramsey M. Hazbun ,  Brett T. Cucci ,  Ajay Raman ,  Johnatan A. Kantarovsky

IPC: H01L29/417 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/40 ,  H01L29/778 ,  H01L29/423

Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of a transistor (e.g., a III-V high electron mobility transistor (HEMT), a III-V metal-insulator-semiconductor HEMT (MISHEMT), or the like) that has multiple self-aligned terminals. The self-aligned terminals include a self-aligned gate, a self-aligned source terminal and, optionally, a self-aligned drain terminal. By forming self-aligned terminals during processing, the separation distances between the terminals (e.g., between the gate and source terminal and, optionally, between the gate and drain terminal) can be reduced in order to reduce device size and to improve performance (e.g., to reduce on resistance and increase switching speeds). Also disclosed herein are method embodiments for forming such a transistor.

公开(公告)号：US20220173233A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-02

申请号：US17109538

申请日：2020-12-02

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. Inc.

Inventor： Siva P. Adusumilli ,  Mark Levy ,  Jeonghyun Hwang

IPC: H01L29/778 ,  H01L29/20 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/04 ,  H01L27/088 ,  H01L29/16

Abstract: Structures including devices, such as transistors, integrated on a semiconductor substrate and methods of forming a structure including devices, such as transistors, integrated on a semiconductor substrate. A first transistor is formed in a first device region of a semiconductor substrate, and a second transistor is formed in a second device region of the semiconductor substrate. The second transistor includes a layer stack on the semiconductor substrate, and the layer stack includes a layer comprised of a III-V compound semiconductor material. A polycrystalline layer includes a section that is positioned in the semiconductor substrate beneath the first device region.

公开(公告)号：US20220122963A1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-21

申请号：US17072649

申请日：2020-10-16

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. Inc.

Inventor： Mark Levy ,  Jeonghyun Hwang ,  Siva P. Adusumilli

IPC: H01L27/06 ,  H01L29/16 ,  H01L29/20 ,  H01L29/04 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L21/8258

Abstract: Structures including devices, such as transistors, integrated on a bulk semiconductor substrate and methods of forming a structure including devices, such as transistors, integrated on a bulk semiconductor substrate. The bulk semiconductor substrate contains a single-crystal semiconductor material having a diamond crystal lattice structure and a crystal orientation. A first transistor is formed in a first device region of the bulk semiconductor substrate, and a second transistor is formed in a second device region of the bulk semiconductor substrate. The second transistor includes a layer stack on the bulk semiconductor substrate, and the layer stack includes a layer comprised of a III-V compound semiconductor material.