Metal gate structures and methods of fabricating the same in field-effect transistors

    公开(公告)号:US11476351B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-18

    申请号:US16943687

    申请日:2020-07-30

    Abstract: A method includes forming a dummy gate stack over a fin protruding from a semiconductor substrate, forming gate spacers on sidewalls of the dummy gate stack, forming source/features over portions of the fin, forming a gate trench between the gate spacers, which includes trimming top portions of the gate spacers to form a funnel-like opening in the gate trench, and forming a metal gate structure in the gate trench. A semiconductor structure includes a fin protruding from a substrate, a metal gate structure disposed over the fin, gate spacers disposed on sidewalls of the metal gate structure, where a top surface of each gate spacer is angled toward the semiconductor fin, a dielectric layer disposed over the top surface of each gate spacer, and a conductive feature disposed between the gate spacers to contact the metal gate structure, where sidewalls of the conductive feature contact the dielectric layer.

    Process Loading Remediation
    5.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230145694A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-11

    申请号:US17837724

    申请日:2022-06-10

    CPC classification number: H01L21/3065 H01L21/31138

    Abstract: Analog and logic devices may coexist on a common integrated circuit chip, accommodating features with different pitches, linewidths, and pattern densities. Such differences in design and layout at various layers during manufacturing can cause process loading by contributing different amounts of reactants to surface chemical reactions. Such variation in the balance of chemical reactants can result in disparities in film thicknesses within the chip that can affect device performance. Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a masking sequence that can alleviate process loading disparities during an undercut etch process adjacent to polysilicon structures.

    MODIFIED CHANNEL POSITION TO SUPPRESS HOT CARRIER INJECTION IN FINFETS
    7.
    发明申请
    MODIFIED CHANNEL POSITION TO SUPPRESS HOT CARRIER INJECTION IN FINFETS 有权
    改进的通道位置,用于抑制FINFET中的热载体注入

    公开(公告)号:US20150228731A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-08-13

    申请号:US14179601

    申请日:2014-02-13

    Abstract: Some embodiments relate to an integrated circuit (IC) including one or more finFET devices. A finFET includes a fin of semiconductor material extending upwards from a semiconductor substrate. First and second source/drain regions, which have a first doping type, are spaced apart laterally from one another in the fin. A channel region is disposed in the fin and physically separates the first and second source/drain regions from one another. The channel region has a second doping type opposite the first doping type. A conductive gate electrode straddles the fin about the channel region and is separated from the channel region by a gate dielectric. A shallow doped region, which has the first doping type, is disposed near a surface of the fin around upper and sidewall fin regions. The shallow doped region extends continuously under the gate electrode between outer edges of the gate electrode.

    Abstract translation: 一些实施例涉及包括一个或多个finFET器件的集成电路(IC)。 finFET包括从半导体衬底向上延伸的半导体材料的鳍。 具有第一掺杂类型的第一和第二源极/漏极区域在翅片中彼此间隔开。 沟道区域设置在翅片中并且将第一和第二源极/漏极区彼此物理分离。 沟道区具有与第一掺杂类型相反的第二掺杂型。 导电栅极电极跨过沟道区域的鳍状物并且通过栅极电介质与沟道区域分离。 具有第一掺杂类型的浅掺杂区域设置在翅片周围的上侧壁和侧壁翅片区域附近。 浅掺杂区域在栅电极的外边缘之间的栅电极下连续延伸。

    Metal Gate Structures And Methods Of Fabricating The Same In Field-Effect Transistors

    公开(公告)号:US20210257481A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-19

    申请号:US16943687

    申请日:2020-07-30

    Abstract: A method includes forming a dummy gate stack over a fin protruding from a semiconductor substrate, forming gate spacers on sidewalls of the dummy gate stack, forming source/features over portions of the fin, forming a gate trench between the gate spacers, which includes trimming top portions of the gate spacers to form a funnel-like opening in the gate trench, and forming a metal gate structure in the gate trench. A semiconductor structure includes a fin protruding from a substrate, a metal gate structure disposed over the fin, gate spacers disposed on sidewalls of the metal gate structure, where a top surface of each gate spacer is angled toward the semiconductor fin, a dielectric layer disposed over the top surface of each gate spacer, and a conductive feature disposed between the gate spacers to contact the metal gate structure, where sidewalls of the conductive feature contact the dielectric layer.

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