Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110254080 | TUNNEL FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR - A method for fabricating an FET device characterized as being a tunnel FET (TFET) device is disclosed. The method includes processing a gate-stack, and processing the adjoining source and drain junctions, which are of a first conductivity type. A hardmask is formed covering the gate-stack and the junctions. A tilted angle ion implantation is performed which is received by a first portion of the hardmask, and it is not received by a second portion of the hardmask due to the shadowing of the gate-stack. The implanted portion of the hardmask is removed and one of the junctions is exposed. The junction is etched away, and a new junction, typically in-situ doped to a second conductivity type, is epitaxially grown into its place. A device characterized as being an asymmetrical TFET is also disclosed. The source and drain junctions of the TFET are of different conductivity types, and the TFET also includes spacer formations in a manner that the spacer formation on one side of the gate-stack is thinner than on the other side of the gate-stack. | 10-20-2011 |
20110263104 | THIN BODY SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - A method for fabricating an FET device is disclosed. The method includes providing a body over an insulator, with the body having at least one surface adapted to host a device channel. Selecting the body to be Si, Ge, or their alloy mixtures. Choosing the body layer to be less than a critical thickness defined as the thickness where agglomeration may set in during a high temperature processing. Such critical thickness may be about 4 nm for a planar devices, and about 8 nm for a non-planar devices. The method further includes clearing surfaces of oxygen at low temperature, and forming a raised source/drain by selective epitaxy while using the cleared surfaces for seeding. After the clearing of the surfaces of oxygen, and before the selective epitaxy, oxygen exposure of the cleared surfaces is being prevented. | 10-27-2011 |
20110272762 | EMBEDDED DRAM FOR EXTREMELY THIN SEMICONDUCTOR-ON-INSULATOR - A node dielectric and a conductive trench fill region filling a deep trench are recessed to a depth that is substantially coplanar with a top surface of a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) layer. A shallow trench isolation portion is formed on one side of an upper portion of the deep trench, while the other side of the upper portion of the deep trench provides an exposed surface of a semiconductor material of the conductive fill region. A selective epitaxy process is performed to deposit a raised source region and a raised strap region. The raised source region is formed directly on a planar source region within the SOI layer, and the raised strap region is formed directly on the conductive fill region. The raised strap region contacts the raised source region to provide an electrically conductive path between the planar source region and the conductive fill region. | 11-10-2011 |
20110284967 | Stressed Fin-FET Devices with Low Contact Resistance - A method for fabricating an FET device is disclosed. The method includes Fin-FET devices with fins that are composed of a first material, and then merged together by epitaxial deposition of a second material. The fins are vertically recesses using a selective etch. A continuous silicide layer is formed over the increased surface areas of the first material and the second material, leading to smaller resistance. A stress liner overlaying the FET device is afterwards deposited. An FET device is also disclosed, which FET device includes a plurality of Fin-FET devices, the fins of which are composed of a first material. The FET device includes a second material, which is epitaxially merging the fins. The fins are vertically recessed relative to an upper surface of the second material. The FET device furthermore includes a continuous silicide layer formed over the fins and over the second material, and a stress liner covering the device. | 11-24-2011 |
20110303915 | Compressively Stressed FET Device Structures - Methods for fabricating FET device structures are disclosed. The methods include receiving a fin of a Si based material, and converting a region of the fin into an oxide element. The oxide element exerts pressure onto the fin where a Fin-FET device is fabricated. The exerted pressure induces compressive stress in the device channel of the Fin-FET device. The methods also include receiving a rectangular member of a Si based material and converting a region of the member into an oxide element. The methods further include patterning the member that N fins are formed in parallel, while being abutted by the oxide element, which exerts pressure onto the N fins. Fin-FET devices are fabricated in the compressed fins, which results in compressively stressed device channels. FET devices structures are also disclosed. An FET devices structure has a Fin-FET device with a fin of a Si based material. An oxide element is abutting the fin and exerts pressure onto the fin. The Fin-FET device channel is compressively stressed due to the pressure on the fin. A further FET device structure has Fin-FET devices in a row each having fins. An oxide element extending perpendicularly to the row of fins is abutting the fins and exerts pressure onto the fins. Device channels of the Fin-FET devices are compressively stressed due to the pressure on the fins. | 12-15-2011 |
20110309333 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES FABRICATED BY DOPED MATERIAL LAYER AS DOPANT SOURCE - A method of forming a semiconductor device is provided, in which the dopant for the source and drain regions is introduced from a doped dielectric layer. In one example, a gate structure is formed on a semiconductor layer of an SOI substrate, in which the thickness of the semiconductor layer is less than 10 nm. A doped dielectric layer is formed over at least the portion of the semiconductor layer that is adjacent to the gate structure. The dopant from the doped dielectric layer is driven into the portion of the semiconductor layer that is adjacent to the gate structure. The dopant diffused into the semiconductor provides source and drain extension regions. | 12-22-2011 |
20110309446 | STRAINED THIN BODY CMOS DEVICE HAVING VERTICALLY RAISED SOURCE/DRAIN STRESSORS WITH SINGLE SPACER - A method of forming a transistor device includes forming a patterned gate structure over a semiconductor substrate; forming a spacer layer over the semiconductor substrate and patterned gate structure; removing horizontally disposed portions of the spacer layer so as to form a vertical sidewall spacer adjacent the patterned gate structure; and forming a raised source/drain (RSD) structure over the semiconductor substrate and adjacent the vertical sidewall spacer, wherein the RSD structure has a substantially vertical sidewall profile so as to abut the vertical sidewall spacer and produce one of a compressive and a tensile strain on a channel region of the semiconductor substrate below the patterned gate structure. | 12-22-2011 |
20110316083 | FET with Self-Aligned Back Gate - A back-gated field effect transistor (FET) includes a substrate, the substrate comprising top semiconductor layer on top of a buried dielectric layer on top of a bottom semiconductor layer; a front gate located on the top semiconductor layer; a channel region located in the top semiconductor layer under the front gate; a source region located in the top semiconductor layer on a side of the channel region, and a drain region located in the top semiconductor layer on the side of the channel region opposite the source regions; and a back gate located in the bottom semiconductor layer, the back gate configured such that the back gate abuts the buried dielectric layer underneath the channel region, and is separated from the buried dielectric layer by a separation distance underneath the source region and the drain region. | 12-29-2011 |
20120012933 | FORMATION METHOD AND STRUCTURE FOR A WELL-CONTROLLED METALLIC SOURCE/DRAIN SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A device and method for forming a semiconductor device include growing a raised semiconductor region on a channel layer adjacent to a gate structure. A space is formed between the raised semiconductor region and the gate structure. A metal layer is deposited on at least the raised semiconductor region. The raised semiconductor region is silicided to form a silicide into the channel layer which extends deeper into the channel layer at a position corresponding to the space. | 01-19-2012 |
20120025282 | Raised Source/Drain Field Effect Transistor - In one exemplary embodiment of the invention, a semiconductor structure includes: a substrate; and a plurality of devices at least partially overlying the substrate, where the plurality of devices include a first device coupled to a second device via a first raised source/drain having a first length, where the first device is further coupled to a second raised source/drain having a second length, where the first device comprises a transistor, where the first raised source/drain and the second raised source/drain at least partially overly the substrate, where the second raised source/drain comprises a terminal electrical contact, where the second length is greater than the first length. | 02-02-2012 |
20120032267 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR UNIFORM STI RECESS - A semiconductor device and method for forming the semiconductor device include forming structures in a semiconductor substrate. The structures have two or more different spacings between them. A dielectric material is deposited in the spacings. Ion species are implanted to a depth in the dielectric material to change an etch rate of the dielectric material down to the depth. The dielectric material having the ion species is etched selective to the dielectric material below the depth such that a substantially uniform depth in the dielectric material is created across the at least two spacings. | 02-09-2012 |
20120040522 | METHOD FOR INTEGRATING MULTIPLE THRESHOLD VOLTAGE DEVICES FOR CMOS - A method to achieve multiple threshold voltage (Vt) devices on the same semiconductor chip is disclosed. The method provides different threshold voltage devices using threshold voltage adjusting materials and a subsequent drive in anneal instead of directly doping the channel. As such, the method of the present disclosure avoids short channel penalties. Additionally, no ground plane/back gates are utilized in the present application thereby the method of the present disclosure can be easily integrated into current complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) processing technology. | 02-16-2012 |
20120043610 | Controlled Fin-Merging for Fin Type FET Devices - A method for fabricating FET devices is disclosed. The method includes forming continuous fins of a semiconductor material and fabricating gate structures overlaying the continuous fins. After the fabrication of the gate structures, the method uses epitaxial deposition to merge the continuous fins to one another. Next, the continuous fins are cut into segments. The fabricated FET devices are characterized as being non-planar devices. A placement of non-planar FET devices is also disclosed, which includes non- planar devices that have electrodes, and the electrodes contain fins and an epitaxial layer which merges the fins together. The non-planar devices are so placed that their gate structures are in a parallel configuration separated from one another by a first distance, and the fins of differing non-planar devices line up in essentially straight lines. The electrodes of differing FET devices are separated from one another by a cut defined by opposing facets of the electrodes, with the opposing facets also defining the width of the cut. The width of the cut is smaller than one fifth of the first distance which separates the gate structures. | 02-23-2012 |
20120043623 | METHOD AND STRUCTURE FOR FORMING HIGH-K/METAL GATE EXTREMELY THIN SEMICONDUCTOR ON INSULATOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device is provided that includes a gate structure present on a substrate. The gate structure includes a gate conductor with an undercut region in sidewalls of a first portion of the gate conductor, wherein a second portion of the gate conductor is present over the first portion of the gate conductor and includes a protruding portion over the undercut region. A spacer is adjacent to sidewalls of the gate structure, wherein the spacer includes an extending portion filling the undercut region. A raised source region and a raised drain region is present adjacent to the spacers. The raised source region and the raised drain region are separated from the gate conductor by the extending portion of the spacers. | 02-23-2012 |
20120080802 | THROUGH SILICON VIA IN N+ EPITAXY WAFERS WITH REDUCED PARASITIC CAPACITANCE - A semiconductor device includes an epitaxy layer formed on semiconductor substrate, a device layer formed on the epitaxy layer, a trench formed within the semiconductor substrate and including a dielectric layer forming a liner within the trench and a conductive core forming a through-silicon via conductor, and a deep trench isolation structure formed within the substrate and surrounding the through-silicon via conductor. A region of the epitaxy layer formed between the through-silicon via conductor and the deep trench isolation structure is electrically isolated from any signals applied to the semiconductor device, thereby decreasing parasitic capacitance. | 04-05-2012 |
20120112207 | METHOD TO REDUCE GROUND-PLANE POISONING OF EXTREMELY-THIN SOI (ETSOI) LAYER WITH THIN BURIED OXIDE - The present disclosure, which is directed to ultra-thin-body-and-BOX and Double BOX fully depleted SOI devices having an epitaxial diffusion-retarding semiconductor layer that slows dopant diffusion into the SOI channel, and a method of making these devices. Dopant concentrations in the SOI channels of the devices of the present disclosure having an epitaxial diffusion-retarding semiconductor layer between the substrate and SOI channel are approximately 50 times less than the dopant concentrations measured in SOI channels of devices without the epitaxial diffusion-retarding semiconductor layer. | 05-10-2012 |
20120153397 | Stressed Fin-FET Devices with Low Contact Resistance - An FET device includes a plurality of Fin-FET devices. The fins of the Fin-FET devices are composed of a first material. The FET device includes a second material, which is epitaxially merging the fins. The fins are vertically recessed relative to an upper surface of the second material. The FET device furthermore includes a continuous silicide layer formed over the fins and over the second material, and a stress liner covering the device. | 06-21-2012 |
20120187493 | EXTREMELY THIN SEMICONDUCTOR-ON-INSULATOR (ETSOI) INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH ON-CHIP RESISTORS AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME - An electrical device is provided that in one embodiment includes a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrate having a semiconductor layer with a thickness of less than 10 nm. A semiconductor device having a raised source region and a raised drain region of a single crystal semiconductor material of a first conductivity is present on a first surface of the semiconductor layer. A resistor composed of the single crystal semiconductor material of the first conductivity is present on a second surface of the semiconductor layer. A method of forming the aforementioned electrical device is also provided. | 07-26-2012 |
20120193713 | FinFET device having reduce capacitance, access resistance, and contact resistance - A fin field-effect transistor (finFET) device having reduced capacitance, access resistance, and contact resistance is formed. A buried oxide, a fin, a gate, and first spacers are provided. The fin is doped to form extension junctions extending under the gate. Second spacers are formed on top of the extension junctions. Each is second spacer adjacent to one of the first spacers to either side of the gate. The extension junctions and the buried oxide not protected by the gate, the first spacers, and the second spacers are etched back to create voids. The voids are filled with a semiconductor material such that a top surface of the semiconductor material extending below top surfaces of the extension junctions, to form recessed source-drain regions. A silicide layer is formed on the recessed source-drain regions, the extension junctions, and the gate not protected by the first spacers and the second spacers. | 08-02-2012 |
20120217561 | Structure And Method For Adjusting Threshold Voltage Of The Array Of Transistors - A semiconductor device including a charge storage element present in a buried dielectric layer of the substrate on which the semiconductor device is formed. Charge injection may be used to introduce charge to the charge storage element of the buried dielectric layer that is present within the substrate. The charge that is injected to the charge storage element may be used to adjust the threshold voltage (Vt) of each of the semiconductor devices within an array of semiconductor devices that are present on the substrate. | 08-30-2012 |
20120241902 | SELF-ALIGNED DUAL DEPTH ISOLATION AND METHOD OF FABRICATION - FDSOI devices and methods for the fabrication thereof are provided. In one aspect, a method for fabricating a device includes the following steps. A wafer is provided having a substrate, a BOX and a SOI layer. A hardmask layer is deposited over the SOI layer. A photoresist layer is deposited over the hardmask layer and patterned into groups of segments. A tilted implant is performed to damage all but those portions of the hardmask layer covered or shadowed by the segments. Portions of the hardmask layer damaged by the implant are removed. A first etch is performed through the hardmask layer to form a deep trench in the SOI layer, the BOX and at least a portion of the substrate. The hardmask layer is patterned using the patterned photoresist layer. A second etch is performed through the hardmask layer to form shallow trenches in the SOI layer. | 09-27-2012 |
20120256238 | Junction Field Effect Transistor With An Epitaxially Grown Gate Structure - A method of fabricating a semiconductor device that includes forming a replacement gate structure on a portion of a semiconductor substrate, wherein source regions and drain regions are formed in opposing sides of the replacement gate structure. A dielectric is formed on the semiconductor substrate having an upper surface that is coplanar with an upper surface of the replacement gate structure. The replacement gate structure is removed to provide an opening to an exposed portion of the semiconductor substrate. A functional gate conductor is epitaxially grown within the opening in direct contact with the exposed portion of the semiconductor substrate. The method is applicable to planar metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETs) and fin field effect transistors (finFETs). | 10-11-2012 |
20120256260 | DUAL-DEPTH SELF-ALIGNED ISOLATION STRUCTURE FOR A BACK GATE ELECTRODE - Doped semiconductor back gate regions self-aligned to active regions are formed by first patterning a top semiconductor layer and a buried insulator layer to form stacks of a buried insulator portion and a semiconductor portion. Oxygen is implanted into an underlying semiconductor layer at an angle so that oxygen-implanted regions are formed in areas that are not shaded by the stack or masking structures thereupon. The oxygen implanted portions are converted into deep trench isolation structures that are self-aligned to sidewalls of the active regions, which are the semiconductor portions in the stacks. Dopant ions are implanted into the portions of the underlying semiconductor layer between the deep trench isolation structures to form doped semiconductor back gate regions. A shallow trench isolation structure is formed on the deep trench isolation structures and between the stacks. | 10-11-2012 |
20120261757 | STRAINED THIN BODY CMOS DEVICE HAVING VERTICALLY RAISED SOURCE/DRAIN STRESSORS WITH SINGLE SPACER - A method of forming a transistor device includes forming a patterned gate structure over a semiconductor substrate; forming a spacer layer over the semiconductor substrate and patterned gate structure; removing horizontally disposed portions of the spacer layer so as to form a vertical sidewall spacer adjacent the patterned gate structure; and forming a raised source/drain (RSD) structure over the semiconductor substrate and adjacent the vertical sidewall spacer, wherein the RSD structure has a substantially vertical sidewall profile so as to abut the vertical sidewall spacer and produce one of a compressive and a tensile strain on a channel region of the semiconductor substrate below the patterned gate structure. | 10-18-2012 |
20120267722 | Compressively Stressed FET Device Structures - An FET device structure has a Fin-FET device with a fin of a Si based material. An oxide element is abutting the fin and exerts pressure onto the fin. The Fin-FET device channel is compressively stressed due to the pressure on the fin. A further FET device structure has Fin-FET devices in a row. An oxide element extending perpendicularly to the row of fins is abutting the fins and exerts pressure onto the fins. Device channels of the Fin-FET devices are compressively stressed due to the pressure on the fins. | 10-25-2012 |
20120280290 | LOCAL INTERCONNECT STRUCTURE SELF-ALIGNED TO GATE STRUCTURE - A common cut mask is employed to define a gate pattern and a local interconnect pattern so that local interconnect structures and gate structures are formed with zero overlay variation relative to one another. A local interconnect structure may be laterally spaced from a gate structure in a first horizontal direction, and contact another gate structure in a second horizontal direction that is different from the first horizontal direction. Further, a gate structure may be formed to be collinear with a local interconnect structure that adjoins the gate structure. The local interconnect structures and the gate structures are formed by a common damascene processing step so that the top surfaces of the gate structures and the local interconnect structures are coplanar with each other. | 11-08-2012 |
20120286350 | TUNNEL FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR - An FET device characterized as being an asymmetrical tunnel FET (TFET) is disclosed. The TFET includes a gate-stack, a channel region underneath the gate-stack, a first and a second junction adjoining the gate-stack and being capable for electrical continuity with the channel. The first junction and the second junction are of different conductivity types. The TFET also includes spacer formations in a manner that the spacer formation on one side of the gate-stack is thinner than on the other side. | 11-15-2012 |
20120299075 | SOI Trench Dram Structure With Backside Strap - In one exemplary embodiment, a semiconductor structure including: a SOI substrate having a top silicon layer overlying an insulation layer, the insulation layer overlies a bottom silicon layer; a capacitor disposed at least partially in the insulation layer; a device disposed at least partially on the top silicon layer, the device is coupled to a doped portion of the top silicon layer; a backside strap of first epitaxially-deposited material, at least a first portion of the backside strap underlies the doped portion, the backside strap is coupled to the doped portion of the top silicon layer at a first end of the backside strap and to the capacitor at a second end of the backside strap; and second epitaxially-deposited material that at least partially overlies the doped portion of the top silicon layer, the second epitaxially-deposited material further at least partially overlies the first portion. | 11-29-2012 |
20120302020 | SOI Trench Dram Structure With Backside Strap - In one exemplary embodiment, a semiconductor structure including: a SOI substrate having a top silicon layer overlying an insulation layer, the insulation layer overlies a bottom silicon layer; a capacitor disposed at least partially in the insulation layer; a device disposed at least partially on the top silicon layer, the device is coupled to a doped portion of the top silicon layer; a backside strap of first epitaxially-deposited material, at least a first portion of the backside strap underlies the doped portion, the backside strap is coupled to the doped portion of the top silicon layer at a first end of the backside strap and to the capacitor at a second end of the backside strap; and second epitaxially-deposited material that at least partially overlies the doped portion of the top silicon layer, the second epitaxially-deposited material further at least partially overlies the first portion. | 11-29-2012 |
20120319232 | Self-Aligned Dual Depth Isolation and Method of Fabrication - FDSOI devices and methods for the fabrication thereof are provided. In one aspect, a method for fabricating a device includes the following steps. A wafer is provided having a substrate, a BOX and a SOI layer. A hardmask layer is deposited over the SOI layer. A photoresist layer is deposited over the hardmask layer and patterned into groups of segments. A tilted implant is performed to damage all but those portions of the hardmask layer covered or shadowed by the segments. Portions of the hardmask layer damaged by the implant are removed. A first etch is performed through the hardmask layer to form a deep trench in the SOI layer, the BOX and at least a portion of the substrate. The hardmask layer is patterned using the patterned photoresist layer. A second etch is performed through the hardmask layer to form shallow trenches in the SOI layer. | 12-20-2012 |
20120329232 | Raised Source/Drain Field Effect Transistor - In one exemplary embodiment of the invention, a semiconductor structure includes: a substrate; and a plurality of devices at least partially overlying the substrate, where the plurality of devices include a first device coupled to a second device via a first raised source/drain having a first length, where the first device is further coupled to a second raised source/drain having a second length, where the first device comprises a transistor, where the first raised source/drain and the second raised source/drain at least partially overly the substrate, where the second raised source/drain comprises a terminal electrical contact, where the second length is greater than the first length. | 12-27-2012 |
20130043520 | Raised Source/Drain Field Effect Transistor - In one exemplary embodiment of the invention, a semiconductor structure includes: a substrate; and a plurality of devices at least partially overlying the substrate, where the plurality of devices include a first device coupled to a second device via a first raised source/drain having a first length, where the first device is further coupled to a second raised source/drain having a second length, where the first device comprises a transistor, where the first raised source/drain and the second raised source/drain at least partially overly the substrate, where the second raised source/drain comprises a terminal electrical contact, where the second length is greater than the first length. | 02-21-2013 |
20130069171 | Controlled Fin-Merging for Fin Type FET Devices - A placement of non-planar FET devices is disclosed, which includes non-planar devices that have electrodes, and the electrodes contain fins and an epitaxial layer which merges the fins together. The non-planar devices are so placed that their gate structures are in a parallel configuration separated from one another by a first distance, and the fins of differing non-planar devices line up in essentially straight lines. The electrodes of differing FET devices are separated from one another by a cut defined by opposing facets of the electrodes, with the opposing facets also defining the width of the cut. The width of the cut is smaller than one fifth of the first distance which separates the gate structures. | 03-21-2013 |
20130105818 | MOSFET WITH THIN SEMICONDUCTOR CHANNEL AND EMBEDDED STRESSOR WITH ENHANCED JUNCTION ISOLATION AND METHOD OF FABRICATION | 05-02-2013 |
20130127067 | THROUGH SILICON VIA IN N+ EPITAXY WAFERS WITH REDUCED PARASITIC CAPACITANCE - A semiconductor device includes an epitaxy layer formed on semiconductor substrate, a device layer formed on the epitaxy layer, a trench formed within the semiconductor substrate and including a dielectric layer forming a liner within the trench and a conductive core forming a through-silicon via conductor, and a deep trench isolation structure formed within the substrate and surrounding the through-silicon via conductor. A region of the epitaxy layer formed between the through-silicon via conductor and the deep trench isolation structure is electrically isolated from any signals applied to the semiconductor device, thereby decreasing parasitic capacitance. | 05-23-2013 |
20130143371 | DUAL-DEPTH SELF-ALIGNED ISOLATION STRUCTURE FOR A BACK GATE ELECTRODE - Doped semiconductor back gate regions self-aligned to active regions are formed by first patterning a top semiconductor layer and a buried insulator layer to form stacks of a buried insulator portion and a semiconductor portion. Oxygen is implanted into an underlying semiconductor layer at an angle so that oxygen-implanted regions are formed in areas that are not shaded by the stack or masking structures thereupon. The oxygen implanted portions are converted into deep trench isolation structures that are self-aligned to sidewalls of the active regions, which are the semiconductor portions in the stacks. Dopant ions are implanted into the portions of the underlying semiconductor layer between the deep trench isolation structures to form doped semiconductor back gate regions. A shallow trench isolation structure is formed on the deep trench isolation structures and between the stacks. | 06-06-2013 |
20130153929 | METHOD AND STRUCTURE FOR FORMING HIGH-K/METAL GATE EXTREMELY THIN SEMICONDUCTOR ON INSULATOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device is provided that includes a gate structure present on a substrate. The gate structure includes a gate conductor with an undercut region in sidewalls of a first portion of the gate conductor, wherein a second portion of the gate conductor is present over the first portion of the gate conductor and includes a protruding portion over the undercut region. A spacer is adjacent to sidewalls of the gate structure, wherein the spacer includes an extending portion filling the undercut region. A raised source region and a raised drain region is present adjacent to the spacers. The raised source region and the raised drain region are separated from the gate conductor by the extending portion of the spacers. | 06-20-2013 |
20130157423 | MOSFETs WITH REDUCED CONTACT RESISTANCE - A method and structure for forming a field effect transistor with reduced contact resistance are provided. The reduced contact resistance is manifested by a reduced metal semiconductor alloy contact resistance and a reduced conductively filled via contact-to-metal semiconductor alloy contact resistance. The reduced contact resistance is achieved in this disclosure by texturing the surface of the transistor's source region and/or the transistor's drain region. Typically, both the source region and the drain region are textured in the present disclosure. The textured source region and/or the textured drain region have an increased area as compared to a conventional transistor that includes a flat source region and/or a flat drain region. A metal semiconductor alloy, e.g., a silicide, is formed on the textured surface of the source region and/or the textured surface of the drain region. A conductively filled via contact is formed atop the metal semiconductor alloy. | 06-20-2013 |
20130161693 | THIN HETEREOSTRUCTURE CHANNEL DEVICE - A method of fabricating a semiconductor device that includes providing a substrate having at least a first semiconductor layer atop a dielectric layer, wherein the first semiconductor layer has a first thickness of less than 10 nm. The first semiconductor layer is etched with a a halide based gas at a temperature of less than 675° C. to a second thickness that is less than the first thickness. A second semiconductor layer is epitaxially formed on an etched surface of the first semiconductor layer. A gate structure is formed directly on the second semiconductor layer. A source region and a drain region is formed on opposing sides of the gate structure. | 06-27-2013 |
20130161694 | THIN HETEREOSTRUCTURE CHANNEL DEVICE - A method of fabricating a semiconductor device that includes providing a substrate having at least a first semiconductor layer atop a dielectric layer, wherein the first semiconductor layer has a first thickness of less than 10 nm. The first semiconductor layer is etched with a halide based gas at a temperature of less than 675° C. to a second thickness that is less than the first thickness. A second semiconductor layer is epitaxially formed on an etched surface of the first semiconductor layer. A gate structure is formed directly on the second semiconductor layer. A source region and a drain region is formed on opposing sides of the gate structure. | 06-27-2013 |
20130161706 | JUNCTION FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR WITH AN EPITAXIALLY GROWN GATE STRUCTURE - A method of fabricating a semiconductor device that includes forming a replacement gate structure on a portion of a semiconductor substrate, wherein source regions and drain regions are formed in opposing sides of the replacement gate structure. A dielectric is formed on the semiconductor substrate having an upper surface that is coplanar with an upper surface of the replacement gate structure. The replacement gate structure is removed to provide an opening to an exposed portion of the semiconductor substrate. A functional gate conductor is epitaxially grown within the opening in direct contact with the exposed portion of the semiconductor substrate. The method is applicable to planar metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETs) and fin field effect transistors (finFETs). | 06-27-2013 |
20130187129 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES FABRICATED BY DOPED MATERIAL LAYER AS DOPANT SOURCE - A method of forming a semiconductor device is provided, in which the dopant for the source and drain regions is introduced from a doped dielectric layer. In one example, a gate structure is formed on a semiconductor layer of an SOI substrate, in which the thickness of the semiconductor layer is less than 10 nm. A doped dielectric layer is formed over at least the portion of the semiconductor layer that is adjacent to the gate structure. The dopant from the doped dielectric layer is driven into the portion of the semiconductor layer that is adjacent to the gate structure. The dopant diffused into the semiconductor provides source and drain extension regions. | 07-25-2013 |
20130200433 | STRAINED CHANNEL FOR DEPLETED CHANNEL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - A planar semiconductor device including a semiconductor on insulator (SOI) substrate with source and drain portions having a thickness of less than 10 nm that are separated by a multi-layered strained channel. The multi-layer strained channel of the SOI layer includes a first layer with a first lattice dimension that is present on the buried dielectric layer of the SOI substrate, and a second layer of a second lattice dimension that is in direct contact with the first layer of the multi-layer strained channel portion. A functional gate structure is present on the multi-layer strained channel portion of the SOI substrate. The semiconductor device having the multi-layered channel may also be a finFET semiconductor device. | 08-08-2013 |
20130200459 | STRAINED CHANNEL FOR DEPLETED CHANNEL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - A planar semiconductor device including a semiconductor on insulator (SOI) substrate with source and drain portions having a thickness of less than 10 nm that are separated by a multi-layered strained channel The multi-layer strained channel of the SOI layer includes a first layer with a first lattice dimension that is present on the buried dielectric layer of the SOI substrate, and a second layer of a second lattice dimension that is in direct contact with the first layer of the multi-layer strained channel portion. A functional gate structure is present on the multi-layer strained channel portion of the SOI substrate. The semiconductor device having the multi-layered channel may also be a finFET semiconductor device. | 08-08-2013 |
20130230949 | EMBEDDED DRAM FOR EXTREMELY THIN SEMICONDUCTOR-ON-INSULATOR - A node dielectric and a conductive trench fill region filling a deep trench are recessed to a depth that is substantially coplanar with a top surface of a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) layer. A shallow trench isolation portion is formed on one side of an upper portion of the deep trench, while the other side of the upper portion of the deep trench provides an exposed surface of a semiconductor material of the conductive fill region. A selective epitaxy process is performed to deposit a raised source region and a raised strap region. The raised source region is formed directly on a planar source region within the SOI layer, and the raised strap region is formed directly on the conductive fill region. The raised strap region contacts the raised source region to provide an electrically conductive path between the planar source region and the conductive fill region. | 09-05-2013 |
20130270560 | METHOD FOR FORMING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH EPITAXY SOURCE AND DRAIN REGIONS INDEPENDENT OF PATTERNING AND LOADING - A method of fabricating a semiconductor device that includes providing a gate structure on a channel portion of a semiconductor on insulator (SOI) layer of a semiconductor on insulator (SOI) substrate, and forming an amorphous semiconductor layer on at least a source region portion and a drain region portion of the SOI layer. The amorphous semiconductor layer is converted to a crystalline semiconductor material, wherein the crystalline semiconductor material provides a raised source region and a raised drain region of the semiconductor device. The method may be applicable to planar semiconductor devices and finFET semiconductor devices. | 10-17-2013 |
20130270561 | METHOD FOR FORMING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH EPITAXY SOURCE AND DRAIN REGIONS INDEPENDENT OF PATTERNING AND LOADING - A method of fabricating a semiconductor device that includes providing a gate structure on a channel portion of a semiconductor on insulator (SOI) layer of a semiconductor on insulator (SOI) substrate, and forming an amorphous semiconductor layer on at least a source region portion and a drain region portion of the SOI layer. The amorphous semiconductor layer is converted to a crystalline semiconductor material, wherein the crystalline semiconductor material provides a raised source region and a raised drain region of the semiconductor device. The method may be applicable to planar semiconductor devices and finFET semiconductor devices. | 10-17-2013 |
20130299897 | INVERTED THIN CHANNEL MOSFET WITH SELF-ALIGNED EXPANDED SOURCE/DRAIN - After formation of a gate electrode, a source trench and a drain trench are formed down to an upper portion of a bottom semiconductor layer having a first semiconductor material of a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrate. The source trench and the drain trench are filled with at least with a second semiconductor material that is different from the first semiconductor material to form source and drain regions. A planarized dielectric layer is formed and a handle substrate is attached over the source and drain regions. The bottom semiconductor layer is thinned, and remaining portions of the bottom semiconductor layer are removed selective to the second semiconductor material, the buried insulator layer, and a shallow trench isolation structure. A contact level dielectric layer is deposited on surfaces of the source and drain regions that are distal from the gate electrode, and contact vias are formed through the contact level dielectric layer. | 11-14-2013 |
20130299902 | FORMATION METHOD AND STRUCTURE FOR A WELL-CONTROLLED METALLIC SOURCE/DRAIN SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A device and method for forming a semiconductor device include growing a raised semiconductor region on a channel layer adjacent to a gate structure. A space is formed between the raised semiconductor region and the gate structure. A metal layer is deposited on at least the raised semiconductor region. The raised semiconductor region is silicided to form a silicide into the channel layer which extends deeper into the channel layer at a position corresponding to the space. | 11-14-2013 |
20130302950 | INVERTED THIN CHANNEL MOSFET WITH SELF-ALIGNED EXPANDED SOURCE/DRAIN - After formation of a gate electrode, a source trench and a drain trench are formed down to an upper portion of a bottom semiconductor layer having a first semiconductor material of a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrate. The source trench and the drain trench are filled with at least with a second semiconductor material that is different from the first semiconductor material to form source and drain regions. A planarized dielectric layer is formed and a handle substrate is attached over the source and drain regions. The bottom semiconductor layer is thinned, and remaining portions of the bottom semiconductor layer are removed selective to the second semiconductor material, the buried insulator layer, and a shallow trench isolation structure. A contact level dielectric layer is deposited on surfaces of the source and drain regions that are distal from the gate electrode, and contact vias are formed through the contact level dielectric layer. | 11-14-2013 |
20130302962 | MOSFET WITH THIN SEMICONDUCTOR CHANNEL AND EMBEDDED STRESSOR WITH ENHANCED JUNCTION ISOLATION AND METHOD OF FABRICATION - A field effect transistor structure that uses thin semiconductor on insulator channel to control the electrostatic integrity of the device. Embedded stressors are epitaxially grown in the source/drain area from a template in the silicon substrate through an opening made in the buried oxide in the source/drain region. In addition, a dielectric layer is formed between the embedded stressor and the semiconductor region under the buried oxide layer, which is located directly beneath the channel to suppress junction capacitance and leakage. | 11-14-2013 |
20130313643 | Structure and Method to Modulate Threshold Voltage For High-K Metal Gate Field Effect Transistors (FETs) - A method for forming an electrical device that includes forming a high-k gate dielectric layer over a semiconductor substrate that is patterned to separate a first portion of the high-k gate dielectric layer that is present on a first conductivity device region from a second portion of the high-k gate dielectric layer that is present on a second conductivity device region. A connecting gate conductor is formed on the first portion and the second portion of the high-k gate dielectric layer. The connecting gate conductor extends from the first conductivity device region over the isolation region to the second conductivity device region. One of the first conductivity device region and the second conductivity device region may then be exposed to an oxygen containing atmosphere. Exposure with the oxygen containing atmosphere modifies a threshold voltage of the semiconductor device that is exposed. | 11-28-2013 |
20130316503 | STRUCTURE AND METHOD TO MODULATE THRESHOLD VOLTAGE FOR HIGH-K METAL GATE FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS (FETs) - A method for forming an electrical device that includes forming a high-k gate dielectric layer over a semiconductor substrate that is patterned to separate a first portion of the high-k gate dielectric layer that is present on a first conductivity device region from a second portion of the high-k gate dielectric layer that is present on a second conductivity device region. A connecting gate conductor is formed on the first portion and the second portion of the high-k gate dielectric layer. The connecting gate conductor extends from the first conductivity device region over the isolation region to the second conductivity device region. One of the first conductivity device region and the second conductivity device region may then be exposed to an oxygen containing atmosphere. Exposure with the oxygen containing atmosphere modifies a threshold voltage of the semiconductor device that is exposed. | 11-28-2013 |
20130330887 | STRAINED THIN BODY CMOS DEVICE HAVING VERTICALLY RAISED SOURCE/DRAIN STRESSORS WITH SINGLE SPACER - A method of forming a transistor device includes forming a patterned gate structure over a semiconductor substrate; forming a spacer layer over the semiconductor substrate and patterned gate structure; removing horizontally disposed portions of the spacer layer so as to form a vertical sidewall spacer adjacent the patterned gate structure; and forming a raised source/drain (RSD) structure over the semiconductor substrate and adjacent the vertical sidewall spacer, wherein the RSD structure has a substantially vertical sidewall profile so as to abut the vertical sidewall spacer and produce one of a compressive and a tensile strain on a channel region of the semiconductor substrate below the patterned gate structure. | 12-12-2013 |
20140049315 | Inversion Mode Varactor - In one exemplary embodiment of the invention, a method includes: providing an inversion mode varactor having a substrate, a backgate layer overlying the substrate, an insulating layer overlying the backgate layer, a semiconductor layer overlying the insulating layer and at least one metal-oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) device disposed upon the semiconductor layer, where the semiconductor layer includes a source region and a drain region, where the at least one MOSFET device includes a gate stack defining a channel between the source region and the drain region, where the gate stack has a gate dielectric layer overlying the semiconductor layer and a conductive layer overlying the gate dielectric layer; and applying a bias voltage to the backgate layer to form an inversion region in the semiconductor layer at an interface between the semiconductor layer and the insulating layer. | 02-20-2014 |
20140061820 | BULK FINFET WITH CONTROLLED FIN HEIGHT AND HIGH-K LINER - A method of forming a semiconductor device that includes forming a material stack on a semiconductor substrate, the material stack including a first dielectric layer on the substrate, a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer, and a third dielectric layer on the second dielectric layer, wherein the second dielectric layer is a high-k dielectric. Openings are formed through the material stack to expose a surface of the semiconductor substrate. A semiconductor material is formed in the openings through the material stack. The first dielectric layer is removed selectively to the second dielectric layer and the semiconductor material. A gate structure is formed on a channel portion of the semiconductor material. In some embodiments, the method may provide a plurality of finFET or trigate semiconductor device in which the fin structures of those devices have substantially the same height. | 03-06-2014 |
20140070333 | SELF ALIGNED CONTACT WITH IMPROVED ROBUSTNESS - A method of forming a semiconductor device including providing a functional gate structure on a channel portion of a semiconductor substrate. A gate sidewall spacer is adjacent to the functional gate structure and an interlevel dielectric layer is present adjacent to the gate sidewall spacer. The upper surface of the gate conductor is recessed relative to the interlevel dielectric layer. A multi-layered cap is formed a recessed surface of the gate structure, wherein at least one layer of the multi-layered cap includes a high-k dielectric material and is present on a sidewall of the gate sidewall spacer at an upper surface of the functional gate structure. Via openings are etched through the interlevel dielectric layer selectively to at least the high-k dielectric material of the multi-layered cap, wherein at least the high-k dielectric material protects a sidewall of the gate conductor. | 03-13-2014 |
20140091281 | NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE EMPLOYING SEMICONDUCTOR NANOPARTICLES - Semiconductor nanoparticles are deposited on a top surface of a first insulator layer of a substrate. A second insulator layer is deposited over the semiconductor nanoparticles and the first insulator layer. A semiconductor layer is then bonded to the second insulator layer to provide a semiconductor-on-insulator substrate, which includes a buried insulator layer including the first and second insulator layers and embedded semiconductor nanoparticles therein. Back gate electrodes are formed underneath the buried insulator layer, and shallow trench isolation structures are formed to isolate the back gate electrodes. Field effect transistors are formed in a memory device region and a logic device region employing same processing steps. The embedded nanoparticles can be employed as a charge storage element of non-volatile memory devices, in which charge carriers tunnel through the second insulator layer into or out of the semiconductor nanoparticles during writing and erasing. | 04-03-2014 |
20140117422 | FIN FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS HAVING A NITRIDE CONTAINING SPACER TO REDUCE LATERAL GROWTH OF EPITAXIALLY DEPOSITED SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS - A fin field effect transistor including a plurality of fin structures on a substrate, and a shared gate structure on a channel portion of the plurality of fin structures. The fin field effect transistor further includes an epitaxial semiconductor material having a first portion between adjacent fin structures in the plurality of fin structures and a second portion present on outermost sidewalls of end fin structures of the plurality of fin structures. The epitaxial semiconductor material provides a source region and at drain region to each fin structure of the plurality of fin structures. A nitride containing spacer is present on the outermost sidewalls of the second portion of the epitaxial semiconductor material. | 05-01-2014 |
20140124840 | PREVENTION OF FIN EROSION FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - A dielectric metal compound liner can be deposited on a semiconductor fin prior to formation of a disposable gate structure. The dielectric metal compound liner protects the semiconductor fin during the pattering of the disposable gate structure and a gate spacer. The dielectric metal compound liner can be removed prior to formation of source and drain regions and a replacement gate structure. Alternately, a dielectric metal compound liner can be deposited on a semiconductor fin and a gate stack, and can be removed after formation of a gate spacer. Further, a dielectric metal compound liner can be deposited on a semiconductor fin and a disposable gate structure, and can be removed after formation of a gate spacer and removal of the disposable gate structure. The dielectric metal compound liner can protect the semiconductor fin during formation of the gate spacer in each embodiment. | 05-08-2014 |
20140124862 | STRUCTURE AND METHOD TO IMPROVE ETSOI MOSFETS WITH BACK GATE - A structure to improve ETSOI MOSFET devices includes a wafer having regions with at least a first semiconductor layer overlying an oxide layer overlying a second semiconductor layer. The regions are separated by a STI which extends at least partially into the second semiconductor layer and is partially filled with a dielectric. A gate structure is formed over the first semiconductor layer and during the wet cleans involved, the STI divot erodes until it is at a level below the oxide layer. Another dielectric layer is deposited over the device and a hole is etched to reach source and drain regions. The hole is not fully landed, extending at least partially into the STI, and an insulating material is deposited in the hole. | 05-08-2014 |
20140145246 | JUNCTION FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR WITH AN EPITAXIALLY GROWN GATE STRUCTURE - A method of fabricating a semiconductor device that includes forming a replacement gate structure on a portion of a semiconductor substrate, wherein source regions and drain regions are formed in opposing sides of the replacement gate structure. A dielectric is formed on the semiconductor substrate having an upper surface that is coplanar with an upper surface of the replacement gate structure. The replacement gate structure is removed to provide an opening to an exposed portion of the semiconductor substrate. A functional gate conductor is epitaxially grown within the opening in direct contact with the exposed portion of the semiconductor substrate. The method is applicable to planar metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETs) and fin field effect transistors (finFETs). | 05-29-2014 |
20140145263 | Finfet Semiconductor Device Having Increased Gate Height Control - A semiconductor device includes a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate having a buried oxide (BOX) layer, and a plurality of semiconductor fins formed on the BOX layer. The plurality of semiconductor fins include at least one pair of fins defining a BOX region therebetween. Gate lines are formed on the SOI substrate and extend across the plurality of semiconductor fins. Each gate line initially includes a dummy gate and a hardmask. A high dielectric (high-k) layer is formed on the hardmask and the BOX regions. At least one spacer is formed on each gate line such that the high-k layer is disposed between the spacer and the hardmask. A replacement gate process replaces the hardmask and the dummy gate with a metal gate. The high-k layer is ultimately removed from the gate line, while the high-k layer remains on the BOX region. | 05-29-2014 |
20140346612 | BULK SEMICONDUCTOR FINS WITH SELF-ALIGNED SHALLOW TRENCH ISOLATION STRUCTURES - A silicon-carbon alloy layer and a silicon-germanium alloy layer are sequentially formed on a silicon-containing substrate with epitaxial alignment. Trenches are formed in the silicon-germanium alloy layer by an anisotropic etch employing a patterned hard mask layer as an etch mask and the silicon-carbon alloy layer as an etch stop layer. Fin-containing semiconductor material portions are formed on a bottom surface and sidewalls of each trench with epitaxial alignment with the silicon-germanium alloy layer and the silicon-carbon alloy layer. The hard mask layer and the silicon-germanium alloy layer are removed, and an oxygen-impermeable spacer is formed on sidewalls of each fin-containing semiconductor material portion. Physically exposed semiconductor portions are converted into semiconductor oxide portions, and the oxygen-impermeable spacers are removed. The remaining portions of the fin-containing semiconductor portions include semiconductor fins, which can be employed to form semiconductor devices. | 11-27-2014 |