Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080220574 | METHOD OF FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of fabricating a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) device is provided. A first conductive type MOS transistor including a source/drain region using a semiconductor compound as major material is formed in a first region of a substrate. A second conductive type MOS transistor is formed in a second region of the substrate. Next, a pre-amorphous implantation (PAI) process is performed to amorphize a gate conductive layer of the second conductive type MOS transistor. Thereafter, a stress-transfer-scheme (STS) is formed on the substrate in the second region to generate a stress in the gate conductive layer. Afterwards, a rapid thermal annealing (RTA) process is performed to activate the dopants in the source/drain region. Then, the STS is removed. | 09-11-2008 |
20080237734 | COMPLEMENTARY METAL-OXIDE-SEMICONDUCTOR TRANSISTOR AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) transistor comprising a substrate, a first conductive type MOS transistor, a second conductive type MOS transistor, a buffer layer, a first stress layer and a second stress layer is provided. The substrate has a device isolation structure therein that defines a first active area and a second active area. The first conductive type MOS transistor and the second conductive type MOS transistor are respectively disposed in the first active area and the second active area of the substrate. A first nitride spacer of the first conductive type MOS transistor has a thickness greater than that of a second nitride spacer of the second conductive type MOS transistor. The buffer layer is disposed on the first conductive type MOS transistor. The first stress layer is disposed on the buffer layer. The second stress layer is disposed on the second conductive type MOS transistor. | 10-02-2008 |
20080242031 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING P-CHANNEL FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR (FET) - A method for fabrication a p-type channel FET includes forming a gate on a substrate. Then, a PAI ion implantation process is performed. Further, a pocket implantation process is conducted to form a pocket region. Thereafter, a first co-implantation process is performed to define a source/drain extension region depth profile. Then, a p-type source/drain extension region is formed. Afterwards, a second co-implantation process is performed to define a source/drain region depth profile. Thereafter, an in-situ doped epitaxy growth process is performed to form a doped semiconductor compound for serving as a p-type source/drain region. | 10-02-2008 |
20090166625 | MOS DEVICE STRUCTURE - The present invention provides a method for forming a metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) device and the structure thereof. The method includes at least the steps of forming a silicon germanium layer by the first selective epitaxy growth process and forming a cap layer on the silicon germanium layer by the second selective epitaxy growth process. Hence, the undesirable effects caused by ion implantation can be mitigated. | 07-02-2009 |
20090239347 | METHOD OF FORMING MOS DEVICE - The present invention provides a method for forming a metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) device. The method includes at least the steps of forming a silicon germanium layer by the selective epitaxy growth process and forming a cap layer on the silicon germanium layer by the selective growth process. Hence, the undesirable effects caused by ion implantation can be mitigated. | 09-24-2009 |
20110097868 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING P-CHANNEL FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR (FET) - A method for fabrication a p-type channel FET includes forming a gate on a substrate. Then, a PAI ion implantation process is performed. Further, a pocket implantation process is conducted to form a pocket region. Thereafter, a first co-implantation process is performed to define a source/drain extension region depth profile. Then, a p-type source/drain extension region is formed. Afterwards, a second co-implantation process is performed to define a source/drain region depth profile. Thereafter, an in-situ doped epitaxy growth process is performed to form a doped semiconductor compound for serving as a p-type source/drain region. | 04-28-2011 |
20110104864 | METHOD OF FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of fabricating a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) device is provided. A first conductive type MOS transistor including a source/drain region using a semiconductor compound as major material is formed in a first region of a substrate. A second conductive type MOS transistor is formed in a second region of the substrate. Next, a pre-amorphous implantation (PAI) process is performed to amorphize a gate conductive layer of the second conductive type MOS transistor. Thereafter, a stress-transfer-scheme (STS) is formed on the substrate in the second region to generate a stress in the gate conductive layer. Afterwards, a rapid thermal annealing (RTA) process is performed to activate the dopants in the source/drain region. Then, the STS is removed. | 05-05-2011 |
20110156156 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device comprises a substrate, a first stress, and a second stress. The substrate has a first-type MOS transistor, an input/output (I/O) second-type MOS transistor, and a core second-type MOS transistor formed thereon. The first-type and the second-type are opposite conductivity types with respect to each other. The first stress layer is only disposed on the first-type MOS transistor, and the second stress layer is different from the first stress, and is only disposed on the core second-type MOS transistor. The I/O second-type MOS transistor is a type of I/O MOS transistor and without not noly the first stress layer but also the second stress layer disposed thereon, the core second-type MOS transistor is a type of core MOS transistor. | 06-30-2011 |
20110254064 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH CARBON ATOMS IMPLANTED UNDER GATE STRUCTURE - An exemplary semiconductor device includes a substrate, a spacer, a metal silicide layer and carbon atoms. The substrate has a gate structure formed thereon. The spacer is formed on the sidewall of the gate structure. The spacer has a first side adjacent to the gate structure and a second side away from the gate structure. The metal silicide layer is formed on the substrate and adjacent to the second side of the spacer but away from the first side of the spacer. The carbon atoms are formed into the substrate and adjacent to the first side of the spacer but away from the second side of the spacer. | 10-20-2011 |
20120009745 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR - A method for fabricating complimentary metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: (A) forming a first gate structure and a second gate structure on a substrate; (B) performing a first co-implantation process to define a first type source/drain extension region depth profile in the substrate adjacent to two sides of the first gate structure; (C) forming a first source/drain extension region in the substrate adjacent to the first gate structure; (D) performing a second co-implantation process to define a first pocket region depth profile in the substrate adjacent to two sides of the second gate structure; (E) performing a first pocket implantation process to form a first pocket region adjacent to two sides of the second gate structure. | 01-12-2012 |
20120045880 | METAL GATE TRANSISTOR AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A method for fabricating metal gate transistor is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: providing a substrate, wherein the substrate comprises a transistor region defined thereon; forming a gate insulating layer on the substrate; forming a stacked film on the gate insulating layer, wherein the stacked film comprises at least one etching stop layer, a polysilicon layer, and a hard mask; patterning the gate insulating layer and the stacked film for forming a dummy gate on the substrate; forming a dielectric layer on the dummy gate; performing a planarizing process for partially removing the dielectric layer until reaching the top of the dummy gate; removing the polysilicon layer of the dummy gate; removing the etching stop layer of the dummy gate for forming an opening; and forming a conductive layer in the opening for forming a gate. | 02-23-2012 |
20120070948 | ADJUSTING METHOD OF CHANNEL STRESS - An adjusting method of channel stress includes the following steps. A substrate is provided. A metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor is formed on the substrate. The MOSFET includes a source/drain region, a channel, a gate, a gate dielectric layer and a spacer. A dielectric layer is formed on the substrate and covers the metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor. A flattening process is applied onto the dielectric layer. The remaining dielectric layer is removed to expose the source/drain region. A non-conformal high stress dielectric layer is formed on the substrate having the exposed source/drain region. | 03-22-2012 |
20120086054 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - A semiconductor structure is disclosed. The semiconductor structure includes a gate structure disposed on a substrate, a source and a drain respectively disposed in the substrate at two sides of the gate structure, a source contact plug disposed above the source and electrically connected to the source and a drain contact plug disposed above the drain and electrically connected to the drain. The source contact plug and the drain contact plug have relatively asymmetric element properties. | 04-12-2012 |
20120196418 | METHOD OF FABRICATING TRANSISTORS - A method of fabricating transistors includes: providing a substrate including an N-type well and P-type well; forming a first gate on the N-type well and a second gate on the P-type well, respectively; forming a third spacer on the first gate; forming an epitaxial layer in the substrate at two sides of the first gate; forming a fourth spacer on the second gate; forming a silicon cap layer covering the surface of the epitaxial layer and the surface of the substrate at two sides of the fourth spacer; and forming a first source/drain doping region and a second source/drain doping region at two sides of the first gate and the second gate respectively. | 08-02-2012 |
20120199890 | TRANSISTOR STRUCTURE - A transistor structure is provided in the present invention. The transistor structure includes: a substrate comprising a P-type well, a gate disposed on the P-type well, a first spacer disposed on the gate, an N-type source/drain region disposed in the substrate at two sides of the gate, a silicon cap layer covering the N-type source/drain region, a second spacer around the first spacer and the second spacer directly on and covering a portion of the silicon cap layer and a silicide layer disposed on the silicon cap layer. | 08-09-2012 |
20120256276 | Metal Gate and Fabricating Method Thereof - A method of manufacturing a metal gate is provided. The method includes providing a substrate. Then, a gate dielectric layer is formed on the substrate. A multi-layered stack structure having a work function metal layer is formed on the gate dielectric layer. An O | 10-11-2012 |
20120289015 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH ENHANCED CHANNEL STRESS - A method for fabricating a semiconductor device with enhanced channel stress is provided. The method includes the following steps. Firstly, a substrate is provided. Then, at least one source/drain region and a channel are formed in the substrate. A dummy gate is formed over the channel. A contact structure is formed over the source/drain region. After the contact structure is formed, the dummy gate is removed to form a trench. | 11-15-2012 |
20120309158 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method for fabricating semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: providing a substrate; forming a dummy gate on the substrate; forming a contact etch stop layer on the dummy gate and the substrate; performing a planarizing process to partially remove the contact etch stop layer; partially removing the dummy gate; and performing a thermal treatment on the contact etch stop layer. | 12-06-2012 |
20120319214 | STRUCTURE OF METAL GATE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - A method for fabricating a metal gate includes the following steps. First, a substrate having an interfacial dielectric layer above the substrate is provided. Then, a gate trench having a barrier layer is formed in the interfacial dielectric layer. A source layer is disposed above the barrier layer. Next, a process is performed to have at least one element in the source layer move into the barrier layer. Finally, the barrier layer is removed and a metal layer fills up the gate trench. | 12-20-2012 |
20120329259 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING METAL-OXIDE- SEMICONDUCTOR FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR - A method for fabricating a metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor includes the following steps. Firstly, a substrate is provided. A gate structure, a first spacer, a second spacer and a source/drain structure are formed over the substrate. The second spacer includes an inner layer and an outer layer. Then, a thinning process is performed to reduce the thickness of the second spacer, thereby retaining the inner layer of the second spacer. After a stress film is formed on the inner layer of the second spacer and the source/drain structure, an annealing process is performed. Afterwards, the stress film is removed. | 12-27-2012 |
20130119479 | TRANSISTOR STRUCTURE - A transistor structure is provided in the present invention. The transistor structure includes: a substrate comprising a N-type well, a gate disposed on the N-type well, a spacer disposed on the gate, a first lightly doped region in the substrate below the spacer, a P-type source/drain region disposed in the substrate at two sides of the gate, a silicon cap layer covering the P-type source/drain region and the first lightly doped region and a silicide layer disposed on the silicon cap layer, and covering only a portion of the silicon cap layer. | 05-16-2013 |
20140339652 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH OXYGEN-CONTAINING METAL GATES - A semiconductor device with oxygen-containing metal gates includes a substrate, a gate dielectric layer and a multi-layered stack structure. The multi-layered stack structure is disposed on the substrate. At least one layer of the multi-layered stack structure includes a work function metal layer. The concentration of oxygen in the side of one layer of the multi-layered stack structure closer to the gate dielectric layer is less than that in the side of one layer of the multi-layered stack structure opposite to the gate dielectric layer. | 11-20-2014 |