Patents by Inventor Yunfei Liu

Yunfei Liu has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20160276467
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a FinFET device is provided, comprising: a. providing a substrate (100); b. forming a fin (200) on the substrate; c. forming an shallow trench isolation structure (300) on the substrate; d. forming an sacrificial gate stack on the isolation structure, wherein the sacrificial gate stack intersects the fin; e. forming source/drain doping regions by ion implantation into the fin; f. depositing an interlayer dielectric layer (400) on the substrate; g. removing the sacrificial gate stack to form a sacrificial gate vacancy; h. forming an doped region (201) under the sacrificial gate vacancy; i. etching the shallow trench isolation structure (300) under the sacrificial gate vacancy until the top surface of the shallow trench isolation structure (300) levels with the bottom surface of the source/drain doping regions; j. forming a new gate stack in the sacrificial gate vacancy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Yunfei Liu, Haizhou Yin, Keke Zhang
  • Publication number: 20160163832
    Abstract: There is provided a FinFET fabricating method, comprising: a. providing a substrate ; b. forming a fin on the substrate; c. forming a channel protective layer on the fin; d. forming a shallow trench isolation on both sides of the fin; e. forming a sacrificial gate stack and a spacer on the top surface and sidewalls of the channel region which is in the middle of the fin; f. forming source/drain regions in both ends of the fin; g. depositing an interlayer dielectric layer on the sacrificial gate stack and the source/drain regions, planarizing later to expose the sacrificial gate stack; h. removing the sacrificial gate stack stack to form a sacrificial gate vacancy and expose the channel region and the channel protective layer; i. covering a portion of the semiconductor structure in one end of the fin with a photoresist layer; j. removing a portion of the spacer not covered; k. removing the photoresist layer and filling a gate stack in the sacrificial gate vacancy; l.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Haizhou YIN, Yunfei LIU
  • Publication number: 20150380411
    Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor structure, which comprises a semiconductor substrate and at least two semiconductor fins located on the semiconductor substrate, wherein: the at least two semiconductor fins are parallel to each other; and the parallel sidewall surfaces of the at least two semiconductor fins have different crystal planes. The present invention further provides a method for manufacturing aforesaid semiconductor structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Haizhou Yin, Yunfei Liu
  • Patent number: 9209269
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure comprises following steps: providing an SOI substrate, forming a gate stack on the SOI substrate, forming sidewall spacers on sidewalls of the gate stack, and forming source/drain regions on each side of the gate stack; depositing a first metal layer on surfaces of an entire semiconductor structure, and then removing the first metal layer; forming an amorphous semiconductor layer on surfaces of the source/drain regions; depositing a second metal layer on surfaces of the entire semiconductor structure, and then removing the second metal layer; and annealing the semiconductor structure. Accordingly, the present invention further provides a semiconductor structure. The present invention is capable of effectively reducing contact resistance at source/drain regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Haizhou Yin, Jing Xu, Yunfei Liu
  • Publication number: 20150162415
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure comprises following steps: providing an SOI substrate, forming a gate stack on the SOI substrate, forming sidewall spacers on sidewalls of the gate stack, and forming source/drain regions on each side of the gate stack; depositing a first metal layer on surfaces of an entire semiconductor structure, and then removing the first metal layer; forming an amorphous semiconductor layer on surfaces of the source/drain regions; depositing a second metal layer on surfaces of the entire semiconductor structure, and then removing the second metal layer; and annealing the semiconductor structure. Accordingly, the present invention further provides a semiconductor structure. The present invention is capable of effectively reducing contact resistance at source/drain regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Haizhou Yin, Jing Xu, Yunfei Liu
  • Patent number: 8999802
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises: forming a gate stack on a substrate, wherein the gate stack comprises a gate dielectric layer and a gate conductor layer; selectively etching end portions of the gate dielectric layer to form gaps; and filling a material for the gate dielectric layer into the gaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Yunfei Liu, Haizhou Yin
  • Publication number: 20140087538
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises: forming a gate stack on a substrate, wherein the gate stack comprises a gate dielectric layer and a gate conductor layer; selectively etching end portions of the gate dielectric layer to form gaps; and filling a material for the gate dielectric layer into the gaps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Institue of Microelectronics Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Yunfei Liu, Haizhou Yin