With Lightly Doped Drain Selectively Formed At Side Of Gate (epo) Patents (Class 257/E21.437)
  • Patent number: 10971627
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a gate structure, a spacer structure and a source/drain structure that are formed on a surface of the semiconductor layer. The gate structure includes a dielectric structure, a metal structure and an insulator structure. The dielectric structure is formed on the surface of the semiconductor layer. A bottom of the metal structure contacts a top of the dielectric structure. The bottom of the insulator structure contacts a top of the metal structure and the insulator structure protrudes over the top of the metal structure. The spacer structure is configured to extend underneath the bottom of the insulator structure and contact a sidewall of the metal structure. The spacer structure is configured to space between the gate structure and the source/drain structure. The source/drain structure includes a source/drain doped structure, a silicide structure and a metal contact plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Sai-Hooi Yeong, Chi On Chui, Yu-Ming Lin, Chih-Hao Wang
  • Patent number: 10720494
    Abstract: Structures that integrate airgaps with a field-effect transistor and methods for forming a field-effect transistor with integrated airgaps. A first semiconductor layer is formed on a substrate, and a second semiconductor layer is formed over the first semiconductor layer. A source/drain region of a field-effect transistor is formed in the second semiconductor layer. An airgap is located in the first semiconductor layer, The airgap is arranged in a vertical direction between the source/drain region and the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
    Inventors: Steven M. Shank, Cameron Luce, Pernell Dongmo
  • Patent number: 10475901
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to manufacturing techniques and respective semiconductor devices in which the capping material of gate electrode structures may be removed together with portions of the capping material of resistors on the basis of a highly controllable directional etch process, wherein raised drain and source regions may be protected on the basis of a fill material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.
    Inventors: Hans-Juergen Thees, Peter Baars
  • Patent number: 10366922
    Abstract: A semiconductor device may comprise a plurality of conductive lines and a plurality of contact plugs. The plurality of conductive lines may include a first conductive line a second conductive line. The plurality of contact plugs may include a first contact plug and a second contact plug. The first contact plug may have a first pillar portion and a first protruding portion protruding from a sidewall of the first pillar portion at a first depth, so as to be in alignment and contact with a sidewall of the first conductive line. The second contact plug may have a second pillar portion and a second protruding portion protruding from a sidewall of the second pillar portion at a second depth, so as to be in alignment and contact with a sidewall of the second conductive line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Nam Jae Lee
  • Patent number: 10211307
    Abstract: In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, in a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, a fin structure in which first semiconductor layers and second semiconductor layers are alternately stacked is formed. A sacrificial gate structure is formed over the fin structure. A first cover layer is formed over the sacrificial gate structure, and a second cover layer is formed over the first cover layer. A source/drain epitaxial layer is formed. After the source/drain epitaxial layer is formed, the second cover layer is removed, thereby forming a gap between the source/drain epitaxial layer and the first cover layer, from which a part of the fin structure is exposed. Part of the first semiconductor layers is removed in the gap, thereby forming spaces between the second semiconductor layers. The spaces are filled with a first insulating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuo-Cheng Ching, Chih-Hao Wang, Ching-Wei Tsai, Kuan-Lun Cheng
  • Patent number: 9947792
    Abstract: A method for fabricating semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: providing a substrate having a first fin-shaped structure thereon; forming a spacer adjacent to the first fin-shaped structure; using the spacer as mask to remove part of the substrate for forming a second fin-shaped structure, in which the second fin-shaped structure comprises a top portion and a bottom portion; and forming a doped portion in the bottom portion of the second fin-shaped structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Li-Wei Feng, Shih-Hung Tsai, Chao-Hung Lin, Chih-Kai Hsu, Yu-Hsiang Hung, Jyh-Shyang Jenq
  • Patent number: 9647087
    Abstract: A method for forming a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes providing a semiconductor substrate with a gate stack formed on the semiconductor substrate. The method also includes forming a protection layer doped with a quadrivalent element to cover a first doped region formed in the semiconductor substrate and adjacent to the gate stack. The method further includes forming a main spacer layer on a sidewall of the gate stack to cover the protection layer and forming an insulating layer over the protection layer. In addition, the method includes forming an opening in the insulating layer to expose a second doped region formed in the semiconductor substrate and forming one contact in the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mei-Chun Chen, Ching-Chen Hao, Wen-Hsin Chan, Chao-Jui Wang
  • Patent number: 9263402
    Abstract: Device structures, design structures, and fabrication methods for a metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor. A gate structure is formed on a top surface of a substrate. First and second trenches are formed in the substrate adjacent to a sidewall of the gate structure. The second trench is formed laterally between the first trench and the first sidewall. First and second epitaxial layers are respectively formed in the first and second trenches. A contact is formed to the first epitaxial layer, which serves as a drain. The second epitaxial layer in the second trench is not contacted so that the second epitaxial layer serves as a ballasting resistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
    Inventors: James P. Di Sarro, Robert J. Gauthier, Jr., Junjun Li
  • Patent number: 9000525
    Abstract: The alignment mark and method for making the same are described. In one embodiment, a semiconductor structure includes a plurality of gate stacks formed on the semiconductor substrate and configured as an alignment mark; doped features formed in the semiconductor substrate and disposed on sides of each of the plurality of gate stacks; and channel regions underlying the plurality of gate stacks and free of channel dopant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Chang Wen, Hsien-Cheng Wang, Chun-Kuang Chen
  • Patent number: 8981490
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a CMOS integrated circuit (IC) includes implanting a first n-type dopant at a first masking level that exposes a p-region of a substrate surface having a first gate stack thereon to form NLDD regions for forming n-source/drain extension regions for at least a portion of a plurality of n-channel MOS (NMOS) transistors on the IC. A p-type dopant is implanted at a second masking level that exposes an n-region in the substrate surface having a second gate stack thereon to form PLDD regions for at least a portion of a plurality of p-channel MOS (PMOS) transistors on the IC. A second n-type dopant is retrograde implanted including through the first gate stack to form a deep nwell (DNwell) for the portion of NMOS transistors. A depth of the DNwell is shallower below the first gate stack as compared to under the NLDD regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventor: Mahalingam Nandakumar
  • Patent number: 8883600
    Abstract: A transistor and method of fabrication thereof includes a screening layer formed at least in part in the semiconductor substrate beneath a channel layer and a gate stack, the gate stack including spacer structures on either side of the gate stack. The transistor includes a shallow lightly doped drain region in the channel layer and a deeply lightly doped drain region at the depth relative to the bottom of the screening layer for reducing junction leakage current. A compensation layer may also be included to prevent loss of back gate control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: SuVolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott E. Thompson, Lucian Shifren, Pushkar Ranade, Yujie Liu, Sung Hwan Kim, Lingquan Wang, Dalong Zhao, Teymur Bakhishev, Thomas Hoffmann, Sameer Pradhan, Michael Duane
  • Patent number: 8877596
    Abstract: a method comprises forming a hardmask over one or more gate structures. The method further comprises forming a photoresist over the hardmask. The method further comprises forming an opening in the photoresist over at least one of the gate structures. The method further comprises stripping the hardmask that is exposed in the opening and which is over the at least one of the gate structures. The method further comprises removing the photoresist. The method further comprises providing a halo implant on a side of the at least one of the gate structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Darshana N. Bhagat, Thomas J. Dunbar, Yen Li Lim, Jed H. Rankin, Eva A. Shah
  • Patent number: 8829615
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and method of forming the semiconductor device are disclosed, where the semiconductor device includes additional implant regions in the source and drain areas of the device for improving Ron-sp and BVD characteristics of the device. The device includes a gate electrode formed over a channel region that separates first and second implant regions in the device substrate. The first implant region has a first conductivity type, and the second implant region has a second conductivity type. A source diffusion region is formed in the first implant region, and a drain diffusion region is formed in the second implant region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Macronix International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chien-Chung Chen, Ming-Tung Lee, Shih-Chin Lien, Shyi-Yuan Wu
  • Patent number: 8703593
    Abstract: A method of forming an integrated circuit includes providing a semiconductor wafer including a semiconductor fin dispatched on a surface of the semiconductor wafer; forming a dopant-rich layer having an impurity on a top surface and sidewalls of the semiconductor fin, wherein the impurity is of n-type or p-type; performing a knock-on implantation to drive the impurity into the semiconductor fin; and removing the dopant-rich layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun Hsiung Tsai, Chien-Tai Chan, Mao-Rong Yeh, Da-Wen Lin
  • Publication number: 20140099751
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of forming a doping region. A substrate is provided, and a poly-silicon layer is formed on the substrate. A silicon oxide layer is formed on the poly-silicon layer. An implant process is performed to form a doping region in the poly-silicon layer. The present invention further provides a method for forming a MOS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Hao Su, Hang Hu, Hong Liao
  • Patent number: 8674442
    Abstract: A high voltage/power semiconductor device using a low voltage logic well is provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first well region formed by being doped in a first location on a surface of the substrate, a second well region formed by being doped with impurity different from the first well region's in a second location on a surface of the substrate, an overlapping region between the first well region and the second well region where the first well region and the second well region substantially coexist, a gate insulating layer formed on the surface of the first and the second well regions and the surface of the overlapping region, a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating layer, a source region formed on an upper portion of the first well region, and a drain region formed on an upper portion of the second well region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Magnachip Semiconductor, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yon-sup Pang, Jun-ho Lee
  • Publication number: 20140008736
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes a fin having a gate area beneath a gate electrode structure, a source/drain region disposed beyond ends of the fin, and a first conformal layer formed around an embedded portion of the source/drain region. A vertical sidewall of the first conformal layer is oriented parallel to the gate area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hou-Ju Li, Kao-Ting Lai, Kuo-Chiang Ting, Chi-Hsi Wu
  • Patent number: 8592264
    Abstract: A method includes forming on a surface of a semiconductor a dummy gate structure comprised of a plug; forming a first spacer surrounding the plug, the first spacer being a sacrificial spacer; and performing an angled ion implant so as to implant a dopant species into the surface of the semiconductor adjacent to an outer sidewall of the first spacer to form a source extension region and a drain extension region, where the implanted dopant species extends under the outer sidewall of the first spacer by an amount that is a function of the angle of the ion implant. The method further includes performing a laser anneal to activate the source extension and the drain extension implant. The method further includes forming a second spacer surrounding the first spacer, removing the first spacer and the plug to form an opening, and depositing a gate stack in the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Ando, Huiming Bu, Ramachandra Divakaruni, Bruce B. Doris, Chung-Hsun Lin, Huiling Shang, Tenko Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20130299905
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an SRAM memory cell. The SRAM memory cell has a semiconductor substrate with an active area and a gate region positioned above the active area. A butted contact extends along a length (i.e., the larger dimension of the butted contact) from a position above the active area to a position above the gate region. The butted contact contains a plurality of distinct regions having different widths (i.e., the smaller dimensions of the butted contact), such that a region spanning the active area and gate region has width less than the regions in contact with the active area or gate region. By making the width of the region spanning the active area and gate region smaller than the regions in contact with the active area or gate, the etch rate is reduced at a junction of the gate region with the active area, thereby preventing etch back of the gate material and leakage current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tzyh-Cheang Lee
  • Publication number: 20130234261
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a gate structure disposed on a substrate and having an outer spacer, a recess disposed in the substrate and adjacent to the gate structure, a doped epitaxial material filling up the recess, a cap layer including an undoped epitaxial material and disposed on the doped epitaxial material, a lightly doped drain disposed below the cap layer and sandwiched between the doped epitaxial material and the cap layer, and a silicide disposed on the cap layer and covering the doped epitaxial material to cover the cap layer together with the outer spacer without directly contacting the lightly doped drain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Inventors: Ming-Te Wei, Shin-Chuan Huang, Yu-Hsiang Hung, Po-Chao Tsao, Chia-Jui Liang, Ming-Tsung Chen, Chia-Wen Liang
  • Patent number: 8530304
    Abstract: An electronic device can include a gate electrode and a gate tap that makes an unlanded contact to the gate electrode. The electronic device can further include a source region and a drain region that may include a drift region. In an embodiment, the gate electrode has a height that is greater than its width. In another embodiment, the electronic device can include gate taps that spaced apart from each other, wherein at least some of the gate taps contact the gate electrode over the channel region. In a further embodiment, at a location where the gate tap contacts the gate electrode, the gate tap is wider than the gate electrode. A variety of processes can be used to form the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Coppens, Eddy De Backer, Freddy De Pestel, Gordon M. Grivna
  • Publication number: 20130214353
    Abstract: A FET includes a gate dielectric structure associated with a single gate electrode, the gate dielectric structure having at least two regions, each of those regions having a different effective oxide thickness, the FET further having a channel region with at least two portions each having a different doping profile. A semiconductor manufacturing process produces a FET including a gate dielectric structure associated with a single gate electrode, the gate dielectric structure having at least two regions, each of those regions having a different effective oxide thickness, the FET further having a channel region with at least two portions each having a different doping profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventor: Akira ITO
  • Publication number: 20130161739
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and methods for forming the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a first doped region and a second, oppositely doped, region both formed in a substrate, a first gate formed overlying a portion of the first doped region and a portion of the second doped region, two or more second gates formed over the substrate overlying a different portion of the second doped region, one or more third doped regions in the second doped region disposed only between the two or more second gates such that the third doped region and the second doped region having opposite conductivity types, a source region in the first doped region, and a drain region in the second doped region disposed across the second gates from the first gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hua-Chou TSENG, Meng-Wei HSIEH
  • Publication number: 20130161763
    Abstract: A method includes forming on a surface of a semiconductor a dummy gate structure comprised of a plug; forming a first spacer surrounding the plug, the first spacer being a sacrificial spacer; and performing an angled ion implant so as to implant a dopant species into the surface of the semiconductor adjacent to an outer sidewall of the first spacer to form a source extension region and a drain extension region, where the implanted dopant species extends under the outer sidewall of the first spacer by an amount that is a function of the angle of the ion implant. The method further includes performing a laser anneal to activate the source extension and the drain extension implant. The method further includes forming a second spacer surrounding the first spacer, removing the first spacer and the plug to form an opening, and depositing a gate stack in the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Ando, Huiming Bu, Ramachandra Divakaruni, Bruce B. Doris, Chung-Hsun Lin, Huiling Shang, Tenko Yamashita
  • Patent number: 8466050
    Abstract: A method for forming a lightly doped drain (LDD) region in a semiconductor substrate. The method includes generating an ion beam of a selected species, and accelerating the ion beam, wherein the accelerated ion beam includes a first accelerated portion and a second accelerated portion. The method further includes deflecting the accelerating ion beam, wherein the first and second accelerated portions are concurrently deflected into a first path trajectory having a first deflected angle and second path trajectory having a second deflected angle. In an embodiment, the first and second path trajectories travel in the same direction, which is perpendicular to the surface region of the semiconductor wafer, and the first deflected angle is greater than the second deflected angle. In an embodiment, the selected species may include an n-type ion comprising phosphorous (P), arsenic (As), or antimony (Sb).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) Corporation
    Inventors: Hanming Wu, Chia Hao Lee, John Chen
  • Patent number: 8445342
    Abstract: A short channel semiconductor device is formed with halo regions that are separated from the bottom of the gate electrode and from each other. Embodiments include implanting halo regions after forming source/drain regions and source/drain extension regions. An embodiment includes forming source/drain extension regions in a substrate, forming source/drain regions in the substrate, forming halo regions under the source/drain extension regions, after forming the source drain regions, and forming a gate electrode on the substrate between the source/drain regions. By forming the halo regions after the high temperature processing involved informing the source/drain and source/drain extension regions, halo diffusion is minimized, thereby maintaining sufficient distance between halo regions and reducing short channel NMOS Vt roll-off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Globalfoundries Inc.
    Inventors: Bin Yang, Man Fai Ng
  • Publication number: 20130113041
    Abstract: Provided is a transistor and a method for forming a transistor in a semiconductor device. The method includes performing at least one implantation operation in the transistor channel area, then forming a silicon carbide/silicon composite film over the implanted area prior to introducing further dopant impurities. A halo implantation operation with a very low tilt angle is used to form areas of high dopant concentration at edges of the transistor channel to alleviate short channel effects. The transistor structure so-formed includes a reduced dopant impurity concentration at the substrate interface with the gate dielectric and a peak concentration about 10-50 nm below the surface. The dopant profile also includes the transistor channel having high dopant impurity concentration areas at opposed ends of the transistor channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chia-Wen LIU, Tsung-Hsing Yu, Dhanyakumar Mahaveer Sathaiya, Wei-Hao Wu, Ken-Ichi Goto, Tzer-Min Shen, Zhiqiang Wu
  • Patent number: 8436422
    Abstract: Horizontal and vertical tunneling field-effect transistors (TFETs) having an abrupt junction between source and drain regions increases probability of direct tunneling of carriers (e.g., electrons and holes). The increased probability allows a higher achievable on current in TFETs having the abrupt junction. The abrupt junction may be formed by placement of a dielectric layer or a dielectric layer and a semiconductor layer in a current path between the source and drain regions. The dielectric layer may be a low permittivity oxide such as silicon oxide, lanthanum oxide, zirconium oxide, or aluminum oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Sematech, Inc.
    Inventors: Wei-Yip Loh, Brian Coss, Kanghoon Jeon
  • Patent number: 8415752
    Abstract: An asymmetric insulated-gate field effect transistor (100U or 102U) provided along an upper surface of a semiconductor body contains first and second source/drain zones (240 and 242 or 280 and 282) laterally separated by a channel zone (244 or 284) of the transistor's body material. A gate electrode (262 or 302) overlies a gate dielectric layer (260 or 300) above the channel zone. A pocket portion (250 or 290) of the body material more heavily doped than laterally adjacent material of the body material extends along largely only the first of the S/D zones and into the channel zone. The vertical dopant profile of the pocket portion is tailored to reach a plurality of local maxima (316-1-316-3) at respective locations (PH-1-PH-3) spaced apart from one another. The tailoring is typically implemented so that the vertical dopant profile of the pocket portion is relatively flat near the upper semiconductor surface. As a result, the transistor has reduced leakage current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Jeng-Jiun Yang, Constantin Bulucea, Sandeep R. Bahl
  • Patent number: 8410553
    Abstract: A high voltage device includes a substrate with a device region defined thereon. A gate stack is disposed on the substrate in the device region. A channel region is located in the substrate beneath the gate stack, while a first diffusion region is located in the substrate on a first side of the gate stack. A first isolation structure in the substrate, located on the first side of the gate stack, separates the channel and the first diffusion region. The high voltage device also includes a first drift region in the substrate coupling the channel to the first diffusion region, wherein the first drift region comprises a non-uniform depth profile conforming to a profile of the first isolation structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Singapore Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeoung Mo Koo, Purakh Raj Verma, Sanford Chu, Chunlin Zhu, Yisuo Li
  • Patent number: 8399935
    Abstract: Circuits and methods for providing a dual gate oxide (DGO) embedded SRAM with additional logic portions, where the logic and the embedded SRAM have NMOS transistors having a common gate dielectric thickness but have different lightly doped drain (LDD) implantations formed using different LDD masks to provide optimum transistor operation. In an embodiment, a first embedded SRAM is a single port device and a second embedded SRAM is a dual port device having a separate read port. In certain embodiments, the second SRAM includes NMOS transistors having LDD implants formed using the logic portion LDD mask. Transistors formed with the logic portion LDD mask are faster and have lower Vt than transistors formed using a SRAM LDD mask. Dual core devices having multiple embedded SRAM arrays are disclosed. Methods for making the embedded SRAM are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Jhon-Jhy Liaw
  • Publication number: 20130056825
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and method of forming the semiconductor device are disclosed, where the semiconductor device includes additional implant regions in the source and drain areas of the device for improving Ron-sp and BVD characteristics of the device. The device includes a gate electrode formed over a channel region that separates first and second implant regions in the device substrate. The first implant region has a first conductivity type, and the second implant region has a second conductivity type. A source diffusion region is formed in the first implant region, and a drain diffusion region is formed in the second implant region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chien-Chung Chen, Ming-Tung Lee, Shih-Chin Lien, Shyi-Yuan Wu
  • Publication number: 20130026569
    Abstract: In one general aspect, an apparatus can include a substrate, a gate electrode, and a gate dielectric having at least a portion disposed between the gate electrode and the substrate. The apparatus can include a heavily doped drain region disposed within the substrate, and a lightly doped drain region within the substrate and in contact with the heavily doped drain region. The apparatus can also include a medium doped drain region disposed within the lightly doped drain region and having a dopant concentration between a dopant concentration of the heavily doped drain region and a dopant concentration of the lightly doped drain region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Inventor: Jifa Hao
  • Patent number: 8361895
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing are provided. A substrate has a gate stack formed thereon. Ultra-shallow junctions are formed by depositing an atomic layer of a dopant and performing an anneal to diffuse the dopant into the substrate on opposing sides of the gate stack. The substrate may be recessed prior to forming the atomic layer and the recess may be filled by an epitaxial process. The depositing, annealing, and, if used, epitaxial growth may be repeated a plurality of times to achieve the desired junctions. Source/drain regions are also provided on opposing sides of the gate stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jing-Cheng Lin, Chen-Hua Yu
  • Publication number: 20130020655
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a semiconductor device and its manufacturing method. The semiconductor device comprises: a gate structure located on a substrate, Ge-containing semiconductor layers located on the opposite sides of the gate structure, a doped semiconductor layer epitaxially grown between the Ge-containing semiconductor layers, the bottom surfaces of the Ge-containing semiconductor layers located on the same horizontal plane as that of the epitaxial semiconductor layer. The epitaxial semiconductor layer is used as a channel region, and the Ge-containing semiconductor layers are used as source/drain extension regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING INTERNATIONAL (BEIJING) CORPORATION
    Inventor: Fumitake Mieno
  • Publication number: 20130023098
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a metal gate includes providing a substrate having a dielectric layer and a polysilicon layer formed thereon, the polysilicon layer, forming a protecting layer on the polysilicon layer, forming a patterned hard mask on the protecting layer, performing a first etching process to etch the protecting layer and the polysilicon layer to form a dummy gate having a first height on the substrate, forming a multilayered dielectric structure covering the patterned hard mask and the dummy gate, removing the dummy gate to form a gate trench on the substrate, and forming a metal gate having a second height in the gate trench. The second height of the metal gate is substantially equal to the first height of the dummy gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Inventors: Po-Cheng Huang, Kuo-Chih Lai, Ching-I Li, Yu-Shu Lin, Ya-Jyuan Hung, Yen-Liang Lu, Yu-Wen Wang, Hsin-Chih Yu
  • Patent number: 8350342
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a gate electrode provided on a semiconductor region with a gate insulating film being interposed therebetween, extension diffusion layers provided in regions on both sides of the gate electrode of the semiconductor region, a first-conductivity type first impurity being diffused in the extension diffusion layers, and source and drain diffusion layers provided in regions farther outside than the respective extension diffusion layers of the semiconductor region and having junction depths deeper than the respective extension diffusion layers. At least one of the extension diffusion layers on both sides of the gate electrode contains carbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Taiji Noda
  • Publication number: 20120319213
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure, comprising: forming a first contact layer on an exposed active region of a first spacer; forming a second spacer at a region of the first contact layer close to a gate stack to partially cover the exposed active region; forming a second contact layer in the uncovered exposed active region, wherein when a diffusion coefficient of the first contact layer is the same as that of the second contact layer, the first contact layer has a thickness less than that of the second contact layer; and when the diffusion coefficient of the first contact layer is different from that of the second contact layer, the diffusion coefficient of the first contact layer is smaller than that of the second contact layer. Correspondingly, the present invention also provides a semiconductor structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Haizhou Yin, Wei Jiang, Zhijiong Luo, Huilong Zhu
  • Publication number: 20120313167
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of fabricating a semiconductor device. The method includes forming a gate over a substrate. The method includes performing a first implantation process to form a first doped region in the substrate, the first doped region being adjacent to the gate. The method includes performing a second implantation process to form a second doped region in the substrate, the second doped region being formed farther away from the gate than the first doped region, the second doped region having a higher doping concentration level than the first doped region. The method includes removing portions of the first and second doped regions to form a recess in the substrate. The method includes epitaxially growing a third doped region in the recess, the third doped region having a higher doping concentration level than the second doped region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Chih-Hsiang Huang, Feng-Cheng Yang
  • Patent number: 8258587
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for making a semiconductor device having metal gate stacks. The method includes forming a high k dielectric material layer on a semiconductor substrate; forming a metal gate layer on the high k dielectric material layer; forming a top gate layer on the metal gate layer; patterning the top gate layer, the metal gate layer and the high k dielectric material layer to form a gate stack; performing an etching process to selectively recess the metal gate layer; and forming a gate spacer on sidewalls of the gate stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuri Masuoka, Shyh-Horng Yang, Peng-Soon Lim
  • Patent number: 8253208
    Abstract: A gate dielectric layer (500, 566, or 700) of an insulated-gate field-effect transistor (110, 114, or 122) contains nitrogen having a vertical concentration profile specially tailored to prevent boron in the overlying gate electrode (502, 568, or 702) from significantly penetrating through the gate dielectric layer into the underlying channel zone (484, 554, or 684) while simultaneously avoiding the movement of nitrogen from the gate dielectric layer into the underlying semiconductor body. Damage which could otherwise result from undesired boron in the channel zone and from undesired nitrogen in the semiconductor body is substantially avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Prasad Chaparala, D. Courtney Parker
  • Patent number: 8247286
    Abstract: One embodiment of inventive concepts exemplarily described herein may be generally characterized as a semiconductor device including an isolation region within a substrate. The isolation region may define an active region. The active region may include an edge portion that is adjacent to an interface of the isolation region and the active region and a center region that is surrounded by the edge portion. The semiconductor device may further include a gate electrode on the active region and the isolation region. The gate electrode may include a center gate portion overlapping a center portion of the active region, an edge gate portion overlapping the edge portion of the active region, and a first impurity region of a first conductivity type within the center gate portion and outside the edge portion. The semiconductor device may further include a gate insulating layer disposed between the active region and the gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dong-Ryul Chang
  • Patent number: 8236624
    Abstract: In a method for producing an electronic component, a first doped connection region and a second doped connection region are formed on or above a substrate; a body region is formed between the first doped connection region and the second doped connection region; at least two gate regions separate from one another are formed on or above the body region; at least one partial region of the body region is doped by means of introducing dopant atoms, wherein the dopant atoms are introduced into the at least one partial region of the body region through at least one intermediate region formed between the at least two separate gate regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Harald Gossner, Thomas Schulz, Christian Russ, Gerhard Knoblinger
  • Patent number: 8222706
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes, a gate insulating film, a gate electrode, a source/drain region, and a Si mixed crystal layer in the source/drain region. The Si mixed crystal layer includes a first Si mixed crystal layer that includes impurities with a first concentration, a second Si mixed crystal layer formed over the first Si mixed crystal layer and that includes the impurities with a second concentration higher than the first concentration, and a third Si mixed crystal layer formed over the second Si mixed crystal layer and that includes the impurities with a third concentration lower than the second concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited
    Inventor: Masatoshi Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 8217471
    Abstract: System and method for metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor. In a specific embodiment, the invention provides a field effect transistor (FET), which includes a substrate material, the substrate material being characterized by a first conductivity type, the substrate material including a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion, the third portion being positioned between the first portion and the second portion. The FET also includes a source portion positioned within the first portion, the source portion being characterized by a second conductivity type, the second conductivity type being opposite of the first conductivity type. A first drain portion is positioned within second portion and characterized by the second conductivity type and a first doping concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) Corporation
    Inventor: Deyuan Xiao
  • Publication number: 20120168879
    Abstract: The invention discloses a semiconductor device which comprises an NMOS transistor and a PMOS transistor formed on a substrate; and grid electrodes, source cathode doped areas, drain doped areas, and side walls formed on two sides of the grid electrodes are arranged on the NMOS transistor and the PMOS transistor respectively. The device is characterized in that the side walls on the two sides of the grid electrode of the NMOS transistor possess tensile stress, and the side walls on the two sides of the grid electrode of the PMOS transistor possess compressive stress. The stress gives the side walls a greater role in adjusting the stress applied to channels and the source/drain areas, with the carrier mobility further enhanced and the performance of the device improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Beijing) Corporation
    Inventor: Fumitake MIENO
  • Publication number: 20120161235
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an electrostatic discharge protection device and a manufacturing method thereof. The electrostatic discharge protection device includes: a substrate, a gate, two N type lightly doped drains, an N type source, an N type drain, and two N type doped regions extending downward beneath and in contact with the source and drain respectively, such that when the source and drain are conducted with each other, at least part of the current flows through the two downwardly extending doped regions to increase the electrostatic discharge protection voltage of the electrostatic discharge protection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Tsung-Yi Huang, Jin-Lian Su
  • Publication number: 20120161236
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an electrostatic discharge protection device and a manufacturing method thereof. The electrostatic discharge protection device includes: a substrate, a gate, two N type lightly doped drains, an N type source, an N type drain, and two N type doped regions extending downward beneath and in contact with the source and drain respectively, such that when the source and drain are conducted with each other, at least part of the current flows through the two downwardly extending doped regions to increase the electrostatic discharge protection voltage of the electrostatic discharge protection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Tsung-Yi Huang, Jin-Lian Su
  • Publication number: 20120146101
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing multi-gate transistor devices includes providing a semiconductor substrate having a first patterned hard mask for defining at least a first fin formed thereon, forming the first fin having a first crystal plane orientation on the semiconductor substrate, forming a second patterned hard mask for defining at least a second fin on the semiconductor substrate, forming the second fin having a second crystal plane orientation that is different from the first crystal plane orientation on the semiconductor substrate, forming a gate dielectric layer and a gate layer covering a portion of the first fin and a portion of the second fin on the semiconductor substrate, and forming a first source/drain in the first fin and a second source/drain in the second fin, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventor: Chun-Hsien Lin
  • Publication number: 20120129305
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect-Transistor (MOSFET) has the step of implanting a base region of said MOSFET within an epitaxial layer of a semiconductor chip comprising an insulated gate structure used as a masking element, wherein the implant beam is angled with respect to a vertical axis of the semiconductor chip such that the base region extends sufficiently under the gate to form a Power-MOSFET.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventors: Rohan S. Braithwaite, Gregory Dix, Harold Kline