Abstract: An FinFET and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The FinFET comprises: a semiconductor substrate; a stress layer on the semiconductor substrate; a semiconductor fin on the stress layer, the semiconductor fin having two sidewalls extending in its length direction; a gate dielectric on the sidewalls of the semiconductor fin; a gate conductor on the gate dielectric; and a source region and a drain region at two ends of the semiconductor fin, wherein the stress layer extends below and in parallel with the semiconductor fin, and applies stress to the semiconductor fin in the length direction of the semiconductor fin.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacturing the same are provided. In one embodiment, the method may include: forming a first shielding layer on a substrate; forming one of source and drain regions with the first shielding layer as a mask; forming a second shielding layer on the substrate, and removing the first shielding layer; forming a shielding spacer on a sidewall of the second shielding layer; forming the other of the source and drain regions with the second shielding layer and the shielding spacer as a mask; removing at least a portion of the shielding spacer; and forming a gate dielectric layer, and forming a gate conductor as a spacer on a sidewall of the second shielding layer or a possible remaining portion of the shielding spacer.

Abstract: There are provided a semiconductor arrangement, a method of manufacturing the same, and an electronic device including the semiconductor arrangement. According to an embodiment, the semiconductor arrangement may include a first semiconductor device and a second semiconductor device stacked in sequence on a substrate. Each of the first semiconductor device and the second semiconductor device may include a first source/drain layer, a channel layer and a second source/drain layer stacked in sequence, and a gate stack surrounding a periphery of the channel layer. The channel layer may comprise a semiconductor material different from that of the first source/drain layer and from that of the second source/drain layer.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising: forming a gate trench on a substrate; forming a gate dielectric layer and a metal gate layer thereon in the gate trench; forming a first tungsten (W) layer on a surface of the metal gate layer, and forming a tungsten nitride (WN) blocking layer by injecting nitrogen (N) ions; and filling with W through an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process. The blocking layer prevents ions in the precursors from aggregating on an interface and penetrating into the metal gate layer and the gate dielectric layer. At the same time, adhesion of W is enhanced, a process window of W during planarization is increased, reliability of the device is improved and the gate resistance is further reduced.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a MOSFET and a method for manufacturing the same, wherein the MOSFET comprises: an SOI wafer comprising a semiconductor substrate, a buried insulating layer on the semiconductor substrate, and a semiconductor layer on the buried insulating layer; a gate stack on the semiconductor layer; a source region and a drain region in the semiconductor layer on both sides of the gate stack; and a channel region in the semiconductor layer and located between the source region and the drain region, wherein the MOSFET further comprises a back gate which is located in the semiconductor substrate and has a first doped region as a lower portion of the back gate and a second doped region as an upper portion of the back gate, and the second doped region of the back gate is self-aligned with the gate stack. The MOSFET can adjust a threshold voltage by changing doping type and doping concentration of the back gate.

Abstract: A method for forming a metal silicide. The method comprises: providing a substrate having a fin, a gate formed on the fin, and spacers formed on opposite sides of the gate; depositing a Ti metal layer; siliconizing the Ti metal layer; and removing unreacted Ti metal layer. As the Ti atoms have relatively stable characteristics, diffusion happens mostly to Si atoms while the Ti atoms rarely diffuse during the thermal annealing. As a result, current leakage can be prevented in a depletion region and thus leakage current of the substrate can be reduced.

Abstract: A MOS transistor with stacked nanowires and a method of manufacturing the same. The transistor may include a stack of cascaded nanowires extending in a first direction on a substrate; a gate stack extending in a second direction across the nanowire stack; source and drain regions disposed on opposite sides of the gate stack in the second direction; and a channel region constituted of the nanowire stack between the source and drain regions. The cascaded nanowires can be formed by repeated operations of etching back, and lateral etching and then filling of grooves, thereby increasing an effective width of the channel, increasing a total area of an effective conductive section, and thus improving a drive current.

Abstract: A planarization process is disclosed. The method includes forming a trench in an area of a material layer which has a relatively high loading condition for sputtering. The method further includes sputtering the material layer to make the material layer flat.

Abstract: A GaN-based power electronic device and a method for manufacturing the same is provided. The GaN-based power electronic device comprising a substrate and an epitaxial layer over the substrate. The epitaxial layer comprises a GaN-based heterostructure layer, a superlattice structure layer and a P-type cap layer. The superlattice structure layer is provided over the heterostructure layer, and the P-type cap layer is provided over the superlattice structure layer. By using this electronic device, gate voltage swing and safe gate voltage range of the GaN-based power electronic device manufactured on the basis of the P-type cap layer technique may be further extended, and dynamic characteristics of the device may be improved. Therefore, application process for the GaN-based power electronic device that is based on the P-type cap layer technique will be promoted.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of: forming a gate dielectric layer and a first amorphous channel layer on a substrate; thinning the first amorphous channel layer; etching the first amorphous channel layer and the gate dielectric layer until the substrate is exposed; forming a second amorphous channel layer on the first amorphous channel layer and the substrate; annealing such that the first amorphous channel layer and the second amorphous channel layer are converted into a polycrystalline channel layer; and thinning the polycrystalline channel layer. According to the method of manufacturing semiconductor device of the present invention, the grain size of the polycrystalline thin film is increased by depositing a thick amorphous film and then annealing and thinning it.

Abstract: Provided are P type MOSFETs and methods for manufacturing the same. The method may include forming source/drain regions in a semiconductor substrate; forming an interfacial oxide layer on the semiconductor substrate; forming a high K gate dielectric layer on the interfacial oxide layer; forming a first metal gate layer on the high K gate dielectric layer; implanting dopants into the first metal gate layer through conformal doping; and performing annealing to change an effective work function of a gate stack including the first metal gate layer, the high K gate dielectric, and the interfacial oxide layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device with a high-quality epitaxial layer and a method of manufacturing the same. The semiconductor device may include: a substrate; a fin-shaped first semiconductor layer spaced apart from the substrate; a second semiconductor layer at least partially surrounding a periphery of the first semiconductor layer; an isolation layer formed on the substrate, exposing at least a part of the second semiconductor layer, wherein the exposed part of the second semiconductor layer extends in a fin shape; and a gate stack formed on the isolation layer and intersecting the second semiconductor layer.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a preparation method of a Cu-based resistive random access memory, and a memory. The preparation method includes: forming a copper wire in a groove through a Damascus copper interconnection process, wherein the copper wire includes a lower copper electrode for growing a storage medium, and the copper wire is arranged above a first capping layer; forming a second capping layer above the copper wire; forming a hole at a position corresponding to the lower copper electrode on the second capping layer, wherein the pore is used for exposing the lower copper electrode; performing composition and a chemical combination treatment on the lower copper electrode to generate a compound barrier layer, wherein the compound barrier layer is a compound formed by the chemical combination of elements Cu, Si and N, or a compound formed by the chemical combination of elements Cu, Ge and N; and depositing a solid electrolyte material and an upper electrode on the compound barrier layer.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a preparation method of a Cu-based resistive random access memory, and a memory. The preparation method includes: performing composition and a chemical combination treatment on a lower copper electrode (10) to generate a compound buffer layer (40), wherein the compound buffer layer (40) is capable of preventing the oxidation of the lower copper electrode (10); depositing a solid electrolyte material (50) on the compound buffer layer (40); and depositing an upper electrode (60) on the solid electrolyte material (50) to form the memory.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided, wherein an example method may include: forming a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer sequentially on a substrate; patterning the second semiconductor layer and the first semiconductor layer to form a fin; forming an isolation layer on the substrate, wherein the isolation layer exposes a portion of the first semiconductor layer; forming a sacrificial gate stack crossing over the fin on the isolation layer; selectively etching the second semiconductor layer with the sacrificial gate stack as a mask, to expose the first semiconductor layer; selectively etching the first semiconductor layer, to form a void beneath the second semiconductor layer; filling the void with a dielectric material; forming a third semiconductor layer on the substrate, to form source/drain regions; and forming a gate stack to replace the sacrificial gate stack.

Abstract: The present invention mainly relates to a 3-D packaging structure based on a flexible substrate and a method for manufacturing the same; the method comprises: providing a bendable continuous flexible substrate, determining the shape of the substrate according to the size, the quantity and the shape of dies, and making surface wiring on the substrate to allow interlayer electrical connection; welding dies that are to be packaged onto the bendable continuous flexible substrate; filling the gaps between the dies and the substrate with an underfill; bending the substrates towards the center to allow the peripheral dies to coincide in parallel with the die situated at the center, and bonding the two layers of parallel dies with a bonding adhesive.

Abstract: A method for preparing a TiAl alloy thin film, wherein a reaction chamber is provided, in which at least one substrate is placed; an aluminum precursor and a titanium precursor are introduced into the reaction chamber, wherein the aluminum precursor has a molecular structure of a structural formula (I); and the aluminum precursor and the titanium precursor are brought into contact with the substrate so that a titanium-aluminum alloy thin film is formed on the surface of the substrate by vapor deposition. The method solves the problem of poor step coverage ability and the problem of incomplete filling with regard to the small-size devices by the conventional methods. Meanwhile, the formation of titanium-aluminum alloy thin films with the aid of plasma is avoided so that the substrate is not damaged by plasma.

Abstract: A metallization stack, comprising: at least an interlayer dielectric layer comprising a dielectric material and a negative capacitance material, wherein: at least a pair of first conductive interconnecting components formed in the interlayer dielectric layer, which are at least partially opposite to each other, comprise both the dielectric material and the negative capacitance material sandwiched between their opposite parts; and/or at least a second conductive interconnecting component formed in an upper interlayer dielectric layer and at least a third conductive interconnecting component formed in a lower interlayer dielectric layer, which are at least partially opposite to each other, comprise both the dielectric material and the negative capacitance material sandwiched between their opposite parts.

Abstract: An N-type MOSFET and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the method comprises forming source/drain regions in a semiconductor substrate. The method also includes forming an interfacial oxide layer on the semiconductor substrate. The method also includes forming a high-k gate dielectric layer on the interfacial oxide layer. The method also includes forming a first metal gate layer on the high-k gate dielectric layer. The method also includes implanting dopants into the first metal gate layer through conformal doping. The method also includes annealing a gate stack to change an effective work function of the gate stack which includes the first metal gate layer, the high-k gate dielectric, and the interfacial oxide layer.

Abstract: The invention discloses a novel dry etching method, which comprises the following steps: forming a to-be-etched layer on a semiconductor substrate; forming a masking material on the to-be-etched layer; carrying out dry etching on the masking material and the to-be-etched layer; simultaneously carrying out lateral etching (parallel to the surface of the substrate) of a masking layer and longitudinal etching (vertical to the surface of the substrate) of the to-be-etched layer; and obtaining the inclination angle (the included angle between a slope surface and the surface of the substrate) of the corresponding etched slope surface by accurately controlling the speed ratio. The method can flexibly adjust the inclination angle of the etched slope surface within a large range (0-90 degrees), and especially has advantages in the field of the application with a small inclination angle (smaller than 20 degrees) of the etched slope surface in comparison with a conventional etching method.