Patents by Inventor Gen Tsutsui

Gen Tsutsui 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: 20240128346
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure is provided that includes a pFET located in a pFET device region, the pFET includes a first functional gate structure and a plurality of pFET semiconductor channel material nanosheets, and an nFET located in the nFET device region, the nFET includes a second functional gate structure and a plurality of pFET semiconductor channel material nanosheets. The pFET semiconductor channel material nanosheets can be staggered relative to, or vertically aligned in a horizontal direction with, the nFET semiconductor channel material nanosheets. When staggered, a bottom dielectric isolation structure can be located in both the device regions, and the second functional gate structures has a bottommost surface that extends beneath a topmost surface of the bottom dielectric isolation structure. When horizontally aligned, a vertical dielectric pillar is located between the two device regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Julien Frougier, Andrew M. Greene, Shogo Mochizuki, Ruilong Xie, Liqiao Qin, Gen Tsutsui, Nicolas Jean Loubet, Min Gyu Sung, Chanro Park, Kangguo Cheng, Heng Wu
  • Publication number: 20240121933
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure is presented including a bottom field effect transistor (FET) including a plurality of bottom source/drain (S/D) epi regions, a top FET including a plurality of top S/D epi regions, a bonding dielectric layer disposed directly between the bottom FET and the top FET, and a node contact advantageously extending from a bottom S/D epi region of the plurality of bottom S/D epi regions of the bottom FET through the bonding dielectric layer and into the top FET. The bottom FET includes an inverter gate. The top FET electrically connects to back-end-of-line (BEOL) components and the bottom FET electrically connects to a backside power delivery network (BSPDN).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Gen Tsutsui, Shogo Mochizuki, Ruilong Xie
  • Publication number: 20240113192
    Abstract: Embodiments herein include semiconductor structures that may include a semiconductor structure for improving the switching speed of a first transistor is disclosed. The first transistor may include a first source/drain (S/D), a metal gate, a spacer between the first S/D and the metal gate, and a first nanosheet channel. The first nanosheet channel may include: a gate section with silicon-germanium (SiGe) surrounded by the metal gate; and a junction section comprising silicon surrounded by the spacer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Shogo Mochizuki, Andrew M. Greene, Gen Tsutsui
  • Publication number: 20240088252
    Abstract: A semiconductor device, such as an integrated circuit, microprocessor, wafer, or the like, includes a first gate all around field effect transistor (GAA FET) and second GAA FET within the same region type (e.g., p-type region or n-type region, etc.) with relatively heterogenous channels within the same region. The first GAA FET includes a plurality of first channels of a first channel material (e.g., SiGex cladded channels). A second GAA FET includes a plurality of second channels of a second channel material (e.g., SiGey cladded channels, Si channels, or the like). The GAA FETs may have different channel structures, such as relatively different channel lengths. The heterogenous channels may provide improved GAA FET device performance by allowing an ability to tune or adjust channel mobility of GAA FETs in similar region types in different locations or when utilized in different applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew M. Greene, Shogo Mochizuki, Julien Frougier, Gen Tsutsui, Liqiao Qin
  • Publication number: 20240088277
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, and a pFET transistor formed on the semiconductor substrate. The pFET transistor includes a plurality of channel regions. An uppermost channel region of the plurality of channel regions includes an uppermost active semiconductor layer and a capping layer formed on the uppermost active semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Ruqiang Bao, Brent A. Anderson, Curtis S. Durfee, Gen Tsutsui, Junli Wang
  • Publication number: 20240071811
    Abstract: A stacked field effect transistor (FET) device. The device includes an opening in a shallow trench isolation (STI) region on a substrate. The device also includes an epitaxy region located on the substrate at a bottom portion of STI region in the opening. The device further includes a substrate contact that directly contacts the epitaxy region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Su Chen Fan, Jay William Strane, Gen Tsutsui, Stuart Sieg
  • Publication number: 20240006244
    Abstract: Embodiments herein include semiconductor structures that may include a first field-effect transistor (FET) stacked above a second FET in a non-step nanosheet structure, and a bottom contact electrically connected to a first bottom source/drain (S/D) of the second FET through a portion of a first top S/D of the first FET.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Shogo Mochizuki, Gen Tsutsui
  • Publication number: 20230420457
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a single stack dual channel gate-all-around nanosheet with strained PFET and bottom dielectric isolation NFET. A PFET comprising at least one silicon germanium channel is formed. An NFET comprising at least one silicon channel is formed, the PFET being positioned laterally to the NFET, the at least one silicon channel and the at least one silicon germanium channel being staggered in a vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Julien Frougier, Andrew M. Greene, Shogo Mochizuki, Kangguo Cheng, Ruilong Xie, Heng Wu, Min Gyu Sung, Liqiao Qin, Gen Tsutsui
  • Patent number: 11830946
    Abstract: A method of forming a vertical transport fin field effect transistor device is provided. The method includes forming vertical fins on a substrate, depositing a protective liner on the sidewalls of the vertical fins, and removing a portion of the substrate to form a support pillar beneath at least one of the vertical fins. The method further includes etching a cavity in the support pillar of the at least one of the vertical fins, and removing an additional portion of the substrate to form a plinth beneath the support pillar of the vertical fin. The method further includes growing a bottom source/drain layer on the substrate adjacent to the plinth, and forming a diffusion plug in the cavity, wherein the diffusion plug is configured to block diffusion of dopants from the bottom source/drain layer above a necked region in the support pillar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Heng Wu, Shogo Mochizuki, Gen Tsutsui, Kangguo Cheng
  • Publication number: 20230317793
    Abstract: An inner field effect transistor has an inner source, an inner drain, and a group of inner nanosheet channel structures interconnecting the inner source and the inner drain. An outer field effect transistor has an outer source, an outer drain, and a group of outer nanosheet channel structures interconnecting the outer source and the outer drain. An isolation region is located between the inner field effect transistor and the outer field effect transistor. A metal gate stack is located between the inner source and inner drain and between the outer source and the outer drain. The metal gate stack at least partially surrounds the inner and outer nanosheet channel structures. The metal gate stack has a dielectric region adjacent the isolation region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Shogo Mochizuki, Gen Tsutsui
  • Publication number: 20230307447
    Abstract: An approach forming semiconductor structure composed of one or more stacked semiconductor devices that include at least a top semiconductor device, a bottom semiconductor device under the top semiconductor, and contacts to each of the semiconductor devices. The approach provides a stacked semiconductor structure where the bottom semiconductor device is wider than the top semiconductor device. The approach also provides the stacked semiconductor structure where the width of the top semiconductor device is the same as the width of the bottom semiconductor device. The approach includes forming a contact to a side of the bottom semiconductor device when the width of the top semiconductor device is the same as the bottom semiconductor device. The approach includes forming a contact to epitaxy grown on a portion of the top and a side of the bottom semiconductor device when the bottom semiconductor device is larger than the top semiconductor device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: GEN TSUTSUI, Albert M. Young, Su Chen Fan, Junli Wang, Brent A. Anderson
  • Publication number: 20230178624
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for a system. The system includes a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes a stacked field effect transistor (stacked-FET). The stacked-FET includes a top FET having multiple top channels having multiple nano-sheets in contact with corresponding nano-sheets in a corresponding top channels for an active gate. The stacked-FET includes multiple bottom channels having a dielectric material. The semiconductor structure also includes an active gate. The active gate includes the corresponding top channels and corresponding bottom channels having the dielectric material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: GEN TSUTSUI, SHOGO MOCHIZUKI
  • Patent number: 11616140
    Abstract: A vertical field effect transistor structure having at least two vertically oriented fins extending from a substrate. The vertical field effect transistor structure further includes a first source/drain region disposed in the substrate between the two vertically oriented fins and under each of the fins. The outer ends of the first source/drain region are in contact with outer ends of the fins. A portion of the first source/drain region extends beyond the fins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Heng Wu, Gen Tsutsui, Lan Yu, Ruilong Xie
  • Publication number: 20220173240
    Abstract: A method of forming a vertical transport fin field effect transistor device is provided. The method includes forming vertical fins on a substrate, depositing a protective liner on the sidewalls of the vertical fins, and removing a portion of the substrate to form a support pillar beneath at least one of the vertical fins. The method further includes etching a cavity in the support pillar of the at least one of the vertical fins, and removing an additional portion of the substrate to form a plinth beneath the support pillar of the vertical fin. The method further includes growing a bottom source/drain layer on the substrate adjacent to the plinth, and forming a diffusion plug in the cavity, wherein the diffusion plug is configured to block diffusion of dopants from the bottom source/drain layer above a necked region in the support pillar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Heng Wu, Shogo Mochizuki, Gen Tsutsui, Kangguo Cheng
  • Patent number: 11282962
    Abstract: A method of controlling threshold voltage shift that includes forming a first set of channel semiconductor regions on a first portion of a substrate, and forming a second set of channel semiconductor regions on a second portion of the substrate. A gate structure is formed on the first set of channel semiconductor regions and the second set of channel, wherein the gate structure extends from a first portion of the substrate over an isolation region to a second portion of the substrate. A gate cut region is formed in the gate structure over the isolation region. An oxygen scavenging metal containing layer is formed on sidewalls of the gate cut region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Huimei Zhou, Ruqiang Bao, Michael P. Belyansky, Andrew M. Greene, Gen Tsutsui
  • Patent number: 11276781
    Abstract: A method of forming a vertical transport fin field effect transistor device is provided. The method includes forming vertical fins on a substrate, depositing a protective liner on the sidewalls of the vertical fins, and removing a portion of the substrate to form a support pillar beneath at least one of the vertical fins. The method further includes etching a cavity in the support pillar of the at least one of the vertical fins, and removing an additional portion of the substrate to form a plinth beneath the support pillar of the vertical fin. The method further includes growing a bottom source/drain layer on the substrate adjacent to the plinth, and forming a diffusion plug in the cavity, wherein the diffusion plug is configured to block diffusion of dopants from the bottom source/drain layer above a necked region in the support pillar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Heng Wu, Shogo Mochizuki, Gen Tsutsui, Kangguo Cheng
  • Patent number: 11183427
    Abstract: Semiconductor devices include a substrate layer and a semiconductor layer formed over the substrate layer. A dielectric layer fills a gap between the semiconductor layer and the substrate layer, on end faces of the semiconductor layer, and on a top surface of the semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Huimei Zhou, Shogo Mochizuki, Gen Tsutsui, Ruqiang Bao
  • Publication number: 20210328051
    Abstract: A method of forming a vertical transport fin field effect transistor device is provided. The method includes forming vertical fins on a substrate, depositing a protective liner on the sidewalls of the vertical fins, and removing a portion of the substrate to form a support pillar beneath at least one of the vertical fins. The method further includes etching a cavity in the support pillar of the at least one of the vertical fins, and removing an additional portion of the substrate to form a plinth beneath the support pillar of the vertical fin. The method further includes growing a bottom source/drain layer on the substrate adjacent to the plinth, and forming a diffusion plug in the cavity, wherein the diffusion plug is configured to block diffusion of dopants from the bottom source/drain layer above a necked region in the support pillar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Heng Wu, Shogo Mochizuki, Gen Tsutsui, Kangguo Cheng
  • Publication number: 20210226055
    Abstract: A vertical field effect transistor structure having at least two vertically oriented fins extending from a substrate. The vertical field effect transistor structure further includes a first source/drain region disposed in the substrate between the two vertically oriented fins and under each of the fins. The outer ends of the first source/drain region are in contact with outer ends of the fins. A portion of the first source/drain region extends beyond the fins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Heng Wu, Gen Tsutsui, Lan Yu, Ruilong Xie
  • Patent number: 11056588
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a vertical transistor device includes forming a plurality of fins on a substrate. The method further includes forming an interlevel dielectric layer on the substrate and sidewalls of each of the fins. The method further includes selectively removing the interlevel dielectric layer between adjacent fins. The method further includes laterally recessing a portion of the substrate between the adjacent fins to form a bottom source/drain cavity exposing a bottom portion of each fin and extending beyond each fin. The method further includes epitaxially growing an epitaxial growth material from the substrate and filling the bottom source/drain cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Heng Wu, Gen Tsutsui, Lan Yu, Ruilong Xie