Patents by Inventor Huajie Zhou
Huajie Zhou 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).
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Patent number: 9899270Abstract: There is disclosed a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising two opposite types of MOSFETs formed on one semiconductor substrate, the method comprising: forming a portion of the MOSFET on the semiconductor substrate, said portion of said MOSFET comprising source/drains regions located in the semiconductor substrate, a dummy gate stack located between the source/drain region and above the semiconductor substrate and a gate spacer surrounding the dummy gate stack; removing the dummy gate stack of said MOSFET to form a gate opening which exposes the surface of the semiconductor substrate; forming an interfacial oxide layer on the exposed surface of the semiconductor structure; forming a high-K gate dielectric on the interfacial oxide layer within the gate opening; forming a first metal gate layer on the high-K gate dielectric; implanting doping ions in the first metal gate layer; forming a second metal gate layer on the first metal gate layer to fill up the gate opening; and annealing to diffuType: GrantFiled: December 7, 2012Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of SciencesInventors: Qiuxia Xu, Huilong Zhu, Gaobo Xu, Huajie Zhou, Qingqing Liang, Dapeng Chen, Chao Zhao
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Patent number: 9252059Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device that comprises two opposite types of MOSFETs formed on one semiconductor substrate, comprising: defining an active region for each of the MOSFETs on the semiconductor substrate; forming an interfacial oxide layer on a surface of the semiconductor substrate; forming a high-K gate dielectric layer on the interfacial oxide layer; forming a metal gate layer on the high-K gate dielectric layer; implanting dopant ions in the metal gate layer; forming a Poly-Si layer on the metal gate layer; patterning the Poly-Si layer, the metal gate layer, the high-K gate dielectric layer and the interfacial oxide layer to form a plurality of gate stack structures; forming a plurality of gate spacer surrounding each of the plurality of gate stack structures; and forming a plurality of S/D regions.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2012Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of SciencesInventors: Qiuxia Xu, Gaobo Xu, Huajie Zhou, Huilong Zhu, Dapeng Chen
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Patent number: 9196706Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a p-type MOSFET, including: forming a part of the MOSFET on a semiconductor substrate including source/drain regions, a replacement gate, and a gate spacer; removing the replacement gate stack of the MOSFET to form a gate opening; forming an interface oxide layer on the exposed surface of the semiconductor substrate; forming a high-K gate dielectric layer on the interface oxide layer; forming a first metal gate layer; implanting dopant ions into the first metal gate layer; and performing annealing to cause the dopant ions to diffuse and accumulate at an upper interface between the high K gate dielectric layer and the first metal gate layer and a lower interface between the high-K gate dielectric layer and the interface oxide layer, and also to generate electric dipoles by interfacial reaction at the lower interface between the high-K gate dielectric layer and the interface oxide layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2012Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of SciencesInventors: Qiuxia Xu, Huilong Zhu, Tianchun Ye, Huajie Zhou, Gaobo Xu, Qingqing Liang
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Publication number: 20150325684Abstract: A method for manufacturing an NMOSFET may comprise: defining an active region for the NMOSFET on a semiconductor substrate; forming an interfacial oxide layer on a surface of the semiconductor substrate; forming a high-K gate dielectric layer on the interfacial oxide layer; forming a metal gate layer on the high-K gate dielectric layer; implanting dopant ions into the metal gate layer; forming a Poly-Si layer on the metal gate layer; patterning the Poly-Si layer, the metal gate layer, the high-K gate dielectric layer and the interfacial oxide layer to form a gate stack; forming a gate spacer surrounding the gate stack; and forming source and drain regions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2012Publication date: November 12, 2015Inventors: Qiuxia Xu, Gaobo Xu, Huajie Zhou, Huilong Zhu
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Publication number: 20150295067Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for manufacturing a P-type MOSFET, comprising: forming a part of the MOSFET on a semiconductor substrate, the part of the MOSFET comprising source/drain regions in the semiconductor substrate, a replacement gate stack between the source/drain regions above the semiconductor substrate, and a gate spacer surrounding the replacement gate stack; removing the replacement gate stack of the MOSFET to form a gate opening exposing a surface of the semiconductor substrate; forming an interface oxide layer on the exposed surface of the semiconductor; forming a high-K gate dielectric layer on the interface oxide layer in the gate opening; forming a first metal gate layer on the high-K gate dielectric layer; implanting dopant ions into the first metal gate layer; and performing annealing to cause the dopant ions to diffuse and accumulate at an upper interface between the high-K gate dielectric layer and the first metal gate layer and a lower interface between the high-K gate dieleType: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2012Publication date: October 15, 2015Applicant: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of SciencesInventors: Qiuxia Xu, Huilong Zhu, Huajie Zhou, Gaobo Xu, Qingqing Liang
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Publication number: 20150279745Abstract: There is disclosed a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising two opposite types of MOSFETs formed on one semiconductor substrate, the method comprising: forming a portion of the MOSFET on the semiconductor substrate, said portion of said MOSFET comprising source/drains regions located in the semiconductor substrate, a dummy gate stack located between the source/drain region and above the semiconductor substrate and a gate spacer surrounding the dummy gate stack; removing the dummy gate stack of said MOSFET to form a gate opening which exposes the surface of the semiconductor substrate; forming an interfacial oxide layer on the exposed surface of the semiconductor structure; forming a high-K gate dielectric on the interfacial oxide layer within the gate opening; forming a first metal gate layer on the high-K gate dielectric; implanting doping ions in the first metal gate layer; forming a second metal gate layer on the first metal gate layer to fill up the gate opening; and annealing to diffuType: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2012Publication date: October 1, 2015Inventors: Qiuxia Xu, Huilong Zhu, Gaobo Xu, Huajie Zhou, Qingqing Liang, Dapeng Chen, Chao Zhao
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Publication number: 20150262887Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device that comprises two opposite types of MOSFETs formed on one semiconductor substrate, comprising: defining an active region for each of the MOSFETs on the semiconductor substrate; forming an interfacial oxide layer on a surface of the semiconductor substrate; forming a high-K gate dielectric layer on the interfacial oxide layer; forming a metal gate layer on the high-K gate dielectric layer; implanting dopant ions in the metal gate layer; forming a Poly-Si layer on the metal gate layer; patterning the Poly-Si layer, the metal gate layer, the high-K gate dielectric layer and the interfacial oxide layer to form a plurality of gate stack structures; forming a plurality of gate spacer surrounding each of the plurality of gate stack structures; and forming a plurality of S/D regions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2012Publication date: September 17, 2015Inventors: Qiuxia Xu, Gaobo Xu, Huajie Zhou, Huilong Zhu, Dapeng Chen
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Patent number: 9136181Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising: defining an active region on the semiconductor substrate; forming an interfacial oxide layer on a surface of the semiconductor substrate; forming a high-K gate dielectric on the interfacial oxide layer; forming a first metal gate layer on the high-K gate dielectric; forming a dummy gate layer on the first metal gate layer; patterning the dummy gate layer, the first metal gate layer, the high-K gate dielectric and the interfacial oxide layer to form a gate stack structure; forming a gate spacer surrounding the gate stack structure; forming S/D regions for NMOS and PMOS respectively; depositing interlayer dielectric and planarization by CMP to expose the surface of dummy gate layer; removing the dummy gate layer so as to form a gate opening; implanting dopant ions into the first metal gate layer; forming a second metal gate layer on the first metal gate layer so as to fill the gate opening; and performing annealing, so that the dopant ions diffuse aType: GrantFiled: December 7, 2012Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of SciencesInventors: Qiuxia Xu, Huilong Zhu, Gaobo Xu, Huajie Zhou, Dapeng Chen
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Publication number: 20150170974Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising: defining an active region on the semiconductor substrate; forming an interfacial oxide layer on a surface of the semiconductor substrate; forming a high-K gate dielectric on the interfacial oxide layer; forming a first metal gate layer on the high-K gate dielectric; forming a dummy gate layer on the first metal gate layer; patterning the dummy gate layer, the first metal gate layer, the high-K gate dielectric and the interfacial oxide layer to form a gate stack structure; forming a gate spacer surrounding the gate stack structure; forming S/D regions for NMOS and PMOS respectively; depositing interlayer dielectric and planarization by CMP to expose the surface of dummy gate layer; removing the dummy gate layer so as to form a gate opening; implanting dopant ions into the first metal gate layer; forming a second metal gate layer on the first metal gate layer so as to fill the gate opening; and performing annealing, so that the dopant ions diffuse aType: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2012Publication date: June 18, 2015Inventors: Qiuxia Xu, Huilong Zhu, Gaobo Xu, Huajie Zhou, Dapeng Chen
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Patent number: 9029225Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for manufacturing an N-type MOSFET, comprising: forming a part of the MOSFET on a semiconductor substrate, the part of the MOSFET comprising source/drain regions in the semiconductor substrate, a replacement gate stack between the source/drain regions above the semiconductor substrate, and a gate spacer surrounding the replacement gate stack; removing the replacement gate stack of the MOSFET to form a gate opening exposing a surface of the semiconductor substrate; forming an interface oxide layer on the exposed surface of the semiconductor; forming a high-K gate dielectric layer on the interface oxide layer in the gate opening; forming a first metal gate layer on the high-K gate dielectric layer; implanting dopant ions into the first metal gate layer; and performing annealing to cause the dopant ions to diffuse and accumulate at an upper interface between the high-K gate dielectric layer and the first metal gate layer and a lower interface between the high-K gate dielType: GrantFiled: December 7, 2012Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of SciencesInventors: Qiuxia Xu, Huilong Zhu, Huajie Zhou, Gaobo Xu
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Patent number: 8932927Abstract: The present application discloses a semiconductor device structure and a method for manufacturing the same, wherein the method comprises: forming a semiconductor substrate comprising a local SOI structure having a local buried isolation dielectric layer; forming a fin on the silicon substrate on top of the local buried isolation dielectric layer; forming a gate stack structure on the top and side faces of the fin; forming source/drain structures in the fin on both sides of the gate stack structure; and performing metallization. The present invention makes use of traditional quasi-planar based top-down processes, thus the manufacturing process thereof is simple to implement; the present invention exhibits good compatibility with CMOS planar process and can be easily integrated, therefore, short channel effects are suppressed desirably, and MOSFETs are boosted to develop towards a trend of downscaling size.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2011Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of SciencesInventors: Huajie Zhou, Qiuxia Xu
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Publication number: 20150011069Abstract: A method for manufacturing a PMOSFET including defining an active region for the PMOSFET on a semiconductor substrate; forming an interfacial oxide layer on a surface of the substrate; forming a high-K gate dielectric layer on the interfacial oxide layer; forming a metal gate layer on the dielectric layer; implanting dopant ions into the metal gate layer; forming a Poly-Si layer on the metal gate layer; patterning the Poly-Si layer, the metal gate layer, the dielectric layer and the interfacial oxide layer to form a gate stack; forming a gate spacer surrounding the gate stack; and forming S/D regions. During annealing to form the S/D regions, dopant ions implanted in the metal gate layer may accumulate at upper and bottom interfaces of the dielectric, and electric dipoles with appropriate polarities are generated by interface reaction at the bottom interface, so that the metal gate has its effective work function adjusted.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2012Publication date: January 8, 2015Inventors: Qiuxia Xu, Gaobo Xu, Huajie Zhou, Huilong Zhu, Dapeng Chen
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Patent number: 8895374Abstract: The present application discloses a semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor (FET) structure and a method for manufacturing the same, wherein the method comprises: forming a semiconductor substrate comprising an SOI structure having a body-contact hole; forming a fin on the SOI structure of the semiconductor substrate; forming a gate stack structure on top and side faces of the fin; forming source/drain structures in the fin on both sides of the gate stack structure; and performing metallization. The present invention makes use of traditional quasi-planar based top-down processes, thus the manufacturing process thereof becomes simple to implement; the present invention exhibits good compatibility with CMOS planar process and can be easily integrated; the present invention also is favorable for suppressing short channel effects desirably, and boosts MOSFETs to develop towards a trend of downscaling size.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2011Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of SciencesInventors: Huajie Zhou, Qiuxia Xu
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Patent number: 8778744Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a semiconductor field effect transistor, comprising: forming a semiconductor substrate having a local Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) structure, which comprises a local buried isolation dielectric layer; forming a fin on a silicon substrate above the local buried isolation dielectric layer; forming a gate stack structure on a top and on side faces of the fin; forming source/drain structures in the fin at both sides of the gate stack structure; and metallizing. The present disclosure uses a conventional top-to-bottom process based on quasi-plane, which has a good compatibility with CMOS planar processes. Also, the method can suppress short channel effects and help to reduce the dimensions of MOSFETs.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2011Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of SciencesInventors: Huajie Zhou, Qiuxia Xu
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Publication number: 20140154853Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for manufacturing an N-type MOSFET, comprising: forming a part of the MOSFET on a semiconductor substrate, the part of the MOSFET comprising source/drain regions in the semiconductor substrate, a replacement gate stack between the source/drain regions above the semiconductor substrate, and a gate spacer surrounding the replacement gate stack; removing the replacement gate stack of the MOSFET to form a gate opening exposing a surface of the semiconductor substrate; forming an interface oxide layer on the exposed surface of the semiconductor; forming a high-K gate dielectric layer on the interface oxide layer in the gate opening; forming a first metal gate layer on the high-K gate dielectric layer; implanting dopant ions into the first metal gate layer; and performing annealing to cause the dopant ions to diffuse and accumulate at an upper interface between the high-K gate dielectric layer and the first metal gate layer and a lower interface between the high-K gate dielType: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2012Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of SciencesInventors: Qiuxia Xu, Huilong Zhu, Huajie Zhou, Gaobo Xu
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Publication number: 20130134516Abstract: The present application discloses a semiconductor device structure and a method for manufacturing the same, wherein the method comprises: forming a semiconductor substrate comprising a local SOI structure having a local buried isolation dielectric layer; forming a fin on the silicon substrate on top of the local buried isolation dielectric layer; forming a gate stack structure on the top and side faces of the fin; forming source/drain structures in the fin on both sides of the gate stack structure; and performing metallization. The present invention makes use of traditional quasi-planar based top-down processes, thus the manufacturing process thereof is simple to implement; the present invention exhibits good compatibility with CMOS planar process and can be easily integrated, therefore, short channel effects are suppressed desirably, and MOSFETs are boosted to develop towards a trend of downscaling size.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2011Publication date: May 30, 2013Applicant: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of SciencesInventors: Huajie Zhou, Qiuxia Xu
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Publication number: 20130134515Abstract: The present application discloses a semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor (FET) structure and a method for manufacturing the same, wherein the method comprises: forming a semiconductor substrate comprising an SOI structure having a body-contact hole; forming a fin on the SOI structure of the semiconductor substrate; forming a gate stack structure on top and side faces of the fin; forming source/drain structures in the fin on both sides of the gate stack structure; and performing metallization. The present invention makes use of traditional quasi-planar based top-down processes, thus the manufacturing process thereof becomes simple to implement; the present invention exhibits good compatibility with CMOS planar process and can be easily integrated; the present invention also is favorable for suppressing short channel effects desirably, and boosts MOSFETs to develop towards a trend of downscaling size.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2011Publication date: May 30, 2013Applicant: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of SciencesInventors: Huajie Zhou, Qiuxia Xu
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Patent number: 8389367Abstract: The present application discloses a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising: forming a local buried isolation dielectric layer in a semiconductor substrate; forming a fin in the semiconductor substrate and on top of the local buried isolation dielectric layer; forming a gate stack structure on a top surface and side surfaces of the fin; forming source/drain structures in portions of the fin which are on opposite sides of the gate stack structure; and performing metallization. A conventional quasi-planar top-down process is utilized in the present invention to achieve a good compatibility with the CMOS planar processes, easy integration, and suppression of short channel effects, which promotes the development of MOSFETs having reduced sizes.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2011Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of SciencesInventors: Huajie Zhou, Qiuxia Xu
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Patent number: 8361869Abstract: The present application discloses a method for manufacturing a gate-all-around field effect transistor, comprising the steps of: forming a suspended fin in a semiconductor substrate; forming a gate stack around the fin; and forming source/drain regions in the fin on both sides of the gate stack, wherein an isolation dielectric layer is formed in a portion of the semiconductor substrate which is adjacent to bottom of both the fin and the gate stack. The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a gate-all-around device on a bulk silicon substrate, which suppress a self-heating effect and a floating-body effect of the SOI substrate, and lower a manufacture cost. The inventive method is a conventional top-down process with respect to a reference plane, which can be implemented as a simple manufacture process, and is easy to be integrated into and compatible with a planar CMOS process. The inventive method suppresses a short channel effect and promotes miniaturization of MOSFETs.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2011Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of SciencesInventors: Huajie Zhou, Yi Song, Qiuxia Xu
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Publication number: 20130011986Abstract: The present application discloses a method for manufacturing a full silicide metal gate bulk silicon multi-gate fin field effect transistor, which comprises the steps of: forming at least one fin on the semiconductor substrate; forming a gate stack structure on top and side surfaces of the fin; forming a source/drain extension area in the fin on both sides of the gate stack structure; forming a source/drain area on both sides of the source/drain extension area; forming silicide on the source/drain area; forming a full silicide metal gate electrode; and forming contact and implementing metalization. The present invention eliminates the self-heating effect and the floating body effect of SOI devices, then has a much lower cost, overcomes such defects as the polysilicon gate depletion effect, Boron penetration effect, and large series resistance of polysilicon gate electrodes, and has good compatibility with the planar COMS technology, thus it can be easily integrated.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2011Publication date: January 10, 2013Inventors: Huajie Zhou, Qiuxia Xu