Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method thereof. The method comprises: providing a semiconductor substrate comprising semiconductor devices; depositing a copper diffusion barrier layer on the semiconductor substrate; forming a copper composite layer on the copper diffusion barrier layer; decomposing the copper composite at corresponding positions, where copper interconnection is to be formed, into copper according to the shape of the copper interconnection; and etching off the undecomposed copper composite and the copper diffusion barrier layer underneath, to interconnect the semiconductor devices. The present invention is adaptive for manufacturing interconnection in integrated circuits.

Abstract: It is provided a transistor, a method for manufacturing the transistor, and a semiconductor chip comprising the transistor.

Abstract: The present application discloses an MOSFET and a method for manufacturing the same.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure, comprising the steps of: depositing an interlayer dielectric layer (105) on a semiconductor substrate (101) to cover a source/drain region (102) and a gate stack on the semiconductor substrate (101); etching the interlayer dielectric layer and the source/drain region, so as to form a contact hole (110) extending into the source/drain region; conformally forming an amorphous layer (111) on an exposed part of the source/drain region; forming a metal silicide layer (113) on a surface of the amorphous layer (111); and filling the contact hole (110) with a contact metal (114). Correspondingly, the present invention further provides a semiconductor structure. The present invention etches the source/drain region so that the exposed part comprises the bottom and a sidewall, thereby expanding the contact area between the contact metal in the contact hole and the source/drain region, and reducing the contact resistance.

Abstract: The present application provides a MOSFET and a method for manufacturing the same. The MOSFET comprises: a semiconductor substrate; a first buried insulating layer on the semiconductor substrate; a back gate formed in a first semiconductor layer which is on the first buried insulating layer; a second buried insulating layer on the first semiconductor layer; source/drain regions formed in a second semiconductor layer which is on the second buried insulating layer; a gate on the second semiconductor layer; and electrical contacts on the source/drain regions, the gate and the back gate, wherein the back gate is only under a channel region and one of the source/drain regions and not under the other of the source/drain regions, and a common electrical contact is formed between the back gate and the one of the source/drain regions. The MOSFET improves an effect of suppressing short channel effects by an asymmetric back gate, and reduces a footprint on a wafer by using the common conductive via.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure, which comprises: providing an SOI substrate, and forming a gate structure on the SOI substrate; etching an SOI layer and a BOX layer of the SOI substrates on both sides of the gate structure, so as to form trenches exposing the BOX layer and extending partially into the BOX layer; forming metal sidewall spacers on sidewalls of the trenches, wherein the metal sidewall spacers is in contact with the SOI layer under the gate structure; forming an insulating layer filling partially the trenches, and forming a dielectric layer to cover the gate structure and the insulating layer; etching the dielectric layer to form first contact through holes that expose at least partially the insulating layer, and etching the insulating layer from the first contact through holes to form second contact through holes that expose at least partially the metal sidewall spacer; filling the first contact through holes and the second contact through hol

Abstract: A method of forming an electrical device is provided that includes forming at least one semiconductor device on a first semiconductor layer of the SOI substrate. A handling structure is formed contacting the at least one semiconductor device and the first semiconductor layer. A second semiconductor layer and at least a portion of the dielectric layer of the SOI substrate are removed to provide a substantially exposed surface of the first semiconductor layer. A retrograded well may be formed by implanting dopant through the substantially exposed surface of the first semiconductor layer into a first thickness of the semiconductor layer that extends from the substantially exposed surface of the semiconductor layer, wherein a remaining thickness of the semiconductor layer is substantially free of the retrograded well dopant. The retrograded well may be laser annealed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of forming a strained semiconductor channel. According to the invention, a strained channel is formed after the annealing of source/drain, by which it does not only avoid the strained semiconductor channel from being exposed to the high-temperature source/drain annealing process, but also avoid a loss of the semiconductor layer since it reduces the number of processing steps that the strained semiconductor channel has to experience. Besides, because the etching rate of the ion implantation region is significantly greater than the etching rate of the surrounding portion of the relaxed layer into which no ions are implanted, the etching depth can be easily controlled.

Abstract: The present application discloses a semiconductor structure and method for manufacturing the same. The semiconductor structure comprises: an SOI substrate and a MOSFET formed on the SOI substrate, wherein the SOI substrate comprises, in a top-down fashion, an SOI layer, a first buried insulator layer, a buried semiconductor layer, a second buried insulator layer, and a semiconductor substrate, the buried semiconductor layer including a backgate region including a portion of the buried semiconductor layer doped with a dopant of a first polarity; the MOSFET comprises a gate stack and source/drain regions, the gate stack being formed on the SOI layer, and the source/drain regions being formed in the SOI layer at opposite sides of the gate stack; and the backgate region includes a counter-doped region, the counter-doped region is self-aligned with the gate stack and includes a dopant of a second polarity, and the second polarity is opposite to the first polarity.

Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor structure, which comprises a substrate, a semiconductor base, a cavity, a gate stack, sidewall spacers, source/drain regions and a contact layer; wherein, the gate stack is located on the semiconductor base, the sidewall spacers are located on sidewalls of the gate stack, the source/drain regions are embedded within the semiconductor base and located on both sides of the gate stack, the cavity is embedded within the substrate, and the semiconductor base is suspended over the cavity, the thickness in the middle portion of the semiconductor base is greater than the thicknesses at both ends of the semiconductor base in a direction along the gate length, and both ends of the semiconductor base are connected with the substrate in a direction along the gate width; the contact layer covers exposed surfaces of the source/drain regions.

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.

Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor structure and a method for manufacturing the same. The method comprises: providing a substrate, forming sequentially a first high-k dielectric layer, an adjusting layer, a second high-k dielectric layer and a metal gate on the substrate, etching the first high-k dielectric layer, the adjusting layer, the second high-k dielectric layer and the metal gate to form a gate stack. Accordingly, the present invention further provides a semiconductor structure. The present invention proposes to arrange an adjusting layer between two layers of high-k dielectric layer, which effectively avoids reaction of the adjusting layer with the metal gate because of their direct contact, so as to maintain the performance of semiconductor devices.

Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor structure and a method for manufacturing the same. The method comprises the following steps: providing a semiconductor substrate, forming sequentially a gate dielectric layer, a metal gate, a CMP stop layer, and a poly silicon layer on the semiconductor substrate; etching the gate dielectric layer, the metal gate, the CMP stop layer and the poly silicon layer to form a gate stack; forming a first interlayer dielectric layer on the semiconductor substrate to cover the gate stack on the semiconductor substrate and the portions on both sides of the gate stack; performing a planarization process, such that the CMP stop layer is exposed and flushed with the upper surface of the first interlayer dielectric layer. Accordingly, the present invention further provides a semiconductor structure.

Abstract: It is disclosed a semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same. One method comprises providing a semiconductor layer that is formed on an insulating layer; forming a mask pattern on the semiconductor layer, which exposes a portion of the semiconductor layer; removing the exposed portion of the semiconductor layer of a predetermined thickness, thereby forming a groove; forming a gate stack in the mask pattern and the groove; removing the mask pattern to expose a portion of sidewalls of the gate stack. The method not only meets the requirement for a precise thickness of the SOI, but also increases the thickness of the source/drain regions as compared to a device having a uniform SOI thickness at the gate stack, thereby facilitating a reduction of the parasitic resistance of the source/drain regions.

Abstract: The present application provides a method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure, which comprises following steps: providing a substrate; forming a gate dielectric layer on the substrate; forming a dummy gate structure on the gate dielectric layer, wherein the dummy gate is formed from a polymer material; implanting dopants into portions of the substrates on opposite sides of the dummy gate structure to form source/drain regions; removing the dummy gate; annealing the source/drain regions to activate the dopants; and forming a metal gate. According to the present invention, it is proposed to manufacture a dummy gate structure with a polymer material, which significantly simplifies the subsequent etching process for removing the dummy gate structure and alleviates the etching difficulty accordingly.

Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method thereof. The method comprises: providing a semiconductor substrate comprising semiconductor devices; depositing a copper diffusion barrier layer on the semiconductor substrate; forming a copper composite layer on the copper diffusion barrier layer; decomposing the copper composite at corresponding positions, where copper interconnection is to be formed, into copper according to the shape of the copper interconnection; and etching off the undecomposed copper composite and the copper diffusion barrier layer underneath, to interconnect the semiconductor devices. The present invention is adaptive for manufacturing interconnection in integrated circuits.

Abstract: Gates structures and methods for manufacturing the same are disclosed. In an example, the gate structure comprises a gate stack formed on a semiconductor substrate, the gate stack comprising a high-K dielectric layer and a metal gate electrode from bottom to top; a first dielectric layer on sidewalls of the gate stack, the first dielectric layer serving as first sidewall spacers; and a sacrificial metal layer on the first dielectric layer, the sacrificial metal layer serving as second sidewall spacers. The sacrificial metal layer in the gate structure reduces a thickness of an interfacial oxide layer in the step of annealing. The gate structure may be applied to a semiconductor device having a small size because the gate dielectric layer has a low EOT value.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a flash memory device. The flash memory device comprises a semiconductor substrate and a flash memory area located on the semiconductor substrate. The flash memory area comprises a first doped well, which is divided into a first region and a second region by an isolation region, the second region being doped with an impurity having an electrical conductivity opposite to that of the first doped well; a high-k gate dielectric layer located on the first doped well; and a metal layer located on the high-k gate dielectric layer. The present invention enables compatibility between the high-k dielectric metal gate and the erasable flash memory and increases the operation performance of the flash memory. The present invention also provides a manufacturing method of the flash memory device, which greatly increases the production efficiency and yield of flash memory devices.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The method comprises: disposing a first dielectric material layer on a first semiconductor layer and defining openings in the first dielectric material layer; epitaxially growing a second semiconductor layer on the first semiconductor layer via the openings defined in the first dielectric material layer, wherein the second semiconductor layer and the first semiconductor layer comprise different materials from each other; and forming plugs of a second dielectric material in the second semiconductor layer at positions where the openings are defined in the first dielectric material layer and also at middle positions between adjacent openings. According to embodiments of the disclosure, defects occurring during the heteroepitaxial growth can be effectively suppressed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same. According to the present invention, when a gate is formed via a replacement gate process, a portion of a work function metal layer and a portion of a first metal layer are removed after the work function metal layer and the first metal layer are formed, and then the removed portions are replaced with a second metal layer. A device having such a gate structure greatly reduces the resistivity of the whole gate, due to a portion of the work function metal layer with a high resistivity being removed and the removed portion being filled with the second metal layer with a low resistivity, thereby AC performances of the device are improved.