IP Library Granted Patent US 12672299
Granted Patent B2
US 12672299 · App. 18/063,987 · Granted Jun 30, 2026

Vertical transport field-effect transistor with late fin cut

Inventors: Tsung-Sheng Kang (Ballston Lake, NY); Tao Li (Slingerlands, NY); Ruilong Xie (Niskayuna, NY); Julien Frougier (Albany, NY); Reinaldo Vega (Mahopac, NY)
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
H10D30/024H10D30/6211H10D30/63H10D62/116H10D62/151
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Patent No.
US 12672299
App. No.
18/063,987
Granted
Jun 30, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

One or more devices and/or methods provided herein relate to a method for fabricating a semiconductor device, and more particularly for fabricating at least a portion of a vertical transport field effect transistor. The semiconductor device comprises a field-effect transmitter comprising a substrate, a fin extending outwardly from the substrate, a source/drain region having a first portion disposed between the substrate and the fin and stacked with the fin and the substrate along a common extension direction of the fin, and an excess section of semiconductor material disposed adjacent the first portion of the source/drain region and positioned other than stacked together with the substrate and the fin, wherein the semiconductor material of the excess section is different from a material of the fin and different from a material of the source/drain region.

Claims (30)

1 . A semiconductor device, comprising:

a field-effect transistor comprising:

a substrate;

a fin extending outwardly from the substrate;

a source/drain region having a first portion disposed between the substrate and the fin and stacked with the fin and the substrate along a common extension direction of the fin;

an excess section of semiconductor material, which is different from a material of the fin and different from a material of the source/drain region, wherein the excess section is disposed adjacent the first portion of the source/drain region and positioned other than stacked together with the substrate and the fin; and

a dopant-resistant barrier layer stacked together with and disposed between the fin and the source/drain region along the common extension direction of the fin, wherein the dopant-resistant barrier layer further extends along and covers the excess section.

2 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a shallow trench isolation (STI) section, wherein the excess section is disposed between the STI section and the first portion of the source/drain region.

3 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , where the excess section of semiconductor material comprises silicon-based material.

4 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the source/drain region has multiple surface heights facing the fin.

5 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a second fin, wherein the fin is a first fin, wherein the source/drain region has a third portion disposed directly between the substrate and the second fin, and wherein the source/drain region extends continuously from the first portion to the third portion along a second portion disposed between the first portion and the third portion.

6 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a depression formed adjacent the fin into a surface of the source/drain region facing the fin.

7 . A semiconductor device, comprising:

a field-effect transistor comprising:

a substrate;

a first fin extending outwardly from the substrate;

a source/drain region having a first portion disposed between the substrate and the first fin and stacked with the first fin and the substrate along a common extension direction of the first fin;

an excess section of semiconductor material, which is different from a material of the first fin and different from a material of the source/drain region, wherein the excess section is disposed adjacent the first portion of the source/drain region and positioned other than stacked together with the substrate and the first fin; and

a second fin, wherein the source/drain region has a third portion disposed directly between the substrate and the second fin, and wherein the source/drain region extends continuously from the first portion to the third portion along a second portion disposed between the first portion and the third portion.

8 . The semiconductor device of claim 7 , further comprising:

a shallow trench isolation (STI) section, wherein the excess section is disposed between the STI section and the first portion of the source/drain region.

9 . The semiconductor device of claim 7 , where the excess section of semiconductor material comprises silicon-based material.

10 . The semiconductor device of claim 7 , further comprising a dopant-resistant barrier layer stacked together with and disposed between the first fin and the source/drain region along the common extension direction of the first fin.

11 . The semiconductor device of claim 10 , wherein the dopant-resistant barrier layer further extends along and covers the excess section.

12 . The semiconductor device of claim 7 , wherein the source/drain region has multiple surface heights facing the first fin.

13 . The semiconductor device of claim 7 , further comprising:

a depression formed adjacent the first fin into a surface of the source/drain region facing the first fin.