IP Library Granted Patent US 12672319
Granted Patent B2
US 12672319 · App. 18/536,880 · Granted Jun 30, 2026

Metal oxide semiconductor having epitaxial source drain regions and a method of manufacturing same using dummy gate process

Inventor: Yasushi Tateshita (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
H10D30/797H10D30/0227H10D30/605H10D30/608H10D30/794H10D62/021H10D62/151H10D62/822H10D64/01316H10D64/01318H10D64/015H10D64/017H10D64/311H10D64/62H10D64/665H10D64/667H10D64/668H10D64/691H10D64/693H10D84/0167H10D84/017H10D84/0177H10D84/0181H10D84/038H10D84/85
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12672319
App. No.
18/536,880
Granted
Jun 30, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device in which sufficient stress can be applied to a channel region due to lattice constant differences.

Claims (46)

1 . A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method comprising:

forming a gate insulating film above a silicon-based substrate;

forming a first Ti-N film above the gate insulating film, the first Ti-N film at least including titanium (Ti) and nitrogen (N);

forming a dummy gate electrode above the first Ti-N film;

forming a first insulating film that is located at least in part on opposite sides of the dummy gate electrode;

forming a first recess region by partially removing the silicon-based substrate through recess etching;

epitaxially growing, on a surface of the first recess region, a source/drain material that includes silicon and an atom having a lattice constant different from a lattice constant of silicon;

forming a second insulating film that is located at least in part over sides of the first insulating film;

forming a second recess region by removing a portion of the dummy gate electrode; and

forming a gate electrode in the second recess region above the gate insulating film.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the gate insulating film is formed of a material comprising a metal oxide, a metal silicate, a metal oxynitride, or a nitrided metal silicate, wherein the material includes at least one of hafnium (Hf), lanthanum (La), aluminum (Al), zirconium (Zr), or tantalum (Ta).

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein a portion of the gate insulating film is located between the gate electrode and the first insulating film.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first insulating film is an offset spacer and the second insulating film is a sidewall film.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

forming a refractory metal film across an entire surface of the silicon-based substrate, including on mixed crystal layers, in such a manner as to cover the dummy gate electrode, for which a hard mask and sidewalls have been provided, and wherein the refractory metal film includes cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni), platinum (Pt), or a compound of Co, Ni, and Pt.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

forming a diffusion extension region in the silicon-based substrate such that it extends between the source/drain material and a region below the dummy gate electrode.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the gate insulating film is located at least in part between the gate electrode and the silicon-based substrate.

8 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

forming a third insulating film that is located at least in part on opposite sides of the gate electrode and of the first insulating film.

9 . The method according to claim 8 , further comprising:

forming a fourth insulating film above the third insulating film.

10 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the second insulating film is located at least in part between the first insulating film and the third insulating film.

11 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein material of the source/drain material includes a mixed crystal layer in first recess regions of a surface of the silicon-based substrate, the first recess regions being at both sides of the gate electrode, the mixed crystal layer including at least silicon (Si) and germanium (Ge).

12 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

forming a fourth insulating film contacting at least a portion of a top surface of the gate electrode.

13 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first insulating film does not contact a top surface of the gate electrode.

14 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first insulating film is located at least in part between the gate electrode and the second insulating film.

15 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second insulating film covers the first insulating film.

16 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the gate electrode comprises at least one metal material.

17 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

forming a shallow-junction extension region above the silicon-based substrate that extends into a channel region underneath the gate electrode.

18 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

forming a silicon-based insulating film located at least in part between the gate insulating film and the silicon-based substrate.

19 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first Ti-N film is in contact with the gate insulating film.

20 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first Ti-N film is a cap film.

21 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

forming a second Ti-N film located at least in part between the gate electrode and the gate insulating film, the second Ti-N film including at least the Ti and the N.

22 . The method according to claim 21 , wherein the second Ti-N film is in contact with the gate electrode.

23 . The method according to claim 21 , wherein the second Ti-N film is an adhesion layer.

24 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the first insulating film is in contact with material of the source/drain material.

25 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

forming a first Ta film located at least in part between the gate electrode and the gate insulating film, the first Ta film including at least the Ta.

26 . The method according to claim 25 , wherein the first Ta film further includes N.

27 . The method according to claim 25 , wherein the first Ti-N film is an adhesion layer.

28 . The method according to claim 25 , wherein the first Ti-N film is in contact with the first insulating film.