IP Library Granted Patent US 12690218
Granted Patent B2
US 12690218 · App. 17/915,387 · Granted Jul 21, 2026

Semiconductor structures and manufacturing methods thereof

Inventors: Kai Cheng (Suzhou, CN); Peng Xiang (Suzhou, CN)
Assignee: ENKRIS SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
H10D30/472H10D30/015H10D30/4732H10D62/824H10D62/8503
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Patent No.
US 12690218
App. No.
17/915,387
Granted
Jul 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method thereof. The semiconductor structure includes: a semiconductor substrate, a back barrier layer, a channel layer and an etch stop layer arranged from bottom to up; and a P-type semiconductor layer located on a source region and a drain region of the etch stop layer.

Claims (24)

1 . A semiconductor structure, comprising:

a semiconductor substrate, a back barrier layer, a channel layer and an etch stop layer sequentially arranged from a bottom of the semiconductor structure to a top of the semiconductor structure, wherein a two-dimensional hole gas is formed at an interface between the back barrier layer and the channel layer, the etch stop layer is vertically above the two-dimensional hole gas; and

a P-type semiconductor layer located in a source region and a drain region on the etch stop layer, wherein a P-type ion heavily doped layer is provided on the P-type semiconductor layer in the source region and the P-type semiconductor layer in the drain region.

2 . The semiconductor structure of claim 1 , wherein a material of the P-type semiconductor layer comprises a group III nitride material.

3 . The semiconductor structure of claim 1 , wherein a material of the etch stop layer comprises at least one of: AlN, AlGaN, an alternating multilayer superlattice structure with GaN/AlGaN, or an alternating multilayer superlattice with AlGaN/AlN.

4 . The semiconductor structure of claim 1 , wherein the etch stop layer includes a P-type doped material.

5 . The semiconductor structure of claim 1 , wherein the channel layer-comprises a group III nitride material.

6 . The semiconductor structure of claim 1 , wherein a source electrode is provided on the P-type semiconductor layer in the source region, and a drain electrode is provided on the P-type semiconductor layer in the drain region, a multi-layer structure, comprising a gate electrode insulating layer and a gate electrode, is provided on the etch stop layer in a gate region.

7 . The semiconductor structure of claim 1 , wherein a material of the etch stop layer is a material having a difference from the P-type semiconductor layer in an etch rate.

8 . The semiconductor structure of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the etch stop layer ranges from 0.1 nm to 10 nm.

9 . The semiconductor structure of claim 1 , wherein a nucleation layer and a buffer layer are provided from bottom to top between the semiconductor substrate and the back barrier layer.

10 . The semiconductor structure of claim 4 , wherein the material of the etch stop layer comprises at least one of p-AlN, p-AlGaN, an alternating multilayer superlattice structure with p-GaN/p-AlGaN, or an alternating multilayer superlattice structure with p-AlGaN/p-AlN.

11 . A method of manufacturing a semiconductor substrate, comprising:

providing a semiconductor substrate;

forming a back barrier layer, a channel layer, an etch stop layer and a P-type semiconductor layer sequentially on the semiconductor substrate, wherein a two-dimensional hole gas is formed at an interface between the back barrier layer and the channel layer, the etch stop layer is vertically above the two-dimensional hole gas;

removing the P-type semiconductor layer in a gate region by etching, retaining the P-type semiconductor layer in a source region and the P-type semiconductor layer in a drain region; and

forming a P-type ion heavily doped layer respectively on the P-type semiconductor layer in the source region and the P-type semiconductor layer in the drain region.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein a material of the P-type semiconductor layer comprises a group III nitride material.

13 . The method of claim 11 , wherein a material of the etch stop layer-comprises at least one of: AlN, AlGaN, an alternating multilayer superlattice structure with GaN/AlGaN, or an alternating multilayer superlattice with AlGaN/AlN.

14 . The method of claim 11 , wherein a material of the etch stop layer-comprises at least one of p-AlN, p-AlGaN, an alternating multilayer superlattice structure with p-GaN/p-AlGaN, or an alternating multilayer superlattice structure with p-AlGaN/p-AlN.

15 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the channel layer comprises a group III nitride material.

16 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising: forming a source electrode on the P-type semiconductor layer in the source region;

forming a drain electrode on the P-type semiconductor layer in the drain region; and

forming a multi-layer structure, comprising a gate electrode insulating layer and a gate electrode, on the etch stop layer in the gate region.