IP Library Granted Patent US 8,324,685
Granted Patent B2
US 8,324,685 · App. 12/866,649 · Granted Dec 4, 2012

Semiconductor device having a fin-type semiconductor region

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Patent No.
US 8,324,685
App. No.
12/866,649
Granted
Dec 4, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fin-semiconductor region ( 13 ) is formed on a substrate ( 11 ). A first impurity which produces a donor level or an acceptor level in a semiconductor is introduced in an upper portion and side portions of the fin-semiconductor region ( 13 ), and oxygen or nitrogen is further introduced as a second impurity in the upper portion and side portions of the fin-semiconductor region ( 13 ).

Claims (17)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a fin-semiconductor region formed on a substrate;

a gate insulating film formed on at least each of side surfaces of a predetermined portion of the fin-semiconductor region; and

a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film, wherein

a first impurity which produces a donor level or an acceptor level in a semiconductor is introduced in an upper portion and side portions of the fin-semiconductor region, and oxygen or nitrogen is further introduced as a second impurity in each of the upper portion and side portions of the fin-semiconductor region,

the first impurity and the second impurity are introduced in the fin-semiconductor region located outside the gate electrode, and

said first impurity and said second impurity are not introduced in a portion of said fin-semiconductor region covered by said gate electrode.

2. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein a resistance of each of the side portions of the fin-semiconductor region is equal to or less than a resistance of the upper portion of the fin-semiconductor region.

3. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein an insulator is formed in the upper portion of the fin-semiconductor region through introduction of the second impurity therein.

4. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the fin-semiconductor region is formed on an insulating layer formed on the substrate.

5. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein extension regions are formed in the side portions of the fin-semiconductor region located outside the gate electrode through introduction of the first impurity therein.

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

insulating sidewall spacers formed on side surfaces of the gate electrode, wherein

the extension regions are formed in portions of the fin-semiconductor region covered with the insulating sidewall spacers, and

source/drain regions are formed in the side portions of the fin-semiconductor region located outside the insulating sidewall spacers through introduction of the first impurity therein.

7. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the fin-semiconductor region is made of silicon.

8. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the first impurity is boron, phosphorus, or arsenic.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 20, 2015
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 036135/0266 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 15, 2010
From: OKUMURA, TOMOHIRO; KAI, TAKAYUKI; SASAKI, YUICHIRO
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025358/0969 →