IP Library Granted Patent US 8,941,177
Granted Patent B2
US 8,941,177 · App. 13/534,012 · Granted Jan 27, 2015

Semiconductor devices having different gate oxide thicknesses

Inventors: Charlotte DeWan Adams (Poughkeepsie, NY); Michael P. Chudzik (Danbury, CT); Siddarth A. Krishnan (Peekskill, NY); Unoh Kwon (Fishkill, NY); Shahab Siddiqui (White Plains, NY)
Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
H01L29/66545H01L29/66795
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Patent No.
US 8,941,177
App. No.
13/534,012
Granted
Jan 27, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of manufacturing multiple finFET devices having different thickness gate oxides. The method may include depositing a first dielectric layer on top of the semiconductor substrate, on top of a first fin, and on top of a second fin; forming a first dummy gate stack; forming a second dummy gate stack; removing the first and second dummy gates selective to the first and second gate oxides; masking a portion of the semiconductor structure comprising the second fin, and removing the first gate oxide from atop the first fin; and depositing a second dielectric layer within the first opening, and within the second opening, the second dielectric layer being located on top of the first fin and adjacent to the exposed sidewalls of the first pair of dielectric spacers, and on top of the second gate oxide and adjacent to the exposed sidewalls of the second pair of dielectric spacers.

Claims (20)

1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure comprising multiple finFET devices each comprising different thickness gate oxides and formed in a semiconductor substrate, the method comprising:

depositing a first dielectric layer on top of the semiconductor substrate, on top of a first fin, and on top of a second fin;

forming a first dummy gate stack comprising a first dummy gate located on top of a first gate oxide above the first fin, and a first pair of dielectric spacers disposed on opposite sides of the first dummy gate stack;

forming a second dummy gate stack comprising a second dummy gate located on top of a second gate oxide above the second fin, and a second pair of dielectric spacers disposed on opposite sides of the second dummy gate stack;

removing the first dummy gate and the second dummy gate selective to the first and second gate oxides, and creating a first opening defined by exposed sidewalls of the first pair of dielectric spacers and a second opening defined by exposed sidewalls of the second pair of dielectric spacers;

masking a portion of the semiconductor structure comprising the second fin, and removing the first gate oxide from atop the first fin; and

depositing a second dielectric layer within the first opening, and within the second opening, the second dielectric layer being located on top of the first fin and adjacent to the exposed sidewalls of the first pair of dielectric spacers, the second dielectric layer being located on top of the second gate oxide and adjacent to the exposed sidewalls of the second pair of dielectric spacers.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

using the first and second fins in different types of transistors on the semiconductor substrate wherein a first type transistor comprising the second dielectric layer and a second type transistor comprising the second gate oxide and the second dielectric layer.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the first type transistor is a high performance finFET device and the second type transistor is an input-output finFET device.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first and second gate oxides are formed from the first dielectric layer.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

using first and second the fins in a multiple-fin transistor.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein depositing the first and second dielectric layers comprises using an atomic layer deposition technique.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein removing the first and second dummy gates comprises using an isotropic wet etching technique or a reactive ion etching technique.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein depositing the first and second dielectric layers comprises depositing a high-k dielectric material.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

depositing a first gate terminal on top of the second dielectric layer above the first fin; and

depositing a depositing a second gate terminal on top of the second dielectric layer above the second gate oxide and the second fin.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein depositing the first and second gate terminals comprises depositing polysilicon, aluminum, or tungsten.

Assignments (7)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2021
From: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. INC.
Reel/Frame 056987/0001 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2020
From: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
Reel/Frame 054636/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 2, 2020
From: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
To: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. INC.
Reel/Frame 054633/0001 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Nov 29, 2018
From: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 049490/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 5, 2015
From: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. 2 LLC; GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. INC.
To: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
Reel/Frame 036779/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 3, 2015
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. 2 LLC
Reel/Frame 036550/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 27, 2012
From: ADAMS, CHARLOTTE DEWAN; CHUDZIK, MICHAEL P.; KRISHNAN, SIDDARTH A.; KWON, UNOH; SIDDIQUI, SHAHAB
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028448/0884 →
Continuity (1)
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