IP Library Granted Patent US 8,716,807
Granted Patent B2
US 8,716,807 · App. 13/571,521 · Granted May 6, 2014

Fabrication of devices having different interfacial oxide thickness via lateral oxidation

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Patent No.
US 8,716,807
App. No.
13/571,521
Granted
May 6, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a first field effect transistor (FET) and a second FET located on a substrate, the first FET comprising a first interfacial oxide layer, and the second FET comprising a second interfacial oxide layer, wherein the second interfacial oxide layer of the second FET is thicker than the first interfacial oxide layer of the first FET; and a recess located in the substrate adjacent to the second FET.

Claims (9)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a first field effect transistor (FET) and a second FET located on a substrate, the first FET comprising a first interfacial oxide layer, and the second FET comprising a second interfacial oxide layer, wherein the second interfacial oxide layer of the second FET is thicker than the first interfacial oxide layer of the first FET and wherein a bottom surface of the second interfacial oxide layer non-planar with a bottom surface of the first interfacial oxide layer; and

a recess located in the substrate directly adjacent to a gate stack of the second FET.

2. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the first and second interfacial oxide layers comprise one of silicon oxide and silicon oxynitride.

3. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the substrate comprises one of silicon and silicon germanium.

4. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the first FET comprises the first interfacial oxide layer located on the substrate, a first high-k dielectric layer located on the first interfacial oxide layer, and a first gate metal layer located on the first high-k dielectric layer; and

wherein the second FET comprises the second interfacial oxide layer located on the substrate, a second high-k dielectric layer located on the second interfacial oxide layer, and a second gate metal layer located on the second high-k dielectric layer.

5. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , further comprising an oxide liner located over a gate of the second FET, and oxidation-resistant material located over the oxide liner.

6. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , further comprising an oxidation-resistant material encapsulating the first FET.

Assignments (4)
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 Jun 27, 2019
From: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
To: ALSEPHINA INNOVATIONS INC.
Reel/Frame 049612/0211 →
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 →