IP Library Granted Patent US 8,742,504
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US 8,742,504 · App. 13/891,636 · Granted Jun 3, 2014

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Patent No.
US 8,742,504
App. No.
13/891,636
Granted
Jun 3, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device and a method of fabricating a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, an insulating layer, a first semiconductor layer, a dielectric layer, a second semiconductor layer, a source and drain junction, a gate, and a spacer. The method includes the steps of forming a semiconductor substrate, forming a shallow trench isolation layer, growing a first epitaxial layer, growing a second epitaxial layer, forming a gate, forming a spacer, performing a reactive ion etching, removing a portion of the first epitaxial layer, filling the void with a dielectric, etching back a portion of the dielectric, growing a silicon layer, implanting a source and drain junction, and forming an extension.

Claims (20)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a semiconductor substrate;

an insulating layer on the semiconductor substrate;

a first semiconductor layer disposed on the insulating layer;

a dielectric layer disposed on a portion of the first semiconductor layer;

a second semiconductor layer disposed around the dielectric layer;

a source and drain junction disposed within the second semiconductor layer;

a gate disposed on a portion of the second semiconductor layer; and

a spacer disposed around the gate and covering a portion of the second semiconductor layer.

2. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the first semiconductor layer has a thickness from about 10 nanometers to about 30 nanometers.

3. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the second semiconductor layer is made of a material selected from the group consisting of: silicon, germanium, a compound of a Group III/V elements, a compound of a Group II/VI elements, and a combination thereof.

4. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the second semiconductor layer has a thickness of about 2 nanometers to about 10 nanometers.

5. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the dielectric layer is a single-layer dielectric.

6. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the dielectric layer is a multi-layer dielectric.

7. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the dielectric layers has a thickness of about 10 nanometers to about 25 nanometers.

8. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein there is an implant for junction butting disposed beneath the source and drain junction.

9. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the dielectric layer is about 3 nanometers to about 5 nanometers shorter than the length of the gate.

10. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the first semiconductor layer is a silicon-on-insulator layer.

11. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the dielectric layer is made of a material selected from the group consisting of silicon oxide, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride and a high-k dielectric.

12. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the gate comprises at least one gate dielectric layer and at least one gate conducting layer.

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 May 10, 2013
From: CHENG, KANGGUO; DORIS, BRUCE B.; KERBER, PRANITA; SHAHIDI, GHAVAM G.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030394/0784 →