IP Library Granted Patent US 9,281,198
Granted Patent B2
US 9,281,198 · App. 13/900,808 · Granted Mar 8, 2016

Method of fabricating a semiconductor device including embedded crystalline back-gate bias planes

Inventors: Thomas N. Adam (Slingerlands, NY); Kangguo Cheng (Schenectady, NY); Ali Khakifirooz (Mountain View, CA); Alexander Reznicek (Troy, NY); Raghavasimhan Sreenivasan (Schenectady, NY)
Assignee: GlobalFoundries, Inc.
H01L21/28008H01L21/84H01L27/1203H01L29/78648
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Patent No.
US 9,281,198
App. No.
13/900,808
Granted
Mar 8, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of forming a semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes forming a first dielectric layer on a substrate; forming a set of bias lines on the first dielectric layer; covering the set of bias lines with a second dielectric layer; forming a semiconductor layer on the second dielectric layer; and forming a set of devices on the semiconductor layer above the set of bias lines.

Claims (37)

1. A method of forming a semiconductor device, the method comprising:

forming a first dielectric layer on a substrate;

forming a set of bias lines on the first dielectric layer;

covering the set of bias lines with a second dielectric layer after the forming of the first dielectric layer on the substrate;

epitaxially growing a third dielectric layer on each of the second dielectric layer and the set of bias lines;

forming a semiconductor layer on the third dielectric layer after the covering of the set of bias lines with the second dielectric layer; and

forming a set of devices on the semiconductor layer above the set of bias lines.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first dielectric layer or the second dielectric layer includes an epitaxial oxide.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first dielectric layer, the second dielectric layer, and the set of bias lines are is epitaxially grown.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the epitaxial growth of the set of bias lines and the first, second, and third dielectric layers transfers lattice information from the substrate to the semiconductor layer.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

performing a thermal oxidation to the set of bias lines following the forming of the set of bias lines to form a thin oxide layer between the set of bias lines; and

removing portions of the thin oxide layer on a top surface of the set of bias lines.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the forming of the semiconductor layer comprises epitaxially growing the semiconductor layer on the second dielectric layer.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising forming a device layer on the first dielectric layer, wherein at least one of the device layer or the semiconductor layer includes silicon.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the set of bias lines include a first bias line which is p-type and a second bias line which is n-type.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first dielectric layer or the second dielectric layer includes a rare earth oxide (REO).

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the set of bias lines include a first bias line which includes a first material and a second bias line which includes a second material which is different than the first material.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of each of the second dielectric layer and the third dielectric layer is between approximately five nanometers and approximately thirty nanometers.

12. A method of forming a semiconductor device, the method comprising:

forming a first dielectric layer on a substrate,

wherein the first dielectric layer includes a rare earth oxide (REO);

forming a set of bias lines on the first dielectric layer, the set of bias lines including a first bias line with a first back-gate bias and a second bias line with a second back-gate bias;

covering the set of bias line with a second dielectric layer after the forming of the first dielectric layer on the substrate;

epitaxially growing a third dielectric layer on each of the second dielectric layer and the set of bias lines;

forming a semiconductor layer on the third dielectric layer after the covering of the set of bias lines with the second dielectric layer; and

forming a set of devices on the semiconductor layer above the set of bias lines, the set of devices including a first transistor disposed above the first bias line and a second transistor disposed above the second bias line.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein at least one of the second dielectric layer or the third dielectric layer includes an epitaxial oxide.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first dielectric layer, the second dielectric layer, and the set of bias lines are epitaxially grown.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the epitaxial growth of the set of bias lines and the first, second, and third dielectric layers transfers lattice information from the substrate to the semiconductor layer.

16. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

performing a thermal oxidation to the set of bias lines following the forming of the set of bias lines to form a thin oxide layer between the set of bias lines;

removing portions of the thin oxide layer on a top surface of the set of bias lines; and

forming the third dielectric layer on the second dielectric layer and the set of bias lines.

17. The method of claim 12 , further comprising forming a device layer on the first dielectric layer, wherein the first back-gate bias and the second back-gate bias have a different value relative to one another and at least one of the device layer or the semiconductor layer includes silicon.

18. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first bias line is p-doped and the second bias line is n-doped.

19. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first bias line includes a first material and the second bias line includes a second material which is different than the first material.

Assignments (5)
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 Jul 2, 2019
From: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
To: ALSEPHINA INNOVATIONS INC.
Reel/Frame 049669/0749 →
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 23, 2013
From: ADAM, THOMAS N.; CHENG, KANGGUO; KHAKIFIROOZ, ALI; REZNICEK, ALEXANDER; SREENIVASAN, RAGHAVASIMHAN
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030474/0519 →
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