IP Library Granted Patent US 9,263,257
Granted Patent B2
US 9,263,257 · App. 14/312,707 · Granted Feb 16, 2016

Semiconductor device having fin-shaped structure and method for fabricating the same

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Patent No.
US 9,263,257
App. No.
14/312,707
Granted
Feb 16, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device with fin-shaped structure is disclosed. The semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a fin-shaped structure on the substrate; and an epitaxial layer on a top surface and part of the sidewall of the fin-shaped structure, in which the epitaxial layer and the fin-shaped structure includes a linear gradient of germanium concentration therebetween.

Claims (12)

1. A semiconductor device with fin-shaped structure, comprising:

a substrate;

a fin-shaped structure on the substrate; and

an epitaxial layer on a top surface and part of the sidewall of the fin-shaped structure, wherein the epitaxial layer and the fin-shaped structure comprises a linear gradient of germanium concentration therebetween.

2. The semiconductor device with fin-shaped structure of claim 1 , wherein a concentration of germanium increases linearly from the fin-shaped structure toward the epitaxial layer.

3. The semiconductor device with fin-shaped structure of claim 1 , wherein a concentration of germanium increases linearly from the epitaxial layer toward the fin-shaped structure.

4. The semiconductor device with fin-shaped structure of claim 1 , further comprising a first dielectric layer on part of the sidewall of the fin-shaped structure.

5. The semiconductor device with fin-shaped structure of claim 4 , wherein the first dielectric layer is between the epitaxial layer and the substrate.

6. The semiconductor device with fin-shaped structure of claim 4 , wherein the first dielectric layer comprises an oxide layer.

7. The semiconductor device with fin-shaped structure of claim 4 , further comprising a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer.

8. The semiconductor device with fin-shaped structure of claim 7 . wherein the height of the second dielectric layer is higher than a junction between the epitaxial layer and the first dielectric layer.

9. The semiconductor device with fin-shaped structure of claim 7 , wherein the second dielectric layer comprises an Advanced Patterning Film (APF).

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 26, 2021
From: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: MARLIN SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
Reel/Frame 056991/0292 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 24, 2014
From: CHIEN, CHIN-CHENG; HSU, HSIN-KUO; LIU, CHIH-CHIEN; LIN, CHIN-FU; WU, CHUN-YUAN
To: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
Reel/Frame 033161/0613 →