P-FET with graded silicon-germanium channel
View Patent ↗A method of forming a semiconductor structure includes forming a silicon-germanium layer on a semiconductor region of a substrate having a specific concentration of germanium atoms. The semiconductor region and the silicon-germanium layer are annealed to induce a non-homogenous thermal diffusion of germanium atoms from the silicon-germanium layer into the semiconductor region to form a graded silicon-germanium region. Another method of forming a semiconductor structure includes etching a semiconductor region of the substrate to form a thinned semiconductor region. A silicon-germanium layer is formed on the thinned semiconductor region having a graded germanium concentration profile.
1. A semiconductor structure comprising a p-FET region and an n-FET region, the semiconductor structure comprising:
a graded silicon-germanium fin in the p-FET region extending upward from a top surface of a buried dielectric layer of a semiconductor substrate, wherein the graded silicon-germanium fin comprises a concentration of germanium atoms across an entire height of the graded silicon-germanium fin, wherein the concentration of germanium atoms is increasing in a direction perpendicular to a height of the graded silicon-germanium fin, such that the concentration of germanium increases towards vertical sidewalls of a gate structure partially surrounding a portion of the graded silicon-germanium fin and the concentration of germanium decreases towards a vertical center of the graded silicon-germanium fin, wherein the concentration of germanium is highest along the vertical sidewalls of the gate structure; and
wherein the graded silicon-germanium fin has substantially similar dimensions as a silicon fin in the n-FET region extending upward from the top surface of the buried dielectric layer of the semiconductor substrate, wherein a width and the height of the graded silicon-germanium fin are substantially similar to a width and a height of the silicon fin, respectively.
2. The semiconductor structure of claim 1 , wherein the concentration of germanium atoms gradually increasing towards the sidewalls of the graded silicon-germanium fin comprises an atomic concentration of approximately 25% to 45% of germanium.
3. A semiconductor structure comprising:
a silicon fin above and in direct contact with a buried dielectric layer of a semiconductor substrate, the silicon fin located in an n-FET region; and
a silicon-germanium fin above and in direct contact with the buried dielectric layer, the silicon-germanium fin located in a p-FET region, a concentration of germanium across an entire height of the silicon-germanium fin increases in a direction perpendicular to the height of the silicon-germanium fin, such that the concentration of germanium increases towards vertical sidewalls of the silicon-germanium fin, wherein the concentration of germanium is highest along the vertical sidewalls of the silicon-germanium fin,
wherein a width and a height of the silicon fin are substantially similar to a width and the height, respectively, of the silicon-germanium fin.
4. The semiconductor structure of claim 3 , wherein the concentration of germanium atoms increasing towards the vertical sidewalls of the silicon-germanium fin comprises an atomic concentration of approximately 25% to 45% of germanium.
5. A semiconductor structure, comprising:
a silicon fin above and in direct contact with a buried dielectric layer of a semiconductor substrate, the silicon fin located in an n-FET region; and
a silicon-germanium fin above and in direct contact with the buried dielectric layer, the silicon-germanium fin located in a p-FET region, the germanium concentration across an entire height of the silicon-germanium fin varies across its width such that the germanium concentration decreases according to a gradient profile from each sidewall to its center, and the gradient profile is symmetric about a vertical center line of the silicon-germanium fin,
wherein the germanium concentration along an uppermost surface of the silicon-germanium fin varies from each sidewall to its center in accordance with the gradient profile, wherein the concentration of germanium is highest along the sidewalls of the silicon-germanium fin.
6. The semiconductor structure of claim 5 , wherein the concentration of germanium atoms increasing towards the sidewalls of the silicon-germanium fin comprises an atomic concentration of approximately 25% to 45% of germanium.
7. The semiconductor structure of claim 5 , wherein a width of the silicon-germanium fin is substantially similar to a width of the silicon fin.