IP Library Patent Application 14856930
Patent Application
App. No. 14/856,930

UNIFORM HEIGHT TALL FINS WITH VARYING SILICON GERMANIUM CONCENTRATIONS

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App. No.
14/856,930
Abstract

A method of making a semiconductor device includes forming a first fin in a first semiconducting material layer disposed over a substrate, the first semiconducting material layer comprising an element in a first concentration; and forming a second fin in a second semiconducting material layer disposed over the substrate and adjacent to the first semiconducting material layer, the second semiconducting material layer comprising the element in a second concentration; wherein the first concentration is different than the second concentration.

Claims (17)

1 .- 14 . (canceled)

15 . A semiconductor device, comprising:

a first fin of a first transistor disposed over a substrate, the first fin comprising a semiconductor material comprising germanium in a first amount;

a second fin of a second transistor disposed over the substrate and adjacent to the first fin, the second fin comprising a semiconductor material comprising germanium in a second amount; and

a shallow trench isolation region arranged between the first fin and the second fin;

wherein the first amount is about 20 atomic % (at. %) to about 60 at. %, the second amount is about 10 at. % to about 20 at. %, the first fin and the second fin have substantially the same height, and the first transistor and the second transistor have different threshold voltages and different amounts of germanium;

wherein the first fin comprises a first substantially uniform concentration of germanium; and

wherein the second fin comprises a second substantially uniform concentration of germanium.

16 . The semiconductor device of claim 15 , wherein the first fin comprises silicon germanium and the second fin comprises silicon germanium.

17 . The semiconductor device of claim 15 , wherein the substrate comprises silicon, silicon carbide, germanium, silicon germanium, silicon germanium carbon, gallium arsenide, indium arsenide, indium phosphide, or any combination thereof.

18 .- 19 . (canceled)

20 . The semiconductor device of claim 15 , further comprising a buried oxide layer disposed between the substrate and the first and second fins.

21 . (canceled)

22 . A semiconductor device, comprising:

a first active area of a first transistor disposed over a substrate, the first active area comprising a first silicon layer and a first silicon germanium layer arranged on the first silicon layer; and

a second active area of a second transistor disposed over the substrate and adjacent to the first fin, the second active area comprising a second silicon layer and a second silicon germanium layer arranged on the second silicon germanium layer;

wherein the first silicon layer is recessed with respect to the second silicon layer and has a thickness that is different than the second silicon layer, and the first silicon germanium layer and the second silicon germanium layer have thicknesses that are the same.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 4, 2020
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: ELPIS TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Reel/Frame 052557/0327 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 17, 2015
From: BEDELL, STEPHEN W.; DORIS, BRUCE B.; FOGEL, KEITH E.; REZNICEK, ALEXANDER
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036592/0074 →