MOS devices having epitaxy regions with reduced facets

1. A method comprising:

forming a gate stack over a semiconductor substrate;

forming an opening extending into the semiconductor substrate, wherein the opening is on a side of the gate stack;

performing a first epitaxy to grow a first silicon germanium region in the opening, wherein the first silicon germanium region has a first germanium percentage;

performing a second epitaxy to grow a second silicon germanium region over the first silicon germanium region, wherein the second silicon germanium region has a second germanium percentage greater than the first germanium percentage;

performing a third epitaxy to grow a silicon cap substantially free from germanium over the second silicon germanium region; and

forming a silicide region extending into the silicon cap, wherein the silicide region comprises a higher germanium percentage than the silicon cap.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein a germanium percent is continuously and gradually increased during at least one of the first epitaxy and the second epitaxy.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising, during the third epitaxy, in-situ doping a p-type impurity.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein during the third epitaxy, no germanium is introduced into the silicon cap.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

after forming the silicon cap, forming an Inter-Layer Dielectric (ILD) over the gate stack and the silicon cap;

forming a contact opening in the ILD, wherein the silicon cap is exposed to the contact opening;

after the contact opening is formed, performing a silicidation on the silicon cap to form the silicide region; and

filling the contact opening with a conductive material.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein after forming the silicide region, a portion of the silicon cap remains un-silicided.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein forming the opening comprises:

isotropically etching the opening in the semiconductor substrate; and

after isotropically etching the semiconductor substrate, expanding the opening by wet etching.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising prior to performing the first epitaxy, cleaning the semiconductor substrate using a HF-based gas or a SiCoNi-based gas.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising prior to performing the first epitaxy, baking the semiconductor substrate.

10. A method comprising:

patterning a first opening in a semiconductor substrate;

epitaxially growing a first epitaxy region in the first opening;

epitaxially growing a second epitaxy region on the first epitaxy region, wherein the second epitaxy region comprises a lower germanium percentage than the first epitaxy region;

depositing an Inter-Layer Dielectric (ILD) over the second epitaxy region;

patterning a second opening in the ILD and exposing a portion of the second epitaxy region, wherein the second opening at least partially extends into the second epitaxy region; and

performing a silicidation on the portion of the second epitaxy region to form a silicide region, wherein the silicide region further extends into the first epitaxy region.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the silicide region comprises a higher germanium percentage than the second epitaxy region.

12. The method of claim 10 further comprising, prior to epitaxially growing the first epitaxy region, epitaxially growing a third epitaxy region in the first opening, wherein the third epitaxy region has a lower germanium percentage than the second epitaxy region.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein epitaixially growing the first epitaxy region comprises gradually and continuously increasing germanium percent during epitaxially growing the first epitaxy region.

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the second epitaxy region is substantially free of germanium.

15. The method of claim 10 further comprising after performing the silicidation, forming a contact in the second opening.

16. A method comprising:

etching an opening in a semiconductor substrate, wherein the opening is disposed between adjacent gate spacers;

forming a first semiconductor region in the opening using a first epitaxy process;

forming a second semiconductor region over the first semiconductor region using a second epitaxy process, wherein the second epitaxy process comprises using a higher percentage of germanium gases than the first epitaxy process;

forming a capping region over the second semiconductor region using a third epitaxy process, wherein the third epitaxy process comprises using a lower percentage of germanium gases than the second epitaxy process;

depositing a dielectric layer between the adjacent gate spacers and over the capping region;

exposing the capping region;

after exposing the capping region forming a silicide region extending through the capping region, wherein the silicide region comprises a higher percentage of germanium than the capping region; and

forming a contact extending through the dielectric layer and contacting the silicide region.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the first epitaxy process, the second epitaxy process, and the third epitaxy process are performed in-situ with no vacuum break between the first epitaxy process, the second epitaxy process, and the third epitaxy process.

18. The method of claim 16 , wherein the third epitaxy process comprises in-situ doping p-type dopants at a higher percentage than p-type dopants doped during the first epitaxy process and the second epitaxy process.

19. The method of claim 16 , further comprising prior to etching the opening in the semiconductor substrate, forming a lightly-doped source/drain region between the adjacent gate spacers.

20. The method of claim 16 , wherein the capping region is substantially free of germanium.