IP Library Granted Patent US 9,691,765
Granted Patent B1
US 9,691,765 · App. 15/063,735 · Granted Jun 27, 2017

Fin type field effect transistors with different pitches and substantially uniform fin reveal

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Patent No.
US 9,691,765
App. No.
15/063,735
Granted
Jun 27, 2017
Kind
B1
Abstract

A semiconductor device that includes a first plurality of fin structures in a first device region and a second plurality of fin structures in a second device region. The first plurality of fin structures includes adjacent fin structures separated by a lesser pitch than the adjacent fin structures in the second plurality of fin structures. At least one layer of dielectric material between adjacent fin structures, wherein a portion of the first plurality of fin structures extending above the at least one layer of dielectric material in the first device region is substantially equal to the portion of the second plurality of fin structures extending above the at least one layer of dielectric material in the second device region. Source and drain regions are present on opposing sides of a gate structure that is present on the fin structures.

Claims (29)

1. A method of forming fin structures comprising:

forming a first plurality of fin structures in a first region of a substrate and a second plurality of fin structures in a second region of a substrate;

forming a first dielectric material between fin structures so that a first portion of the first dielectric material in the first region is vertically offset from a second portion of the first dielectric material present in the second region;

depositing a first conformal etch stop layer on at least the offset upper surfaces of the first and second portions of the first dielectric material;

depositing a second dielectric material atop the first conformal etch stop layer, wherein a portion of the second dielectric material present in the second region of the substrate has an upper surface substantially coplanar with an upper surface of the first conformal etch stop layer in the first region of the substrate;

forming a second conformal etch stop layer on the second dielectric material;

forming at least one third dielectric material layer on the second conformal etch stop layer; and

recessing the at least one third dielectric material using an etch that is selective to the first conformal etch stop layer and the second conformal etch stop layer.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein a portion of the fin structures in the first plurality of fin structures that is revealed by the recess etch is substantially equal to a portion of the fin structures in the second plurality of fin structures that is revealed by the recess etch.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first plurality of fin structures has a tighter pitch than the second plurality of fin structures.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein forming a first dielectric material between fin structures so that a first portion of the first dielectric material in the first region is vertically offset from a second portion of the first dielectric material present in the second region comprises depositing the first dielectric material using chemical vapor deposition between the first and second plurality of fin structures.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first conformal etch stop layer is deposited using plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first conformal etch stop layer and the second conformal etch stop layer are comprised of a nitride.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising removing exposed portions of the first conformal etch stop layer and the second conformal etch stop layer using an etch that is selective to the first and second plurality of fin structures.

8. A method of forming semiconductor device comprising:

forming a first plurality of fin structures in a first region of a substrate and a second plurality of fin structures in a second region of a substrate;

forming a first dielectric material between fin structures so that a first portion of the first dielectric material in the first region is vertically offset from a second portion of the first dielectric material present in the second region;

depositing a first etch stop layer on at least the offset upper surfaces of the first and second portions of the first dielectric material;

depositing a second dielectric material atop the first etch stop layer, wherein a portion of the second dielectric material present in the second region of the substrate has an upper surface substantially coplanar with an upper surface of the first etch stop layer in the first region of the substrate;

forming a second etch stop layer on the second dielectric material;

forming at least one third dielectric material layer on the second etch stop layer;

recessing the at least one third dielectric material using an etch that is selective to the first etch stop layer and the second etch stop layer; and

forming a gate structure and source and drain regions on said first and second plurality of fin structures.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising removing exposed portions of the first etch stop layer and the second etch stop layer using an etch that is selective to the first and second plurality of fin structures.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein a portion of the fin structures in the first plurality of fin structures that is revealed by the recess etch is substantially equal to a portion of the fin structures in the second plurality of fin structures that is revealed by the recess etch.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first plurality of fin structures has a tighter pitch than the second plurality of fin structures.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein forming a first dielectric material between fin structures so that a first portion of the first dielectric material in the first region is vertically offset from a second portion of the first dielectric material present in the second region comprises depositing the first dielectric material using chemical vapor deposition between the first and second plurality of fin structures.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first etch stop layer is deposited using plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition.

14. The method of claim 8 , wherein at least one of the first etch stop layer and the second etch stop layer are comprised of a nitride.

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 21, 2025
From: TESSERA, INC.
To: TESSERA LLC
Reel/Frame 073658/0462 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 21, 2025
From: TESSERA LLC
To: ADEIA SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS LLC
Reel/Frame 073658/0849 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 1, 2020
From: ROVI SOLUTIONS CORPORATION; ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION; ROVI GUIDES, INC.; TIVO SOLUTIONS INC.; VEVEO, INC.; INVENSAS CORPORATION; INVENSAS BONDING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; TESSERA, INC.; TESSERA ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; DTS, INC.; PHORUS, INC.; IBIQUITY DIGITAL CORPORATION
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
Reel/Frame 053468/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 6, 2020
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: TESSERA, INC.
Reel/Frame 051489/0557 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 8, 2016
From: BI, ZHENXING; CHENG, KANGGUO; DEVARAJAN, THAMARAI S.; PRANATHARTHIHARAN, BALASUBRAMANIAN
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037919/0425 →