IP Library Granted Patent US 9,799,568
Granted Patent B2
US 9,799,568 · App. 15/194,720 · Granted Oct 24, 2017

Field effect transistor including strained germanium fins

Inventors: Karthik Balakrishnan (White Plains, NY); Kangguo Cheng (Schenectady, NY); Pouya Hashemi (White Plains, NY); Alexander Reznicek (Troy, NY)
Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
H01L21/823821H01L21/0245H01L21/02381H01L21/02395H01L21/823807
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Patent No.
US 9,799,568
App. No.
15/194,720
Granted
Oct 24, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

In one example, a device includes a p-type field effect transistor region and n-type field effect transistor region. The p-type field effect transistor region includes at least one fin including strained germanium. The n-type field effect transistor region also includes at least one fin including strained germanium.

Claims (40)

1. A method for fabricating a device, the method comprising:

forming a first mandrel in a p-type field effect transistor region of the device;

forming a second mandrel in an n-type field effect transistor region of the device;

growing a compressive strained germanium fin on a sidewall of the first mandrel;

growing a tensile strained germanium fin on a sidewall of the second mandrel; and

burying one end of the compressive strained germanium fin in a shallow trench isolation layer of the device, such that a bottom and a first side of the one end directly contact the shallow trench isolation layer, and wherein the one end is buried such that a second side of the one end includes a lower portion that directly contacts the first mandrel and an upper portion that directly contacts the shallow trench isolation layer.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the p-type field effect transistor region and the n-type field effect transistor region are homo-integrated.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first mandrel and the second mandrel are formed using aspect ratio trapping.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first mandrel contains germanium.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the first mandrel has a germanium concentration of between forty and one hundred percent.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the first mandrel comprises silicon germanium.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the silicon germanium is strain relaxed silicon germanium.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second mandrel comprises at least one Group III-V semiconductor material.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the at least one Group III-V semiconductor material is a strain relaxed Group III-V semiconductor material.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the at least one Group III-V semiconductor material comprises:

a layer of gallium arsenide; and

a layer of indium gallium arsenide deposited over the layer of gallium arsenide.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein relative concentrations of indium, gallium, and arsenic in the indium gallium arsenide are chosen so that a lattice structure of the layer of indium gallium arsenide is two percent larger than a lattice structure of a material making up the first mandrel.

12. A method for fabricating a device, the method comprising:

forming a first mandrel in a p-type field effect transistor region of the device;

forming a second mandrel in an n-type field effect transistor region of the device;

growing a compressive strained germanium fin on a sidewall of the first mandrel; and

growing a tensile strained germanium fin on a sidewall of the second mandrel; and

burying one end of the tensile strained germanium fin in a shallow trench isolation layer of the device, such that a bottom and a first side of the one end directly contact the shallow trench isolation layer, and wherein the one end is buried such that a second side of the one end includes a lower portion that directly contacts the strain relaxed Group III-V semiconductor material and an upper portion that directly contacts the shallow trench isolation layer.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first mandrel contains germanium.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the first mandrel comprises silicon germanium.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein the second mandrel comprises at least one strain relaxed Group III-V semiconductor material.

16. The method of claim 12 , wherein the at least one strain relaxed Group III-V semiconductor material comprises:

a layer of gallium arsenide; and

a layer of indium gallium arsenide deposited over the layer of gallium arsenide, wherein relative concentrations of indium, gallium, and arsenic in the indium gallium arsenide are chosen so that a lattice structure of the layer of indium gallium arsenide is two percent larger than a lattice structure of a material making up the first mandrel.

17. The method of claim 12 , wherein the p-type field effect transistor region and the n-type field effect transistor region are homo-integrated.

18. A method for fabricating a device, the method comprising:

forming a first mandrel in a p-type field effect transistor region of the device, wherein the first mandrel comprises strain relaxed silicon germanium;

forming a second mandrel in an n-type field effect transistor region of the device, wherein the second mandrel comprises at least one strain relaxed Group III-V semiconductor material, wherein the at least one strain relaxed Group III-V semiconductor material comprises:

a layer of gallium arsenide; and

a layer of indium gallium arsenide deposited over the layer of gallium arsenide, wherein relative concentrations of indium, gallium, and arsenic in the indium gallium arsenide are chosen so that a lattice structure of the layer of indium gallium arsenide is two percent larger than a lattice structure of the strain relaxed silicon germanium;

growing a compressive strained germanium fin on a sidewall of the first mandrel; and

growing a tensile strained germanium fin on a sidewall of the second mandrel.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the p-type field effect transistor region and the n-type field effect transistor region are homo-integrated.

20. The method of claim 18 , wherein the strain relaxed silicon germanium has a germanium concentration of between forty and one hundred percent.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 11, 2020
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: ELPIS TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Reel/Frame 052620/0961 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE STREET ADDRESS FOR THE RECEIVING PARTY DATA SHOULD READ: NEW ORCHARD ROAD PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 039026 FRAME 0797. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jan 19, 2020
From: BALAKRISHNAN, KARTHIK; CHENG, KANGGUO; HASHEMI, POUYA; REZNICEK, ALEXANDER
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 051642/0355 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 28, 2016
From: BALAKRISHNAN, KARTHIK; CHENG, KANGGUO; HASHEMI, POUYA; REZNICEK, ALEXANDER
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039026/0797 →
Continuity (2)
Division 14948737 · Nov 23, 2015
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