IP Library Granted Patent US 9,793,114
Granted Patent B2
US 9,793,114 · App. 15/291,435 · Granted Oct 17, 2017

Uniform height tall fins with varying silicon germanium concentrations

Inventors: Stephen W. Bedell (Wappingers Falls, NY); Bruce B. Doris (Slingerlands, NY); Keith E. Fogel (Hopewell Junction, NY); Alexander Reznicek (Troy, NY)
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
H01L21/02532H01L21/02658H01L21/02664H01L21/3085H01L21/30604H01L21/3247H01L21/76283H01L21/845H01L27/0886H01L29/0649H01L29/1054H01L29/161H01L29/66795H01L29/785
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Patent No.
US 9,793,114
App. No.
15/291,435
Granted
Oct 17, 2017
Kind
B2
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 (21)

1. A method of making a semiconductor device, the method comprising:

growing a first silicon germanium epitaxial layer directly on a first silicon layer arranged on a substrate and thermal mixing to form the a first semiconducting material layer;

forming a second silicon germanium epitaxial layer directly on a second silicon layer arranged on the substrate and thermal mixing to form a second semiconducting material layer, the first silicon germanium epitaxial layer and the second silicon germanium epitaxial layer having different thicknesses;

forming a first fin in the first semiconducting material layer, the first semiconducting material layer comprising germanium in a first amount; and

forming a second fin in the second semiconducting material layer adjacent to the first fin, the second semiconducting material layer comprising germanium in a second amount that is different than the first amount.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first fin and the second fin have substantially the same height.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first fin and the second fin are formed over a buried oxide layer disposed over the substrate.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the substrate comprises silicon.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first fin has a height in a range from about 20 to about 150 nanometers (nm).

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the second fin has a height in a range from about 20 to about 150 nm.

7. A method of making a semiconductor device, the method comprising:

growing a first silicon germanium epitaxial layer directly on a first silicon layer arranged on a substrate and thermal mixing to form the a first semiconducting material layer;

forming a second silicon germanium epitaxial layer directly on a second silicon layer arranged on the substrate and thermal mixing to form a second semiconducting material layer, the first silicon germanium epitaxial layer and the second silicon germanium epitaxial layer having different thicknesses, and the first silicon layer and the second silicon layer having different thicknesses;

forming a first fin of a first transistor in the first semiconducting material layer, the first semiconducting material layer comprising germanium in a first amount; and

forming a second fin of a second transistor in the second semiconducting material layer adjacent to the first semiconducting material layer, the second semiconducting material layer comprising germanium in a second amount that is

different than the first amount.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the first fin and the second fin have substantially the same height.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the first fin and the second fin are formed over a buried oxide layer disposed over the substrate.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the substrate comprises silicon.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein the first fin has a height in a range from about 20 to about 150 nanometers (nm).

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the second fin has a height in a range from about 20 to about 150 nm.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 11, 2020
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: ELPIS TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Reel/Frame 052620/0961 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 12, 2016
From: BEDELL, STEPHEN W.; DORIS, BRUCE B.; FOGEL, KEITH E.; REZNICEK, ALEXANDER
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 040000/0165 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 14968313 · Dec 14, 2015
Continuation 14856930 · Sep 17, 2015
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