IP Library Granted Patent US 9,917,060
Granted Patent B1
US 9,917,060 · App. 15/331,331 · Granted Mar 13, 2018

Forming a contact for a semiconductor device

Inventors: Oleg Gluschenkov (Tannersville, NY); Zuoguang Liu (Schenectady, NY); Shogo Mochizuki (Clifton Park, NY); Hiroaki Niimi (Cohoes, NY); Ruilong Xie (Schenectady, NY)
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
H01L23/535H01L21/76805H01L21/76846H01L21/76895H01L21/823814H01L21/823821H01L21/823871H01L23/53266H01L27/0924H01L29/0847H01L29/161H01L29/165H01L29/24H01L29/267H01L29/7848H01L29/7851
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Patent No.
US 9,917,060
App. No.
15/331,331
Granted
Mar 13, 2018
Kind
B1
Abstract

A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a gate stack on a semiconductor substrate, forming a source/drain region on an exposed portion of the substrate, and forming a semiconductor material layer on the source/drain region. A first liner layer is deposited on the semiconductor material layer, and a second liner layer is deposited on the first liner layer. A conductive contact material is deposited on the second liner layer.

Claims (39)

1. A method for fabricating a semiconductor device of a PFET and an NFET, the method comprising:

forming a gate stack on a semiconductor substrate;

forming a first source/drain region in the PFET and a second source/drain region in the NFET on an exposed portion of the substrate;

forming a first semiconductor material layer on the first source/drain region in first trenches and a second semiconductor material layer on the second source/drain region in second trenches, wherein the first and second semiconductor material layers are formed by epitaxial growth;

depositing a first liner layer only on the first semiconductor material layer;

depositing a second liner layer on the first liner layer in the PFET and on the, second semiconductor material layer in the NFET: and

depositing a conductive contact material on the second liner layer in the PFET and on the second liner layer in the NFET.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first semiconductor material layer includes crystalline Ge.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first source/drain region includes doped SiGe material.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first liner layer includes a conductive metallic oxide material.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second liner layer includes a metallic material.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second liner layer includes Ti.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor substrate includes a semiconductor fin.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising forming a spacer adjacent to the gate stack prior to forming the first source/drain region.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising forming an insulator layer over portions of the substrate and adjacent to the gate stack prior to forming the source/drain region.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising performing a planarization process after depositing the conductive contact material.

11. A method for fabricating a semiconductor device of a PFET and an NFET, the method comprising:

forming a gate stack on a semiconductor substrate;

forming a first source/drain region in the PFET and a second source/drain region in the NFET on an exposed portion of the substrate, the first source/drain region including a first dopant;

forming a first semiconductor material layer on the first source/drain region in first trenches and a second semiconductor material layer on the second source/drain region in second trenches, wherein the first and second semiconductor material layers are formed by epitaxial growth;

depositing a first liner layer including a conductive metallic oxide material only on the first semiconductor material layer;

depositing a second liner layer including a metallic material on the first liner layer in the PFET and on the second semiconductor material layer in the NFET; and

depositing a conductive contact material on the second liner layer in the PFET and on the, second liner layer in the NFET.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first semiconductor material layer includes crystalline Ge.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first source/drain region includes doped SiGe material.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the second liner layer includes Ti.

15. The method of claim 11 , further comprising forming a spacer adjacent to the gate stack prior to forming the source/drain region.

16. The method of claim 11 , further comprising forming an insulator layer over portions of the substrate and adjacent to the gate stack prior to forming the source/drain region.

17. The method of claim 11 , further comprising performing a planarization process after depositing the conductive contact material.

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

forming a gate stack on a semiconductor substrate;

forming a first source/drain region and a second source/drain region on exposed portions of the substrate;

forming a semiconductor material layer on the first source/drain region and the second source/drain region;

depositing a first liner layer on the semiconductor material layer over the first source/drain region and the second source/drain region;

removing a portion of the first liner layer from over the second source/drain region;

removing a portion of the semiconductor material layer to expose the second source/drain region;

depositing a second liner layer on the first liner layer and the exposed second source/drain region; and

depositing a conductive contact material on the second liner layer.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the first liner layer includes a conductive metallic oxide material, and the second liner layer includes Ti.

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 21, 2025
From: TESSERA, INC.
To: TESSERA LLC
Reel/Frame 073658/0771 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 21, 2025
From: TESSERA LLC
To: ADEIA SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS LLC
Reel/Frame 073658/0868 →
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 Oct 24, 2016
From: GLUSCHENKOV, OLEG; LIU, ZUOGUANG; MOCHIZUKI, SHOGO; NIIMI, HIROAKI; XIE, RUILONG
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 040102/0597 →