IP Library Granted Patent US 9,892,975
Granted Patent B2
US 9,892,975 · App. 15/373,507 · Granted Feb 13, 2018

Adjacent strained <100> NFET fins and <110> PFET fins

Inventors: Kangguo Cheng (Schenectady, NY); Bruce B. Doris (Slingerlands, NY); Pouya Hashemi (White Plains, NY); Alexander Reznicek (Troy, NY)
Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
H01L21/823807H01L21/02532H01L21/02609H01L21/76251H01L21/823821H01L21/845H01L27/0924H01L27/1211H01L29/045H01L29/0649H01L29/1054H01L29/16H01L29/161
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Patent No.
US 9,892,975
App. No.
15/373,507
Granted
Feb 13, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates generally to semiconductor devices, and more particularly, to a structure and method of forming strained <100> n-channel field effect transistor (NFET) fins and adjacent strained <110> p-channel field effect transistor (PFET) fins on the same substrate. A <110> crystalline oxide layer may be either bonded or epitaxially grown on a substrate layer. A first SOI layer with a <100> crystallographic orientation and tensile strain may be bonded to the crystalline oxide layer. A second SOI layer with a <110> crystallographic orientation and compressive strain may be epitaxially grown on the crystalline oxide layer. The first SOI layer may be used to form the fins of a NFET device. The second SOI layer may be used to form the fins of a PFET device.

Claims (25)

1. A method comprising:

forming a crystalline oxide layer directly on an upper surface of a substrate, the crystalline oxide layer comprising a oxide material having a crystallographic orientation <110>;

forming a first silicon on insulator (SOI) layer on an upper surface of the crystalline oxide layer, the first SOI layer comprising a semiconductor material having a crystallographic orientation <100>;

removing a portion of the first SOI layer to form an opening, the opening exposing the upper surface of the crystalline oxide layer and creating a first remaining portion of the first SOI layer and a second remaining portion of the first SOI layer;

forming a hardmask on an upper surface of the first remaining portion of the first SOI layer;

removing the second remaining portion of the first SOI layer exposing the upper surface of the crystalline oxide layer;

forming a second silicon on insulator (SOI) layer directly on an upper surface of the crystalline oxide layer adjacent to the first SOI layer, the second SOI layer comprising a semiconductor material having a crystallographic orientation <110>;

removing the hardmask;

forming <100> fins in the first SOI layer; and

forming <110> fins in the second SOI layer.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the forming the crystalline oxide layer on the substrate comprises epitaxially growing the crystalline oxide layer on the substrate.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the forming the crystalline oxide layer on the substrate comprises wafer bonding and splitting.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the forming the first SOI layer on the crystalline oxide layer comprises wafer bonding and splitting.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the forming the second SOI layer on the crystalline oxide layer comprises epitaxially growing the second SOI layer on the crystalline oxide layer.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first SOI layer comprises strained silicon.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second SOI layer comprises strained silicon germanium.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the substrate comprises silicon having a crystallographic orientation <100>.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the substrate comprises silicon having a crystallographic orientation <110>.

10. A structure comprising:

a crystalline oxide layer on an upper surface of a substrate, the crystalline oxide layer comprising a oxide material having a crystallographic orientation <110>;

<100> fins directly on an upper surface of the crystalline oxide layer, the <100> fins comprising a first silicon on insulator (SOI) layer made of a semiconductor material having a crystallographic orientation <100>;

a shallow trench isolation (STI) layer on the upper surface of the crystalline oxide layer adjacent to the <100> fins; and

<110> fins directly on the upper surface of the crystalline oxide layer adjacent to the STI layer, the <110> fins comprising a second silicon on insulator (SOI) layer made of a semiconductor material having a crystallographic orientation <110>.

11. The structure of claim 10 , wherein the first SOI layer comprises tensile strained silicon.

12. The structure of claim 10 , wherein the second SOI layer comprises a compressive strained silicon germanium.

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 Dec 9, 2016
From: CHENG, KANGGUO; DORIS, BRUCE B.; HASHEMI, POUYA; REZNICEK, ALEXANDER
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 040607/0852 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 14665022 · Mar 23, 2015
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