IP Library Granted Patent US 10,229,856
Granted Patent B2
US 10,229,856 · App. 15/596,629 · Granted Mar 12, 2019

Dual channel CMOS having common gate stacks

Inventors: Takashi Ando (Tuckahoe, NY); Hemanth Jagannathan (Niskayuna, NY); ChoongHyun Lee (Rensselaer, NY); Vijay Narayanan (New York, NY)
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
H01L21/823807H01L21/02236H01L21/02532H01L21/28088H01L21/324H01L21/823821H01L21/823828H01L27/0924H01L29/0653H01L29/1054H01L29/16H01L29/161H01L29/4966
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Patent No.
US 10,229,856
App. No.
15/596,629
Granted
Mar 12, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments are directed to a method and resulting structures for a dual channel complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) having common gate stacks. A first semiconductor fin is formed on a substrate. A second semiconductor fin is formed adjacent to the first semiconductor fin on the substrate. An oxide layer is formed over the first and second semiconductor fins and annealed at a temperature effective to increase a germanium concentration of the second semiconductor fin. The annealing process is selective to the second semiconductor fin and does not increase a germanium concentration of the first semiconductor fin.

Claims (17)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a first semiconductor fin on a substrate;

a second semiconductor fin adjacent to the first semiconductor fin on the substrate, said second semiconductor fin comprising a bottom portion, a middle portion, and a top portion; and

a shared conductive gate formed over a channel region of the first and second semiconductor fins;

wherein the middle portion comprises a first concentration of a first material and the top portion comprises a second concentration of the first material;

wherein the second concentration is higher than the first concentration; and

further wherein the first semiconductor fin and the bottom portion of the second semiconductor fin do not include the first material.

2. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the first material comprises germanium, the first concentration comprises 20 atomic percent, and the second concentration comprises 40 atomic percent.

3. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the shared conductive gate comprises a TiN/TiAlC/TiN gate stack.

4. A dual channel complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS), comprising:

a first semiconductor fin comprising silicon on a substrate;

a second semiconductor fin adjacent to the first semiconductor fin on the substrate, said second semiconductor fin comprising a bottom portion, a middle portion, and a top portion; and

a shared conductive gate formed over a channel region of the first and second semiconductor fins;

wherein the bottom portion of the second semiconductor fin does not include germanium, the middle portion of the second semiconductor fin comprises a first concentration of germanium, and the top portion of the second semiconductor fin comprises a second concentration of germanium and further wherein the first concentration of germanium is less than the second concentration of germanium.

5. The semiconductor device of claim 4 , wherein the first concentration of germanium is 20 atomic percent and the second concentration of germanium is 40 atomic percent germanium.

6. The semiconductor device of claim 4 , further comprising a shallow trench isolation (STI) formed between the first and second semiconductor fins and above a surface of the bottom portion.

7. The semiconductor device of claim 4 , wherein the bottom portion comprises a thickness of about 10 nm to about 50 nm, the middle portion comprises a thickness of about 15 nm, and the top portion comprises a thickness of about 35 nm.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 13, 2020
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: ELPIS TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Reel/Frame 052644/0868 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 16, 2017
From: ANDO, TAKASHI; JAGANNATHAN, HEMANTH; LEE, CHOONGHYUN; NARAYANAN, VIJAY
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 042398/0719 →
Continuity (1)
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