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Granted Patent B2
US 10,672,742 · App. 15/794,286 · Granted Jun 2, 2020

Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof

Inventors: Zhi-Qiang Wu (Hsinchu County, TW); Chun-Fu Cheng (Hsinchu County, TW); Chung-Cheng Wu (Hsinchu County, TW); Yi-Han Wang (Yunlin County, TW); Chia-Wen Liu (Taipei, TW)
Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,672,742
App. No.
15/794,286
Granted
Jun 2, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device includes a substrate, a stacked structure and a first gate stack. The stacked structure includes a plurality of first semiconductor layers and a plurality of second semiconductor layers alternately stacked over the substrate. One of the first semiconductor layers has a height greater than a height of one the second semiconductor layers. The first gate stack wraps around the stacked structure.

Claims (37)

1. A device, comprising:

a substrate having a first region and a second region;

a stacked structure of a plurality of silicon germanium semiconductor layers and a plurality of silicon semiconductor layers alternately stacked over the first region of the substrate, one of the silicon germanium semiconductor layers having a first width and a first height, one the silicon semiconductor layers having a second width and a second height, wherein the first height is greater than the second height, and the first width is greater than the second width; and

a first gate stack wrapping around the stacked structure.

2. The device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a second gate structure over the second region of the substrate; and

a plurality of silicon semiconductor layers over the substrate and passing through the second gate structure.

3. The device of claim 2 , wherein one of the silicon semiconductor layers over the second region has a height substantially the same as the height of the one of the silicon semiconductor layers over the first region.

4. The device of claim 3 , wherein the one of the silicon semiconductor layers over the second region has a width greater than a width of the one of the silicon semiconductor layers over the first region.

5. The device of claim 2 , wherein one of the silicon semiconductor layers over the second region of the substrate has a height and a width greater than the height of the one of the silicon semiconductor layers.

6. The device of claim 2 , wherein a topmost one of the silicon semiconductor layers over the second region is higher than a topmost one of the silicon germanium semiconductor layers of the fin structure over the first region.

7. The device of claim 2 , wherein a bottommost one of the silicon germanium semiconductor layers of the fin structure over the first region is lower than a bottommost one of the silicon semiconductor layers over the second region.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the silicon semiconductor layers extend beyond opposite sidewalls of the first gate structure when viewed in a cross section taken along a longitudinal axis of the fin structure.

9. The device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a pair of p-type doped epitaxy structures respectively on opposite sides of the first gate structure, the silicon semiconductor layers passing through the pair of p-type doped epitaxy structures when viewed in a cross section taken along a longitudinal axis of the fin structure.

10. The device of claim 9 , wherein the silicon germanium semiconductor layers are horizontally sandwiched between the pair of p-type doped epitaxy structures when viewed in the cross section taken along the longitudinal axis of the fin structure.

11. A device, comprising:

a substrate having an n-type field effect transistor (NFET) region and a p-type field effect transistor (PFET) region;

a plurality of nanowires disposed on the NFET region of the substrate and extending in a first direction on the substrate, the nanowires being arranged in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, neighboring two of the nanowires being separated by a distance greater than a height of one of the nanowires;

a first gate structure disposed on the NFET region and wrapping around each of the nanowires, wherein each of the nanowires has a first width; and

a p-type device comprising a fin structure protruding from the PFET region of the substrate, the fin structure comprising a plurality of silicon germanium layers and a plurality of silicon layers alternately stacked over the substrate, each of the silicon germanium layers having a second width greater than a third width of each of the silicon layers, wherein the first width is greater than the second width; and

a second gate structure disposed on the PFET region and extending across the fin structure.

12. The device of claim 11 , wherein each of the silicon germanium layers has a height greater than each of the height of the one of the nanowires.

13. The device of claim 12 , wherein the height of each of the silicon germanium layers is substantially the same as the distance separating the neighboring two of the nanowires.

14. The device of claim 11 , further comprising:

a pair of n-type doped epitaxy structures respectively on opposite sides of the first gate structure, the nanowires passing through the pair of n-type doped epitaxy structures when viewed in a cross section taken along a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the first gate structure.

15. The device of claim 11 , wherein the nanowires extend beyond opposite sidewalls of the first gate structure when viewed in a cross section taken along a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the first gate structure.

16. The device of claim 11 , wherein a top surface of a topmost one of the silicon germanium layers of the fin structure is lower than a top surface of a topmost one of the nanowires.

17. A transistor comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of nanowires formed over the substrate;

a first gate extending across the nanowires;

a fin structure extending upwardly from a top surface of the substrate and comprising a plurality of silicon channel layers and a plurality of silicon germanium channel layers alternately stacked over the substrate, each of the silicon germanium channel layers having a width greater than a width of each of the silicon channel layers, and a topmost one of the nanowires is higher than a topmost one of the silicon germanium channel layers; and

a second gate structure extending across the fin structure, wherein each of the second channel layers has a maximum dimension along a direction perpendicular to the substrate when viewed in a cross section taken along a longitudinal axis of the gate structure.

18. The transistor of claim 17 , wherein the silicon channel layers extend beyond opposite edges of each of the silicon germanium channel layers when viewed in a cross section taken along a longitudinal axis of the fin structure.

19. The transistor of claim 17 , wherein each of the nanowire has a width greater than the width of each of the silicon germanium channel layers.

20. The transistor of claim 17 , wherein each of the silicon germanium channel layers having a height greater than a height of each of the silicon channel layers.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2017
From: WU, ZHI-QIANG; CHENG, CHUN-FU; WU, CHUNG-CHENG; WANG, YI-HAN; LIU, CHIA-WEN
To: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
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Continuity (1)
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