IP Library Granted Patent US 10,170,587
Granted Patent B2
US 10,170,587 · App. 15/795,445 · Granted Jan 1, 2019

Heterogeneous source drain region and extension region

Inventors: Kangguo Cheng (Schenectady, NY); Pouya Hashemi (White Plains, NY); Ali Khakifirooz (Los Altos, CA); Alexander Reznicek (Troy, NY)
Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
H01L29/66583H01L21/31051H01L21/7684H01L21/76802H01L21/76877H01L21/823418H01L21/823431H01L21/823437H01L21/823468H01L21/823475H01L27/1211H01L29/0847H01L29/161H01L29/267H01L29/41783H01L29/41791H01L29/4958H01L29/6653H01L29/6659H01L29/66522H01L29/66545H01L29/66553H01L29/66628H01L29/66795H01L29/7833H01L29/7834H01L29/7848H01L29/7851H01L21/2815H01L29/1079H01L29/42372H01L29/4966H01L29/517
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Patent No.
US 10,170,587
App. No.
15/795,445
Granted
Jan 1, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor structure includes a source drain region of a first material and an extension region of a second material. A semiconductor device fabrication process includes forming a sacrificial dielectric portion upon a semiconductor substrate, forming a sacrificial gate stack upon the sacrificial dielectric portion, forming a gate spacer upon the sacrificial dielectric portion against the sacrificial gate, forming a source drain region of a first doped material upon the semiconductor substrate against the gate spacer, forming a replacement gate trench by removing the sacrificial gate stack, forming an extension trench by removing the sacrificial dielectric portion, and forming an extension region of a second doped material within the extension trench.

Claims (29)

1. A semiconductor device fabrication process comprising:

forming a sacrificial portion upon a substrate;

forming a sacrificial gate stack upon the sacrificial portion;

forming a sacrificial gate spacer upon the sacrificial portion against the sacrificial gate;

forming a source drain region of a first doped material upon the substrate against the gate spacer;

removing the sacrificial gate stack forming a replacement gate trench;

forming an extension trench between the sacrificial gate spacer and the substrate by removing the sacrificial portion accessible via the replacement gate trench;

forming an extension region of a second doped material that has a higher mobility relative to the first doped material within the extension trench against the sacrificial gate spacer and against the substrate;

removing the sacrificial gate spacer; and

forming a replacement gate spacer upon the extension region.

2. The semiconductor device fabrication process of claim 1 , further comprising:

forming a gate liner upon the extension region, upon the replacement gate spacer, and upon the substrate.

3. The semiconductor device fabrication process of claim 2 , further comprising:

forming a replacement gate upon the gate liner.

4. The semiconductor device fabrication process of claim 1 , wherein the substrate is a multilayered substrate.

5. The semiconductor device fabrication process of claim 1 , wherein the substrate is a bulk substrate.

6. The semiconductor device fabrication process of claim 1 , wherein the second doped material comprises a higher dopant concentration relative to the first doped material.

7. The semiconductor device fabrication process of claim 1 , wherein the extension region electrically contacts the source drain region.

8. The semiconductor fabrication process of claim 3 , further comprising:

forming an interlayer dielectric portion upon the source drain region against the sacrificial gate spacer.

9. The semiconductor fabrication process of claim 8 , further comprising:

forming a planarization layer upon the interlayer dielectric portion, upon an upper surface of the replacement gate spacer, upon an upper surface of the gate liner, and upon the replacement gate.

10. The semiconductor fabrication process of claim 9 , further comprising:

forming a source drain contact trench within the planarization layer and within the interlayer dielectric portion to expose the source drain region; and

forming a source drain contact by filling the source drain contact trench with electrically conductive material.

11. The semiconductor fabrication process of claim 1 , wherein the sacrificial gate comprises sacrificial gate material formed upon the sacrificial portion and a sacrificial gate cap formed upon the sacrificial gate material.

12. The semiconductor fabrication process of claim 9 , further comprising:

forming a channel contact trench within the planarization layer to expose the replacement gate; and

forming a channel contact by filling the channel contact trench with electrically conductive material.

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 21, 2025
From: TESSERA, INC.
To: TESSERA LLC
Reel/Frame 073658/0439 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 21, 2025
From: TESSERA LLC
To: ADEIA SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS LLC
Reel/Frame 073658/0823 →
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 27, 2017
From: CHENG, KANGGUO; HASHEMI, POUYA; KHAKIFIROOZ, ALI; REZNICEK, ALEXANDER
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043966/0268 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15244499 · Aug 23, 2016
Continuation 14330158 · Jul 14, 2014
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