IP Library Granted Patent US 10,553,678
Granted Patent B2
US 10,553,678 · App. 15/802,021 · Granted Feb 4, 2020

Vertically stacked dual channel nanosheet devices

Inventors: Choonghyun Lee (Rensselaer, NY); Jingyun Zhang (Albany, NY); Pouya Hashemi (White Plains, NY); Takashi Ando (Tuckahoe, NY); Alexander Reznicek (Troy, NY)
Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
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Patent No.
US 10,553,678
App. No.
15/802,021
Granted
Feb 4, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor structure having electrostatic control and a low threshold voltage is provided. The structure includes an nFET containing vertically stacked and suspended Si channel material nanosheets stacked vertically above a pFET containing vertically stacked and suspended SiGe channel material nanosheets. The vertically stacked nFET and pFET include a single work function metal.

Claims (20)

1. A semiconductor structure comprising:

a pFET device comprising a first functional gate structure present on physically exposed surfaces, and between, each SiGe channel material nanosheet of a vertical stack of suspended SiGe channel material nanosheets;

an nFET device stacked vertically above the pFET device and comprising a second functional gate structure present on physically exposed surfaces, and between, each Si channel material nanosheet of a vertical stack of suspended Si channel material nanosheets, wherein the first and second functional gate structures comprise a same work function metal;

a Si channel material extension region located at each end of each Si channel material nanosheet: and

a SiGe channel material extension region located at each end of each SiGe channel material nanosheet, wherein each Si channel material extension region has a thickness that is greater than a thickness of each Si channel material nanosheet, and each SiGe channel material extension region has a germanium content that is less than a germanium content of each SiGe channel material nanosheet.

2. The semiconductor structure of claim 1 , further comprising pFET S/D regions present on physically exposed sidewalls of each SiGe channel material extension region, and nFET S/D regions present on physically exposed sidewalls of each Si channel material extension region.

3. The semiconductor structure of claim 2 , further comprising a dielectric material located between each pFET S/D region and each nFET S/D region.

4. The semiconductor structure of claim 2 , further comprising a shared S/D contact structure located on a first side of the vertically stacked nFET and pFET devices, wherein the shared S/D contact structure passes through one of the nFET S/D regions and into one of the pFET S/D regions.

5. The semiconductor structure of claim 4 , further comprising an nFET S/D contact structure and a pFET S/D contact structure located on a second side of the vertically stacked nFET and pFET devices, opposite the first side, wherein the nFET S/D contact structure is present in another of the nFET S/D regions and the pFET contact structure is present in another of the pFET S/D regions.

6. The semiconductor structure of claim 5 , wherein the nFET S/D contact structure is separated from the pFET S/D contact structure by a dielectric material.

7. The semiconductor structure of claim 1 , wherein the same work function metal comprises an n-type work function metal.

8. The semiconductor structure of claim 1 , wherein the same work function metal comprises a p-type work function metal.

9. The semiconductor structure of claim 1 , further comprising a dielectric isolation layer located beneath the pFET device, the dielectric isolation layer is located on a surface of a semiconductor substrate.

10. A semiconductor structure comprising:

a pFET device comprising a first functional gate structure present on physically exposed surfaces, and between, each SiGe channel material nanosheet of a vertical stack of suspended SiGe channel material nanosheets, wherein a SiGe channel material extension region is located at each end of each SiGe channel material nanosheet;

an nFET device stacked vertically above the pFET device and comprising a second functional gate structure present on physically exposed surfaces, and between, each Si channel material nanosheet of a vertical stack of suspended Si channel material nanosheets, wherein a Si channel material extension region is located at each end of each Si channel material nanosheet, and the first and second functional gate structures comprise a same work function metal;

pFET S/D regions present on physically exposed sidewalls of each SiGe channel material extension region;

nFET S/D regions present on physically exposed sidewalls of each Si channel material extension region;

a shared S/D contact structure located on a first side of the vertically stacked nFET and pFET devices, wherein the shared S/D contact structure passes through one of the nFET S/D regions and into one of the pFET S/D regions; and

an nFET S/D contact structure and a pFET S/D contact structure located on a second side of the vertically stacked nFET and pFET devices, opposite the first side, wherein the nFET S/D contact structure is present in another of the nFET S/D regions and the pFET contact structure is present in another of the pFET S/D regions.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 2, 2017
From: LEE, CHOONGHYUN; ZHANG, JINGYUN; HASHEMI, POUYA; ANDO, TAKASHI; REZNICEK, ALEXANDER
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
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Continuity (1)
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