IP Library Granted Patent US 10,249,540
Granted Patent B2
US 10,249,540 · App. 15/813,958 · Granted Apr 2, 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 10,249,540
App. No.
15/813,958
Granted
Apr 2, 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 (33)

1. A method for forming a semiconductor device, the method comprising:

forming a first semiconductor fin on a substrate;

forming a second semiconductor fin on the substrate;

forming an oxide layer over the first and second semiconductor fins; and

annealing the oxide layer at a temperature effective to increase a germanium concentration of the second semiconductor fin;

wherein said annealing does not increase a germanium concentration of the first semiconductor fin.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the oxide layer comprises germanium.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein increasing the germanium concentration of the second semiconductor fin further comprises condensing the germanium in the oxide layer into a portion of the second semiconductor fin.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second semiconductor fin comprises silicon germanium.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein increasing the germanium concentration of the second semiconductor fin further comprises oxidizing the silicon in the second semiconductor fin.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising forming a shared conductive gate over a channel region of the first and second semiconductor fins.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the shared conductive gate comprises a TiN/TiAlC/TiN gate stack.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first semiconductor fin comprises silicon and the second semiconductor fin comprises silicon germanium.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein prior to said annealing the second semiconductor fin further comprises a germanium concentration of about 20 atomic percent.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein after said annealing the second semiconductor fin further comprises a germanium concentration of about 40 atomic percent.

11. A method for forming a dual channel complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) device, the method comprising:

recessing a portion of a silicon substrate;

forming a semiconductor layer comprising silicon germanium on the recessed portion of the silicon substrate;

forming a first semiconductor fin over an unrecessed portion of the substrate;

forming a second semiconductor fin over the semiconductor layer;

forming an oxide layer comprising germanium over the first and second semiconductor fins;

annealing the oxide layer at a temperature effective to increase a germanium concentration of the second semiconductor fin; and

forming a shared conductive gate over a channel region of the first and second semiconductor fins.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the second semiconductor fin comprises silicon germanium.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the shared conductive gate comprises a TiN/TiAlC/TiN gate stack.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein prior to said annealing the second semiconductor fin further comprises a germanium concentration of about 20 atomic percent.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein after said annealing the second semiconductor fin further comprises a germanium concentration of about 40 atomic percent.

16. A method for forming a semiconductor device, the method comprising:

forming a semiconductor fin comprising silicon and germanium on a substrate;

forming an oxide layer comprising germanium over the semiconductor fin; and

annealing the oxide layer at a temperature effective to increase a germanium concentration of the semiconductor fin;

wherein said annealing oxidizes silicon in the semiconductor fin according to the reaction:

Si+Ge+2 GeO 2 →SiO 2 +Ge+GeO.  (I)

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 Nov 15, 2017
From: ANDO, TAKASHI; JAGANNATHAN, HEMANTH; LEE, CHOONGHYUN; NARAYANAN, VIJAY
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044138/0342 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15596629 · May 16, 2017
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