IP Library Granted Patent US 10,204,836
Granted Patent B2
US 10,204,836 · App. 15/850,643 · Granted Feb 12, 2019

Porous silicon relaxation medium for dislocation free CMOS devices

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Patent No.
US 10,204,836
App. No.
15/850,643
Granted
Feb 12, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for forming CMOS devices includes masking a first portion of a tensile-strained silicon layer of a SOI substrate, doping a second portion of the layer outside the first portion and growing an undoped silicon layer on the doped portion and the first portion. The undoped silicon layer becomes tensile-strained. Strain in the undoped silicon layer over the doped portion is relaxed by converting the doped portion to a porous silicon to form a relaxed silicon layer. The porous silicon is converted to an oxide. A SiGe layer is grown and oxidized to convert the relaxed silicon layer to a compressed SiGe layer. Fins are etched in the first portion from the tensile-strained silicon layer and the undoped silicon layer and in the second portion from the compressed SiGe layer.

Claims (15)

1. A complementary metal oxide semiconductor device, comprising:

a silicon on insulator substrate;

first fins formed in a first region from a tensile-strained silicon layer on a buried dielectric layer of the substrate;

a converted dielectric layer formed on the buried dielectric layer of the substrate in a second region; and

second fins formed in the second region in a compression-strained layer on the converted dielectric layer;

wherein the first and second fins include different heights and the first fins are included in N-type field effect transistors and the second fins are included in P-type field effect transistors.

2. The device as recited in claim 1 , wherein the second fins include SiGe.

3. The device as recited in claim 1 , wherein the different heights of the N-type field effect transistors and the P-type field effect transistors provide an N/P ratio.

4. The device as recited in claim 1 , wherein the converted dielectric layer include a silicon oxide layer converted from porous silicon.

5. A complementary metal oxide semiconductor device, comprising:

a strained silicon on insulator substrate;

boron doped fins formed in a first region from a tensile-strained silicon layer on a buried dielectric layer of the substrate;

a silicon oxide layer formed on the buried dielectric layer of the substrate in a second region; and

SiGe fins formed in the second region in a compression-strained layer on the converted dielectric layer;

wherein the boron doped and SiGe fins include different heights and the boron doped fins are included in N-type field effect transistors and the SiGe fins are included in P-type field effect transistors.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 11, 2020
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: ELPIS TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Reel/Frame 052620/0961 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 21, 2017
From: CHENG, KANGGUO; DIVAKARUNI, RAMACHANDRA; KIM, JEEHWAN; LI, JUNTAO; SADANA, DEVENDRA K.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044465/0361 →