IP Library Granted Patent US 10,566,438
Granted Patent B2
US 10,566,438 · App. 15/942,971 · Granted Feb 18, 2020

Nanosheet transistor with dual inner airgap spacers

Inventors: Ruilong Xie (Schenectady, NY); Kangguo Cheng (Schenectady, NY); Chun-Chen Yeh (Danbury, NY); Tenko Yamashita (Schenectady, NY)
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
H01L29/4991H01L21/02532H01L21/02603H01L21/308H01L21/30604H01L21/823807H01L21/823864H01L21/823878H01L27/092H01L29/0649H01L29/0673H01L29/42392H01L29/4908H01L29/66545H01L29/66553H01L29/66742H01L29/78651H01L29/78696
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Patent No.
US 10,566,438
App. No.
15/942,971
Granted
Feb 18, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A substrate structure includes a set of nanosheet layers stacked upon a substrate. The substrate structure includes a p-channel region and an n-channel region. The substrate structure further includes divots within the p-channel region and the n-channel region. A first liner is formed within the divots of the n-channel region. The first liner is formed of a material having a positive charge. A second liner is formed within the divots of the p-channel region. The second liner is formed of a material having a negative charge. A p-type epitaxy is deposited in the p-channel region to form first air gap spacers of the divots in the p-channel region. An n-type epitaxy is deposited in the n-channel region to form second air gap spacers of the divots in the n-channel region.

Claims (14)

1. An apparatus comprising:

a substrate structure having a set of nanosheet layers stacked upon a substrate, the substrate structure including a p-channel region and an n-channel region, the substrate structure further including divots within the p-channel region and the n-channel region;

a first liner formed within the divots of the n-channel region, the first liner being formed of a material having a positive charge;

a second liner formed within the divots of the p-channel region, the second liner being formed of a material having a negative charge;

a p-type epitaxy deposited in the p-channel region to form first air gap spacers of the divots in the p-channel region; and

an n-type epitaxy deposited in the n-channel region to form second air gap spacers of the divots in the n-channel region.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

an isolation layer disposed upon the substrate, wherein the set of nanosheet layers are stacked upon the isolation layer.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

a first gate material adjacent to the first air gap spacers of p-channel region; and

a second gate material adjacent to the second air gap spacers of the n-channel region.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , further comprising:

at least one metal contact in contact with the first gate material.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the set of nanosheet layers are formed of silicon (Si) material.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 2, 2018
From: XIE, RUILONG; CHENG, KANGGUO; YEH, CHUN-CHEN; YAMASHITA, TENKO
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
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Continuity (1)
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