IP Library Granted Patent US 10,312,245
Granted Patent B2
US 10,312,245 · App. 16/117,811 · Granted Jun 4, 2019

Laser spike annealing for solid phase epitaxy and low contact resistance in an SRAM with a shared pFET and nFET trench

Inventors: Zuoguang Liu (Schenectady, NY); Gen Tsutsui (Glenmont, NY); Heng Wu (Guilderland, NY); Peng Xu (Santa Clara, CA)
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
H01L27/1104H01L21/02686H01L21/26506H01L21/324H01L21/823814H01L21/823821H01L27/0924H01L29/0847H01L29/167
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Patent No.
US 10,312,245
App. No.
16/117,811
Granted
Jun 4, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments are directed to a method of forming a semiconductor device and resulting structures having a shared SRAM trench and a common contact having a low contact resistance. The method includes forming a first semiconductor fin opposite a surface of a substrate and forming a second semiconductor fin opposite the surface of the substrate and adjacent to the first semiconductor fin. A doped region is formed over portions of each of the first and second semiconductor fins and a dielectric layer is formed over the doped regions. A shared trench is formed in the dielectric layer exposing portions of the doped regions. The exposed doped regions are then amorphized and recrystallized.

Claims (30)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first semiconductor fin formed opposite a surface of a substrate;

a second semiconductor fin formed opposite the surface of the substrate and adjacent to the first semiconductor fin;

a first doped region formed over portions of the first semiconductor fin;

a second doped region formed over portions of the second semiconductor fin; and

a shared conductive contact comprising a contact resistivity of less than about 2.5×10 −9 Ω·cm −2 formed over the first and second doped regions.

2. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the first and second doped regions each comprise a crystalline structure.

3. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the first and second doped regions each comprise a polycrystalline structure.

4. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the first and second doped regions each comprises a Ge or Si dopant concentration of at least 1×10 21 cm −3 .

5. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the first doped region comprises p type dopants.

6. The semiconductor device of claim 5 , wherein the p-type dopants are selected from the group consisting of B, BF 2 , Al, and Ga.

7. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the second doped region comprises n type dopants.

8. The semiconductor device of claim 7 , wherein the n-type dopants are selected from the group consisting of As, P, and Sb.

9. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the first semiconductor fin and the second semiconductor fin are formed in a shared trench in a dielectric layer.

10. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the first doped region comprises a first epitaxy region formed over the first semiconductor fin, wherein the first epitaxy region is doped with p-type dopants.

11. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the second doped region comprises a second epitaxy region formed over the second semiconductor fin, wherein the second epitaxy region is doped with n-type dopants.

12. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first semiconductor fin formed opposite a surface of a substrate;

a second semiconductor fin formed opposite the surface of the substrate and adjacent to the first semiconductor fin;

a first doped region comprising n type dopants formed over portions of the first semiconductor fin;

a second doped region comprising p type dopants formed over portions of the second semiconductor fin; and

a shared conductive contact comprising a contact resistivity of less than about 2.5×10 −9 Ω·cm −2 formed over the first and second doped regions.

13. The semiconductor device of claim 12 , wherein the first and second doped regions each comprise a crystalline structure.

14. The semiconductor device of claim 12 , wherein the first and second doped regions each comprise a polycrystalline structure.

15. The semiconductor device of claim 12 , wherein the first and second doped regions each comprises a Ge or Si dopant concentration of at least 1×10 21 cm −3 .

16. The semiconductor device of claim 12 , wherein the p-type dopants are selected from the group consisting of B, BF 2 , Al, and Ga.

17. The semiconductor device of claim 12 , wherein the n-type dopants are selected from the group consisting of As, P, and Sb.

18. The semiconductor device of claim 12 , wherein the first semiconductor fin and the second semiconductor fin are formed in a shared trench in a dielectric layer.

19. The semiconductor device of claim 12 , wherein the first doped region comprises a first epitaxy region formed over the first semiconductor fin, wherein the first epitaxy region is doped with n-type dopants.

20. The semiconductor device of claim 12 , wherein the second doped region comprises a second epitaxy region formed over the second semiconductor fin, wherein the second epitaxy region is doped with p-type dopants.

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 Aug 30, 2018
From: LIU, ZUOGUANG; TSUTSUI, GEN; WU, HENG; XU, PENG
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046758/0612 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15499084 · Apr 27, 2017
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