IP Library Granted Patent US 11,195,832
Granted Patent B2
US 11,195,832 · App. 16/592,580 · Granted Dec 7, 2021

High performance nanosheet fabrication method with enhanced high mobility channel elements

Inventors: Mark I. Gardner (Cedar Creek, TX); H. Jim Fulford (Marianna, FL)
Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
H01L27/092H01L21/823807H01L21/823814H01L21/823828H01L29/161H01L29/24H01L29/42392H01L29/78696
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Patent No.
US 11,195,832
App. No.
16/592,580
Granted
Dec 7, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a first transistor pair formed over a substrate. The first transistor pair includes a n-type transistor and a p-type transistor that are stacked over one another. The n-type transistor has a first channel region that includes one or more first nano-channels with a first bandgap value. The one or more first nano-channels extend laterally along the substrate, are stacked over the substrate and spaced apart from one another. The p-type transistor has a second channel region that includes one or more second nano-channels made of a compound material having a second bandgap value based on a predetermined material ratio of the compound material. The one or more second nano-channels extend laterally along the substrate, are stacked over the substrate and spaced apart from one another.

Claims (13)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a first transistor pair formed over a substrate, the first transistor pair including a n-type transistor and a p-type transistor that are stacked over one another, the n-type transistor having a first channel region that includes one or more first nano-channels with a first bandgap value, the one or more first nano-channels extending laterally along the substrate, being stacked over the substrate and spaced apart from one another, the p-type transistor having a second channel region that includes one or more second nano-channels made of a compound material having a second bandgap value based on a predetermined material ratio of the compound material, the one or more second nano-channels extending laterally along the substrate, being stacked over the substrate and spaced apart from one another, each of the one or more first nano-channels in the first channel region and each of the one or more second nano-channels in the second channel region being surrounded by a gate structure respectively;

a second transistor pair formed over the substrate, the second transistor pair including a n-type transistor and a p-type transistor, the second transistor pair being positioned at a first side of the first transistor pair, a n-channel region of the n-type transistor of the second transistor pair being coupled to a first source/drain (S/D) region of the n-type transistor of the first transistor pair, a p-channel region of the p-type transistor of the second transistor pair being coupled to a first S/D region of the p-type transistor of the first transistor pair; and

a third transistor pair formed over the substrate, the third transistor pair including a n-type transistor and a p-type transistor, the third transistor pair being positioned at a second side of the first transistor pair, a n-channel region of the n-type transistor of the third transistor pair being coupled to a second S/D region of the n-type transistor of the first transistor pair, a p-type channel region of the p-type transistor of the third transistor pair being coupled to a second S/D region of the p-type transistor of the first transistor pair.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more first nano-channels comprises at least one of silicon or germanium.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the compound material comprises Germanium-Tin (GeSn).

4. The device of claim 3 , wherein the predetermined material ratio comprises a Sn content between 1% and 10% in the GeSn.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more first nano-channels comprises a number N of nano-channels, the N being an integer from one to ten.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more second nano-channels comprises a number M of nano-channels, the M being an integer from one to ten.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein:

the first S/D region and the second S/D region of the n-type transistor are made of a first material doped with phosphorous, the first S/D region and the second S/D region of the n-type transistor being positioned at two ends of the one or more first nano-channels and in contact with the one or more first nano-channels; and

the first S/D region and the second S/D region of the p-type transistor are made of a second material doped with boron, the first S/D region and the second S/D region of the p-type transistor being positioned at two ends of the one or more second nano-channels and in contact with the one or more second nano-channels.

8. The device of claim 7 , wherein the first material comprises silicon, and the second material comprises at least one of GeSi, Ge, GePt, GeSiSn, GePtSi, GePt, SiGePt, SiGeSn, or SiGeSnPt.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 3, 2019
From: GARDNER, MARK I.; FULFORD, H. JIM
To: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
Reel/Frame 050621/0844 →
Continuity (1)
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