IP Library Granted Patent US 11,271,078
Granted Patent B2
US 11,271,078 · App. 16/836,953 · Granted Mar 8, 2022

P-type field effect transistor having channel region with top portion and bottom portion

Inventors: Shi-You Liu (Kaohsiung, TW); Tsai-Yu Wen (Tainan, TW); Ching-I Li (Tainan, TW); Ya-Yin Hsiao (Taipei, TW); Chih-Chiang Wu (Tainan, TW); Yu-Chun Liu (Miaoli County, TW); Ti-Bin Chen (Tainan, TW); Shao-Ping Chen (Kaohsiung, TW); Huan-Chi Ma (Tainan, TW); Chien-Wen Yu (Kaohsiung, TW)
Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
H01L29/105H01L21/26506H01L21/26513H01L21/26533H01L21/324H01L21/823412H01L29/1054H01L29/6659H01L29/66492H01L29/66545H01L29/7833
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,271,078
App. No.
16/836,953
Granted
Mar 8, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A p-type field effect transistor (pFET) includes a gate structure on a substrate, a channel region in the substrate directly under the gate structure, and a source/drain region adjacent to two sides of the gate structure. Preferably, the channel region includes a top portion and a bottom portion, in which a concentration of germanium in the bottom portion is lower than a concentration of germanium in the top portion and a depth of the top portion is equal to a depth of the bottom portion.

Claims (5)

1. A p-type field effect transistor (pFET), comprising:

a gate structure on a substrate;

a channel region in the substrate directly under the gate structure, wherein the channel region comprises a top portion and a bottom portion, a depth of the top portion is equal to a depth of the bottom portion, both the top portion and the bottom portion are made of silicon germanium, a concentration of germanium in the bottom portion is lower than a concentration of germanium in the top portion, the concentration of germanium in the top portion is between 0.9×10 22 ions/cm 3 to 1.1×10 22 ions/cm 3 , and the concentration of germanium in the bottom portion is between 0.9×10 18 ions/cm 3 to 1.1×10 18 ions/cm 3 ;

a lightly doped drain adjacent to two sides of the gate structure; and

a source/drain region adjacent to two sides of the lightly doped drain, wherein a bottom surface of the bottom portion is higher than bottom surfaces of the lightly doped drain and the source/drain region.

Priority Claims (1)
TW 107101053 · Jan 11, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 15893681 · Feb 11, 2018
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