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US 11,437,377 · App. 17/030,841 · Granted Sep 6, 2022

Method of manufacturing semiconductor device having a plurality of channel layers

Inventors: Woo Cheol Shin (Suwon-si, KR); Myung Gil Kang (Suwon-si, KR); Sadaaki Masuoka (Suwon-si, KR); Sang Hoon Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Sung Man Whang (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H01L27/0924H01L21/02532H01L21/823807H01L21/823821H01L21/823828H01L21/823864H01L29/045H01L29/0649H01L29/16H01L29/6681H01L29/66545H01L29/66553H01L29/785
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Patent No.
US 11,437,377
App. No.
17/030,841
Granted
Sep 6, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer having first and second regions, a plurality of first channel layers spaced apart from each other in a vertical direction on the first region of the first semiconductor layer, a first gate electrode surrounding the plurality of first channel layers, a plurality of second channel layers spaced apart from one another in the vertical direction on the second region of the first semiconductor layer, and a second gate electrode surrounding the plurality of second channel layers, wherein each of the plurality of first channel layers has a first crystallographic orientation, and each of the plurality of second channel layers has a second crystallographic orientation different from the first crystallographic orientation, and wherein a thickness of each of the plurality of first channel layers is different from a thickness of each of the plurality of second channel layers.

Claims (21)

1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method comprising:

providing a first semiconductor layer having a first region and a second region, a buried insulating layer on the first semiconductor layer, and a second semiconductor layer on the buried insulating layer;

forming a first stack in which a plurality of first sacrificial layers and a plurality of first channel layers are alternately stacked on the second semiconductor layer;

removing the buried insulating layer, the second semiconductor layer, and a portion of the first stack on the second region using a mask pattern to expose the first semiconductor layer;

forming a base layer on an exposed second region and a second stack in which a plurality of second sacrificial layers and a plurality of second channel layers are alternately stacked on the base layer; and

patterning the first stack and the second stack in a fin shape,

wherein each of the plurality of first channel layers has a first crystallographic orientation, and each of the plurality of second channel layers has a second crystallographic orientation different from the first crystallographic orientation.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

the first semiconductor layer has the second crystallographic orientation; and

the second semiconductor layer has the first crystallographic orientation.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

the plurality of first channel layers and the plurality of second channel layers include silicon;

the first crystallographic orientation is a (110) orientation; and

the second crystallographic orientation is a (100) orientation.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

the plurality of first channel layers and the plurality of second channel layers include silicon;

the first crystallographic orientation is a (100) orientation; and

the second crystallographic orientation is a (110) orientation.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising, after removing the portion of the first stack to expose the first semiconductor layer, forming a liner on a side surface of the first stack.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a thickness of each of the plurality of second channel layers is smaller than a thickness of each of the plurality of first channel layers.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a thickness of each of the plurality of second sacrificial layers is greater than a thickness of each of the plurality of first sacrificial layers.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0000559 · Jan 3, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 16439999 · Jun 13, 2019
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