IP Library Granted Patent US 8,049,286
Granted Patent B2
US 8,049,286 · App. 12/115,931 · Granted Nov 1, 2011

Semiconductor device and semiconductor device manufacturing method

Assignee: Sony Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,049,286
App. No.
12/115,931
Granted
Nov 1, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

In the present invention, there is provided a semiconductor device including: element isolation regions formed in a state of being buried in a semiconductor substrate such that an element formation region of the semiconductor substrate is interposed between the element isolation regions; a gate electrode formed on the element formation region with an gate insulating film interposed between the gate electrode and the element formation region, the gate electrode being formed so as to cross the element formation region; and source-drain regions formed in the element formation region on both sides of the gate electrode, wherein a channel region made of the element formation region under the gate electrode is formed so as to project from the element isolation regions, and the source-drain regions are formed to a position deeper than surfaces of the element isolation regions.

Claims (21)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

semiconductor substrate with an element formation region projecting from a base portion of said substrate and extending in a first direction along said base portion;

element isolation regions buried in said semiconductor substrate such that said element formation region of said semiconductor substrate is flanked by said element isolation regions, said element isolation regions having upper surfaces;

a gate electrode on said element formation region with a gate insulating film interposed between said gate electrode and said element formation region, said gate electrode crossing said element formation region in a second direction; and

source-drain regions formed in said element formation region on both sides of said gate electrode,

wherein,

said element formation region includes a channel region under said gate electrode,

said source-drain regions are positioned within said element formation region so as to extend below said upper surfaces of said element isolation regions,

said element isolation regions include depressions in said upper surfaces which extend in said second direction and which flank said channel region,

said gate electrode extends into said depressions in said upper surfaces of said element isolation regions and has an upper surface positioned above bottom surfaces of said depressions, and

said channel region has an upper surface positioned above said bottom surfaces of said depressions.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein surfaces of said source-drain regions are at one of a position equal in height to a surface of said semiconductor substrate and a position higher than the surface of said semiconductor substrate.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , comprising a stress applying film which applies stress to said channel region.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , comprising

a stress applying insulating film covering said gate electrode which applies stress to said channel region.

5. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , further comprising a silicide layer on said element formation region.

6. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein a difference between said channel region and said bottom surfaces of said depressions is from 3 nm to 30 nm, inclusive.

7. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein said element formation region includes SiGe regions in which said source and drain are located.

8. The semiconductor device of claim 3 , wherein said stress applying layer is an SiN film.

9. The semiconductor device of claim 4 , wherein said stress applying layer is an SiN film.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 28, 2025
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 070039/0410 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 6, 2008
From: TATESHITA, YASUSHI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 020906/0966 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2007-124264 · May 9, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
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