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US 8,367,490 · App. 13/144,182 · Granted Feb 5, 2013

Semiconductor structure and method for manufacturing the same

Inventors: Huilong Zhu (Poughkeepsie, NY); Qingqing Liang (Beijing, CN); Haizhou Yin (Poughkeepsie, NY); Zhijiong Luo (Poughkeepsie, NY)
Assignee: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Patent No.
US 8,367,490
App. No.
13/144,182
Granted
Feb 5, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present application discloses a semiconductor structure and a method for manufacturing the same. The semiconductor structure according to the present invention adjusts a threshold voltage with a common contact, which has a portion outside the source or drain region extending to the back-gate region and provides an electrical contact of the source or drain region and the back-gate region, which leads to a simple manufacturing process, an increased integration level and a lowered manufacture cost. Moreover, the asymmetric design of the back-gate structure further increases the threshold voltage and improves the performance of the device.

Claims (40)

1. A semiconductor structure, comprising

an SOI substrate comprising an SOI layer, a first buried insulating layer, an additional SOI layer, a second buried insulating layer and a base substrate from top to bottom;

a shallow trench isolation structure embedded in the SOI substrate and located above the second buried insulation layer to provide an active region;

a gate formed in the active region;

source/drain regions on both sides of the gate;

a back-gate region forming by reducing resistance of the additional SOI layer; and

a contact,

characterized in that

the back-gate region comprises at least a portion of the additional SOI layer below the source or drain region and below the gate; and

the portion of the contact outside the source or drain region extends to the back-gate region to provide a common electrical contact between the source or drain region and the back-gate region.

2. The semiconductor structure according to claim 1 , characterized in that the portion of the additional SOI layer below the source or drain region is formed as an isolating dielectric filling region adjacent to the back-gate region.

3. The semiconductor structure according to claim 1 , characterized in that the portion of the contact outside the source or drain region is formed in the shallow trench isolation structure and contacts one side surface of the back-gate region.

4. The semiconductor structure according to claim 1 , characterized in that it further comprises raised source/drain regions on the source/drain regions.

5. The semiconductor structure according to claim 1 , characterized in that the first buried insulating layer and the second buried insulating layer are buried oxide layers.

6. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure, comprising:

providing an SOI substrate which comprises an SOI layer, a first buried insulating layer, an additional SOI layer, a second buried insulating layer and a base substrate from top to bottom;

forming a shallow trench isolation structure embedded in the SOI substrate and located above the second buried insulation layer to provide an active region;

forming a back-gate region by reducing resistance of the additional SOI layer;

forming a gate and source/drain regions on both sides of the gate on the SOI substrate in the active region;

the back-gate region comprising at least a portion of the additional SOI layer below the source or drain region and below the gate; and

forming a contact having a portion outside a source or drain region which extends to the back-gate region to provide a common electrical contact between the source or drain region and the back-gate region.

7. The method according to claim 6 , characterized in that the step of forming a back-gate region by reducing resistance of the additional SOI layer comprises performing n-type or p-type doping with a doping concentration of about 10 18 -10 21 cm −3 .

8. The method according to claim 6 , characterized in that an isolating dielectric filling region is formed in the region of the additional SOI layer below the source or drain region and adjacent to the back-gate region.

9. The method according to claim 8 , characterized in that the step of forming an isolating dielectric filling region comprises:

performing n-type heavily doping to a portion of the additional SOI layer before formation of the shallow trench isolation structure;

forming an isolation trench to expose one side of the n-type heavily doped region;

removing the n-type heavily doped region; and

filling with an isolating dielectric.

10. The method according to claim 9 , characterized in that the step of performing n-type heavy doping comprises performing ion implantation with As or P.

11. The method according to claim 9 , characterized in that the doping concentration is larger than 10 18 cm −3 .

12. The method according to claim 6 , characterized in that the portion of the contact outside the source or drain region extends into the shallow trench isolation structure and contacts one side surface of the back-gate region.

13. The method according to claim 12 , characterized in that the step of forming the contact with one side surface of the back-gate region comprises:

forming a contact hole which has a portion extending into the shallow trench isolation structure to expose one side surface of the back-gate region;

filling the contact hole with a conductive material; and

performing a planarization process.

14. The method according to claim 13 , characterized in that the conductive material is one selected from a group consisting of W, Al, Cu, TiAl, and combinations thereof.

15. The method according to claim 14 , characterized in that a liner is formed before filling with the conductive material.

16. The method according to claim 15 , characterized in that the material of the liner is one selected from a group consisting of Ta, TaN, Ti, TiN, Ru, and combinations thereof.

17. The method according to claim 16 , characterized in that raised source/drain regions are formed on the source/drain regions.

18. The method according to claim 6 , characterized in that the first buried insulating layer and the second buried insulating layer are buried oxide layers.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 12, 2011
From: ZHU, HU; LIANG, QINGQING; YIN, HAIZHOU; LUO, ZHIJONG
To: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
Reel/Frame 026578/0872 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120104495A1 · May 3, 2012