IP Library Granted Patent US 9,306,070
Granted Patent B2
US 9,306,070 · App. 14/465,968 · Granted Apr 5, 2016

Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same

Inventors: Kang-Hyun Baek (Yongin-si, KR); Sung-Hyun Park (Suwon-si, KR); Sang-Hoon Baek (Seoul, KR); Tae-Joong Song (Seongnam-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H01L29/785H01L27/0207H01L27/1104H01L29/0696H01L29/4238H01L29/66795
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Patent No.
US 9,306,070
App. No.
14/465,968
Granted
Apr 5, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes: active fins protruding from an active layer and extending in a first direction; a gate structure on the active fins extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction; and a spacer on at least one side of the gate structure, wherein each of the active fins includes a first region and a second region adjacent to the first direction in the first direction, and a width of the first region in the second direction is different from a width of the second region in the second direction.

Claims (35)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

active fins protruding from an active layer and extending in a first direction;

a gate structure on the active fins extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction; and

a spacer on at least one side of the gate structure,

wherein each of the active fins comprises a first region and a second region adjacent to the first region in the first direction, and a width of the first region in the second direction is different from a width of the second region in the second direction; and

wherein the first region is asymmetrical with respect to a centerline in the first direction of each of the active fins.

2. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the first region is under the gate structure, and the second region is under the spacer.

3. The semiconductor device of claim 2 , wherein part of the first region is under the spacer.

4. The semiconductor device of claim 2 , wherein the width of the first region in the second direction is smaller than the width of the second region in the second direction.

5. The semiconductor device of claim 2 , wherein the active fins comprise first through third active fins which are arranged sequentially in the second direction to be separated from each other, wherein a first gap between the first region of the first active fin and the first region of the second active fin is different from a second gap between the first region of the second active fin and the first region of the third active fin.

6. The semiconductor device of claim 2 , wherein the active fins comprise first through third active fins which are arranged sequentially in the second direction to be separated from each other, wherein a first gap between the first region of the first active fin and the first region of the second active fin is equal to a second gap between the first region of the second active fin and the first region of the third active fin.

7. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the active fins comprise a first active fin and a second active fin which are separated from each other in the first direction, wherein the first active fin is in the first region, and the second active fin is in the second region.

8. The semiconductor device of claim 7 , further comprising a self-aligned contact which electrically connects the first active fin and the second active fin.

9. The semiconductor device of claim 7 , wherein a width of the first active fin in the second direction is greater than a width of the second active fin in the second direction, and the first active fin comprises third through fifth active fins which are arranged sequentially in the second direction to be separated from each other, wherein a gap between the third active fin and the fourth active fin is equal to a gap between the fourth active fin and the fifth active fin.

10. The semiconductor device of claim 7 , wherein a width of the first active fin in the second direction is greater than a width of the second active fin in the second direction, and the first active fin comprises third through fifth active fins which are arranged sequentially in the second direction to be separated from each other, wherein a gap between the third active fin and the fourth active fin is different from a gap between the fourth active fin and the fifth active fin.

11. The semiconductor device of claim 10 , wherein a side of the first active fin is aligned with a side of the second active fin in the first direction.

12. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first transistor; and

a second transistor spaced apart from the first transistor in a first direction,

wherein the first transistor comprises a first active fin which extends in the first direction, and the second transistor comprises a second active fin which is aligned with the first active fin in the first direction, wherein a width of the first active fin in a second direction intersecting the first direction is different from a width of the second active fin in the second direction; and

wherein the first active fin is asymmetrical with respect to a centerline in the first direction through the second active fin.

13. The semiconductor device of claim 12 , comprising a static random access memory (SRAM), wherein the first transistor comprises a pull-up transistor, and the second transistor comprises a pull-down transistor.

14. The semiconductor device of claim 12 , wherein the width of the first active fin in the second direction is greater than the width of the second active fin in the second direction, and the first active fin comprises third through fifth active fins which are arranged sequentially in the second direction to be separated from each other, wherein a gap between the third active fin and the fourth active fin is equal to a gap between the fourth active fin and the fifth active fin.

15. The semiconductor device of claim 12 , wherein a side of the first active fin is aligned with a side of the second active fin in the first direction.

16. A semiconductor device comprising:

a plurality of active fins extending in a first direction;

a gate structure extending in a second direction on a portion of each of the plurality of active fins; and

a spacer on at least one side of the gate structure,

wherein each of the plurality of active fins comprises a first region and a second region,

wherein the first region of each of the plurality of active fins comprises a first width in the second direction and the second region of each of the plurality of active fins comprises a second width in the second direction,

wherein the first width is smaller than the second width, and

wherein the first region is asymmetrical with respect to a centerline in the first direction of each of the active fins.

17. The semiconductor device of claim 16 , wherein part of the first region is under the gate structure and part of the first region is under the spacer, and the second region is under the spacer.

18. The semiconductor device of claim 16 , wherein the plurality of active fins comprise first through third active fins which are arranged sequentially in the second direction to be separated from each other, wherein a first gap between the first region of the first active fin and the first region of the second active fin is different from a second gap between the first region of the second active fin and the first region of the third active fin.

19. The semiconductor device of claim 16 , wherein the plurality of active fins comprise first through third active fins which are arranged sequentially in the second direction to be separated from each other, wherein a first gap between the first region of the first active fin and the first region of the second active fin is equal to a second gap between the first region of the second active fin and the first region of the third active fin.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 28, 2014
From: BAEK, KANG-HYUN; PARK, SUNG-HYUN; BAEK, SANG-HOON; SONG, TAE-JOONG
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2013-0139840 · Nov 18, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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