IP Library › Granted Patent US 9,362,278
Granted Patent B1
US 9,362,278 · App. 14/585,110 · Granted Jun 7, 2016

FinFET with multiple dislocation planes and method for forming the same

Inventors: Chih-Hsiang Huang (Zhubei, TW); Da-Wen Lin (Hsin-Chu, TW)
Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
H01L27/0886H01L21/26506H01L21/324H01L21/823418H01L21/823431H01L21/823481H01L29/0653H01L29/7848H01L29/7851H01L2029/7858
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Patent No.
US 9,362,278
App. No.
14/585,110
Granted
Jun 7, 2016
Kind
B1
Abstract

A device comprises a first semiconductor fin over a substrate, a second semiconductor fin over the substrate, wherein the first semiconductor fin and the second semiconductor fin are separated by a first isolation region, a first drain/source region coupled to the first semiconductor fin and the second semiconductor fin and a first dislocation plane underlying the first isolation region, wherein the first dislocation plane extends in a first direction in parallel with a longitudinal axis of the first semiconductor fin.

Claims (58)

1. A device comprising:

a first semiconductor fin over a substrate;

a second semiconductor fin over the substrate, wherein the first semiconductor fin and the second semiconductor fin are separated by a first isolation region;

a first drain/source region coupled to the first semiconductor fin and the second semiconductor fin; and

a first dislocation plane underlying the first isolation region, wherein the first dislocation plane extends in a first direction in parallel with a longitudinal axis of the first semiconductor fin.

2. The device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a second dislocation plane underlying the first drain/source region, wherein the second dislocation plane extends in a second direction.

3. The device of claim 2 , wherein:

the first direction is orthogonal to the second direction.

4. The device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a second drain/source region coupled to the first drain/source region through a channel region; and

a gate structure comprising a gate dielectric layer and a gate electrode layer.

5. The device of claim 4 , wherein:

the gate electrode layer wraps the channel region around three sides.

6. The device of claim 4 , wherein:

the first drain/source region, the second drain/source region and the gate structure form an n-type transistor.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein:

the first isolation region is a shallow trench isolation region.

8. A device comprising:

a first semiconductor fin and a second semiconductor fin over a substrate, wherein the first semiconductor fin and the second semiconductor fin are separated by a first isolation region;

a first drain/source region coupled to the first semiconductor fin and the second semiconductor fin;

a first dislocation plane underlying the first isolation region, wherein the first dislocation plane extends in a first direction; and

a second dislocation plane underlying the first drain/source region, wherein the second dislocation plane extends in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction.

9. The device of claim 8 , further comprising:

a second drain/source region coupled to the first semiconductor fin and the second semiconductor fin, wherein the first drain/source region is coupled to the second drain/source region through a channel region.

10. The device of claim 9 , wherein:

the first dislocation plane and the channel region are parallel to each other.

11. The device of claim 9 , further comprising:

a gate structure wrapping the channel region around three sides.

12. The device of claim 11 , wherein:

the first drain/source region, the second drain/source region and the gate structure form an n-type fin field-effect-transistor.

13. The device of claim 8 , further comprising:

a third semiconductor fin over the substrate, wherein the third semiconductor fin and the second semiconductor fin are separated by a second isolation region; and

a third dislocation plane underlying the second isolation region.

14. The device of claim 13 , wherein:

the first dislocation plane and the third dislocation plane are parallel to each other.

15. A device comprising:

a first fin, a second fin, a third fin and a fourth fin over a substrate, wherein:

the first fin and the second fin are separated by a first isolation region; and

the third fin and the fourth fin are separated by a second isolation region;

a first drain/source region and a second drain/source region on opposite sides of the first fin;

a first dislocation plane underlying the first isolation region;

a second dislocation plane underlying the second isolation region, wherein the first dislocation plane and the second dislocation plane are parallel to each other;

a third dislocation plane underlying the first drain/source region; and

a fourth dislocation plane underlying the second drain/source region, wherein:

the third dislocation plane and the fourth dislocation plane are parallel to each other; and

the second dislocation plane is orthogonal to the fourth dislocation plane.

16. The device of claim 15 , further comprising:

a channel region coupled between the first drain/source region and the second drain/source region.

17. The device of claim 15 , further comprising:

a third isolation region between the second fin and the third fin; and

a fifth dislocation plane underlying the third isolation region, wherein the first dislocation plane and the fifth dislocation plane are parallel to each other.

18. The device of claim 17 , further comprising:

a gate structure comprising a gate dielectric layer and a gate electrode layer, wherein the gate structure wraps the first fin around three sides.

19. The device of claim 18 , wherein:

the first drain/source region, the second drain/source region and the gate structure form an n-type transistor.

20. The device of claim 15 , wherein:

the first isolation region and the second isolation region are shallow trench isolation regions.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 31, 2014
From: HUANG, CHIH-HSIANG; LIN, DA-WEN
To: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
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