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Granted Patent B2
US 9,853,160 · App. 15/135,566 · Granted Dec 26, 2017

Semiconductor devices and methods of fabricating the same

Inventors: Sujin Jung (Hwaseong-si, KR); JinBum Kim (Seoul, KR); Kang Hun Moon (Incheon, KR); Kwan Heum Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Byeongchan Lee (Yongin-si, KR); Choeun Lee (Pocheon-si, KR); Yang Xu (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H01L29/7851H01L29/0847H01L29/66795H01L29/7848
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Patent No.
US 9,853,160
App. No.
15/135,566
Granted
Dec 26, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device is disclosed. The device includes a substrate including an active region defined by a device isolation layer, a fin pattern protruding from the substrate and extending in a first direction, the fin pattern including a gate fin region and a source/drain fin region, a gate pattern disposed on the gate fin region to extend in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a source/drain portion provided on a sidewall of the source/drain fin region. When measured in the second direction, a width of the source/drain fin region is different from a width in the second direction of the gate fin region.

Claims (53)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a substrate including an active region defined by a device isolation layer;

a fin pattern on the active region and extending in a first direction, the fin pattern comprising a gate fin region and a source/drain fin region;

a gate pattern disposed on the gate fin region to extend in a second direction crossing the first direction; and

a source/drain portion provided on a sidewall of the source/drain fin region,

wherein, when measured in the second direction, a width of the source/drain fin region at a height is different from a width of the gate fin region at the height,

wherein the source/drain fin region is a portion of the substrate.

2. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the width of the source/drain fin region is less than the width of the gate fin region.

3. The semiconductor device of claim 2 , wherein a width of an upper portion of the source/drain fin region is less than a width of a lower portion of the source/drain fin region.

4. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the gate fin region has a top surface that is positioned at substantially the same level as a top surface of the source/drain fin region.

5. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the gate fin region has a top surface that is positioned at a level different from a top surface of the source/drain fin region.

6. The semiconductor device of claim 5 , wherein the top surface of the source/drain fin region is positioned at a level lower than the top surface of the gate fin region.

7. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the source/drain portion is an epitaxial pattern.

8. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the source/drain portion is a conductive pattern.

9. The semiconductor device of claim 1 ,

wherein the height is a middle height between an upper surface of the device isolation layer and a top surface of the gate fin region,

wherein a distance between an upper surface of the device isolation layer and the middle height is equal to a distance between the middle height and a top surface of the gate fin region.

10. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein opposite sidewalls of the source/drain fin region include at least a portion having a slanted profile.

11. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , further comprising:

an insulating pattern between the substrate and the gate pattern;

a spacer provided on a sidewall of the gate pattern; and

an interlayer insulating layer provided on the substrate to cover the source/drain portion.

12. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a substrate including an active region defined by a device isolation layer;

a fin pattern on the active region and extending in a first direction, the fin pattern comprising a gate fin region and a source/drain fin region;

a gate pattern provided on the gate fin region to extend in a second direction crossing the first direction; and

a source/drain portion provided on a sidewall of the source/drain fin region,

wherein when measured in the second direction, a width of source/drain fin region is less than a width of the active region,

wherein the source/drain fin region is a portion of the substrate.

13. The semiconductor device of claim 12 , wherein the source/drain portion is a conductive pattern.

14. The semiconductor device of claim 12 ,

wherein, when measured in the second direction, the width of the source/drain fin region is less than a width of the gate fin region.

15. The semiconductor device of claim 14 , wherein the width of the active region is the same as the width of the gate fin region.

16. The semiconductor device of claim 12 ,

wherein the width of the source/drain fin region corresponds to a width of the source/drain fin region at a height,

wherein the width of the gate fin region corresponds to a width of the gate fin region at the height,

wherein the height is a middle height between an upper surface of the device isolation layer and a top surface of the gate fin region, and

wherein a distance between the upper surface of the device isolation layer and the middle height is equal to a distance between the middle height and the top surface of the gate fin region.

17. The semiconductor device of claim 12 , wherein the source/drain portion is a conductive pattern.

18. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a substrate including an active region defined by a device isolation layer;

a fin pattern on the active region and extending in a first direction, the fin pattern comprising a gate fin region and a source/drain fin region;

a gate pattern provided on the gate fin region to extend in a second direction crossing the first direction; and

a source/drain portion provided on a sidewall of the source/drain fin region,

wherein when measured in the second direction, a width of source/drain fin region is less than a width of the gate fin region, and a top surface of the source/drain fin region is positioned at a lower level than that of the gate fin region,

wherein a sidewall of the source/drain fin region includes a slanted portion, and

wherein the source/drain fin region is a portion of the substrate.

19. The semiconductor device of claim 18 ,

wherein the width of the source/drain fin region corresponds to a width of the source/drain fin region at a height,

wherein the width of the gate fin region corresponds to a width of the gate fin region at the height,

wherein the height is a middle height between an upper surface of the device isolation layer and a top surface of the gate fin region, and

wherein a distance between the upper surface of the device isolation layer and the middle height is equal to a distance between the middle height and the top surface of the gate fin region.

20. The semiconductor device of claim 18 , wherein the source/drain portion is an epitaxial pattern.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 25, 2016
From: JUNG, SUJIN; KIM, JINBUM; MOON, KANG HUN; LEE, KWAN HEUM; LEE, BYEONGCHAN; LEE, CHOEUN; XU, YANG
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 038376/0642 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2015-0073121 · May 26, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160351715A1 · Dec 1, 2016