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US 10,157,908 · App. 15/606,000 · Granted Dec 18, 2018

Electrostatic discharge devices and methods of manufacture

Inventors: Huiming Bu (Glenmont, NY); Junjun Li (Cupertino, CA); Theodorus E. Standaert (Clifton Park, NY); Tenko Yamashita (Schenectady, NY)
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
H01L27/0296H01L21/845H01L27/0251H01L27/0259H01L27/0266H01L27/1211H01L29/66795H01L29/785
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Patent No.
US 10,157,908
App. No.
15/606,000
Granted
Dec 18, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) devices and methods of manufacture are provided. The method includes forming a plurality of fin structures and a mesa structure from semiconductor material. The method further includes forming an epitaxial material with doped regions on the mesa structure and forming gate material over at least the plurality of fin structures. The method further includes planarizing at least the gate material such that the gate material and the epitaxial material are of a same height. The method further includes forming contacts in electrical connection with respective ones of the doped regions of the epitaxial material.

Claims (23)

1. A semiconductor structure, comprising:

an electrostatic discharge (ESD) device comprising a mesa on an insulator layer and a epitaxial material on the mesa;

a plurality of fin structures on the insulator layer and composed of a same material as the mesa;

a gate stack on the plurality of fin structures.

2. The semiconductor structure of claim 1 , wherein the gate stack and the epitaxial material on the mesa are of a same height.

3. The semiconductor structure of claim 2 , wherein the epitaxial material has a greater height than the plurality of fin structures.

4. The semiconductor structure of claim 1 , wherein the mesa and the plurality of fin structures are each composed of semiconductor material.

5. A semiconductor structure, comprising:

an electrostatic discharge (ESD) device comprising a mesa on an insulator layer and a epitaxial material on the mesa;

a plurality of fin structures on the insulator layer and composed of a same material as the mesa;

a gate stack on the plurality of fin structures; and

an oxide layer between the gate stack and the epitaxial material.

6. The semiconductor structure of claim 5 , wherein top surfaces of the oxide layer, the gate stack, and the epitaxial material are planarized to a same height.

7. The semiconductor structure of claim 1 , wherein the epitaxial material is a grown crystalline material.

8. A semiconductor structure, comprising:

an electrostatic discharge (ESD) device comprising a mesa on an insulator layer and a epitaxial material on the mesa;

a plurality of fin structures on the insulator layer and composed of a same material as the mesa; and

a gate stack on the plurality of fin structures,

wherein the epitaxial material is doped with N+ and P+ implants.

9. The semiconductor structure of claim 8 , wherein the epitaxial material comprises an N+ area and a P+ area.

10. The semiconductor structure of claim 1 , wherein the gate stack comprises a hafnium based high-k dielectric material and a work function material.

11. The semiconductor structure of claim 5 , wherein the gate stack comprises a hafnium based high-k dielectric material and a work function material.

12. The semiconductor structure of claim 8 , wherein the gate stack comprises a hafnium based high-k dielectric material and a work function material.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 26, 2017
From: BU, HUIMING; LI, JUNJUN; STANDAERT, THEODORUS E.; YAMASHITA, TENKO
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
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Continuity (4)
Continuation 15198197 · Jun 30, 2016
Continuation 14882724 · Oct 14, 2015
Division 14288960 · May 28, 2014
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