IP Library Granted Patent US 10,490,631
Granted Patent B2
US 10,490,631 · App. 15/904,699 · Granted Nov 26, 2019

Semiconductor device and fabricating method thereof

Inventors: Chun-Chieh Lu (Taipei, TW); Meng-Hsuan Hsiao (Hsinchu, TW); Tung-Ying Lee (Hsinchu, TW); Ling-Yen Yeh (Hsinchu, TW); Chih-Sheng Chang (Hsinchu, TW); Carlos H. Diaz (Mountain View, CA)
Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,490,631
App. No.
15/904,699
Granted
Nov 26, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a fin structure, a channel layer and a gate stack. The channel layer is disposed on sidewalls of the fin structure, wherein the channel layer contains a two-dimensional (2D) material. The gate stack is disposed over the channel layer, wherein the gate stack includes a ferroelectric layer.

Claims (34)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a fin structure;

a channel layer on sidewalls of the fin structure, wherein the channel layer comprises a two-dimensional material;

a gate stack over the channel layer, wherein the gate stack comprises a ferroelectric layer; and

a passivation layer between the fin structure and the channel layer.

2. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the two-dimensional material is made of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), metal carbides, or black phosphorus (BP).

3. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the gate stack further comprises:

a cap layer over the ferroelectric layer; and

a semiconductor gate over the cap layer.

4. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , further comprising an oxide layer between the channel layer and the gate stack.

5. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a fin structure;

an insulating two-dimensional material layer over the fin structure;

a channel layer over the insulating two-dimensional material layer;

a ferroelectric layer over the channel layer; and

source/drain layers in contact with the insulating two-dimensional material layer and the channel layer.

6. The semiconductor device of claim 5 , wherein the source/drain layers are physically isolated from the fin structure.

7. The semiconductor device of claim 5 , wherein the source/drain layers are electrically isolated from the fin structure.

8. The semiconductor device of claim 5 , wherein the insulating two-dimensional material layer comprises boron nitride.

9. The semiconductor device of claim 5 , wherein the source/drain layers are made of metal.

10. A semiconductor device comprising:

a transistor including a fin structure, source and drain layers over the fin structure, an insulating layer between the fin structure and the source and drain layers, a channel layer between the source and drain layers, and a gate stack including:

a ferroelectric layer on the channel layer; and

a gate layer on the ferroelectric layer.

11. The semiconductor device of claim 10 , wherein the channel layer includes a semiconductor two-dimensional (2D) material.

12. The semiconductor device of claim 10 , wherein the channel layer is a conformally deposited channel layer.

13. The semiconductor device of claim 10 , wherein the insulating layer includes an insulator 2D material and the channel layer is between the ferroelectric layer and the insulating layer.

14. The semiconductor device of claim 13 , wherein the insulating layer is a conformally deposited insulating layer.

15. The semiconductor device of claim 13 , wherein the insulating layer includes boron.

16. The semiconductor device of claim 13 , wherein the insulating layer includes nitride.

17. The semiconductor device of claim 10 , wherein the ferroelectric layer is a gate dielectric layer doped with a semiconductor material.

18. The semiconductor device of claim 10 , wherein the ferroelectric layer is a gate dielectric layer doped with metal.

19. The semiconductor device of claim 10 , wherein the ferroelectric layer is an orthorhombic ferroelectric layer.

20. The semiconductor device of claim 10 , wherein the insulating layer is further between the fin structure and the channel layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2018
From: LU, CHUN-CHIEH; HSIAO, MENG-HSUAN; LEE, TUNG-YING; YEH, LING-YEN; CHANG, CHIH-SHENG; DIAZ, CARLOS H.
To: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 045035/0979 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62590396 · Nov 24, 2017
Related Publication 20190165103A1 · May 30, 2019
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