IP Library Granted Patent US 10,504,906
Granted Patent B2
US 10,504,906 · App. 15/830,671 · Granted Dec 10, 2019

FinFET SRAM layout and method of making the same

Inventors: Ming-Cheng Chang (Dresden, DE); Nigel Chan (Dresden, DE); Ralf Van Bentum (Moritzburg Saxony, DE)
Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
H01L27/1104H01L21/823821H01L21/823828H01L27/0207H01L27/0924H01L29/42356
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Patent No.
US 10,504,906
App. No.
15/830,671
Granted
Dec 10, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of forming a finFET SRAM and related device, are provided. Embodiments include forming a plurality of silicon fins in a substrate; and forming a gate over each of the fins, wherein all of the fins are diagonally skewed in a single direction relative to the gates, and all of the gates extend in a single direction relative to the respective fins.

Claims (41)

1. A method comprising:

forming a plurality of silicon fins in a substrate;

forming a gate over each of the fins; and

forming source/drain (S/D) contacts in a diagonally skewed direction relative to the gates; and

wherein all of the fins are diagonally skewed in a single direction relative to the gates, and

wherein all of the gates extend in a single direction relative to the respective fins.

2. The method according to claim 1 , comprising:

forming the fins and gates as a fin field effect transistor (finFET) memory device.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the finFET memory device comprises static random-access memory (SRAM) cell.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the SRAM cell comprises a six transistor finFET SRAM high density (HD) cell.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the single direction of the fins is non-orthogonal relative to the respective gates.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the single direction of the gates is non-orthogonal relative to the respective fins.

7. The method according to claim 1 , comprising:

forming each fin at an angle of 50 to 70 degrees relative to the respective gate.

8. The method according to claim 7 , comprising:

forming each fin at an angle of 66 degrees relative to the respective gate.

9. A device comprising:

a plurality of silicon fins formed in a substrate; and

a gate formed over each of the fins,

wherein all of the fins are diagonally skewed in a single direction relative to the gates, and

wherein all of the gates extend in a single direction relative to the respective fins, and

wherein the finFET memory device comprises static random-access memory (SRAM) cell.

10. The device according to claim 9 , comprising:

the fins and gates formed as a fin field effect transistor (finFET) memory device.

11. The device according to claim 9 , wherein the SRAM cell comprises a six transistor finFET SRAM high density (HD) cell.

12. The device according to claim 9 , wherein the single direction of the fins is non-orthogonal relative to the respective gates.

13. The device according to claim 9 , wherein the single direction of the gates is non-orthogonal relative to the respective fins.

14. The device according to claim 9 , comprising:

each fin formed at an angle of 50 to 70 degrees relative to the respective gate.

15. The device according to claim 14 , comprising:

each fin formed at an angle of 66 degrees relative to the respective gate.

16. The device according to claim 9 , further comprising:

source/drain (S/D) contacts formed in a diagonally skewed direction relative to the gates.

17. A method comprising:

forming a plurality of silicon fins in a substrate; and

forming a gate over each of the fins,

wherein all of the fins are diagonally skewed in a single direction at an angle relative to the gates,

wherein all of the gates extend in a single direction relative to the respective fins, and

the fins and gates comprise a six transistor finFET SRAM high density (HD) cell.

18. The method according to claim 17 , comprising:

forming each fin at an angle of 66 degrees relative to the respective gate.

Assignments (3)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2021
From: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. INC.
Reel/Frame 056987/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 2, 2020
From: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
To: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. INC.
Reel/Frame 054633/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 4, 2018
From: CHANG, MING-CHENG; CHAN, NIGEL; BENTUM, RALF VAN
To: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
Reel/Frame 044536/0982 →
Continuity (1)
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