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US 10,535,680 · App. 15/800,390 · Granted Jan 14, 2020

Integrated circuit structure and method with hybrid orientation for FinFET

Inventors: Tzer-Min Shen (Hsinchu, TW); Zhiqiang Wu (Hsinchu County, TW); Chung-Cheng Wu (Hsin-Chu County, TW); Ching-Wei Tsai (Hsinchu, TW); Kuan-Lun Cheng (Hsin-Chu, TW); Chih-Hao Wang (Hsinchu County, TW); Min Cao (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
H01L27/1207H01L21/76275H01L21/76283H01L21/823807H01L21/823821H01L21/845H01L27/0924H01L27/1211H01L29/42392H01L29/7869H01L21/823878H01L29/045H01L29/0673H01L29/7853
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Patent No.
US 10,535,680
App. No.
15/800,390
Granted
Jan 14, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate having a first region and a second region; a first fin active region of a first semiconductor material disposed within the first region, oriented in a first direction, wherein the first fin active region has a <100> crystalline direction along the first direction; and a second fin active region of a second semiconductor material disposed within the second region and oriented in the first direction, wherein the second fin active region has a <110> crystalline direction along the first direction.

Claims (44)

1. A method, comprising:

bonding a first semiconductor substrate and a second semiconductor substrate such that corresponding crystalline directions <001> have a 45 degree rotation;

forming a patterned mask on the second semiconductor substrate to cover a first region and expose a second region;

etching the second semiconductor substrate within the second region to expose the first semiconductor substrate;

epitaxially growing a semiconductor material on the first semiconductor substrate within the second region; and

patterning the second semiconductor substrate in the first region and the semiconductor material in the second region to form a first fin in the first region and a second fin in the second region, wherein the first fin is oriented in a first direction and has a crystalline direction <100> along the first direction, wherein the second fin is oriented in the first direction and has a crystalline direction <110> along the first direction.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the bonding of the first and second semiconductor substrates includes bonding the first and second semiconductor substrates by a silicon oxide layer.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the etching of the second semiconductor substrate within the second region includes further etching through the silicon oxide layer until the first semiconductor substrate is exposed within the second region.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the etching of the second semiconductor substrate within the second region includes further recessing the first semiconductor substrate within the second region.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein

the first and second semiconductor substrates are silicon substrates; and

the epitaxially growing of the semiconductor material on the first semiconductor substrate within the second region includes epitaxially growing silicon germanium.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising performing a first polishing process to the second semiconductor substrate and the semiconductor material to form a planarized top surface.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the patterning of the second semiconductor substrate and the semiconductor material includes

forming trenches in the second semiconductor substrate and the semiconductor material;

filling the trenches with a dielectric material;

performing a second polishing process; and

recessing the dielectric material to form the first and the second fin.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising forming a first field-effect transistor (FET) having a negative conductivity on the first fin in the first region and a second FET having a positive conductivity on the second fin in the second region.

9. A method, comprising:

bonding a first semiconductor substrate and a second semiconductor substrate such that corresponding crystalline directions <001> have a 45 degree angle;

etching the second semiconductor substrate such that a portion of the second semiconductor substrate within a first region remains and a portion of the second semiconductor substrate within the second region is removed to expose the first semiconductor substrate;

epitaxially growing a semiconductor layer of a semiconductor material on the first semiconductor substrate within the second region; and

patterning the second semiconductor substrate in the first region and the semiconductor layer in the second region to form first fin in the first region and a second fin in the second region, wherein the first fin is oriented in a first direction and has a crystalline direction <100> along the first direction, wherein the second fin is oriented in the first direction and has a crystalline direction <110> along the first direction.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein each of the first and second semiconductor substrates is a silicon substrate, and wherein the semiconductor material is silicon germanium.

11. The method of claim 10 , prior to the epitaxially growing a semiconductor layer, further comprising epitaxially growing a silicon layer.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the bonding of the first and second semiconductor substrates includes bonding the first and second semiconductor substrates by a silicon oxide layer.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the etching of the second semiconductor substrate further includes forming a patterned mask on the second semiconductor substrate to cover the first region and expose the second region; and

performing an etching process to remove the second semiconductor substrate within the second region until the first semiconductor substrate is exposed within the second region.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the performing an etching process includes

etching through the silicon oxide layer within the second region until the first semiconductor substrate is exposed within the second region; and

recessing the first semiconductor substrate within the second region.

15. The method of claim 9 , further comprising performing a polishing process to the second semiconductor substrate and the semiconductor layer to form a planarized top surface.

16. The method of claim 9 , further comprising forming a first field-effect transistor (FET) having a negative conductivity on the first fin in the first region and a second FET having a positive conductivity on the second fin in the second region.

17. A method, comprising:

bonding a first semiconductor substrate and a second semiconductor substrate such that corresponding crystalline directions <001> have a 45 degree angle, wherein the first and second semiconductor substrates are silicon substrate;

forming a patterned mask on the second semiconductor substrate to cover a first region and expose a second region;

etching the second semiconductor substrate within the second region to expose the first semiconductor substrate;

epitaxially growing a silicon germanium layer on the first semiconductor substrate within the second region; and

patterning the second semiconductor substrate and the silicon germanium layer to form a silicon fin in the first region and a silicon germanium fin in the second region, wherein the silicon fin is oriented in a first direction and has a crystalline direction <100> along the first direction, wherein the silicon germanium fin is oriented in the first direction and has a crystalline direction <110> along the first direction.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein

the bonding of the first and second semiconductor substrates includes bonding the first and second semiconductor substrates by a silicon oxide layer; and

the etching of the second semiconductor substrate within the second region includes further etching through the silicon oxide layer until the first semiconductor substrate is exposed within the second region.

19. The method of claim 17 , further comprising forming a first field-effect transistor (FET) having a negative conductivity on the silicon fin in the first region and a second FET having a positive conductivity on the silicon germanium fin in the second region.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 13, 2017
From: SHEN, TZER-MIN; WU, ZHIQIANG; WU, CHUNG-CHENG; TSAI, CHING-WEI; CHENG, KUAN-LUN; WANG, CHIH-HAO; CAO, MIN
To: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 044389/0895 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 13, 2017
From: SHEN, TZER-MIN; WU, ZHIQIANG; WU, CHUNG-CHENG; TSAI, CHING-WEI; CHENG, KUAN-LUN; WANG, CHIH-HAO; CAO, MIN
To: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 044390/0402 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62526471 · Jun 29, 2017
Related Publication 20190006391A1 · Jan 3, 2019
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