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Granted Patent B2
US 10,872,955 · App. 16/693,048 · Granted Dec 22, 2020

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 10,872,955
App. No.
16/693,048
Granted
Dec 22, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a fin structure extending along a first direction, a channel layer wrapping around a top surface and opposite sidewalls of the fin structure, a gate stack extending across the channel layer along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a spacer on a top surface of the channel layer and a sidewall of the gate stack when viewed in a cross section taken along the first direction. The channel layer includes a two-dimensional material. The gate stack includes a ferroelectric layer.

Claims (42)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a fin structure extending along a first direction;

a channel layer wrapping around a top surface and opposite sidewalls of the fin structure, wherein the channel layer includes a two-dimensional material;

a gate stack extending across the channel layer along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the gate stack includes a ferroelectric layer; and

a spacer on a top surface of the channel layer and a sidewall of the gate stack when viewed in a cross section taken along the first direction.

2. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the gate stack further includes a cap layer on a top surface of the ferroelectric layer and a gate layer on a top surface of the cap layer.

3. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , further comprising a passivation layer sandwiched between the fin structure and the channel layer.

4. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , further comprising a passivation layer sandwiched between the fin structure and the spacer.

5. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , further comprising a source/drain metal layer on a sidewall of the spacer when viewed in the cross section take along the first direction.

6. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , further comprising a source/drain metal layer on a sidewall of the channel layer when viewed in a cross section taken along the second direction.

7. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , further comprising a source/drain metal layer that has a top surface substantially coplanar with a top surface of the gate stack.

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

a source/drain metal layer on the fin structure;

a metal glue layer on a sidewall of the source/drain metal layer; and

a contact plug on a top surface of the metal glue layer.

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

a source/drain metal layer; and

a passivation layer sandwiched between the fin structure and the source/drain metal layer.

10. A semiconductor device comprising:

a fin structure;

a 2D-material passivation layer wrapping around three sides of the fin structure;

a 2D-material channel layer wrapping around three sides of the 2D-material passivation layer; and

a gate stack wrapping around three sides of the 2D-material channel layer, wherein the gate stack includes a ferroelectric layer.

11. The semiconductor device of claim 10 , further comprising a spacer alongside the gate stack and a source/drain metal layer adjacent the spacer.

12. The semiconductor device of claim 10 , further comprising a source/drain metal layer having a top surface substantially coplanar with a top surface of the gate stack.

13. The semiconductor device of claim 10 , further comprising:

a source/drain metal layer on a top surface of the 2D-material passivation layer;

a metal glue layer on a sidewall of the source/drain metal layer; and

a contact plug on a top surface of the metal glue layer.

14. The semiconductor device of claim 10 , further comprising:

a source/drain metal layer, wherein the 2D-material passivation layer is between the fin structure and the source/drain metal layer.

15. The semiconductor device of claim 10 , wherein the gate stack further includes a cap layer on a top surface of the ferroelectric layer and a gate layer on a top surface of the cap layer.

16. A semiconductor device comprising:

a fin structure extending along a first direction;

a gate stack extending across the fin structure along a second direction different from the first direction; and

a 2D-material channel layer wrapping around three sides of the fin structure and being wrapped around by a ferroelectric layer of the gate stack when viewed in a cross section taken along the second direction.

17. The semiconductor device of claim 16 , further comprising:

a boron nitride layer wrapped around by the 2D-material channel layer when viewed in the cross section taken along the second direction.

18. The semiconductor device of claim 16 , wherein the gate stack further comprises a capping metal layer wrapping around the ferroelectric layer when viewed in the cross section taken along the second direction.

19. The semiconductor device of claim 18 , wherein the gate stack further comprises a polysilicon layer wrapping around the capping metal layer when viewed in the cross section taken along the second direction.

20. The semiconductor device of claim 16 , further comprising:

a source/drain metal layer wrapping around the three sides of the fin structure when viewed in another cross section taken along the second direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 25, 2019
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.
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Continuity (3)
Continuation 15904699 · Feb 26, 2018
Provisional Application 62590396 · Nov 24, 2017
Related Publication 20200098865A1 · Mar 26, 2020
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