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US 11,024,711 · App. 16/687,734 · Granted Jun 1, 2021

Nanosheet FET bottom isolation

Inventors: Ruqiang Bao (Niskayuna, NY); Zhenxing Bi (Dunn Loring, VA); Kangguo Cheng (Schenectady, NY); Zheng Xu (Wappingers Falls, NY)
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
H01L29/0669H01L21/02603H01L21/762H01L29/0653H01L29/0847
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Patent No.
US 11,024,711
App. No.
16/687,734
Granted
Jun 1, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A technique relates to a semiconductor device. A rare earth material is formed on a substrate. An isolation layer is formed at an interface of the rare earth material and the substrate. Channel layers are formed over the isolation layer. Source or drain (S/D) regions are formed on the isolation layer.

Claims (24)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a rare earth material formed on a substrate;

an isolation layer formed in between the rare earth material and the substrate, the isolation layer being in direct contact with both the rare earth material and the substrate;

channel layers formed over the isolation layer; and

source or drain (S/D) regions formed on the isolation layer, the S/D regions formed on end surfaces of the channel layers, the S/D regions and the isolation layer sandwiching the rare earth material, the S/D regions being in direct contact with the rare earth material.

2. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein a dielectric layer is on the channel layers.

3. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein one or more work function materials are formed on the channel layers and on the isolation layer.

4. The semiconductor device of claim 3 , wherein the isolation layer separates the one or more work function materials from the substrate.

5. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the isolation layer physically separates and electrically isolates the S/D regions from the substrate.

6. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the rare earth material comprises a rare earth oxide.

7. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the rare earth material comprises a rare earth oxide with a cubic lattice.

8. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the rare earth material comprises a rare earth oxide having a lattice constant that comprises about twice a lattice constant of a material of the substrate.

9. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein a lattice structure of the rare earth material substantially matches a lattice structure of the channel layers.

10. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the isolation layer comprises an oxide material.

11. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the isolation layer is formed as an oxide of a material of the substrate.

12. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the isolation layer comprises silicon.

13. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the isolation layer comprises silicon dioxide.

14. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the isolation layer comprises oxygen molecules.

15. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein a dielectric layer is on the channel layers and the dielectric layer is comprises a dielectric constant greater than 3.9.

16. The semiconductor device of claim 15 , wherein the dielectric layer comprises hafnium.

17. The semiconductor device of claim 15 , wherein the dielectric layer comprises aluminum.

18. The semiconductor device of claim 15 , wherein the dielectric layer comprises tantalum.

19. The semiconductor device of claim 15 , wherein the dielectric layer comprises zirconium.

20. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the S/D regions are formed directly on the rare earth material.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2019
From: BAO, RUQIANG; BI, ZHENXING; CHENG, KANGGUO; XU, ZHENG
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 051045/0413 →
Continuity (2)
Division 16174603 · Oct 30, 2018
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