IP Library Granted Patent US 11,133,383
Granted Patent B2
US 11,133,383 · App. 16/741,868 · Granted Sep 28, 2021

Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same

Inventors: Chang Woo Noh (Hwaseong-si, KR); Dong Il Bae (Seongnam-si, KR); Geum Jong Bae (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H01L29/0673H01L21/02532H01L21/31111H01L21/845H01L27/1211H01L29/0847H01L29/1037H01L29/165H01L29/42392H01L29/6653H01L29/66553H01L29/66636
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Patent No.
US 11,133,383
App. No.
16/741,868
Granted
Sep 28, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device including a buried insulating layer on a substrate; a lower semiconductor layer on the buried insulating layer, the lower semiconductor layer including a first material; a channel pattern on the lower semiconductor layer, the channel pattern being spaced apart from the lower semiconductor layer and including a second material different from the first material; and a gate electrode surrounding at least a portion of the channel pattern.

Claims (49)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a buried insulating layer on a substrate;

a lower semiconductor layer on the buried insulating layer, the lower semiconductor layer including a first material;

a channel pattern on the lower semiconductor layer, the channel pattern being spaced apart from the lower semiconductor layer and including a second material different from the first material;

a gate electrode surrounding at least a portion of the channel pattern; and

a source/drain region on the lower semiconductor layer, the source/drain region being connected to the channel pattern,

wherein the first material includes silicon germanium,

wherein the lower semiconductor layer includes a source/drain recess,

wherein a portion of the source/drain region fills the source/drain recess.

2. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

the first material includes silicon germanium (SiGe), and

a thickness of the lower semiconductor layer is smaller than a thickness of the channel pattern when measured in a same direction.

3. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the lower semiconductor layer includes a first sub-semiconductor layer and a second sub-semiconductor layer on the first sub-semiconductor layer.

4. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein:

the first sub-semiconductor layer includes silicon, and

the second sub-semiconductor layer includes silicon germanium.

5. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a side surface of the source/drain region has a curved shape.

6. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising an inner spacer on a sidewall of the gate electrode.

7. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a lower semiconductor layer on a substrate, the lower semiconductor layer including a first material;

a stacked structure on the lower semiconductor layer, the stacked structure including a conductive pattern and an upper semiconductor layer on the conductive pattern, and the upper semiconductor layer including a second material different from the first material; and

a source/drain region directly contacting the lower semiconductor layer, the source/drain region being connected to the upper semiconductor layer.

8. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the conductive pattern includes a gate electrode surrounding at least a portion of the upper semiconductor layer.

9. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 7 , further comprising a buried insulating layer on the substrate, wherein:

the first material includes silicon germanium, and

the second material includes silicon.

10. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the lower semiconductor layer includes a first sub-semiconductor layer and a second sub-semiconductor layer on the first sub-semiconductor layer.

11. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 10 , wherein:

the first sub-semiconductor layer includes silicon, and

the second sub-semiconductor layer includes silicon germanium.

12. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein a side surface of the source/drain region has a curved shape.

13. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 7 , further comprising an inner spacer on a sidewall of the stacked structure.

14. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a silicon substrate;

a buried insulating layer on the silicon substrate, the buried insulating layer including an oxide;

a lower semiconductor layer on the buried insulating layer, the lower semiconductor layer including a recess;

a first silicon channel pattern spaced apart from the lower semiconductor layer;

a second silicon channel pattern on the first silicon channel pattern;

a gate electrode on the lower semiconductor layer, the gate electrode surrounding at least a portion of the first silicon channel pattern and the second silicon channel pattern; and

a source/drain region connected to the first silicon channel pattern and the second silicon channel pattern and filling at least a portion of the recess,

wherein:

the lower semiconductor layer includes a material different from materials of the first silicon channel pattern and the second silicon channel pattern,

the lower semiconductor layer includes a first sub-semiconductor layer and a second sub-semiconductor layer on the first sub-semiconductor layer,

the first sub-semiconductor layer includes silicon,

the second sub-semiconductor layer includes silicon germanium.

15. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 14 , wherein:

the lower semiconductor layer includes silicon germanium, and

a thickness of the lower semiconductor layer is smaller than thicknesses of the first silicon channel pattern and the second silicon channel pattern when measured in a same direction.

16. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 14 , further comprising an inner spacer on the gate electrode.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 14, 2020
From: NOH, CHANG WOO; BAE, DONG IL; BAE, GEUM JONG
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051504/0885 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0076005 · Jun 26, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200411641A1 · Dec 31, 2020
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