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Granted Patent B2
US 11,164,870 · App. 16/580,720 · Granted Nov 2, 2021

Stacked upper fin and lower fin transistor with separate gate

Inventors: Heng Wu (Guilderland, NY); Ruilong Xie (Niskayuna, NY); Chun Wing Yeung (Niskayuna, NY); Lan Yu (Voorheesville, NY)
Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
H01L27/0924H01L21/02532H01L21/823821H01L21/823828H01L21/823864H01L21/823871H01L29/165H01L29/66545H01L29/66795H01L29/7855
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Patent No.
US 11,164,870
App. No.
16/580,720
Granted
Nov 2, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Forming a first opening in a first double stacked fin and forming a second opening in a second double stacked fin, by removing a high silicon germanium layer, forming a low k spacer, removing a dummy gate, and removing portions of the low k spacer from an outer surface of the first double stacked fin, and an outer surface of the second double stacked fin. A structure including an upper fin of a double stacked fin separated from a lower fin of a double stacked fin by a low k spacer and by a p type field effect transistor work function metal layer (PFET WFM), where a horizontal lower surface of the upper fin is coplanar with a horizontal upper surface of the low k spacer and a horizontal lower surface of the low k spacer is coplanar with a horizontal upper surface of the PFET WFM.

Claims (14)

1. A semiconductor structure comprising:

an upper fin of a double stacked fin separated from a lower fin of the double stacked fin by a low k spacer and by a p type field effect transistor work function metal layer, wherein a horizontal lower surface of the upper fin is coplanar with a horizontal upper surface of the low k spacer and a horizontal lower surface of the low k spacer is coplanar with a first horizontal upper surface of the p type field effect transistor work function metal layer, and

an inner level dielectric layer, wherein a horizontal lower surface of the inner level dielectric layer is coplanar with a portion of an upper surface of the p type field effect transistor work function metal layer, a vertical side surface of the inner level dielectric layer is coplanar with a vertical side surface of the p-type field effect transistor work function metal layer, and a horizontal upper surface of the inner level dielectric layer is coplanar with a horizontal lower surface of an n type field effect transistor work function metal layer.

2. The semiconductor structure according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a dielectric layer, wherein a horizontal lower surface of the dielectric layer is coplanar with a second horizontal upper surface of the p type field effect transistor work function metal layer, and a vertical side surface of the dielectric layer is coplanar with a vertical side surface of the low k spacer.

3. The semiconductor structure according to claim 2 , further comprising:

the n type field effect transistor work function metal layer, wherein a lower surface of the n type field effect transistor work function metal layer is coplanar with an upper surface of the dielectric layer, and a vertical side surface of the n type field effect transistor work function metal layer is coplanar with a portion of the vertical side surface of the low k spacer.

4. The semiconductor structure according to claim 1 , wherein the p type field effect transistor work function metal layer surrounds the upper fin of the double stacked fin, and the n type field effect transistor work function metal layer surrounds the lower fin of the double stacked fin.

5. The semiconductor structure according to claim 1 , wherein

a dielectric layer, wherein a horizontal lower surface of the dielectric layer is coplanar with a second horizontal upper surface of the p type field effect transistor work function metal layer, and a vertical side surface of the dielectric layer is coplanar with a vertical side surface of the low k spacer; and

a portion of the vertical side surface of the inner level dielectric is coplanar with a portion of the vertical side surface of the dielectric layer.

6. The semiconductor structure according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a p-type field effect transistor work function metal layer contact; and

a n-type field effect transistor work function metal layer contact.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 24, 2019
From: WU, HENG; XIE, RUILONG; YEUNG, CHUN WING; YU, LAN
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 050475/0702 →
Continuity (1)
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