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Granted Patent B2
US 11,398,476 · App. 16/728,719 · Granted Jul 26, 2022

Structure and formation method of semiconductor device with hybrid fins

Inventors: Jin-Aun Ng (Hsinchu, TW); Kuo-Cheng Chiang (Hsinchu, TW); Hung-Li Chiang (Hsinchu, TW); Tzu-Chiang Chen (Hsinchu, TW); I-Sheng Chen (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
H01L27/0886H01L21/823412H01L21/823431H01L21/823807H01L21/823814H01L21/823821H01L27/0924
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Patent No.
US 11,398,476
App. No.
16/728,719
Granted
Jul 26, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A structure and a formation method of a semiconductor device are provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a semiconductor substrate and an isolation structure over the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device structure also includes a first fin structure over the semiconductor substrate and surrounded by the isolation structure and a stack of nanostructures over the first fin structure. The nanostructures are separated from each other. The semiconductor device structure further includes a second fin structure over the semiconductor substrate. The second fin structure has an embedded portion surrounded by the isolation structure and a protruding portion over the isolation structure. The embedded portion is separated from the protruding portion by a distance.

Claims (37)

1. A semiconductor device structure, comprising:

a semiconductor substrate;

an isolation structure over the semiconductor substrate;

a first fin structure over the semiconductor substrate and surrounded by the isolation structure;

a stack of nanostructures over the first fin structure, wherein the nanostructures are separated from each other;

a second fin structure over the semiconductor substrate, wherein the second fin structure has an embedded portion surrounded by the isolation structure and a protruding portion over the isolation structure, and the embedded portion is separated from the protruding portion by a distance; and

a metal gate stack over the nanostructures, wherein the metal gate stack comprises a gate dielectric layer and a work function layer, and the work function layer is prevented from being between a bottom of the nanostructures and the first fin structure by the gate dielectric layer.

2. The semiconductor device structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a total height of the stack of the nanostructures is greater than a total height of the first fin structure.

3. The semiconductor device structure as claimed in claim 2 , wherein a total height of the protruding portion of the second fin structure is greater than a total height of the embedded portion of the second fin structure.

4. The semiconductor device structure as claimed in claim 3 , wherein a total height of the protruding portion of the second fin structure is greater than a total height of the stack of the nanostructures.

5. The semiconductor device structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a total height of the protruding portion of the second fin structure is greater than a total height of the stack of nanostructures.

6. The semiconductor device structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the metal gate stack wraps around each of the nanostructures.

7. The semiconductor device structure as claimed in claim 6 , wherein a portion of the gate dielectric layer separates the bottom of the nanostructures from the first fin structure.

8. The semiconductor device structure as claimed in claim 1 , a portion of the gate dielectric layer is between the embedded portion and the protruding portion.

9. The semiconductor device structure as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the portion of the gate dielectric layer has a thickness substantially equal to the distance between the embedded portion and the protruding portion.

10. A semiconductor device structure, comprising:

a semiconductor substrate;

a stack of nanostructures, wherein the nanostructures are separated from each other;

a fin structure over the semiconductor substrate, wherein a top of the fin structure is at a higher height level than a top of the nanostructures; and

a metal gate stack wrapping around each of the nanostructures and extending across the fin structure, wherein the metal gate stack comprises a gate dielectric layer and a work function layer, and the work function layer is prevented from being between a bottom of the nanostructures and the semiconductor substrate by the gate dielectric layer.

11. The semiconductor device structure as claimed in claim 10 , wherein a first portion of the gate dielectric layer is between a bottom of the nanostructures and the semiconductor substrate, and a second portion of the gate dielectric layer is between a bottom of the fin structure and the semiconductor substrate.

12. The semiconductor device structure as claimed in claim 10 , further comprising:

an isolation structure over the semiconductor substrate;

a first embedded fin surrounded by the isolation structure and directly below the stack of the nanostructures, wherein a top of the first embedded fin and a bottom of the nanostructures are separated from each other, and a total height of the nanostructures is greater than a total height of the first embedded fin; and

a second embedded fin surrounded by the isolation structure and directly below the fin structure, wherein a top of the second embedded fin and a bottom of the fin structure are separated from each other, and a total height of the fin structure is greater than a total height of the second embedded fin.

13. The semiconductor device structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the gate dielectric layer wraps around a sidewall and a top of the embedded portion of the second fin structure.

14. The semiconductor device structure as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the work function layer is prevented from being between a bottom of the fin structure and the semiconductor substrate by the gate dielectric layer.

15. The semiconductor device structure as claimed in claim 10 , wherein a first portion of the gate dielectric layer wrapping around the nanostructures is substantially as thick as a second portion of the gate dielectric layer wrapping around the fin structure.

16. A semiconductor device structure, comprising:

a semiconductor substrate;

a stack of nanostructures suspended over the semiconductor substrate, wherein the nanostructures are separated from each other;

a semiconductor structure suspended over the semiconductor substrate, wherein the semiconductor structure is longer than each of the nanostructures; and

a metal gate stack wrapping around the nanostructures, wherein the metal gate stack comprises a gate dielectric layer and a work function layer, and the work function layer is prevented from being between a bottommost surface of the nanostructures and the semiconductor substrate by the gate dielectric layer.

17. The semiconductor device structure as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the work function layer is prevented from being between a bottommost surface of the semiconductor structure and the semiconductor substrate by the gate dielectric layer.

18. The semiconductor device structure as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the metal gate stack further wraps around the semiconductor structure.

19. The semiconductor device structure as claimed in claim 18 , wherein a first portion of the gate dielectric layer is between the semiconductor substrate and the bottommost surface of the nanostructures, and a second portion of the gate dielectric layer is between the semiconductor substrate and a bottommost surface of the semiconductor structure.

20. The semiconductor device structure as claimed in claim 17 , wherein a topmost surface of the nanostructures is closer to the semiconductor substrate than a topmost surface of the semiconductor structure.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 28, 2020
From: NG, JIN-AUN; CHIANG, KUO-CHENG; CHIANG, HUNG-LI; CHEN, TZU-CHIANG; CHEN, I-SHENG
To: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051638/0783 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation In Part 15981167 · May 16, 2018
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