IP Library Granted Patent US 11,545,483
Granted Patent B2
US 11,545,483 · App. 16/712,222 · Granted Jan 3, 2023

Nanosheet (NS) and fin field-effect transistor (FinFET) hybrid integration

Inventors: Xia Li (San Diego, CA); Haining Yang (San Diego, CA); Bin Yang (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
H01L27/0617H01L21/76243H01L21/823807H01L21/823821H01L21/823892H01L29/045H01L29/0665H01L29/66795H01L29/785
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Patent No.
US 11,545,483
App. No.
16/712,222
Granted
Jan 3, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Certain aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device generally includes a substrate, at least one silicon-on-insulator (SOI) transistor disposed above the substrate, a gate-all-around (GAA) transistor disposed above the substrate, and a fin field-effect transistor (FinFET) disposed above the substrate.

Claims (44)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a substrate;

at least one silicon-on-insulator (SOI) transistor disposed above the substrate;

a gate-all-around (GAA) transistor disposed above the substrate; and

a fin field-effect transistor (FinFET) disposed above the substrate.

2. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one SOI transistor comprises:

a p-type metal-oxide-semiconductor (PMOS) transistor; and

an n-type metal-oxide-semiconductor (NMOS) transistor, the NMOS transistor and the PMOS transistor forming a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) device.

3. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the GAA transistor comprises an n-type GAA transistor, and wherein the FinFET comprises a p-type FinFET.

4. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein:

the substrate is a (100) crystal plane substrate;

a top surface of a channel of the at least one SOI transistor has a (100) orientation crystal plane;

a sidewall of a fin of the FinFET has a <110> orientation crystal plane; and

a top surface of a slab of the GAA transistor has a (100) orientation crystal plane.

5. The semiconductor device of claim 4 , wherein:

a sidewall of at least one gate region of the at least one SOI transistor has a <110> orientation crystal plane;

a sidewall of a gate region of the FinFET has a <110> orientation crystal plane; and

a sidewall of a gate region of the GAA transistor has a <110> orientation crystal plane.

6. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one SOI transistor comprises:

a well region disposed above the substrate;

an oxide region disposed above the well region;

a channel region disposed above the oxide region;

a gate oxide disposed above the channel region; and

a gate region disposed above the gate oxide.

7. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the FinFET comprises:

a well region disposed above the substrate;

at least one fin disposed above the well region; and

a gate region disposed adjacent to the at least one fin.

8. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the GAA transistor comprises:

a well region disposed above the substrate;

one or more slabs disposed above the well region; and

a gate region disposed adjacent to the one or more slabs.

9. The semiconductor device of claim 8 , wherein the gate region is disposed around each of the one or more slabs.

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

a shallow trench isolation region disposed between the FinFET and the at least one SOI transistor.

11. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein:

the SOI transistor is laterally spaced apart from the FinFET; and

the FinFET is laterally spaced apart from the GAA transistor.

12. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the SOI transistor, the FinFET, and the GAA transistor are collinear.

13. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein:

the GAA transistor is a first distance from the SOI transistor;

the GAA transistor is a second distance from the FinFET; and

the first distance is greater than the second distance.

14. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein a top of the SOI transistor, a top of the FinFET, and a top of the GAA transistor are substantially a same distance from the substrate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 28, 2020
From: LI, XIA; YANG, HAINING; YANG, BIN
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 051723/0682 →
Continuity (1)
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