IP Library Granted Patent US 11,640,961
Granted Patent B2
US 11,640,961 · App. 16/954,126 · Granted May 2, 2023

III-V source/drain in top NMOS transistors for low temperature stacked transistor contacts

Inventors: Gilbert Dewey (Beaverton, OR); Ravi Pillarisetty (Portland, OR); Jack T. Kavalieros (Portland, OR); Aaron D. Lilak (Beaverton, OR); Willy Rachmady (Beaverton, OR); Rishabh Mehandru (Portland, OR); Kimin Jun (Portland, OR); Anh Phan (Beaverton, OR); Hui Jae Yoo (Hillsboro, OR); Patrick Morrow (Portland, OR); Cheng-Ying Huang (Portland, OR); Matthew V. Metz (Portland, OR)
Assignee: Intel Corporation
H01L27/0924H01L21/8221H01L21/823807H01L21/823814H01L21/823821H01L27/0688H01L29/0669H01L29/0847H01L29/66818H01L29/785
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Patent No.
US 11,640,961
App. No.
16/954,126
Granted
May 2, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An integrated circuit structure comprises a lower device layer that includes a first structure comprising a plurality of PMOS transistors. An upper device layer is formed on the lower device layer, wherein the upper device layer includes a second structure comprising a plurality of NMOS transistors having a group III-V material source/drain region.

Claims (40)

1. An integrated circuit structure, comprising:

a lower device layer that includes a first structure comprising a plurality of PMOS transistors, wherein respective ones of the plurality of PMOS transistors comprise:

a gate electrode formed on a gate dielectric layer formed on a silicon layer;

a pair of sidewall spacers formed along opposite sides of the gate electrode; and

a pair of source/drain regions formed on opposite sides of and extending beneath the gate electrode;

a bonding layer material formed on the lower device layer; and

an upper device layer formed on the bonding layer material, the upper device layer including a second structure comprising a plurality of NMOS transistors, wherein respective ones of the plurality of NMOS transistors comprise:

a gate electrode formed on a gate dielectric layer formed on a fin;

a pair of sidewall spacers formed along opposite sides of the gate electrode;

a group III-V material source/drain region formed on opposite sides of and extending beneath the gate electrode, and wherein the a group III-V material source/drain region is formed adjacent to the sidewall spacers and above a bottom surface of the gate dielectric layer, wherein the pair of sidewall spacers provide 2-5 nm of lateral spacing between gate electrode and group III-V material source/drain region; and

a metal contact directly contacting the group III-V material source/drain region, wherein source/drain region has a contact resistivity between approximately 3e-10 and 1e-8 Ω-cm 2 .

2. The integrated circuit structure of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of NMOS transistors are non-planar.

3. The integrated circuit structure of claim 1 , wherein the bonding layer material comprises an oxide layer.

4. The integrated circuit structure of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of PMOS transistors are non-planar.

5. The integrated circuit structure of claim 1 , wherein the second plurality of NMOS transistors are formed as at least one of multi-gate transistors, vertical circular gate (CG) transistors, and nanowire transistors.

6. The integrated circuit structure of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of PMOS transistors are formed as at least one of multi-gate transistors, vertical circular gate (CG) transistors, and nanowire transistors.

7. The integrated circuit structure of claim 1 , wherein both the second plurality of NMOS transistors are formed as a same type of transistor architecture including at least one of finFET, multi-gate, vertical circular gate (CG), and nanowire.

8. The integrated circuit structure of claim 1 , wherein the group III-V material source/drain region comprises a narrow band gap alloy of indium gallium arsenide (In x Ga y As y ).

9. The integrated circuit structure of claim 1 , wherein the group III-V material source/drain region comprises one of: indium arsenide (InAs), indium antimony (InSb), indium arsenide antimony (InAsSb), gallium arsenide (GaAs), gallium arsenide antimony (GaAsSb), indium phosphorus (InP).

10. The integrated circuit structure of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of NMOS transistors are formed as at least one of multi-gate transistors, vertical circular gate (CG) transistors, and nanowire transistors.

11. The integrated circuit structure of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of PMOS transistors are formed as at least one of multi-gate transistors, vertical circular gate (CG) transistors, and nanowire transistors.

12. The integrated circuit structure of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of NMOS transistors and the plurality of PMOS transistors are formed as a same type of transistor architecture including at least one of finFET, multi-gate, vertical circular gate (CG), and nanowire.

13. A method of fabricating an integrated device structure comprising a vertically stacked transistor device architecture, the method comprising:

forming a lower device layer that includes a first structure comprising a plurality of PMOS transistors, wherein respective ones of the plurality of PMOS transistors comprise:

a gate electrode formed on a gate dielectric layer formed on a silicon layer;

a pair of sidewall spacers formed along opposite sides of the gate electrode; and

a pair of source/drain regions formed on opposite sides of and extending beneath the gate electrode;

forming a bonding layer material formed on the lower device layer; and

forming an upper device layer formed on the bonding layer material, the upper device layer including a second structure comprising a plurality of NMOS transistors, wherein respective ones of the plurality of NMOS transistors comprise:

a gate electrode formed on a gate dielectric layer formed on a fin;

a pair of sidewall spacers formed along opposite sides of the gate electrode; and

a group III-V material source/drain region formed on opposite sides of and extending beneath the gate electrode, and wherein the a group III-V material source/drain region is formed adjacent to the sidewall spacers and above a bottom surface of the gate dielectric layer, wherein the pair of sidewall spacers provide 2-5 nm of lateral spacing between gate electrode and group III-V material source/drain region; and

a metal contact directly contacting the group III-V material source/drain region, wherein source/drain region has a contact resistivity between approximately 3e-10 and 3e-10 and 1e-8 Ω-cm 2.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising forming ones of the plurality of NMOS transistors by:

etching silicon from the bonding layer material to form a silicon fin;

patterning a channel mask to protect a portion of the fin that is to become the channel region;

recess etching portions of the fin not protected by the channel mask to form recesses;

epitaxially growing the III-V semiconductor material on surfaces of the fin not protected by the channel mask; and

replacing the channel mask with a permanent gate stack and forming contact metallization.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein epitaxially growing the III-V semiconductor material further comprises epitaxially growing at least one of In x Ga y As y , indium arsenide (InAs), indium antimony (InSb), indium arsenide antimony (InAsSb), gallium arsenide (GaAs), gallium arsenide antimony (GaAsSb), indium phosphorus (InP).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 14, 2023
From: DEWEY, GILBERT; PILLARISETTY, RAVI; KAVALIEROS, JACK T.; LILAK, AARON D.; RACHMADY, WILLY; MEHANDRU, RISHABH; JUN, KIMIN; PHAN, ANH; YOO, HUI JAE; MORROW, PATRICK; HUANG, CHENG-YING; METZ, MATTHEW V.
To: INTEL CORPORATION
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