IP Library Granted Patent US 11,664,425
Granted Patent B2
US 11,664,425 · App. 17/580,622 · Granted May 30, 2023

P-type field effect transistor and method for fabricating the same

Inventors: Shi-You Liu (Kaohsiung, TW); Tsai-Yu Wen (Tainan, TW); Ching-I Li (Tainan, TW); Ya-Yin Hsiao (Taipei, TW); Chih-Chiang Wu (Tainan, TW); Yu-Chun Liu (Miaoli County, TW); Ti-Bin Chen (Tainan, TW); Shao-Ping Chen (Kaohsiung, TW); Huan-Chi Ma (Tainan, TW); Chien-Wen Yu (Kaohsiung, TW)
Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
H01L29/105H01L21/26506H01L21/26513H01L21/26533H01L21/324H01L21/823412H01L29/1054H01L29/6659H01L29/66492H01L29/66545H01L29/7833
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Patent No.
US 11,664,425
App. No.
17/580,622
Granted
May 30, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for fabricating p-type field effect transistor (FET) includes the steps of first providing a substrate, forming a pad layer on the substrate, forming a well in the substrate, performing an ion implantation process to implant germanium ions into the substrate to form a channel region, and then conducting an anneal process to divide the channel region into a top portion and a bottom portion. After removing the pad layer, a gate structure is formed on the substrate and a lightly doped drain (LDD) is formed adjacent to two sides of the gate structure.

Claims (15)

1. A method for fabricating a p-type field effect transistor (pFET), comprising:

providing a substrate;

performing an ion implantation process to implant germanium (Ge) into the substrate to form a channel region, wherein the channel region comprises silicon germanium (SiGe), a concentration of germanium is between 5×10 13 ions/cm 2 to 1×10 17 ions/cm 2 , an energy of the ion implantation process is between 0.5 KeV to 20 KeV, and a temperature of the ion implantation process is between 0° C. to 120° C.;

performing an anneal process to divide the channel region into a top portion and a bottom portion, wherein after the anneal process, the channel region comprises only a single p-type dopant, wherein the top portion and the bottom portion of the channel region is made of SiGe, and wherein a depth of the top portion is equal to a depth of the bottom portion; and

forming a gate structure on the substrate.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

forming a pad layer on the substrate; and

forming a well in the substrate before performing the ion implantation process.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the pad layer comprises silicon oxide.

4. The method of claim 2 , further comprising removing the pad layer after performing the anneal process.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

forming the gate structure on the substrate after removing the pad layer; and

forming a lightly doped drain adjacent to two sides of the gate structure;

wherein the depth of the channel region is less than a depth of the lightly doped drain.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising forming a well in the substrate after performing the ion implantation process.

Priority Claims (1)
TW 107101053 · Jan 11, 2018 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16836953 · Apr 1, 2020
Division 15893681 · Feb 11, 2018
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