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Granted Patent B2
US 11,837,604 · App. 17/481,353 · Granted Dec 5, 2023

Forming stacked nanosheet semiconductor devices with optimal crystalline orientations around devices

Inventors: Kangguo Cheng (Schenectady, NY); Shogo Mochizuki (Mechanicville, NY); Juntao Li (Cohoes, NY)
Assignee: International Business Machine Corporation
H01L27/1203H01L21/84H01L27/092H01L29/045H01L27/0688
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Patent No.
US 11,837,604
App. No.
17/481,353
Granted
Dec 5, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An approach provides a semiconductor structure with a first crystalline surface orientation and a first nanosheet stack on the semiconductor substrate with the first crystalline surface orientation. The semiconductor substrate structure includes a second nanosheet stack with a second crystalline surface orientation above the first nanosheet stack, wherein the first nanosheet stack and the second nanosheet stack are separated by a dielectric material.

Claims (23)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a semiconductor substrate with a first crystalline surface orientation;

a first type field-effect transistor directly on the semiconductor substrate and directly under a dielectric material contacting a second type field-effect transistor, wherein the first type field-effect transistor with the first crystalline surface orientation in a first plurality of nanosheet channels; and

the second type field-effect transistor directly on the dielectric material with a second crystalline surface orientation in a second plurality of nanosheet channels, wherein the second plurality of nanosheet channels are parallel to the semiconductor substrate.

2. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the first field-effect transistor and the second field-effect transistor are each a horizontal gate-all-around devices.

3. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the first type field-effect transistor is a p-type field-effect transistor with a {110} crystalline surface orientation in the first plurality of nanosheet channels.

4. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the first type field-effect transistor is an n-type field-effect transistor with a {100} crystalline surface orientation in the second plurality of nanosheet channels.

5. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the first type field-effect transistor and the second type field-effect transistor are vertically stacked.

6. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the second type field-effect transistor is a field-effect transistor selected from the group consisting of a p-type field-effect transistor and an n-type field-effect transistor.

7. The semiconductor device of claim 6 , wherein the second type field-effect transistor is a field-effect transistor selected from the group consisting of a p-type field-effect transistor and an n-type field-effect transistor.

8. The semiconductor device of claim 7 , wherein the second type field-effect transistor is the p-type field-effect transistor and the first type field-effect transistor is the n-type field-effect transistor.

9. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the first type field-effect transistor and the second type field-effect transistor are a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor device (CMOS) device.

10. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the first crystalline surface orientation is selected from the group consisting of a {110} crystalline surface orientation and a {100} crystalline surface orientation.

11. The semiconductor device of claim 6 , wherein the first type field-effect transistor is the p-type field-effect transistor, further comprising:

the p-type transistor is directly on the semiconductor substrate with a {110} crystalline surface orientation;

the dielectric material is directly on the p-type field-effect transistor; and

the second type field-effect transistor is directly on the dielectric material, wherein the second type field-effect transistor is the n-type field-effect transistor with a {100} crystalline surface orientation in the first plurality of nanosheet channels.

12. The semiconductor device of claim 6 , wherein the first type field-effect transistor is the n-type field-effect transistor, further comprising:

the n-type transistor is directly on the semiconductor substrate with a {100} crystalline surface orientation;

the dielectric material is directly on the n-type field-effect transistor; and

the second type field-effect transistor is directly on the dielectric material, wherein the second type field-effect transistor is the n-type field-effect transistor with a {100} crystalline surface orientation in the first plurality of nanosheet channels.

13. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor substrate, the first plurality of nanosheet channels, and the second plurality of nanosheet channels are vertically aligned and parallel.

14. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor substrate with the first crystalline surface orientation is composed of a single semiconductor material layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 22, 2021
From: CHENG, KANGGUO; MOCHIZUKI, SHOGO; LI, JUNTAO
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057555/0005 →
Continuity (1)
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