IP Library Granted Patent US 12,183,786
Granted Patent B2
US 12,183,786 · App. 17/536,939 · Granted Dec 31, 2024

Multi-stack semiconductor device with zebra nanosheet structure

Inventors: Byounghak Hong (Albany, NY); Seungchan Yun (Waterford, NY); Kang-ill Seo (Albany, NY)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H01L29/0665H01L29/42392H01L29/66742H01L29/78618H01L29/7869H01L29/78696
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Patent No.
US 12,183,786
App. No.
17/536,939
Granted
Dec 31, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A multi-stack semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a multi-stack transistor formed on the substrate and including a nanosheet transistor and a fin field-effect transistor (FinFET) above the nanosheet transistor, wherein the nanosheet transistor includes a plurality nanosheet layers surrounded by a lower gate structure except between the nanosheet layers, the FinFET includes at least one fin structure, of which at least top and side surfaces are surrounded by an upper gate structure, and each of the lower and upper gate structures includes: a gate oxide layer formed on the nanosheet layers and the at least one fin structure; and a gate metal pattern formed on the gate oxide layer. At least one of the lower and upper gate structures includes an extra gate (EG) oxide layer formed between the gate oxide layer and the nanosheet layers and/or between the gate oxide layer and the at least one fin structure.

Claims (23)

1. A multi-stack semiconductor device comprising:

a substrate;

a multi-stack transistor formed on the substrate and comprising a nanosheet transistor and a fin field-effect transistor (FinFET) above the nanosheet transistor,

wherein the nanosheet transistor comprises a plurality nanosheet layers surrounded by a lower gate structure except between the nanosheet layers,

wherein the FinFET comprises at least one fin structure, of which at least top and side surfaces are surrounded by an upper gate structure, and

wherein each of the lower and upper gate structures comprises:

a gate oxide layer formed on the nanosheet layers and the at least one fin structure; and

a gate metal pattern formed on the gate oxide layer, the gate metal pattern comprising a work-function metal layer and a conductor plug.

2. The multi-stack semiconductor device of claim 1 ,

wherein at least one of the lower and upper gate structures comprises an extra gate (EG) oxide layer formed between the gate oxide layer and the nanosheet layers and/or between the gate oxide layer and the at least one fin structure.

3. The multi-stack semiconductor device of claim 2 ,

wherein the nanosheet layers comprises silicon (Si), and

wherein silicon germanium (SiGe) is formed between the nanosheet layers.

4. The multi-stack semiconductor device of claim 3 ,

wherein each of the lower and upper gate structures comprises the EG oxide layer formed between the gate oxide layer and the nanosheet layers and/or between the gate oxide layer and the at least one fin structure.

5. The multi-stack semiconductor device of claim 4 ,

wherein the gate oxide layer comprises an interfacial layer and a high-κ layer,

wherein the interfacial layer comprises an oxide material, and

wherein the high-κ layer comprises a material with a dielectric constant higher than the oxide material of the interfacial layer.

6. The multi-stack semiconductor device of claim 1 ,

wherein at least one of the lower and upper gate structures comprises an extra gate (EG) oxide layer formed between the gate oxide layer and the nanosheet layers and/or between the gate oxide layer and the at least one fin structure,

wherein a thickness of the gate oxide layer ranges 2 nm to 3 nm, and

wherein a thickness of the EG oxide layer ranges 4 nm to 5 nm.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 28, 2024
From: YUN, SEUNGCHAN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 068427/0565 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 29, 2021
From: HONG, BYOUNGHAK; SEO, KANG-ILL
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058230/0907 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63248836 · Sep 27, 2021
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