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US 12,205,947 · App. 18/207,065 · Granted Jan 21, 2025

Planar buried channel structure integrated with non-planar structures

Inventors: Guannan Liu (Portland, OR); Akm A. Ahsan (Portland, OR); Mark Armstrong (Portland, OR); Bernhard Sell (Portland, OR)
Assignee: Intel Corporation
H01L27/0705H01L21/823412H01L21/823431H01L21/823437H01L21/823456H01L21/823468H01L27/0886H01L29/0847H01L29/16H01L29/66545H01L29/66795H01L29/785H01L27/0922
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Patent No.
US 12,205,947
App. No.
18/207,065
Granted
Jan 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of the disclosure are in the field of advanced integrated circuit structure fabrication and, in particular, buried channel structures integrated with non-planar structures. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a first fin structure and a second fin structure above a substrate. A gate structure is on a portion of the substrate directly between the first fin structure and the second fin structure. A source region is in the first fin structure. A drain region is in the second fin structure.

Claims (78)

1. An integrated circuit structure, comprising:

a semiconductor substrate having a dielectric layer thereon, the dielectric layer having an uppermost surface;

a planar device, comprising:

a first source region;

a first drain region; and

a first gate structure between the first source region and the first drain region, the first gate structure directly on a substantially planar region of the semiconductor substrate between the first source region and the first drain region, the first gate structure comprising a gate electrode having a bottommost surface below the uppermost surface of the dielectric layer, wherein a channel of the planar device is from the first source region to the first drain region along a first direction;

a non-planar device, comprising:

a second source region;

a second drain region; and

a second gate structure between the second source region and the second drain region, the second gate structure over a fin protruding above the uppermost surface of the dielectric layer, wherein a channel of the non-planar device is from the second source region to the second drain region along a second direction, the second direction orthogonal to the first direction; and

a tap structure between the planar device and the non-planar device.

2. The integrated circuit structure of claim 1 , wherein the first gate structure has an uppermost surface at a same level as an uppermost surface of the second gate structure.

3. The integrated circuit structure of claim 1 , wherein the tap structure comprises one or more semiconductor fins protruding from the semiconductor substrate.

4. The integrated circuit structure of claim 1 , wherein the first source region comprises one or more semiconductor fins protruding from the semiconductor substrate.

5. The integrated circuit structure of claim 1 , wherein the first drain region comprises one or more semiconductor fins protruding from the semiconductor substrate.

6. The integrated circuit structure of claim 1 , wherein the first source region comprises a first one or more semiconductor fins protruding from the semiconductor substrate, and wherein the first drain region comprises a second one or more semiconductor fins protruding from the semiconductor substrate.

7. The integrated circuit structure of claim 1 , wherein the first gate structure is over a buried doped region in the semiconductor substrate.

8. The integrated circuit structure of claim 1 , wherein the planar device is an N-type planar device, and the non-planar device is an N-type non-planar device.

9. The integrated circuit structure of claim 1 , further comprising:

a first conductive gate contact on the first gate structure; and

a second conductive gate contact on the second gate structure.

10. The integrated circuit structure of claim 9 , wherein the second conductive gate contact has an uppermost surface at a same level as an uppermost surface of the first conductive gate contact.

11. A computing device, comprising:

a board; and

a component coupled to the board, the component including an integrated circuit structure, comprising:

a semiconductor substrate having a dielectric layer thereon, the dielectric layer having an uppermost surface;

a planar device, comprising:

a first source region;

a first drain region; and

a first gate structure between the first source region and the first drain region, the first gate structure directly on a substantially planar region of the semiconductor substrate between the first source region and the first drain region, the first gate structure comprising a gate electrode having a bottommost surface below the uppermost surface of the dielectric layer, wherein a channel of the planar device is from the first source region to the first drain region along a first direction;

a non-planar device, comprising:

a second source region;

a second drain region; and

a second gate structure between the second source region and the second drain region, the second gate structure over a fin protruding above the uppermost surface of the dielectric layer, wherein a channel of the non-planar device is from the second source region to the second drain region along a second direction, the second direction orthogonal to the first direction; and

a tap structure between the planar device and the non-planar device.

12. The computing device of claim 11 , further comprising:

a memory coupled to the board.

13. The computing device of claim 11 , further comprising:

a communication chip coupled to the board.

14. The computing device of claim 11 , further comprising:

a camera coupled to the board.

15. The computing device of claim 11 , further comprising:

a battery coupled to the board.

16. The computing device of claim 11 , further comprising:

an antenna coupled to the board.

17. The computing device of claim 11 , wherein the component is a packaged integrated circuit die.

18. The computing device of claim 11 , wherein the component is selected from the group consisting of a processor, a communications chip, and a digital signal processor.

19. The computing device of claim 11 , wherein the computing device is selected from the group consisting of a mobile phone, a laptop, a desk top computer, a server, and a set-top box.

20. An integrated circuit structure, comprising:

a semiconductor substrate having a dielectric layer thereon, the dielectric layer having an uppermost surface;

a planar device, comprising:

a first source region, wherein the first source region comprises one or more semiconductor fins protruding from the semiconductor substrate;

a first drain region; and

a first gate structure between the first source region and the first drain region, the first gate structure directly on a substantially planar region of the semiconductor substrate between the first source region and the first drain region, the first gate structure comprising a gate electrode having a bottommost surface below the uppermost surface of the dielectric layer, wherein a channel of the planar device is from the first source region to the first drain region along a first direction; and

a non-planar device, comprising:

a second source region;

a second drain region; and

a second gate structure between the second source region and the second drain region, the second gate structure over a fin protruding above the uppermost surface of the dielectric layer, wherein a channel of the non-planar device is from the second source region to the second drain region along a second direction, the second direction orthogonal to the first direction.

21. An integrated circuit structure, comprising:

a semiconductor substrate having a dielectric layer thereon, the dielectric layer having an uppermost surface;

a planar device, comprising:

a first source region;

a first drain region, wherein the first drain region comprises one or more semiconductor fins protruding from the semiconductor substrate; and

a first gate structure between the first source region and the first drain region, the first gate structure directly on a substantially planar region of the semiconductor substrate between the first source region and the first drain region, the first gate structure comprising a gate electrode having a bottommost surface below the uppermost surface of the dielectric layer, wherein a channel of the planar device is from the first source region to the first drain region along a first direction; and

a non-planar device, comprising:

a second source region;

a second drain region; and

a second gate structure between the second source region and the second drain region, the second gate structure over a fin protruding above the uppermost surface of the dielectric layer, wherein a channel of the non-planar device is from the second source region to the second drain region along a second direction, the second direction orthogonal to the first direction.

22. An integrated circuit structure, comprising:

a semiconductor substrate having a dielectric layer thereon, the dielectric layer having an uppermost surface;

a planar device, comprising:

a first source region, wherein the first source region comprises a first one or more semiconductor fins protruding from the semiconductor substrate;

a first drain region, wherein the first drain region comprises a second one or more semiconductor fins protruding from the semiconductor substrate; and

a first gate structure between the first source region and the first drain region, the first gate structure directly on a substantially planar region of the semiconductor substrate between the first source region and the first drain region, the first gate structure comprising a gate electrode having a bottommost surface below the uppermost surface of the dielectric layer, wherein a channel of the planar device is from the first source region to the first drain region along a first direction; and

a non-planar device, comprising:

a second source region;

a second drain region; and

a second gate structure between the second source region and the second drain region, the second gate structure over a fin protruding above the uppermost surface of the dielectric layer, wherein a channel of the non-planar device is from the second source region to the second drain region along a second direction, the second direction orthogonal to the first direction.

Continuity (2)
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