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US 12,266,695 · App. 18/107,688 · Granted Apr 1, 2025

Structures with doped semiconductor layers and methods and systems for forming same

Inventors: Lucas Petersen Barbosa Lima (Heverlee, BE); Rami Khazaka (Leuven, BE); Qi Xie (Wilsele, BE)
Assignee: ASM IP Holding B.V.
H01L29/167H01L21/02579H01L21/67063
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Patent No.
US 12,266,695
App. No.
18/107,688
Granted
Apr 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods and systems for depositing material, such as doped semiconductor material, are disclosed. An exemplary method includes providing a substrate, forming a first doped semiconductor layer overlying the substrate, and forming a second doped semiconductor layer overlying the first doped semiconductor layer, wherein the first doped semiconductor layer comprises a first dopant and a second dopant, and wherein the second doped semiconductor layer comprises the first dopant. Structures and devices formed using the methods and systems for performing the methods are also disclosed.

Claims (28)

1. A system comprising:

one or more reaction chambers;

a gas injection system fluidly coupled to at least one of the one or more reaction chambers;

a first gas source;

a second gas source;

a third gas source;

an exhaust source; and

a controller,

wherein the controller is configured to control gas flow into the gas injection system to form a first doped semiconductor layer overlying a surface of a substrate, form a second doped semiconductor layer overlying the first doped semiconductor layer, and form a cap layer overlying the second doped semiconductor layer, and

wherein the first doped semiconductor layer comprises a first dopant and a second dopant, wherein the second doped semiconductor layer comprises the first dopant; wherein the first doped semiconductor layer is selectively formed on a first portion of a surface of the substrate; and, wherein the second doped semiconductor layer is selectively formed overlying the first doped semiconductor layer wherein a concentration of carbon is greater in the first doped semiconductor layer than in the second doped semiconductor layer.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to perform a step of etching the first doped semiconductor layer and second doped semiconductor layer overlying the second surface in the one or more reaction chambers.

3. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a substrate handling system.

4. The system of claim 3 , further comprising a wall between the substrate handling system and the one or more reaction chambers.

5. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a fourth gas source.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more reaction chambers comprise cross-flow, cold wall epitaxial reaction chamber.

7. The system of claim 1 , comprising two or more reaction chambers, wherein the two or more reaction chambers are coupled to the controller.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first gas source comprises a chlorine-free precursor.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the second gas source comprises a first dopant.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the first dopant comprises a first p-type dopant.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the third gas source comprises a second dopant.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the second dopant comprises a second p-type dopant.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the second dopant second dopant comprises gallium, aluminum, or indium.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the first dopant comprises boron and the second dopant comprises gallium.

15. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first doped semiconductor layer comprises p-type silicon germanium.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the second doped semiconductor layer comprises p-type silicon germanium.

17. The system of claim 1 , wherein the cap layer comprises at least one of silicon and germanium.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the cap layer further comprises a p-type dopant selected from boron and gallium.

19. The system of claim 1 , wherein the step of form the first doped semiconductor layer comprises providing a silicon precursor, a germanium precursor, a boron precursor, and a gallium precursor to the reaction chamber.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 9, 2023
From: BARBOSA LIMA, LUCAS PETERSEN; KHAZAKA, RAMI; XIE, QI
To: ASM IP HOLDING B.V.
Reel/Frame 062641/0672 →
Continuity (3)
Division 17084354 · Oct 29, 2020
Provisional Application 62930752 · Nov 5, 2019
Related Publication 20230197792A1 · Jun 22, 2023
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