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Granted Patent B2
US 12,575,122 · App. 18/334,301 · Granted Mar 10, 2026

Fin-based field effect transistor (FET) source/drain strain to enhance driver current and performance

Inventors: Xia Li (San Diego, CA); Kwanyong Lim (San Diego, CA); Haining Yang (San Diego, CA); Biswa Ranjan Panda (Bangaluru, IN); Ramesh Manchana (Hyderabad, IN)
Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
H10D30/024H10D30/014H10D30/43H10D30/6211H10D30/6219H10D30/6735H10D30/6757H10D62/121H10D64/017H10D84/0167H10D84/017H10D84/0193H10D84/038H10D84/853
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Patent No.
US 12,575,122
App. No.
18/334,301
Granted
Mar 10, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A field effect transistor (FET) is described. The FET includes a substrate, having a first vertical structure on the substrate, including a source/drain region having a first stressor material. The FET also includes a second vertical structure on the substrate and including a drain/source region having a second stressor material different from the first stressor material. The FET further includes a metal gate on the first vertical structure and on the second vertical structure.

Claims (41)

1 . A field effect transistor (FET), comprising:

a substrate;

a first vertical structure on the substrate and having a source/drain region, comprising:

a contact trench, including a spacer of a first stressor material on a base and surrounding sidewalls of the contact trench,

a plug of the first stressor material in the contact trench and contacted to the contact trench through the spacer,

a metal to diffusion (MD) contact coupled to the plug, and

a source/drain contact coupled to the MD contact;

a second vertical structure on the substrate and comprising a drain/source region having a second stressor material different from the first stressor material; and

a metal gate on the first vertical structure and on the second vertical structure.

2 . The FET of claim 1 ,

in which the first vertical structure comprises a first nanosheet structure, including a first channel region, and the second vertical structure comprises a second nanosheet structure, including a second channel region; and

in which the metal gate horizontally surrounds the first channel region and the second channel region on four sides.

3 . The FET of claim 1 , in which the first stressor material comprises a compressive strain direction and the second stressor material comprises a tensile strain direction.

4 . The FET of claim 1 , further comprising an inner contact plug in the contact trench and contacted to the contact trench through the spacer on the surrounding sidewalls and the base of the contact trench.

5 . The FET of claim 4 , in which the source/drain contact is coupled to the inner contact plug.

6 . The FET of claim 1 , in which the first vertical structure comprises:

an N-type metal oxide semiconductor (NMOS) source region; and

an NMOS drain region, in which the first stressor material comprises a tensile stressor material.

7 . The FET of claim 1 , in which the second vertical structure comprises:

a P-type metal oxide semiconductor (PMOS) source region; and

a PMOS drain region, in which the second stressor material comprises a compressive stressor material.

8 . A method fabricating a field effect transistor (FET) comprising:

etching a first contact trench in a first vertical structure having a source/drain region and a second trench in a second vertical structure having a drain/source region of the FET to expose a substrate;

forming a spacer of a first stressor material on a base and surrounding sidewalls of the first contact trench;

forming a plug of the first stressor material in the first contact trench and contacted to the spacer on the surrounding sidewalls and the base of the first contact trench;

forming a metal to diffusion (MD) contact coupled to the plug;

forming a source/drain contact coupled to the MD contact;

filling the second trench with a second stressor material different from the first stressor material; and

forming a metal gate on the first vertical structure and on the second vertical structure.

9 . The method of claim 8 ,

in which the first vertical structure comprises a first nanosheet structure, including a first channel region, and the second vertical structure comprises a second nanosheet structure, including a second channel region; and

in which the metal gate horizontally surrounds the first channel region and the second channel region on four sides.

10 . The method of claim 8 , in which the first stressor material comprises a compressive strain direction and the second stressor material comprises a tensile strain direction.

11 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising forming an inner contact plug in the contact trench and contacted to the contact trench through the spacer on the surrounding sidewalls and the base of the contact trench.

12 . The method of claim 11 , in which the source/drain contact is coupled to the inner contact plug.

13 . The method of claim 8 , in which the first vertical structure comprises:

an N-type metal oxide semiconductor (NMOS) source region; and

an NMOS drain region, in which the first stressor material comprises a tensile stressor material.

14 . The method of claim 8 , in which the second vertical structure comprises:

a P-type metal oxide semiconductor (PMOS) source region; and

a PMOS drain region, in which the second stressor material comprises a compressive stressor material.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 26, 2023
From: LI, XIA; LIM, KWANYONG; YANG, HAINING; PANDA, BISWA RANJAN; MANCHANA, RAMESH
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 064387/0930 →
Continuity (1)
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