IP Library Granted Patent US 7,763,915
Granted Patent B2
US 7,763,915 · App. 11/654,660 · Granted Jul 27, 2010

Three-dimensional integrated C-MOS circuit and method for producing same

Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
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Patent No.
US 7,763,915
App. No.
11/654,660
Granted
Jul 27, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

The three-dimensional integrated CMOS circuit is formed in a hybrid substrate. n-MOS type transistors are formed, at a bottom level, in a first semi-conducting layer of silicon having a (100) orientation, which layer may be tension strained. p-MOS transistors are formed, at a top level, in a preferably monocrystalline and compression strained second semi-conducting layer of germanium having a (110) orientation. The second semi-conducting layer is transferred onto a first block in which the n-MOS transistors were previously formed, and the p-MOS transistors are then formed.

Claims (27)

1. A three-dimensional integrated CMOS circuit formed in a hybrid substrate with superposed bottom and top levels, comprising:

a plurality of n-MOS transistors formed, at the bottom level, in a silicon semi-conducting layer having a (100) orientation, and

a plurality of p-MOS transistors formed, at the top level, in a germanium semi-conducting layer having a (110) orientation,

wherein an axis passing through a drain and a source of the n-MOS transistor of the plurality of n-MOS transistors is perpendicular to an associated axis passing through a drain and a source of an associated p-MOS transistor of the plurality of p-MOS transistors so as to form at least one overlapping zone in which an interconnection of the n-MOS transistor and the associated p-MOS transistor is formed, and

wherein the at least one overlapping zone is an overlap between the silicon semi-conducting layer and the germanium semi-conducting layer.

2. The three-dimensional integrated CMOS circuit according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the silicon semi-conducting layer and the germanium semi-conducting layer is strained in a suitable manner for fabrication of the corresponding transistors.

3. The three-dimensional integrated CMOS circuit according to claim 2 , wherein the silicon semi-conducting layer is made of tension strained silicon.

4. The three-dimensional integrated CMOS circuit according to claim 2 , wherein the germanium semi-conducting layer is made of compression strained germanium.

5. The three-dimensional integrated CMOS circuit according to claim 4 , wherein the germanium semi-conducting layer is made of biaxially strained germanium.

6. The three-dimensional integrated CMOS circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the germanium is monocrystalline.

7. The three-dimensional integrated CMOS circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the drain or the source of the n-MOS transistor of the plurality of n-MOS transistors is designed to be connected to the source or the drain of the associated p-MOS transistor, and wherein at least one of the drain or the source of the n-MOS transistor and the drain or the source of the associated p-MOS transistor is longitudinally extended so as to form a first overlapping zone in which a first interconnection of the n-MOS transistor and the associated p-MOS transistor is formed.

8. The three-dimensional integrated CMOS circuit according to claim 7 , comprising vertical connections formed at ends of the n-MOS transistor and the associated p-MOS transistor opposite the first overlapping zone.

9. The three-dimensional integrated CMOS circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the n-MOS transistor and the associated p-MOS transistor each have gates extended perpendicularly to their respective axis and associated axis so as to form, at one end thereof, a second overlapping zone in which a second interconnection of the n-MOS transistor and the associated p-MOS transistor is formed.

10. The three-dimensional integrated CMOS circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the interconnection passes through an electrode of the associated p-MOS transistor.

11. A method for producing a three-dimensional CMOS integrated circuit in a hybrid substrate with superposed bottom and top levels, the method comprising:

forming a plurality of n-MOS transistors, at the bottom level, in a silicon semi-conducting layer having a (100) orientation,

transferring a germanium semi-conducting layer having a (110) orientation onto the silicon semi-conducting layer, and

forming a plurality of p-MOS transistors, at the top level, in the germanium semi-conducting layer, the plurality of the p-MOS transistors being formed at a temperature not affecting the plurality of the n-MOS transistors formed in the silicon semi-conducting layer,

wherein an axis passing through a drain and a source of the n-MOS transistor of the plurality of n-MOS transistors is perpendicular to an associated axis passing through a drain and a source of an associated p-MOS transistor of the plurality of p-MOS transistors so as to form at least one overlapping zone in which an interconnection of the n-MOS transistor and the associated p-MOS transistor is formed, and

wherein the at least one overlapping zone is an overlap between the silicon semi-conducting layer and the germanium semi-conducting layer.

12. Method according to claim 11 , wherein the plurality of the p-MOS transistors are formed in the germanium semi-conducting layer at a temperature of about 400 to about 600° C.

13. Method according to claim 11 , wherein the transfer of the germanium semi-conducting layer is performed by molecular bonding and thinning.

14. Method according to claim 11 , wherein the transfer of the germanium semi-conducting layer is performed by hydrogen implantation, bonding and detachment.

15. Method according to claim 11 , wherein the transfer of the germanium semi-conducting layer is performed by liquid phase epitaxy after a cavity has been opened out onto the hybrid substrate, wherein the hybrid substrate has a (110) orientation, in order to obtain an oriented crystallization seed.

16. Method according to claim 11 , further comprising forming vertical multiple vias constituting the interconnection between the n-MOS transistor and the associated p-MOS transistor.

17. Method according to claim 11 , further comprising forming vertical single vias constituting the interconnection between the n-MOS transistor and the associated p-MOS transistor.

18. Method according to claim 11 , further comprising forming vias before the germanium semi-conducting layer is transferred.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2007
From: JOLY, JEAN-PIERRE; FAYNOT, OLIVIER; CLAVELIER, LAURENT
To: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE
Reel/Frame 018936/0781 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 06 00577 · Jan 23, 2006 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20070170471A1 · Jul 26, 2007