IP Library Granted Patent US 9,536,950
Granted Patent B2
US 9,536,950 · App. 14/606,017 · Granted Jan 3, 2017

Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same

Inventors: Jae-Hwan Lee (Seoul, KR); Sangsu Kim (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H01L29/1033H01L21/823807H01L21/823821H01L27/0924H01L29/165H01L29/42356H01L29/49H01L29/66545H01L29/66795H01L29/785H01L21/823842H01L21/84H01L27/1203H01L29/0665H01L29/7841
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Patent No.
US 9,536,950
App. No.
14/606,017
Granted
Jan 3, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device may include a strain relaxed buffer layer provided on a substrate to contain silicon germanium, a semiconductor pattern provided on the strain relaxed buffer layer to include a source region, a drain region, and a channel region connecting the source region with the drain region, and a gate electrode enclosing the channel region and extending between the substrate and the channel region. The source and drain regions may contain germanium at a concentration of 30 at % or higher.

Claims (14)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a substrate including a first region and a second region;

a strain relaxed buffer layer provided on the substrate, the strain relaxed buffer layer comprising silicon germanium;

a first transistor provided on the strain relaxed buffer layer of the first region, the first transistor including a first channel region protruding from the substrate and a first gate electrode covering a side surface of the first channel region; and

a second transistor provided on the strain relaxed buffer layer of the second region, the second transistor including a second channel region and a second gate electrode enclosing the second channel region and extending between the substrate and the second channel region,

wherein the first and second channel regions comprise silicon, and a germanium concentration of the second channel region is higher than that of the first channel region.

2. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the first channel includes a silicon layer and the second channel includes a silicon germanium layer.

3. The semiconductor device of claim 2 , wherein the second transistor further includes source/drain region at both sides of the second channel, and

the source/drain region includes a silicon germanium layer and the source/drain region has a germanium concentration that is higher than that of the strain relaxed buffer layer.

4. The semiconductor device of claim 2 , wherein the source/drain region comprises germanium at a concentration of 30 at % or more.

5. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the first and second gate electrodes comprise an aluminum-containing metal layer.

6. The semiconductor device of claim 5 , wherein an aluminum concentration of the first gate electrode is higher than that of the second gate electrode.

7. The semiconductor device of claim 5 , wherein the first and second gate electrodes further comprise a tungsten layer provided on the metal layer.

8. The semiconductor device of claim 5 , wherein the first transistor comprises an NMOS transistor and the second transistor comprises a PMOS transistor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 27, 2015
From: LEE, JAE-HWAN; KIM, SANGSU
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 034817/0451 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0050169 · Apr 25, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150311286A1 · Oct 29, 2015