IP Library Granted Patent US 9,093,478
Granted Patent B1
US 9,093,478 · App. 14/250,725 · Granted Jul 28, 2015

Integrated circuit structure with bulk silicon FinFET and methods of forming

Inventors: Kangguo Cheng (Schenectady, NY); Ali Khakifirooz (Los Altos, CA); Qizhi Liu (Lexington, MA); Edward J. Nowak (Essex Junction, VT); Jed H. Rankin (Richmond, VT)
Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
H01L29/6681H01L27/10826H01L29/6653H01L29/785
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Patent No.
US 9,093,478
App. No.
14/250,725
Granted
Jul 28, 2015
Kind
B1
Abstract

The present disclosure generally provides for an integrated circuit (IC) structure with a bulk silicon finFET and methods of forming the same. A method of forming an IC structure according to the present disclosure can include: forming a layered dummy structure on a bulk substrate, wherein the layered dummy structure includes: a first crystalline semiconductive layer; a second crystalline semiconductive layer positioned on the first crystalline semiconductive layer, wherein the second crystalline semiconductive layer comprises a material distinct from the first crystalline semiconductive layer; and a third crystalline semiconductive layer positioned on the second crystalline semiconductive layer, wherein the third crystalline semiconductive layer comprises the same material as the first crystalline semiconductive layer; forming a semiconductor fin on the layered dummy structure, wherein the semiconductor fin comprises part of a finFET structure; and selectively removing the layered dummy structure to form a cavity between the bulk substrate and the semiconductor fin.

Claims (27)

1. A method of forming an integrated Circuit (IC) structure, the method comprising:

forming a layered dummy structure on a bulk substrate, wherein the layered dummy structure includes:

a first crystalline semiconductive layer;

a second crystalline semiconductive layer positioned on the first crystalline semiconductive layer, wherein the second crystalline semiconductive layer comprises a material distinct from the first crystalline semiconductive layer; and

a third crystalline semiconductive layer positioned on the second crystalline semiconductive layer, wherein the third crystalline semiconductive layer comprises the same material as the first crystalline semiconductive layer;

forming a semiconductor fin on the layered dummy structure, wherein the semiconductor fin comprises part of a finFET structure; and

selectively removing the layered dummy structure to form a cavity between the bulk substrate and the semiconductor fin.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising forming an insulator within the cavity, wherein a thickness of the formed insulator is substantially equal to a thickness of the layered dummy structure.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the forming of the layered dummy structure includes epitaxially growing the first and third crystalline semiconductive layers.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising forming an isolating film on the bulk substrate adjacent to the layered dummy structure.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the isolating film comprises silicon oxide (SiO 2 ).

6. Method of claim 1 , further comprising forming a transistor gate on the isolating film, and forming a spacer on the transistor gate and the semiconductor fin.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising removing a portion of the isolating film to expose the second crystalline semiconductive layer of the layered dummy structure.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selective removing of the layered dummy structure includes chemically etching the second crystalline semiconductive layer of the layered dummy structure.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selective removing of the layered dummy structure includes phosphorically etching one of the first and third crystalline semiconductive layers of the layered dummy structure.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first and third crystalline semiconductive layers of the layered dummy structure comprise silicon germanium (SiGe), and the second crystalline semiconductive layer of the layered dummy structure comprises a crystalline semiconductor.

11. A method of forming an integrated circuit (IC) structure, the method comprising:

forming a first silicon germanium (SiGe) layer on a bulk substrate;

forming a semiconductor layer on the first SiGe layer;

forming a second SiGe layer on the semiconductor layer, wherein the first SiGe layer, the semiconductor layer, and the second SiGe layer comprise a layered dummy structure;

forming a finFET structure on the layered dummy structure, wherein the finFET structure includes a silicon fin and a transistor gate;

selectively removing the layered dummy structure to form a cavity between the bulk substrate and the finFET structure; and

forming an insulator within the cavity.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

forming an isolating film on the bulk substrate before selectively removing the layered dummy structure; and

forming a spacer on each of the silicon fin, the transistor gate, and the isolating film.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising removing a portion of the isolating film below the spacer to expose the semiconductor layer of the layered dummy structure.

Assignments (7)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2021
From: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. INC.
Reel/Frame 056987/0001 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2020
From: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
Reel/Frame 054636/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 2, 2020
From: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
To: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. INC.
Reel/Frame 054633/0001 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Nov 29, 2018
From: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 049490/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 5, 2015
From: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. 2 LLC; GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. INC.
To: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
Reel/Frame 036779/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 3, 2015
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. 2 LLC
Reel/Frame 036550/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 11, 2014
From: CHENG, KANGGUO; KHAKIFIROOZ, ALI; LIU, QIZHI; NOWAK, EDWARD J.; RANKIN, JED H.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032656/0468 →