Abstract:
A structure for conducting carriers and method for forming is described incorporating a single crystal substrate of Si or SiGe having an upper surface in the and a psuedomorphic or epitaxial layer of SiGe having a concentration of Ge different than the substrate whereby the psuedomorphic layer is under strain. A method for forming semiconductor epitaxial layers is described incorporating the step of forming a psuedomorphic or epitaxial layer in a rapid thermal chemical vapor deposition (RTCVD) tool by increasing the temperature in the tool to about 600ºC and introducing both a Si containing gas and a Ge containing gas. A method for chemically preparing a substrate for epitaxial deposition is described comprising the steps of immersing a substrate in a series of baths containing ozone, dilute HF, deionized water, HC1 acid and deionized water, respectively, followed by drying the substrate in an inert atmosphere to obtain a substrate surface free of impurities and with a RMS roughness of less than 0.1 nm.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an integrated semiconductor device formed on a substrate having different crystal orientation. SOLUTION: A method of forming a hybrid substrate containing strained Si and a strained Si containing hybrid substrate formed by this method are provided. In the present invention, a strained Si layer is formed on a semiconductor material, a second semiconductor layer, or both of them. According to the present invention, the strained Si layer has the same crystal orientation as either of a regrown semiconductor layer or the second semiconductor layer. This method provides the hybrid substrate wherein at least one of device layers contains the strained Si. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an integrated circuit device which is formed on a SOI(silicon-on-insulator) substrate, which can realize highest performance of a specific device and has different crystal orientations. SOLUTION: The integrated circuit device includes at least the SOI substrate which has an upper semiconductor layer of a first crystal orientation and a semiconductor material of a second crystal orientation, the semiconductor material is substantially on the same plane surface and its thickness is the same to that of the upper semiconductor layer, and in an integrated circuit structure, the first crystal orientation is different from the second crystal orientation. The SOI substrate is formed by wafer bonding, ion implantation, and annealing. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a nanoporous membrane structure used as a sacrifice membrane for defining the size and density of a hole in a membrane. SOLUTION: This method forms an inorganic membrane material 600 on a silicon substrate 604, forms a porous self-assembled material 606 on the inorganic membrane material 600, and forms the inorganic porous membrane which patterns the inorganic membrane material 600 by using the porous self-assembled material 606 as a mask. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a 3D (3-dimensional) integrating method of manufacturing 3D integrated circuit, in which a pFET is arranged on a crystal surface optimal for this device, and an nFET can be arranged on a crystal surface optimal for this type of device. SOLUTION: In a first 3D integrating method, a first semiconductor device is constituted on a semiconductor surface of a first SOI (silicon-on-insulator) substrate, in advance, and a second semiconductor device is constituted on a semiconductor surface of a second SOI substrate in advance. After these two structures have been constituted in advance, these structures are combined mutually, and they are interconnected via a wafer, namely, via a penetration via hole. In a second 3D integrating method, the first semiconductor device is formed, in such a way that a blanket SOI substrate having a first SOI layer of a first crystal orientation is combined at a surface of the wafer, which has been manufactured, in advance and has the second semiconductor device, on a second SOI layer having a crystal orientation different from that of the first SOI layer and the first semiconductor device on the first SOI layer. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
A structure for conducting carriers and method for forming is described incorporating a single crystal substrate of Si or SiGe having an upper surface in the and a psuedomorphic or epitaxial layer of SiGe having a concentration of Ge different than the substrate whereby the psuedomorphic layer is under strain. A method for forming semiconductor epitaxial layers is described incorporating the step of forming a psuedomorphic or epitaxial layer in a rapid thermal chemical vapor deposition (RTCVD) tool by increasing the temperature in the tool to about 600ºC and introducing both a Si containing gas and a Ge containing gas. A method for chemically preparing a substrate for epitaxial deposition is described comprising the steps of immersing a substrate in a series of baths containing ozone, dilute HF, deionized water, HC1 acid and deionized water, respectively, followed by drying the substrate in an inert atmosphere to obtain a substrate surface free of impurities and with a RMS roughness of less than 0.1 nm.
Abstract:
A structure and method of fabrication for PMOS devices in a compressively strained Ge layer is disclosed. The fabrication method of such devices is compatible with standard CMOS technology and it is fully scalable. The processing includes selective epitaxial depositions of an over 50% Ge content buffer layer, a pure Ge layer, and a SiGe top layer. Fabricated buried channel PMOS devices hosted in the compressively strained Ge layer show superior device characteristics relative to similar Si devices.