Abstract:
The present invention provides a method of fabricating a SiGe-on-insulator substrate in which lattice engineering is employed to decouple the interdependence between SiGe thickness, Ge fraction and strain relaxation. The method includes providing a SiGe-on-insulator substrate material comprising a SiGe alloy layer having a selected in-plane lattice parameter, a selected thickness parameter and a selected Ge content parameter, wherein the selected in-plane lattice parameter has a constant value and one or both of the other parameters, i.e., thickness or Ge content, have adjustable values; and adjusting one or both of the other parameters to final selected values, while maintaining the selected in-plane lattice parameter. The adjusting is achieved utilizing either a thinning process or a thermal dilution process depending on which parameters are fixed and which are adjustable.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for manufacturing an SiGe-on-insulator substrate material substantially relaxed, of high quality, and capable of being used as a template for strained-silicon. SOLUTION: The SOI substrate having an ultra-thin top Si layer is used as the template for compressive strain SiGe growth. When an SiGe layer is relaxed at an enough temperature, the property of its dislocation movement is such that strain release defect moves down into the thin Si layer when an embedded oxide shows semi-viscosity behavior. The thin Si layer is consumed by oxidation of an interface of the thin Si with the embedded oxide. This can be performed by using inner oxidation at a high temperature. Therefore, the role of the original thin Si layer is to use the inner oxidation and subsequently to act as a sacrificial defective sink capable of being consumed during an SiGe alloy being relaxed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for forming a BiCMOS integrated circuit having a raised external base. SOLUTION: This method comprises a step for forming a polycrystal silicon layer on the surface of a gate dielectric substance 18 provided on a substrate having a device section 14 in which a bipolar transistor is formed and a device section 16 in which a CMOS transistor is formed. Then, the polycrystal silicon layer is patterned, and a sacrifice polycrystal silicon layer is formed above the device section in which the bipolar transistor is formed and the section around it. Meanwhile, a gate conductor is provided in the device section in which the CMOS transistor is formed at the same time. Then, a spacer 30 is provided around each of the gate conductor. Then a part of the sacrifice polycrystal silicon layer on the bipolar device section is selectively removed to provide an opening in the device section in which the bipolar transistor is formed. Then the bipolar transistor having a raised external base 58 is formed at the opening. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a manufacturing method for making a metastable strained SiGe layer. SOLUTION: The metastable SiGe layer is made by the method which includes a process that a layer containing Ge is formed on a surface of a layer disposed on a barrier layer to Ge diffusion containing Si in its upper surface portion thickness of 500 Å or less, and a process that a substantially metastable SiGe layer showing relaxation resistive property on the barrier layer is formed by heating the above-mentioned respective layers at the temperature enabling Ge to diffuse through the layer containing Si in its upper surface portion and the layer containing Ge mutually. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a self-aligning oxide mask formed by utilizing the difference in oxidation speed between different materials. SOLUTION: The self-aligning oxide mask is formed on a CVD growth base NPN base layer including a single crystal Si52 (Si/SiGe) in an active area and a poly-crystal Si51 (Si/SiGe). The self-aligning mask is fabricated by utilizing the fact that the poly-crystal Si (Si/SiGe) oxidizes faster than the single crystal Si (Si/SiGe). By using the thermal oxidation method, a thick oxide layer is formed on the poly-crystal Si (Si/SiGe) and a thin oxide layer is formed on the single crystal Si (Si/SiGe), thereby the oxide films are formed on both the poly-crystal Si (Si/SiGe) and the single crystal Si (Si/SiGe), and by the control of etching of the oxide, the thin oxide layer on the single crystal Si (Si/SiGe) is removed while the self-alignment oxide mask layer is left on the poly-crystal Si (Si/SiGe). COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
A structure and method are provided in which an n-type field effect transistor (NFET) and a p-type field effect transistor (PFET) each have a channel region disposed in a single-crystal layer of a first semiconductor and a stress is applied at a first magnitude to a channel region of the PFET but not at that magnitude to the channel region of the NFET. The stress is applied by a layer of a second semiconductor which is lattice-mismatched to the first semiconductor. The layer of second semiconductor is formed over the source and drain regions and extensions of the PFET at a first distance from the channel region of the PFET and is formed over the source and drain regions of the NFET at a second, greater distance from the channel region of the NFET, or not formed at all in the NFET.
Abstract:
A process is provided for making a PFET and an NFET. Areas in a first semiconductor region adjacent to a gate stack are recessed. A lattice-mismatched semiconductor layer is grown in the recesses to apply a strain to the channel region of the PFET adjacent thereto. A layer of the first semiconductor material can be grown over the lattice-mismatched semiconductor layer and a salicide formed from the layer of silicon to provide low-resistance source and drain regions.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device and method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes channels for a pFET and an nFET. A SiGe layer is selectively grown in the source and drain regions of the pFET channel and a Si:C layer is selectively grown in source and drain regions of the nFET channel. The SiGe and Si:C layer match a lattice network of the underlying Si layer to create a stress component. In one implementation, this causes a compressive component in the pFET channel and a tensile component in the nFET channel.
Abstract:
A p-type field effect transistor (PFET) and an n-type field effect transistor (NFET) of an integrated circuit are provided. A first strain is applied to the channel region of the PFET but not the NFET via a lattice-mismatched semiconductor layer such as silicon germanium disposed in source and drain regions of only the PFET and not of the NFET. A process of making the PFET and NFET is provided. Trenches are etched in the areas to become the source and drain regions of the PFET and a lattice-mismatched silicon germanium layer is grown epitaxially therein to apply a strain to the channel region of the PFET adjacent thereto. A layer of silicon can be grown over the silicon germanium layer and a salicide formed from the layer of silicon to provide low-resistance source and drain regions.
Abstract:
A method is disclosed for forming a strained Si layer on SiGe, where the SiGe layer has improved thermal conductivity. A first layer (41) of Si or Ge is deposited on a substrate (10) in a first depositing step; a second layer (42) of the other element is deposited on the first layer in a second depositing step; and the first and second depositing steps are repeated so as to form a combined SiGe layer (50) having a plurality of Si layers and a plurality of Ge layers (41-44). The respective thicknesses of the Si layers and Ge layers are in accordance with a desired composition ratio of the combined SiGe layer. The combined SiGe layer (50) is characterized as a digital alloy of Si and Ge having a thermal conductivity greater than that of a random alloy of Si and Ge. This method may further include the step of depositing a Si layer (61) on the combined SiGe layer (50); the combined SiGe layer is characterized as a relaxed SiGe layer, and the Si layer (61) is a strained Si layer. For still greater thermal conductivity in the SiGe layer, the first layer and second layer may be deposited so that each layer consists essentially of a single isotope.