Abstract:
A method for fabricating germanium-on-insulator (GOI) substrate materials, the GOI substrate materials produced by the method and various structures that can include at least the GOI substrate materials of the present invention are provided. The GOI substrate material include at least a substrate, a buried insulator layer located atop the substrate, and a Ge-containing layer, preferably pure Ge, located atop the buried insulator layer. In the GOI substrate materials of the present invention, the Ge-containing layer may also be referred to as the GOI film. The GOI film is the layer of the inventive substrate material in which devices can be formed.
Abstract:
A method of fabricating a strained semiconductor-on- insulator (SSOI) substrate is provided. The method includes first providing a structure that includes a substrate, a doped and relaxed semiconductor layer on the substrate, and a strained semiconductor layer on the doped and relaxed semiconductor layer. In the invention, the doped and relaxed semiconductor layer having a lower lattice parameter than the substrate. Next, at least the doped and relaxed semiconductor layer is converted into a buried porous layer and the structure including the buried porous layer is annealed to provide a strained semiconductor-on-insulator substrate. During the annealing, the buried porous layer is converted into a buried oxide layer.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a semiconductor material that has enhanced electron and hole mobilities that comprises a -containing layer having a 110 crystal orientation and a biaxial compressive strain. The term ''biaxial compressive stress'' is used herein to describe the net stress caused by longitudinal compressive stress and lateral stress that is induced upon the Si-containing layer during the manufacturing of the semiconductor material. Other aspect of the present invention relates to a method of forming the semiconductor material of the present invention. The method of the present invention includes the steps of providing a silicon-containing 110 layer; and creating a biaxial strain in the silicon-containing 110 layer.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a semiconductor material that has enhanced electron and hole mobilities that comprises a -containing layer having a 110 crystal orientation and a biaxial compressive strain. The term ''biaxial compressive stress'' is used herein to describe the net stress caused by longitudinal compressive stress and lateral stress that is induced upon the Si-containing layer during the manufacturing of the semiconductor material. Other aspect of the present invention relates to a method of forming the semiconductor material of the present invention. The method of the present invention includes the steps of providing a silicon-containing 110 layer; and creating a biaxial strain in the silicon-containing 110 layer.
Abstract:
Semiconductor device designs having a buried power rail (602) with a sloped epitaxy buried contact (1702) are provided. In one aspect, a semiconductor FET device includes: at least one gate disposed on a substrate (202); source and drains (906) on opposite sides of the at least one gate, wherein at least one of the source and drains (906) has a sloped surface (1402); a buried power rail (602) embedded in the substrate (202); and a buried contact (1702) that connects the buried power rail (602) to the sloped surface (1402) of the at least one source and drain (906). Sidewall spacers (502) separate the buried power rail (602) from the substrate (202). A top of the sloped surface (1402) of the at least one source and drain (906) is above a top surface of the buried contact (1702).Methods of forming a semiconductor FET device are also provided.
Abstract:
A memory cell is provided in which a bottom electrode of a magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) device is connected to one of the source/drain contact structure of a transistor, and a lower contact structure is connected to another of the source/drain contact structures of the transistor. In the present application, the MRAM device and the lower contact structure are present in the middle-of-the-line (MOL) not the back-end-of-the-line (BEOL). Moreover, the bottom electrode of the MRAM device, and a lower portion of the lower contact structure are present in a same dielectric material (i.e. a MOL dielectric material).
Abstract:
Ein Biosensor enthält ein massives Silicium-Substrat und einen auf mindestens einem Teil des Substrats gebildeten vertikalen Transistor mit bipolarem Übergang (BJT). Der BJT enthält einen Emitter-Bereich, einen Kollektor-Bereich und einen epitaxial aufgewachsenen eigenleitenden Basis-Bereich zwischen dem Emitter-Bereich und dem Kollektor-Bereich. Ferner enthält der Biosensor eine auf mindestens einem Teil von zwei vertikalen Oberflächen des eigenleitenden Basis-Bereichs des BJT gebildete Sensorstruktur. Die Sensorstruktur enthält eine Kanal-Graben-Öffnung, die den eigenleitenden Basis-Bereich auf einer ersten und/oder einer zweiten einander gegenüberliegenden Seite freilegt, und mindestens eine in der Kanal/Graben-Öffnung gebildete dielektrische Schicht, die mit mindestens einem Teil des eigenleitenden Basis-Bereichs in Kontakt steht, wobei dielektrische Schicht in der Lage ist, auf Ladungen in biologischen Molekülen anzusprechen.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a semiconductor material that has enhanced electron and hole mobilities that comprises a Si-containing layer having a crystal orientation and a biaxial compressive strain. The term “biaxial compressive stress” is used herein to describe the net stress caused by longitudinal compressive stress and lateral stress that is induced upon the Si-containing layer during the manufacturing of the semiconductor material. Other aspect of the present invention relates to a method of forming the semiconductor material of the present invention. The method of the present invention includes the steps of providing a silicon-containing layer; and creating a biaxial strain in the silicon-containing layer.
Abstract:
Halbleiterstruktur (200), aufweisend:eine vergrabene Stromversorgungsschiene (130) unter einer unteren Source-Drain (116) eines vertikalen Transistors;eine dielektrische Doppelschicht (124, 128) unter der unteren Source-Drain, wobei die dielektrische Doppelschicht (124, 128) zwischen der vergrabenen Stromversorgungsschiene (130) und der unteren Source-Drain (116) angeordnet ist;eine Silicium-Germanium-Doppelschicht (104, 106) unter der unteren Source-Drain (116), wobei die Silicium-Germanium-Doppelschicht (104, 106) zu der vergrabenen Stromversorgungsschiene (130) benachbart ist; undeinen Vergrabene-Stromversorgungsschiene-Kontakt, wobei der Vergrabene-Stromversorgungsschiene-Kontakt die untere Source-Drain (116) mit der vergrabenen Stromversorgungsschiene (130) verbindet.