Transistor and manufacturing method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10056463-B2
Application number	US-201715628592-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 20, 2017
Priority date	Jun 30, 2016
Publication date	Aug 21, 2018
Grant date	Aug 21, 2018

Abstract

A transistor includes a semiconductor channel layer, a gate structure, a gate insulation layer, an internal electrode, and a ferroelectric material layer. The gate structure is disposed on the semiconductor channel layer. The gate insulation layer is disposed between the gate structure and the semiconductor channel layer. The internal electrode is disposed between the gate insulation layer and the gate structure. The ferroelectric material layer is disposed between the internal electrode and the gate structure. A spacer is disposed on the semiconductor channel layer, and a trench surrounded by the spacer is formed above the semiconductor channel layer. The ferroelectric material layer is disposed in the trench, and the gate structure is at least partially disposed outside the trench. The ferroelectric material layer in the transistor of the present invention is used to enhance the electrical characteristics of the transistor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A transistor, comprising:
a semiconductor channel layer;
a gate structure disposed on the semiconductor channel layer;
a gate insulation layer disposed between the gate structure and the semiconductor channel layer;
an internal electrode disposed between the gate insulation layer and the gate structure;
a ferroelectric material layer disposed between the internal electrode and the gate structure; and
a spacer disposed on the semiconductor channel layer, wherein a trench surrounded by the spacer is formed above the semiconductor channel layer, the ferroelectric material layer is disposed in the trench, and the gate structure is at least partially disposed outside the trench, wherein the gate structure disposed outside the trench overlaps the topmost surface of the ferroelectric material layer, and the ferroelectric material layer comprises a U-shaped structure in the trench.

2. The transistor of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the ferroelectric material layer is larger than a thickness of the gate insulation layer.

3. The transistor of claim 1 , wherein the ferroelectric material layer comprises a perovskite oxide material.

4. The transistor of claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor channel layer includes indium gallium zinc oxide (IGZO).

5. The transistor of claim 1 , wherein the gate insulation layer is disposed in the trench, and the gate insulation layer comprises a U-shaped structure surrounding the ferroelectric material layer in the trench.

6. The transistor of claim 1 , wherein the internal electrode is disposed in the trench, and the internal electrode comprises a U-shaped structure surrounding the ferroelectric material layer in the trench.

7. The transistor of claim 1 , wherein the gate structure is partly disposed in the trench and partly disposed outside the trench.

8. The transistor of claim 1 , wherein the gate structure comprises a metal gate structure.

9. The transistor of claim 1 , wherein the gate structure disposed outside the trench overlaps a top surface of the spacer.

10. A manufacturing method of a transistor, comprising:
forming a gate insulation layer on a semiconductor channel layer;
forming an internal electrode on the gate insulation layer;
forming a ferroelectric material layer on the internal electrode;
forming a gate structure on the ferroelectric material layer, wherein at least a part of the ferroelectric material layer is disposed between the gate structure and the internal electrode; and
forming a spacer on the semiconductor channel layer before the step of forming the ferroelectric material layer, wherein a trench surrounded by the spacer is formed above the semiconductor channel layer, and the gate structure is at least partially formed outside the trench, wherein the gate structure formed outside the trench overlaps the topmost surface of the ferroelectric material layer, and the ferroelectric material layer comprises a U-shaped structure in the trench.

11. The manufacturing method of the transistor of claim 10 , wherein the step of forming the trench comprises:
forming a dummy gate on the semiconductor channel layer before the step of forming the spacer, wherein the spacer is formed on a side wall of the dummy gate; and
removing the dummy gate for forming the trench surrounded by the spacer.

12. The manufacturing method of the transistor of claim 10 , wherein the ferroelectric material layer is formed after the step of forming the trench, and the ferroelectric material layer is formed in the trench.

13. The manufacturing method of the transistor of claim 12 , wherein the internal electrode is formed after the step of forming the trench, and the internal electrode is formed in the trench.

14. The manufacturing method of the transistor of claim 13 , wherein the internal electrode comprises a U-shaped structure surrounding the ferroelectric material layer in the trench.

15. The manufacturing method of the transistor of claim 13 , wherein the gate insulation layer is formed after the step of forming the trench, and the gate insulation layer is formed in the trench.

16. The manufacturing method of the transistor of claim 15 , wherein the gate insulation layer comprises a U-shaped structure surrounding the internal electrode in the trench.

17. The manufacturing method of the transistor of claim 10 , wherein the gate structure is partly formed in the trench and partly formed outside the trench.

18. The manufacturing method of the transistor of claim 10 , wherein the gate structure comprises a metal gate structure.

Assignees

• United Microelectronics Corp

Inventors

• Xing Su
• Wang Hsueh-Wen
• Ko Chien-Yu
• Tung Yu-Cheng
• Wang Jen-Yu
• Huang Cheng-Tung
• Lin Yu-Ming

Classifications

• H01L29/516 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L27/11585

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L29/6684

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L21/28291

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L29/7869

  Electricity · mapped topic