Semiconductor device including active fin

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10199499-B2
Application number	US-201615060265-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 3, 2016
Priority date	Mar 20, 2015
Publication date	Feb 5, 2019
Grant date	Feb 5, 2019

Abstract

A semiconductor device includes first through fourth active fins, which extend alongside one another in a first direction; and a field insulating film that covers lower portions of the first through fourth active fins, the first and second active fins protrude from the field insulating film at a first height, the third active fin protrudes from the field insulating film at a second height different from the first height, and an interval between the first and second active fins is different from an interval between the third and fourth active fins.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A semiconductor device comprising:
a substrate;
first through fourth active fins on the substrate, which extend alongside one another in a first direction; and
a field insulating film that covers lower portions of the first through fourth active fins;
wherein the first and second active fins protrude from the field insulating film at a first height,
wherein the third active fin protrudes from the field insulating film at a second height different from the first height,
wherein an interval between the first and second active fins is different from an interval between the third and fourth active fins;
wherein a top surface of the field insulating film has a sloped portion between the second active fin and the third active fin;
wherein lengths in the first direction of the third and fourth active fins are different from lengths in the first direction of the first and second active fins;
wherein the first, second, third, and fourth active fins are substantially parallel with each other throughout the lengths of the first, second, third, and fourth active fins;
wherein the first active fin, the second active fin, the third active fin, and the fourth active fin are spaced apart from each other in a second direction that intersects with the first direction;
wherein the first and second active fins comprise a first compound semiconductor layer and a second compound semiconductor layer, respectively, and
wherein the third and fourth active fins comprise the first compound semiconductor layer and a third compound semiconductor layer, respectively, the field insulating film exposes a part of the side surface of the second compound semiconductor layer and completely exposes the side surface of the third compound semiconductor layer.

2. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the first height is lower than the second height.

3. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a first gate electrode, which extends in the second direction and intersects the first through fourth active fins;
a second gate electrode, which extends in the second direction to intersect the third and fourth active fins, does not intersect the first and second active fins, and is spaced apart from the first gate electrode in the first direction.

4. The semiconductor device of claim 3 , wherein the first and second active fins intersect the first gate electrode to define a first transistor,
the third active fin intersects the first gate electrode to define a second transistor, and
the fourth active fin intersects the second gate electrode to define a third transistor.

5. The semiconductor device of claim 4 , wherein a conductivity type of the first transistor is different from a conductivity type of the second and third transistors.

6. The semiconductor device of claim 5 , wherein the conductivity type of the first transistor is an N-type, and the conductivity type of the second and third transistors is a P-type.

7. The semiconductor device of claim 3 , further comprising:
fifth and sixth active fins, which extend alongside the first through fourth active fins in the first direction,
wherein the second gate electrode intersects the fifth and sixth active fins.

8. The semiconductor device of claim 7 , wherein an interval between the fifth and sixth active fins is different from an interval between the third and fourth active fins.

9. The semiconductor device of claim 7 , further comprising:
an impurity epitaxial layer formed on the first through sixth active fins,
wherein a conductivity type of the impurity epitaxial layer formed on the first and second active fins and the fifth and sixth active fins is different from a conductivity type of the impurity epitaxial layer formed on the third and fourth active fins.

10. The semiconductor device of claim 3 , further comprising:
a memory cell array region; and
a peripheral region,
wherein the memory cell array region comprises a plurality of memory cell regions, and
each of the memory cell regions comprises the first through fourth active fins, and the first and second gate electrodes.

11. A semiconductor device comprising:
a substrate;
first and second active fins on the substrate;
a first node configured to receive a first voltage;
a second node configured to receive a second voltage different from the first voltage; and
a pull-up transistor and a pull-down transistor, which are connected in series between the first node and the second node,
wherein the pull-down transistor comprises the first active fin, which protrudes from a field insulating film at a first height and extends in a first direction, and a first gate electrode, which extends in a second direction intersecting with the first direction and is disposed on the first active fin, and
wherein the pull-up transistor comprises the second active fin, which protrudes from the field insulating film at a second height different from the first height and extends in the first direction, and a second gate electrode, which extends in the second direction and is disposed on the second active fin;
wherein a top surface of the field insulating film has a sloped portion between the first active fin and the second active fin;
wherein a length in the first direction of the first active fin is different from a length in the first direction of the second active fin; wherein the first and second active fins are substantially parallel with each other throughout the lengths of the first and second active fins;
wherein the first active fin and the second active fin are spaced apart from each other in the second direction,
wherein the first active fins comprise a first compound semiconductor layer and a second compound semiconductor layer, respectively,

the second active fins comprise the first compound semiconductor layer and a third compound semiconductor layer, respectively, and
wherein the field insulating film exposes a part of the side surface of the second compound semiconductor layer and completely exposes the side surface of the third compound semiconductor layer.

12. The semiconductor device of claim 11 , wherein the first height is lower than the second height.

13. The semiconductor device of claim 11 , wherein the second active fin and the first active fin are disposed so as to be separated from each other, and
the first gate electrode extends to the second gate electrode.

14. The semiconductor device of claim 13 , wherein the first active fin comprises third and fourth active fins that are separated from each other to extend alongside each other in the first direction.

15. The semiconductor device of claim 11 , wherein the first active fin comprises third and fourth active fins that extend alongside each other in the first direction,
the second active fin comprises fifth and sixth active fins that extend alongside each other in the first direction, and
an interval between the third and fourth active fins is different from an interval between the fifth and sixth active fins.

16. The semiconductor device of claim 15 , wherein the interval between the third and fourth active fins is smaller than the interval between the fifth and sixth active fins.

17. A semiconductor device comprising:
a substrate comprising a first region and a second region;
first and second active fins that extend alongside each other in a first direction in the first region;
third and fourth active fins that extend alongside each other in the first direction in the second region;
a field insulating film that covers lower portions of the first

Assignees

• Kim Sung Min
• Cha Dong Ho
• Paak Sunhom Steve
• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Sung-Min
• Cha Dong-Ho
• Paak Sunhom Steve

Classifications

• H01L27/0207

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L27/0924

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L29/165

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L27/1104

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L29/7848 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic