Step-stacked nanowire CMOS structure for low power logic device and method of manufacturing the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12317588-B2
Application number	US-202217841510-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 15, 2022
Priority date	Apr 13, 2022
Publication date	May 27, 2025
Grant date	May 27, 2025

Abstract

A CMOS device including a substrate comprising a shallow trench isolation region, an nFET on the substrate above the shallow trench isolation region, and a pFET. The nFET includes a source region, a drain region, a channel region including a series of nanowires extending from the source region to the drain region, and a gate region around the series of nanowires of the channel region. The nanowires include a first series of nanowires in a first column and a second series of nanowires in a second column adjacent to the first column. The pFET includes a source region, a drain region, a channel region extending from the source region to the drain region, and a gate region on the channel region.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A CMOS device comprising:
a substrate comprising a fin;
an n-type field effect transistor (nFET) on the substrate above the fin, the nFET comprising:
a source region;
a drain region;
a channel region comprising a plurality of nanowires extending from the source region to the drain region, the plurality of nanowires comprising a first plurality of nanowires in a first column and a second plurality of nanowires in a second column adjacent to the first column; and
a gate region around the plurality of nanowires of the channel region; and

a p-type field effect transistor (pFET) above the nFET, the pFET comprising:
a source region;
a drain region;
a channel region extending from the source region to the drain region; and
a gate region on the channel region.

2. The CMOS device of claim 1 , wherein the channel region of the pFET comprises a vertically-oriented nanosheet.

3. The CMOS device of claim 1 , wherein the channel region of the pFET comprises a plurality of nanowires.

4. The CMOS device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of nanowires of the channel region of the nFET are arranged in a rectangular configuration.

5. The CMOS device of claim 1 , wherein the first plurality of nanowires comprises two nanowires arranged in the first column, and wherein the second plurality of nanowires comprises two nanowires arranged in the second column.

6. The CMOS device of claim 5 , wherein the channel region of the pFET comprises three nanowires arranged in a column above the second column.

7. The CMOS device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of nanowires of the channel region of the nFET further comprises a third plurality of nanowires in a third column adjacent to the second column.

8. The CMOS device of claim 7 , wherein the channel region of the pFET comprises four nanowires arranged in a column above the third column.

9. A CMOS device comprising:
a substrate comprising a fin;
an n-type field effect transistor (nFET) on the substrate above the fin, the nFET comprising:
a source region;
a drain region;
a channel region comprising a plurality of nanosheets extending from the source region to the drain region; and
a gate region around the plurality of nanosheets of the channel region; and

a p-type field effect transistor (pFET) above the nFET, the pFET comprising:
a source region;
a drain region;
a channel region comprising at least one nanosheet extending from the source region to the drain region; and
a gate region on the channel region,

wherein the plurality of nanosheets of the nFET comprises three horizontally-oriented nanosheets arranged in a column.

10. The CMOS device of claim 9 , wherein the channel region of the pFET comprises a single vertically-oriented nanosheet.

11. A method of manufacturing a CMOS device comprising an n-type field effect transistor (nFET) and a p-type field effect transistor (pFET) above the nFET, the method comprising:
forming a first stack of alternating silicon-germanium (SiGe) and silicon (Si) layers on a substrate;
forming a second stack of alternating SiGe and Si layers on the first stack;
forming a mask on the second stack;
etching at least the first stack, the etching forming a trench extending to the substrate;
selectively removing the SiGe layers of the first stack and the second stack; and
shaping the Si layers of the first stack and the second stack to form a first plurality of nanowires of the nFET device and a second plurality of nanowires of the pFET device.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first stack is completely covered by the second stack.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the etching at least the first stack comprises etching the first stack and the second stack, the etching forming a first column comprising the first stack and the second stack, and a second column comprising the first stack and the second stack.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising etching the second stack from the first column.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein a portion of the first stack is uncovered by the second stack.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the etching at least the first stack comprises etching only the first stack among the first stack and the second stack.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the shaping the Si layers comprises annealing the Si layers.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the annealing comprises a process selected from the group consisting of hydrogen (H 2 ) annealing at a high temperature in a range from approximately 600° C. to approximately 1,200° C. and at a flow rate from approximately 5 liters/minute to approximately 40 liters/minute, and high-pressure deuterium (HPD 2 ) annealing.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hong Byounghak
• Yun Seungchan
• Seo Kang-Ill

Classifications

• H10P95/906

  for altering the shape of semiconductors, e.g. smoothing the surface · CPC title

• H10P50/691

  for Group V materials or Group III-V materials · CPC title

• H10P50/642

  Chemical etching · CPC title

• H10P14/3462

  Nanowires · CPC title

• H10P14/3411

  Silicon, silicon germanium or germanium · CPC title