Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Comp. Ltd.

Da-Chi Lin

Horng-Huei Tseng

Chenming Hu

Jyh-Chyurn Guo

Jhy-Chyum Guo

Provided is a method that includes forming a first semiconductor layer on a semiconductor substrate, growing a second semiconductor layer on the first semiconductor layer, forming composite shapes on the first semiconductor layer, each composite shape comprising of an overlying oxide-resistant shape and an underlying second semiconductor shape, with portions of the first semiconductor layer exposed between the composite shapes, forming spacers on sides of the composite shapes, forming buried silicon oxide regions in exposed top portions of the first semiconductor layer, and in portions of the first semiconductor layer located underlying second semiconductor shapes, selectively removing the oxide-resistant shapes and spacers resulting in the second semiconductor shapes, and forming a semiconductor device in a second semiconductor shape wherein a first portion of the semiconductor device overlays the first semiconductor layer and wherein second portions of the semiconductor device overlays a buried silicon oxide region.

Method of fabricating a non-floating body device with enhanced performance

Provided is a semiconductor transistor device including a substrate having at least two regions, a semiconductive region extending to a first surface of the substrate and an insulative region extending to a second surface of the substrate. The semiconductor transistor device also includes a patterned semiconductor structure overlying both surfaces of the substrate. The patterned semiconductor structure includes a source or drain region overlying the second surface of the substrate. The semiconductor transistor device further includes a patterned gate structure overlying the patterned semiconductor structure.

A method of forming a buried silicon oxide region in a semiconductor substrate with portions of the buried silicon oxide region formed underlying portions of a strained silicon shape, and where the strained silicon shape is used to accommodate a semiconductor device, has been developed. A first embodiment of this invention features a buried oxide region formed in a silicon alloy layer, via thermal oxidation procedures. A first portion of the strained silicon layer, protected during the thermal oxidation procedure, overlays the silicon alloy layer while a second portion of the strained silicon layer overlays the buried oxide region. A second embodiment of this invention features an isotropic dry etch procedure used to form an isotropic opening in the silicon alloy layer, with the opening laterally extending under a portion of the strained silicon layer. Subsequent silicon oxide deposition and planarization procedures results in a first portion of the strained silicon layer overlying the silicon alloy layer while a second portion overlays a buried oxide region. A semiconductor device is then formed in the strained silicon layer, with specific elements of the semiconductor device located on a buried oxide region.

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