Chinese Academy of Sciences

Huajie Zhou

Qiuxia Xu

Huilong Zhu

Gaobo Xu

Dapeng Chen

Qingqing Liang

Yi Xin Song

Chao Zhao

Tianchun Ye

There is disclosed a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising two opposite types of MOSFETs formed on one semiconductor substrate, the method comprising: forming a portion of the MOSFET on the semiconductor substrate, said portion of said MOSFET comprising source/drains regions located in the semiconductor substrate, a dummy gate stack located between the source/drain region and above the semiconductor substrate and a gate spacer surrounding the dummy gate stack; removing the dummy gate stack of said MOSFET to form a gate opening which exposes the surface of the semiconductor substrate; forming an interfacial oxide layer on the exposed surface of the semiconductor structure; forming a high-K gate dielectric on the interfacial oxide layer within the gate opening; forming a first metal gate layer on the high-K gate dielectric; implanting doping ions in the first metal gate layer; forming a second metal gate layer on the first metal gate layer to fill up the gate opening; and annealing to diffuse and accumulate the doping ions at an upper interface between the high-K gate dielectric and the first metal gate layer and at a lower interface between the high-K gate dielectric and the interfacial oxide, and generating an electric dipole at the lower interface between the high-K gate dielectric and the interfacial oxide by interfacial reaction.

Methods for manufacturing semiconductor devices

A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device that comprises two opposite types of MOSFETs formed on one semiconductor substrate, comprising: defining an active region for each of the MOSFETs on the semiconductor substrate; forming an interfacial oxide layer on a surface of the semiconductor substrate; forming a high-K gate dielectric layer on the interfacial oxide layer; forming a metal gate layer on the high-K gate dielectric layer; implanting dopant ions in the metal gate layer; forming a Poly-Si layer on the metal gate layer; patterning the Poly-Si layer, the metal gate layer, the high-K gate dielectric layer and the interfacial oxide layer to form a plurality of gate stack structures; forming a plurality of gate spacer surrounding each of the plurality of gate stack structures; and forming a plurality of S/D regions. During activation annealing for forming the S/D regions, the dopant ions implanted in the metal gate layer diffuse and accumulate at an upper interface of the high-K gate dielectric layer to change the characteristics of the metal gates, and at a lower interface of the high-K gate dielectric layer to form electric dipoles with appropriate polarities by interfacial reaction, so as to realize adjusting of the effective work functions of the metal gates of the opposite types of MOSFETs, respectively.

Method for manufacturing semiconductor device

Provided is a method for manufacturing a p-type MOSFET, including: forming a part of the MOSFET on a semiconductor substrate including source/drain regions, a replacement gate, and a gate spacer; removing the replacement gate stack of the MOSFET to form a gate opening; forming an interface oxide layer on the exposed surface of the semiconductor substrate; forming a high-K gate dielectric layer on the interface oxide layer; forming a first metal gate layer; implanting dopant ions into the first metal gate layer; and performing annealing to cause the dopant ions to diffuse and accumulate at an upper interface between the high K gate dielectric layer and the first metal gate layer and a lower interface between the high-K gate dielectric layer and the interface oxide layer, and also to generate electric dipoles by interfacial reaction at the lower interface between the high-K gate dielectric layer and the interface oxide layer.

Method for manufacturing P-type MOSFET

A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising: defining an active region on the semiconductor substrate; forming an interfacial oxide layer on a surface of the semiconductor substrate; forming a high-K gate dielectric on the interfacial oxide layer; forming a first metal gate layer on the high-K gate dielectric; forming a dummy gate layer on the first metal gate layer; patterning the dummy gate layer, the first metal gate layer, the high-K gate dielectric and the interfacial oxide layer to form a gate stack structure; forming a gate spacer surrounding the gate stack structure; forming S/D regions for NMOS and PMOS respectively; depositing interlayer dielectric and planarization by CMP to expose the surface of dummy gate layer; removing the dummy gate layer so as to form a gate opening; implanting dopant ions into the first metal gate layer; forming a second metal gate layer on the first metal gate layer so as to fill the gate opening; and performing annealing, so that the dopant ions diffuse and accumulate at an upper interface between the high-K gate dielectric and the first metal gate layer and at a lower interface between the high-K gate dielectric and the interfacial oxide layer, and electric dipoles are generated by interfacial reaction at the lower interface between the high-K gate dielectric and the interfacial oxide layer.

The present disclosure discloses a method for manufacturing an N-type MOSFET, comprising: forming a part of the MOSFET on a semiconductor substrate, the part of the MOSFET comprising source/drain regions in the semiconductor substrate, a replacement gate stack between the source/drain regions above the semiconductor substrate, and a gate spacer surrounding the replacement gate stack; removing the replacement gate stack of the MOSFET to form a gate opening exposing a surface of the semiconductor substrate; forming an interface oxide layer on the exposed surface of the semiconductor; forming a high-K gate dielectric layer on the interface oxide layer in the gate opening; forming a first metal gate layer on the high-K gate dielectric layer; implanting dopant ions into the first metal gate layer; and performing annealing to cause the dopant ions to diffuse and accumulate at an upper interface between the high-K gate dielectric layer and the first metal gate layer and a lower interface between the high-K gate dielectric layer and the interface oxide layer, and also to generate electric dipoles by interfacial reaction at the lower interface between the high-K gate dielectric layer and the interface oxide layer.

Method for manufacturing N-type MOSFET

The present application discloses a semiconductor device structure and a method for manufacturing the same, wherein the method comprises: forming a semiconductor substrate comprising a local SOI structure having a local buried isolation dielectric layer; forming a fin on the silicon substrate on top of the local buried isolation dielectric layer; forming a gate stack structure on the top and side faces of the fin; forming source/drain structures in the fin on both sides of the gate stack structure; and performing metallization. The present invention makes use of traditional quasi-planar based top-down processes, thus the manufacturing process thereof is simple to implement; the present invention exhibits good compatibility with CMOS planar process and can be easily integrated, therefore, short channel effects are suppressed desirably, and MOSFETs are boosted to develop towards a trend of downscaling size.

Semiconductor structure and method for manufacturing the same

The present application discloses a semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor (FET) structure and a method for manufacturing the same, wherein the method comprises: forming a semiconductor substrate comprising an SOI structure having a body-contact hole; forming a fin on the SOI structure of the semiconductor substrate; forming a gate stack structure on top and side faces of the fin; forming source/drain structures in the fin on both sides of the gate stack structure; and performing metallization. The present invention makes use of traditional quasi-planar based top-down processes, thus the manufacturing process thereof becomes simple to implement; the present invention exhibits good compatibility with CMOS planar process and can be easily integrated; the present invention also is favorable for suppressing short channel effects desirably, and boosts MOSFETs to develop towards a trend of downscaling size.

Semiconductor field-effect transistor structure and method for manufacturing the same

The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a semiconductor field effect transistor, comprising: forming a semiconductor substrate having a local Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) structure, which comprises a local buried isolation dielectric layer; forming a fin on a silicon substrate above the local buried isolation dielectric layer; forming a gate stack structure on a top and on side faces of the fin; forming source/drain structures in the fin at both sides of the gate stack structure; and metallizing. The present disclosure uses a conventional top-to-bottom process based on quasi-plane, which has a good compatibility with CMOS planar processes. Also, the method can suppress short channel effects and help to reduce the dimensions of MOSFETs.

Method for manufacturing semiconductor field effect transistor

The present application discloses a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising: forming a local buried isolation dielectric layer in a semiconductor substrate; forming a fin in the semiconductor substrate and on top of the local buried isolation dielectric layer; forming a gate stack structure on a top surface and side surfaces of the fin; forming source/drain structures in portions of the fin which are on opposite sides of the gate stack structure; and performing metallization. A conventional quasi-planar top-down process is utilized in the present invention to achieve a good compatibility with the CMOS planar processes, easy integration, and suppression of short channel effects, which promotes the development of MOSFETs having reduced sizes.

Method for manufacturing a semiconductor device

The present application discloses a method for manufacturing a gate-all-around field effect transistor, comprising the steps of: forming a suspended fin in a semiconductor substrate; forming a gate stack around the fin; and forming source/drain regions in the fin on both sides of the gate stack, wherein an isolation dielectric layer is formed in a portion of the semiconductor substrate which is adjacent to bottom of both the fin and the gate stack. The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a gate-all-around device on a bulk silicon substrate, which suppress a self-heating effect and a floating-body effect of the SOI substrate, and lower a manufacture cost. The inventive method is a conventional top-down process with respect to a reference plane, which can be implemented as a simple manufacture process, and is easy to be integrated into and compatible with a planar CMOS process. The inventive method suppresses a short channel effect and promotes miniaturization of MOSFETs.

Method for manufacturing suspended fin and gate-all-around field effect transistor

A method of patterning a dielectric layer with a Zep 520 positive EB photoresist as a mask, comprising the steps of depositing an &#x3b1;-Si film on the dielectric layer; providing a layer of Zep 520 positive EB photoresist having high-resolution patterns therein by electron beam direct writing; etching the &#x3b1;-Si film by chlorine-based plasma with the layer of Zep 520 positive EB photoresist as a mask, so as to transfer the high-resolution patterns of the Zep 520 positive EB photoresist to the underlying &#x3b1;-Si film; removing the Zep 520 positive EB photoresist; etching the dielectric layer by fluorine-based plasma with the &#x3b1;-Si film having high-fidelity patterns as a hard mask, so as to provide patterns of recesses; and removing the &#x3b1;-Si film by wet etching or dry etching. The inventive method is completely compatible with and easily incorporated into the conventional CMOS processes, with high reliability and resolution for providing nanoscale fine patterns of recesses. It solves the above-mentioned problem in the fabrication of novel structure of CMOS device.

Patterning method

A method for manufacturing a bulk Si nanometer surrounding-gate MOSFET based on a quasi-planar process, including: local oxidation isolation or shallow trench isolation; depositing buffer SiOoxide layer/SiN dielectric layer on the bulk Si; electron beam exposure; etching two adjacent slots; depositing SiN sidewalls; isotropically etching Si; dry oxidation; removing SiN by wet etching; forming the nanowire by stress self-constraint oxidation; depositing and anisotropically etching oxide dielectric layer and planarizing surface; releasing the nanowire by wet etching while keeping sufficiently thick SiOat bottom as isolation; growing gate dielectric and depositing gate material; etching back the gate and isotropically etching the gate material by using the gate dielectric as a block layer; shallow implantation in the source/drain region; depositing and etching sidewalls; deep implantation in the source/drain region to form contact. The present invention eliminates self-heating effect and floating-body effect, and is easy to integrate. The present invention is also advantageous in suppression of short channel effect and enables the size of the MOSFET to be smaller.

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