Intel Corporation

Kent Millard

Jack T Kavalieros

Gilbert W Dewey

Van H Le

Abhishek A Sharma

Shriram Shivaraman

Tahir Ghani

Benjamin Chu-Kung

Kevin Lai Lin

Sanaz Kabehie Gardner

Tristan A Tronic

Justin R Weber

Li Huey Tan

Marko Radosavljevic

Rafael Rios

Ashish Agrawal

Marc C French

Ryan E Arch

Matthew V Metz

Sean T Ma

Miriam Ruth Reshotko

Inanc Meric

Wilhelm Melitz

An integrated circuit includes: a gate dielectric; a first layer adjacent to the gate dielectric; a second layer adjacent to the first layer, the second layer comprising an amorphous material; a third layer adjacent to the second layer, the third layer comprising a crystalline material; and a source or drain at least partially adjacent to the third layer. In some cases, the crystalline material of the third layer is a first crystalline material, and the first layer comprises a second crystalline material, which may be the same as or different from the first crystalline material. In some cases, the gate dielectric includes a high-K dielectric material. In some cases, the gate dielectric, the first layer, the second layer, the third layer, and the source or drain are part of a back-gate transistor structure (e.g., back-gate TFT), which may be part of a memory structure (e.g., located within an interconnect structure).

Multi-layer crystalline back gated thin film transistor

Embodiments disclosed herein include thin film transistors and methods of forming such thin film transistors. In an embodiment, the thin film transistor may comprise a substrate, a gate electrode over the substrate, and a gate dielectric stack over the gate electrode. In an embodiment, the gate dielectric stack may comprise a plurality of layers. In an embodiment, the plurality of layers may comprise an amorphous layer. In an embodiment, the thin film transistor may also comprise a semiconductor layer over the gate dielectric. In an embodiment, the semiconductor layer is a crystalline semiconductor layer. In an embodiment, the thin film transistor may also comprise a source electrode and a drain electrode.

Multi-dielectric gate stack for crystalline thin film transistors

Described is an apparatus which comprises: a gate comprising a metal; a first layer adjacent to the gate, the first layer comprising a dielectric material; a second layer adjacent to the first layer, the second layer comprising a second material; a third layer adjacent to the second layer, the third layer comprising a third material including an amorphous metal oxide; a fourth layer adjacent to the third layer, the fourth layer comprising a fourth material, wherein the fourth and second materials are different than the third material; a source partially adjacent to the fourth layer; and a drain partially adjacent to the fourth layer.

Embodiments of the invention include non-planar InGaZnO (IGZO) transistors and methods of forming such devices. In an embodiment, the IGZO transistor may include a substrate and source and drain regions formed over the substrate. According to an embodiment, an IGZO layer may be formed above the substrate and may be electrically coupled to the source region and the drain region. Further embodiments include a gate electrode that is separated from the IGZO layer by a gate dielectric. In an embodiment, the gate dielectric contacts more than one surface of the IGZO layer. In one embodiment, the IGZO transistor is a finfet transistor. In another embodiment the IGZO transistor is a nanowire or a nanoribbon transistor. Embodiments of the invention may also include a non-planar IGZO transistor that is formed in the back end of line stack (BEOL) of an integrated circuit chip.

Fabrication of non-planar IGZO devices for improved electrostatics

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