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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2020
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Guillaume Bouche, Portland, OR (US);
Sean T. Ma, Portland, OR (US);
Andy Chih-Hung Wei, Yamhill, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are isolation regions in integrated circuit (IC) structures, as well as related methods and components. For example, in some embodiments, an IC component may include: a first region including silicon; a second region including alternating layers of a second material and a third material, wherein the second material includes silicon and germanium, the third material includes silicon, and individual ones of the layers in the second region has a thickness that is less than 3 nanometers; and a third region including alternating layers of the second material and the third material, wherein individual ones of the layers in the third region has a thickness that is greater than 3 nanometers, and the second region is between the first region and the third region.