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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2007
Applicants:
Shawn Thomas, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Pierre Tomasini, Tempe, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Shawn Thomas, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Pierre Tomasini, Tempe, AZ (US);
Assignee:
ASM America, Inc., Phoenix, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/336 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A semiconductor substrate having recesses filled with heteroepitaxial silicon-containing material with different portions having different impurity concentrations. Strained layers can fill recessed source/drain regions in a graded, bottom-up fashion. Layers can also line recess sidewalls with one concentration of strain-inducing impurity and fill the remainder to the recess with a lower concentration of the impurity. In the latter case, the sidewall liner can be tapered.