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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014

Filed:

Jun. 13, 2013
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Dureseti Chidambarrao, Weston, CT (US);

Brian J. Greene, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);

Yue Liang, San Jose, CA (US);

Xiaojun Yu, Beacon, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/8238 (2006.01); H01L 27/12 (2006.01); H01L 21/84 (2006.01); H01L 29/66 (2006.01); H01L 29/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/8238 (2013.01); H01L 27/1203 (2013.01); H01L 21/84 (2013.01); H01L 21/823807 (2013.01); H01L 29/66651 (2013.01); H01L 29/1054 (2013.01);
Abstract

A delta doping of silicon by carbon is provided on silicon surfaces by depositing a silicon carbon alloy layer on silicon surfaces, which can be horizontal surfaces of a bulk silicon substrate, horizontal surfaces of a top silicon layer of a semiconductor-on-insulator substrate, or vertical surfaces of silicon fins. A p-type field effect transistor (PFET) region and an n-type field effect transistor (NFET) region can be differentiated by selectively depositing a silicon germanium alloy layer in the PFET region, and not in the NFET region. The silicon germanium alloy layer in the PFET region can overlie or underlie a silicon carbon alloy layer. A common material stack can be employed for gate dielectrics and gate electrodes for a PFET and an NFET. Each channel of the PFET and the NFET includes a silicon carbon alloy layer, and is differentiated by the presence or absence of a silicon germanium layer.


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