Process for fabricating a strained channel MOSFET device
US7279430B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 17, 2004 |
| Grant date | Oct 9, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 2, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH10D64/017
- WIPO fieldSemiconductors
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A process for fabricating a MOSFET device featuring a channel region comprised with a silicon-germanium component is provided. The process features employ an angled ion implantation procedure to place germanium ions in a region of a semiconductor substrate underlying a conductive gate structure. The presence of raised silicon shapes used as a diffusion source for a subsequent heavily doped source/drain region, the presence of a conductive gate structure, and the removal of dummy insulator previously located on the conductive gate structure allow the angled implantation procedure to place germanium ions in a portion of the semiconductor substrate to be used for the MOSFET channel region. An anneal procedure results in the formation of the desired silicon-germanium component in the portion of semiconductor substrate to be used for the MOSFET channel region.
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