Method and structure for pFET junction profile with SiGe channel
US8659054B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 15, 2010 |
| Grant date | Feb 25, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 16, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH10D62/371
- WIPO fieldSemiconductors
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A semiconductor structure including a p-channel field effect transistor (pFET) device located on a surface of a silicon germanium (SiGe) channel is provided in which the junction profile of the source region and the drain region is abrupt. The abrupt source/drain junctions for pFET devices are provided in this disclosure by forming an N- or C-doped Si layer directly beneath a SiGe channel layer which is located above a Si substrate. A structure is thus provided in which the N- or C-doped Si layer (sandwiched between the SiGe channel layer and the Si substrate) has approximately the same diffusion rate for a p-type dopant as the overlying SiGe channel layer. Since the N- or C-doped Si layer and the overlying SiGe channel layer have substantially the same diffusivity for a p-type dopant and because the N- or C-doped Si layer retards diffusion of the p-type dopant into the underlying Si substrate, abrupt source/drain junctions can be formed.
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