The present invention relates to a semiconductor, in particular, to a gate-all-around (GAA) transistor with hybrid conduction mechanism and manufacturing method thereof.
Since the birth of integrated circuits, microelectronic integration technology has been continuously developing according to “Moore's Law”. With the reduction of the size of Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (CMOS) Field-Effect Transistors (FETs), the switching speed, density, function, and cost of microprocessors have significantly improved. However, device power consumption is still one of the major challenges in the process of device size reduction. The main technical approach to reduce device power consumption is to enhance the gate control capability of the device. After the Fin Field Effect Transistor (FinFET), the GAA nanowire/nanoplate field-effect transistor, due to its superior channel gate control capability, has become the next-generation mainstream logic device structure. Due to process fluctuations, the GAA nanowire device has a serious bottom parasitic channel leakage path. How to suppress the off-state leakage current has become one of the key challenges for the optimization of the GAA device.
Another effective method to reduce device power consumption is to reduce the power supply voltage VDD. The sub-threshold swing of traditional MOSFET device is limited by the kT/q thermodynamic distribution, and there is a theoretical limit of 60 mV/dec under room temperature conditions, which makes it impossible for ULSI chips based on traditional MOSFET devices to continue to reduce the power supply voltage. Tunneling Field-Effect Transistor (TFET) has become one of the most potential device in future ultra-low power integrated circuit applications due to its excellent sub-threshold characteristics, small off-state leakage current, low switching power consumption and other excellent electrical characteristics. The tunneling transistor can break the 60 mV/dec limit at room temperature because its conduction mechanism is quantum mechanical band-to-band tunneling, which is not limited by thermodynamic temperature. Therefore, the development of a transistor that can effectively suppress bottom leakage current and significantly improve the sub-threshold characteristics of the device has become a technical focus that needs to be solved by technical personnel in this field.
The present invention provides a gate-all-around transistor with hybrid conduction mechanism and manufacturing method thereof to solve the problem of parasitic channel current leakage at the bottom of the GAA MOSFET device.
According to the first aspect of the present invention, a gate-all-around transistor with hybrid conduction mechanism is provided, including:
Optionally, the thickness of the second source region and/or the second drain region is 5 nm-50 nm.
Optionally, the first ions are P-type ions or N-type ions.
Optionally, the second ions are P-type ions or N-type ions.
Optionally, the ion concentration doped in the second source region and/or the second drain region is 1 E16 cm−3-1 E22 cm−3.
Optionally, the material of the second source region and the material of the second drain region are binary or ternary compounds of group II-VI, group III-V, or group IV-IVs.
Optionally, the material of the second source region and the second drain region is Si, SiGe or Ge.
Optionally, the GAA MOSFET device also includes:
Channel layers, formed between the first source region and the first drain region, and all the channel layers are arranged at intervals along a second direction away from the substrate;
According to the second aspect of the present invention, a method for manufacturing a gate-all-around transistor with hybrid conduction mechanism is provided, which is used to manufacture the gate-all-around transistor with hybrid conduction mechanism described in any one of the first aspect of the present invention, including:
Optionally, the forming of the GAA MOSFET device and the second source region and the second drain region; specifically includes:
Optionally, the forming of the second source region and the second drain region specifically includes:
According to the third aspect of the present invention, an electronic device is provided, which includes the gate-all-around transistor with hybrid conduction mechanism described in any one of the first aspect of the present invention.
According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, a method for manufacturing an electronic device is provided, which includes the method for manufacturing a gate-all-around transistor with hybrid conduction mechanism described in any one of the second aspect of the present invention.
The gate-all-around transistor with hybrid conduction mechanism provided by the present invention, a second source region and a second drain region are respectively set between the first source region and the substrate, and between the first drain region and the substrate; the second drain region is doped with first ions, and the second source regions doped with the second ions; the type of the first ions is different from the type of the second ions; so as to form a reverse-biased P-I-N channel at the bottom, which can significantly suppress the leakage current of the bottom parasitic channel of the traditional GAA MOSFET device, thereby enhancing the current switch ratio of the device.
Further, due to the addition of the second source region and the second drain region, which is equivalent to that the bottom of the traditional GAA MOSFET device being connected in parallel with a tunneling field-effect transistor (TFET) device structure. Therefore, the gate-all-around transistor with hybrid conduction mechanism provided by the present invention can realize the hybrid conduction of the gate channel diffusion drift current and the bottom channel quantum mechanics band-to-band tunneling current, thus can obtain ultra-steep switching characteristics below 60 mV/dec. At the same time, the conduction of the GAA MOSFET device in parallel above can provide a large current for the device.
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The following clearly and completely describes the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are merely some but not all of embodiments of the present invention. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts should fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
In the specification, claims and accompanying drawings of the present invention, the terms “first”, “second”, “third”, “fourth” and so on (if any) are intended to distinguish between similar objects but do not necessarily indicate a specific order or sequence. It should be understood that the terms so used may be interchanged where appropriate, so that the embodiments described herein can be implemented in a sequence other than what is illustrated or described herein. Furthermore, the terms “comprise” and “include” and any variations thereof are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, system, product or apparatus that includes a list of steps or units does not include only those steps or units, but may include other steps or units not explicitly listed or inherent to such process, method, product or apparatus.
Since the birth of integrated circuits, microelectronics integration technology has been continuously developing according to “Moore's Law”. With the reduction of the size of complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) field effect transistors (FETs), the switching speed, density, function, and cost of microprocessors have significantly improved. However, device power consumption is still one of the major challenges in the process of device size reduction. The main technical approach to reduce device power consumption is to enhance the gate control ability of the device. After the fin-type transistor, the surround GAA nanowire/nanoplate field effect transistor has become the mainstream logic device structure for the next generation due to its superior channel gate control ability. Due to process fluctuations, surround GAA nanowire devices have serious bottom parasitic channel leakage path. How to suppress the off-state leakage current has become one of the key challenges for GAA device optimization.
Another effective method to reduce device power consumption is to reduce the power supply voltage VDD. The sub-threshold swing of traditional MOSFET devices is limited by the kT/q thermodynamic distribution at room temperature and has a theoretical limit of 60 mV/dec. This makes it impossible for ULSI chips based on traditional MOSFET devices to continuously reduce the power supply voltage. Tunneling field-effect transistors (TFETs) have become one of the most promising devices for future ultra-low power integrated circuit applications due to their excellent sub-threshold characteristics, smaller off-state leakage current, and low switching power consumption. The conduction mechanism of the tunneling transistor is quantum mechanical band-to-band tunneling, which is not limited by thermodynamic temperature. Its sub-threshold swing at room temperature can break the limit of 60 mV/dec.
In view of this, the inventors of this application, by adding a source region and a drain region at the bottom parasitic channel, forms a structure similar to a tunneling transistor at the bottom of the surround GAA nanowire/nanoplate field effect transistor; the new structure of the tunneling transistor combined with the surround GAA nanowire/nanoplate field effect transistor can effectively suppress the bottom leakage current and significantly improve the sub-threshold characteristics of the device.
The technical solutions of the present invention are described in detail below with specific embodiments. The following specific embodiments may be combined with each other, and the same or similar concepts or processes may not be repeated in some embodiments.
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Wherein, the second source region and the second drain region can be a single structure layer or can be set as a multi-layer structure layer, and the present invention is not limited thereto.
Compared with the existing GAA MOSFET device, the GAA transistor with hybrid conduction mechanism provided by the present invention, sets a second source region and a second drain region between the first source region and the substrate, and between the first drain region and the substrate, respectively. The second drain region is doped with first ions, the second source region is doped with second ions, and the type of the first ions is different from the type of the second ions. In the off state, a reverse-biased P-I-N channel is formed at the bottom, which can significantly suppress the leakage current of the bottom parasitic channel of the traditional GAA MOSFET device, thereby enhancing the current switch ratio of the device.
Further, due to the addition of the second source region and the second drain region, which is equivalent to that the bottom of the traditional GAA MOSFET device being connected in parallel with a tunneling field-effect transistor (TFET) device structure, so in the on state of the device, the GAA transistor with hybrid conduction mechanism provided by the present invention can realize the hybrid conduction of gate channel diffusion drift current and bottom channel quantum mechanical band-to-band tunneling current, so that the entire device can obtain a sub-threshold swing characteristic of below 60 mV/dec. At the same time, in the on state, the upper parallel GAA MOSFET device is turned on, which can provide a large current for the device.
In one embodiment, the first ions are P-type ions or N-type ions.
In one embodiment, the second ions are P-type ions or N-type ions.
Specifically, the P-type ions are: boron hydrides, fluorides or chlorides, specifically one or a combination of the following materials: B2H6, B4H10, B6H10, B10H14, B18H22, BF3 or BCl3; the N-type ions are: phosphorus and arsenic hydrides, fluorides, specifically one or a combination of the following materials: phosphine, arsine, phosphorus pentafluoride, phosphorus trifluoride, arsenic pentafluoride or arsenic trifluoride.
The channel region and the bottom Fin region (i.e., the substrate 101 between the second source region 104 and the second drain region 105) are undoped or lightly doped i-regions.
For N-type devices, the first source region 102 is N-type doped region, with a doping concentration of about 1 E18 cm−3-1 E22 cm−3, the first drain region 103 is N-type doped region, with a doping concentration of about 1 E18 cm−3-1 E22 cm−3, the second source region 104 is P-type doped region, with a doping concentration of about 1 E18 cm3-1 E22 cm−3, the second drain region 105 is N-type doped region, with a doping concentration of about 1 E16 cm−3-1 E21 cm−3.
For P-type devices, the first source region 102 is P-type doped region, with a doping concentration of about 1 E18 cm−3-1 E22 cm−3, the first drain region 103 is P-type doped region, with a doping concentration of about 1 E18 cm−3-1 E20 cm−3, the second source region 104 is N-type doped region, with a doping concentration of about 1 E18 cm−3-1 E22 cm−3, the second drain region 105 is P-type doped region, with a doping concentration of about 1 E16 cm−3-1 E21 cm−3.
In the GAA transistor with hybrid conduction mechanism, the thickness and doping concentration of the second source region and the second drain region are important parameters of device design. If the thickness of the second source region or the second drain region is too thin, the influence of the bottom tunnel field effect transistor on the total current is small, and the improvement of the sub-threshold swing characteristic of the device is limited; if the thickness of the second source region or the second drain region is too thick, it will increase the difficulty of the process, leading to a decrease in the consistency and reliability of the device. The doping concentration of the second source region cannot be too low. If the doping concentration is too low, it will lead to an increase in the resistance of the second source region, and the lower doping will reduce the tunneling probability of the bottom tunnel transistor, making band-to-band tunneling more difficult to occur, and the current will decrease. The doping concentration of the second drain region also needs to be controlled within a certain range. If the doping concentration is too low, it will lead to an increase in the resistance of the bottom drain region and a decrease in current; if the doping concentration is too high, it will lead to a more significant bipolar effect in the TFET device channel. Therefore in a preferred embodiment, the thickness of the second source region 104 and/or the second drain region 105 is 5 nm-50 nm. In a preferred embodiment, the ion doping concentration in the second source region 104 and/or the second drain region 105 is 1 E16 cm−3-1 E22 cm−3.
In one embodiment, the material of the second source region 104 and the material of the second drain region 105 are binary or ternary compounds of group II-VI, group III-V, or group IV-IV.
In one embodiment, the material of the second source region 104 and the second drain region 105 is Si, SiGe or Ge.
In one embodiment, the GAA MOSFET device also includes:
According to other embodiments of the present invention, a method for manufacturing a GAA transistor with hybrid conduction mechanism is also provided, for manufacturing the GAA transistor with hybrid conduction mechanism described in any one of the preceding embodiments of the present invention, including:
In one embodiment, as shown in
In one implementation, light doping is performed in the sacrificial layers and the channel layers 106; specifically, the range of light doping in the Si/SiGe stack is: 1 E13 cm−3-1 E15 cm−3.
In other implementations, no ions are doped in the sacrificial layers and the channel layers 106;
After forming the fin structure in step S13, it also includes: forming an STI structure by using photolithography for STI isolation patterning; wherein the depth of the photolithography is about 5 nm-50 nm, and the material of the STI structure is SiO2;
In one embodiment, the step S16 for forming the second source region 104 and the second drain region 105, specifically includes:
In one implementation, B ions are doped in the second source region 104, with a concentration of about 1 E21 cm−3;
In one implementation, the materials of the second source region 104 and the second drain region 105 is: SiGe or Si:C;
Wherein, because the second source region 104 and the second drain region 105 of the device use SiGe/Si:C epitaxy, it is beneficial to increase the band-to-band tunneling probability of the channel material.
In one implementation, the second drain region 105 is doped with As ions, with a concentration of approximately 1 E18 cm−3.
In one implementation, the method used to form the second source region 104 or the second drain region 105 is in-situ epitaxy, atomic layer deposition, or chemical vapor deposition.
In one implementation, one of the following methods is used for high doping of the first source region 102 or the second source region 104: in-situ doping, ion implantation, or solid-source doping.
S17: Form the first source region 102 and the first drain region 103; the first source region 102 and the first drain region 103 are formed at the top of the second source region 104 and the second drain region 105, respectively;
In one implementation, the material of the first source region 102 and the first drain region 103 is SiGe or Si:C.
Since the first source region 102 and the first drain region 103 of the device adopt SiGe/Si:C epitaxy, further stress will be applied to the GAA nanowires/nanosheets, which is beneficial for increasing the carrier mobility of the channel material. In one specific implementation, the first source region 102 and the first drain region 103 are in-situ doped with As ions, with a concentration of approximately 1 E21 cm-3; after ion doping, a rapid high-temperature annealing is performed to activate the implanted impurities (1050° C., 10 s).
The growth methods of the gate dielectric layer 107 include conventional thermal oxidation, nitrogen-doped thermal oxidation, atomic layer deposition, or chemical vapor deposition.
In one specific implementation, the material of the gate dielectric layer 107 is HfO2, with a thickness of 1-5 nm; the gate material is a TiN layer, with a thickness of 50-200 nm;
Furthermore, according to one implementation of the present invention, an electronic device is provided, comprising any one of the aforementioned embodiments of the GAA transistor with hybrid conduction mechanism of the present invention.
Additionally, according to one implementation of the present invention, a method of manufacturing an electronic device is provided, comprising any one of the aforementioned embodiments of the manufacturing method of the GAA transistor with hybrid conduction mechanism of the present invention.
Finally, it should be noted that the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention, and should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention. Although detailed descriptions have been provided for the above embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that modifications can be made to the technical solutions described in the above embodiments, or equivalent substitutions can be made for some or all of the technical features. Such modifications or substitutions do not depart from the essence of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/CN2022/144159 | 12/30/2022 | WO |