Multiple gate MOSFET structure with strained Si Fin body
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorKern Rim
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A method is disclosed for fabricating multifaceted, tensilely strained Si MOSFET (FinFET) devices. The method comprises the growing by selective epitaxy of a monocrystalline Si strip onto a monocrystalline SiGe layer sidewall surface, where the SiGe layer is bonded to a support platform, typically an insulator on a Si substrate, and where the Si strip also bonds to the support platform. The SiGe sidewall surface has a lattice constant which is larger than the relaxed lattice constant of Si, whereby the Si strip is in a tensilely strained state. Upon removing the SiGe monocrystalline layer the monocrystalline strained Si strip is turned into a multifaceted Si strip on the support platform, suitable for fabricating multifaceted gate FinFETs. Fabrication of processors with such FinFet devices is also disclosed.
A method for producing a strained first material strip, comprising the step of:
A method for producing a multifaceted tensilely strained Si strip suitable for fabricating a multifaceted gate MOSFET (FinFET), comprising the steps of:
A method for fabricating a tensilely strained Si multifaceted-gate MOSFET (FinFET) device, comprising the steps of:
A method for building a processor, comprising the steps of:
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