Variable threshold voltage double gated transistors and method of fabrication
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsMeiKei Ieong, Edward J. Nowak
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Abstract
The present invention provides a double gate transistor and a method for forming the same that facilitates the formation of different transistors having different threshold voltages. The embodiments of the present invention form transistors having different body widths. By forming double gate transistors with different body widths, the preferred embodiment forms double gate transistors that have different threshold voltages, without adding excessive process complexity. The preferred embodiment of the present invention is implemented using a fin type double gated structure. In a fin type structure, the double gates are formed on each side of the body, with the body being disposed horizontally between the gates.
Claims11
A method for forming a plurality of transistors having different threshold voltages, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a semiconductor substrate;
- b) forming a plurality of shapes on the semiconductor substrate, each of the plurality of shapes having a width;
- c) selectively adjusting the widths of at least one selected shapes;
- d) patterning the semiconductor substrate using the plurality of shapes to form a plurality of transistor bodies such that the width of each the plurality of transistor bodies is at least partially determined by the width of a corresponding one of the plurality of shapes;
- e) providing a first gate structure of a first work-function adjacent a first body edge of each of the plurality of transistor bodies;
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- f) providing a second gate structure of a second work-function adjacent a second body edge of each of the plurality of transistor bodies.
A method for forming a plurality of field effect transistors having different threshold voltages, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a silicon-on-insulator substrate, the silicon-on-insulator substrate comprising a silicon layer on a buried dielectric layer;
- b) forming a mandrel layer on the silicon layer;
- patterning the mandrel layer to define a plurality of mandrel layer edges;
- c) patterning the silicon layer with the plurality of mandrel layer edges, the patterning of the silicon layer providing a plurality of first body edges;
- d) forming a plurality of first gate dielectrics on the plurality of first body edges;
- e) providing a plurality of first gate structures of a first work-function adjacent the first body edges on the plurality of first gate dielectrics;
- f) patterning the mandrel layer to expose a first edges of the plurality of first gate structures;
- g) forming a plurality of sidewall spacers adjacent the first edges of the plurality of first gate structures, the sidewall spacers having a sidewall spacer width;
- h) adjusting the width of selected sidewall spacers;
- i) patterning the silicon layer with plurality of sidewall spacers, the pattering of the silicon layer providing a plurality of second body edges, where the first and second body edges of the patterned silicon layer define a plurality of transistor bodies;
- j) providing a plurality of second gate dielectrics on the plurality of second body edges;
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- k) providing a plurality of second gate structures of a second work-function adjacent the second body edges on the plurality of second gate dielectrics.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.