SiGe transistor with strained layers
AssigneeTexas Instruments Incorporated
InventorDennis Darcy Buss
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Abstract
The present invention provides, in one embodiment, a P-type Metal Oxide Semiconductor (PMOS) device (100). The device (100) comprises a tensile-strained silicon layer (105) located on a silicon-germanium substrate (110) and silicon-germanium source/drain structures (135, 140) located on or in the tensile-strained silicon layer (105). The PMOS device (100) further includes a channel region (130) located between the silicon-germanium source/drain structures (135, 140) and within the tensile-strained silicon layer (105). The channel region (130) has a compressive stress (145) in a direction parallel to an intended current flow (125) through the channel region (130). Other embodiments of the present invention include a method of manufacturing the PMOS device (200) and a MOS device (300).
Claims16
A P-type Metal Oxide Semiconductor (PMOS) device, comprising:
- a tensile-strained silicon layer located on a silicon-germanium substrate;
- silicon-germanium source/drain structures on or in said tensile-strained silicon layer;
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- a channel region located between said silicon-germanium source/drain structures and within said tensile-strained silicon layer, said channel region further having a compressive stress in a direction parallel to an intended current flow through said channel region,
- wherein said compressive stress is substantially equal to or greater in magnitude than a tensile stress of said tensile-strained silicon layer in said direction.
A P-type Metal Oxide Semiconductor (PMOS) device, comprising:
- a tensile-strained silicon layer located on a silicon-germanium substrate;
- silicon-germanium source/drain structures on or in said tensile-strained silicon layer, wherein said silicon-germanium source/drain structures comprise an alloy having between about 30 and about 50 atom percent germanium;
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- a channel region located between said silicon-germanium source/drain structures and within said tensile-stained silicon layer, said channel region further having a compressive stress in a direction parallel to an intended current flow through said channel region.
A Metal Oxide Semiconductor (MOS) device, including:
- a P-type Metal Oxide Semiconductor (PMOS) transistor, comprising:
- a tensile-strained silicon layer located on a silicon-germanium substrate;
- p-doped silicon-germanium source/drain structures on or in said tensile-strained silicon layer;
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- an n-type channel region located between said p-doped silicon-germanium source/drain structures and within said tensile-strained silicon layer, said n-type channel region further having a compressive stress in a direction parallel to an intended current flow through said n-type channel region,
- wherein said compressive stress is substantially equal to or greater in magnitude than a tensile stress of said tensile-stained silicon layer in said direction;
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- an N-type metal Oxide Semiconductor (NMOS) transistor, comprising:
- n-doped source/drain structures located in or on said tensile-strained silicon layer;
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- a p-type channel region located between said n-doped source/drain structures and within said tensile-strained silicon layer, said p-type channel having a tensile strain in directions parallel and perpendicular to an intended current flow through said p-type channel region.
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