Method for forming fin FET structure with dual-stress spacers
AssigneeSemiconductor Manufacturing International Corp.
InventorWayne Bao
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Abstract
This application discloses a Fin FET structure and a method for forming the same. In the Fin FET structure, there are lower stress spacers disposed over the lower portion of the fin's opposite sidewalls, asserting one stress type to suppress the carrier mobility; there are also upper stress spacers disposed over the upper portion of the fin's opposite sidewalls, asserting an opposite stress type to increase the carrier mobility. Therefore, the leakage current in the fin FET is reduced and the device performance is improved. In the method, the stress spacers are formed by depositing stress layers and etching back the stress layers, where stress types and magnitudes are controllable, resulting in a simple process.
Claims5
A method for forming a Fin FET CMOS structure, the method comprising:
- providing a substrate with a first region and a second region;
- forming a first fin in the first region and a second fin in the second region;
- forming an isolating layer over the substrate and around the first fin and the second fin;
- forming a first first-type stress layer over the first fin within the first region;
- forming a second first-type stress layer over the second fin within the second region;
- etching back the first-type stress layers to form first-type stress spacers on lower portions of opposite sidewalls of each fin, wherein the first-type stress spacers for the first fin in the first region and the first-type stress spacers for the second fin in the second region are formed to assert stress of opposite types;
- forming a first second-type stress layer over the first fin within the first region;
- forming a second second-type stress layer over the second fin within the second region;
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- etching back the second-type stress layers to form second-type stress spacers covering the first-type stress spacers and upper portions of the opposite sidewalls of the first fin in the first region, and the second fin in the second region, wherein:
- in the first region, the first-type stress spacer and the second-type stress spacer together form a tapered structure on each sidewall of the fin, and
- an outer surface of the first-type stress spacer and an outer surface of the second-type stress spacer provide with the tapered structure a coplanar sidewall from a bottom surface of the first-type stress spacer to a top surface of the second-type stress spacer, and
- the first-type stress spacers and the second-type stress spacers assert stress of opposite types on each fin.
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