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US 9,437,737 B2Granted
Semiconductor device, method of manufacturing the same, and method of evaluating semiconductor device
AssigneeFujitsu Semiconductor Limited
InventorsHidenobu Fukutome, Tomohiro Kubo
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Abstract
A semiconductor device has: a silicon (semiconductor) substrate; a gate insulating film and a gate electrode, which are formed on the silicon substrate in this order; and source/drain material layers formed in recesses (holes) in the silicon substrate, the recesses being located beside the gate electrode. Here, each of side surfaces of the recesses, which are closer to the gate electrode, is constituted of at least one crystal plane of the silicon substrate.
Claims10
A semiconductor device comprising:
- a silicon substrate;
- a gate insulating film formed on the silicon substrate;
- a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film;
- a source/drain region formed in the silicon substrate;
- a SiGe layer formed in a hole in the source/drain region;
- a sidewall formed on the side of the gate electrode,
- an insulating film formed over the gate electrode and the SiGe layer;
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- a conductive plug formed in the insulating film and electrically connected to the SiGe layer, wherein
- a first side surface of the hole is located under the sidewall,
- the SiGe layer is located under the sidewall and is not located under the gate electrode;
- the first side surface includes two crystal planes,
- a cross-sectional shape of the first side surface is concave,
- each of the two crystal planes of the first side surface is defined by a (111) plane of the silicon substrate, and
- an upper surface of the SiGe layer is located higher than an interface between the silicon substrate and the gate insulating film.
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