Strained nanowire CMOS device and method of forming
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1. A semiconductor device comprising:
- a substrate;
first source/drain regions and a first channel region interposed between the first source/drain regions, the first source/drain regions and the first channel region comprising alternating layers of first epitaxial layers and second epitaxial layers, the first epitaxial layers and the second epitaxial layers extending continuously between the first source/drain regions;
second source/drain regions and a second channel region interposed between the second source/drain regions, the second source/drain regions comprising alternating layers of the first epitaxial layers and the second epitaxial layers, the second channel region comprising the second epitaxial layers wherein a gap in the first epitaxial layers exists between the second source/drain regions;
a first gate electrode extending over the first channel region; and
a second gate electrode extending over the second channel region.
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Abstract
Transistor structures and methods of forming transistor structures are provided. The transistor structures include alternating layers of a first epitaxial material and a second epitaxial material. In some embodiments, one of the first epitaxial material and the second epitaxial material may be removed for one of an n-type or p-type transistor. A bottommost layer of the first epitaxial material and the second epitaxial material maybe be removed, and sidewalls of one of the first epitaxial material and the second epitaxial material may be indented or recessed.
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1. A semiconductor device comprising:
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a substrate; first source/drain regions and a first channel region interposed between the first source/drain regions, the first source/drain regions and the first channel region comprising alternating layers of first epitaxial layers and second epitaxial layers, the first epitaxial layers and the second epitaxial layers extending continuously between the first source/drain regions; second source/drain regions and a second channel region interposed between the second source/drain regions, the second source/drain regions comprising alternating layers of the first epitaxial layers and the second epitaxial layers, the second channel region comprising the second epitaxial layers wherein a gap in the first epitaxial layers exists between the second source/drain regions; a first gate electrode extending over the first channel region; and a second gate electrode extending over the second channel region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A semiconductor device comprising:
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a substrate; first source/drain regions and a first channel region interposed between the first source/drain regions, the first source/drain regions and the first channel region comprising alternating layers of first epitaxial layers and second epitaxial layers, the first epitaxial layers in the first channel region having a greater width than the second epitaxial layers in the first channel region in a direction perpendicular to current flow through the first channel region; second source/drain regions and a second channel region interposed between the second source/drain regions, the second source/drain regions and the second channel region comprising alternating layers of the first epitaxial layers and the second epitaxial layers, the second epitaxial layers in the second channel region having a greater width than the first epitaxial layers in the second channel region in a direction perpendicular to current flow through the second channel region; and a gate electrode extending over the first epitaxial layers and the second epitaxial layers in the first channel region and the second channel region. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A semiconductor device comprising:
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a substrate; a first transistor comprising a first channel region and a first gate electrode, the first channel region comprising alternating layers of a first epitaxial material and a second epitaxial material, wherein sidewalls of the first epitaxial material in the first channel region have a first shape, wherein the first gate electrode overlies the alternating layers of the first epitaxial material and the second epitaxial material in the first channel region; and a second transistor comprising a second channel region and a second gate electrode, the second channel region comprising alternating layers of the first epitaxial material and the second epitaxial material, wherein the second gate electrode overlies the alternating layers of the first epitaxial material and the second epitaxial material in the second channel region, wherein sidewalls of the first epitaxial material in the second channel region has a second shape different than the first shape. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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