INCREASED SPACE BETWEEN EPITAXY ON ADJACENT FINS OF FINFET
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- providing a semiconductor structure, the structure comprising a semiconductor substrate and a plurality of semiconductor fins coupled to the semiconductor substrate;
growing epitaxy on a top surface of the plurality of semiconductor fins, wherein epitaxy on adjacent fins is separated by a space; and
modifying the epitaxy to increase the space between adjacent epitaxy while increasing a volume of the epitaxy.
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Abstract
A semiconductor structure includes a bulk silicon substrate and one or more silicon fins coupled to the bulk silicon substrate. Stress-inducing material(s), such as silicon, are epitaxially grown on the fins into naturally diamond-shaped structures using a controlled selective epitaxial growth. The diamond shaped structures are subjected to annealing at about 750° C. to about 850° C. to increase an area of (100) surface orientation by reshaping the shaped structures from the annealing. Additional epitaxy is grown on the increased (100) area. Multiple cycles of increasing the area of (100) surface orientation (e.g., by the annealing) and growing additional epitaxy on the increased area are performed to decrease the width of the shaped structures, increasing the space between them to prevent them from merging, while also increasing their volume.
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1. A method, comprising:
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providing a semiconductor structure, the structure comprising a semiconductor substrate and a plurality of semiconductor fins coupled to the semiconductor substrate; growing epitaxy on a top surface of the plurality of semiconductor fins, wherein epitaxy on adjacent fins is separated by a space; and modifying the epitaxy to increase the space between adjacent epitaxy while increasing a volume of the epitaxy. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A semiconductor structure, comprising:
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a semiconductor substrate; a plurality of raised semiconductor structures coupled to the substrate; and a plurality of shaped epitaxial structures of a semiconductor material on top surfaces of the plurality of raised semiconductor structures, wherein the shaped epitaxial structures on adjacent raised structures are separated by a space, and wherein the shaped structures are modified as compared to an initial cycle of epitaxial growth to have greater volume and greater space between adjacent shaped structures. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A non-planar semiconductor transistor, comprising:
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a semiconductor substrate; a plurality of raised semiconductor structures coupled to the semiconductor substrate; a source, a drain and a channel on a surface of the plurality of raised semiconductor structures opposite the semiconductor substrate, wherein the source, the drain and the channel comprise a plurality of shaped epitaxial structures of a semiconductor material; and wherein the plurality of shaped epitaxial structures on adjacent raised structures are separated by a space, and wherein the shaped structures are modified as compared to an initial cycle of epitaxial growth to have greater volume and greater space between adjacent shaped structures. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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