Construction of thin strain-relaxed SiGe layers and method for fabricating the same
First Claim
1. A construction of a thin strain-relaxed SiGe layers, comprising:
- an semiconductor substrate;
a buffer layer formed on the semiconductor substrate and including Si and Ge;
a Si(C) layer formed on the buffer layer, the buffer layer providing an in-plane lattice match between the buffer layer and the Si(C) layer, serving as a trapping center for misfit dislocations and suppressing the propagation of threading dislocations; and
an epitaxial layer formed on the Si(C) layer and including Si and Ge, the Ge content in the buffer layer and the epitaxial layer being the same, the thickness of the epitaxial layer being thicker than the buffer layer, and the lattice constant of the Si(C) layer being smaller than that of the buffer layer and epitaxial layer.
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Abstract
A construction of thin strain-relaxed SiGe layers and method for fabricating the same is provided. The construction includes a semiconductor substrate, a SiGe buffer layer formed on the semiconductor substrate, a Si(C) layer formed on the SiGe buffer layer, and an relaxed SiGe epitaxial layer formed on the Si(C) layer. The Si(C) layer is employed to change the strain-relaxed mechanism of the relaxed SiGe epitaxial layer formed on the Si(C) layer. Therefore, a thin relaxed SiGe epitaxial layer with low threading dislocation density, smooth surface is available. The fabricating time for fabricating the strain-relaxed SiGe layers is greatly reduced and the surface roughness is also improved.
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13 Claims
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1. A construction of a thin strain-relaxed SiGe layers, comprising:
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an semiconductor substrate; a buffer layer formed on the semiconductor substrate and including Si and Ge; a Si(C) layer formed on the buffer layer, the buffer layer providing an in-plane lattice match between the buffer layer and the Si(C) layer, serving as a trapping center for misfit dislocations and suppressing the propagation of threading dislocations; and an epitaxial layer formed on the Si(C) layer and including Si and Ge, the Ge content in the buffer layer and the epitaxial layer being the same, the thickness of the epitaxial layer being thicker than the buffer layer, and the lattice constant of the Si(C) layer being smaller than that of the buffer layer and epitaxial layer. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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2. A fabricating method of a thin strain-relaxed SiGe layers, comprising steps of:
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providing an semiconductor substrate; forming a buffer layer on the semiconductor substrate, the buffer layer including Si and Ge; forming a Si(C) layer on the buffer layer, the buffer layer providing an in-plane lattice match between the buffer layer and the Si(C) layer, serving as a trapping center for misfit dislocations and suppressing the propagation of threading dislocations; forming an epitaxial layer on the Si(C) layer, the epitaxial layer including Si and Ge, the Ge content in the buffer layer and the epitaxial layer being the same, the thickness of the epitaxial layer being thicker than the buffer layer, and the lattice constant of the Si(C) layer being smaller than that of the buffer layer and epitaxial layer; and annealing the epitaxial layer. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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