Structure and method for manufacturing strained FINFET
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1. A method for fabricating a strained fin field effect transistor (FINFET) that uses stress material to replace a part of the gate to apply stress to the channel of the FINFET, comprising:
- fabricating the FINFET with a source, a drain and a stacked gate comprised of two different types of semiconductor materials that have different etching characteristics;
selectively etching one of the two different types of semiconductor materials of the stacked gate to form a gate gap;
refilling the gate gap with a stress film to create stress in the FINFET channel, to enhance electron and hole mobility and to improve the performance of the FINFET.
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A part of the gate of a FINFET is replaced with a stress material to apply stress to the channel of the FINFET to enhance electron and hole mobility and improve performance. The FINFET has a SiGe/Si stacked gate, and before silicidation the SiGe part of the gate is selectively etched to form a gate gap that makes the gate thin enough to be fully silicidated. After silicidation, the gate-gap is filled with a stress nitride film to create stress in the channel and enhance the performance of the FINFET.
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1. A method for fabricating a strained fin field effect transistor (FINFET) that uses stress material to replace a part of the gate to apply stress to the channel of the FINFET, comprising:
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fabricating the FINFET with a source, a drain and a stacked gate comprised of two different types of semiconductor materials that have different etching characteristics; selectively etching one of the two different types of semiconductor materials of the stacked gate to form a gate gap; refilling the gate gap with a stress film to create stress in the FINFET channel, to enhance electron and hole mobility and to improve the performance of the FINFET. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for fabricating a strained fin field effect transistor (FINFET) that uses stress material to replace a part of the gate to apply stress to the channel of the FINFET, comprising:
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starting with a Si fin having a sidewall protection layer on sidewalls of the Si fin, depositing a layer of poly-Si and then a layer of poly-SiGe on the Si fin; patterning photoresist (PR) for a gate reactive ion etch (RIE); RIE poly-SiGe and RIE the poly-Si to form a gate; Etching the poly-SiGe selective to poly-Si, wherein the SiGe part of the gate is etched away to form a gap in the gate; forming silicide contacts; and depositing stress film to fill the gap in the gate. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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