US6455871B1
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SiGe MODFET with a metal-oxide film and method for fabricating the same
Assignee: III Holdings 2 LLC
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Filing: 2001-08-13
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Granted: 2002-09-24
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Expires: 2021-08-13
Abstract
Abstract There is disclosed a method for fabricating a SiGe MODFET device using a metal oxide film. The present invention provides a SiGe MODFET device with improved operation speed and reduced non-linear operation characteristic caused in a single channel structure devices, by increasing the mobility of the carriers in the SiGe MODEFT having a metal-oxide gate, and method of fabricating the same. In order to accomplish the above object, the present invention grows a silicon buffer layer and a SiGe buffer layer on a silicon substrate by low-temperature process, so that defects caused by the mismatch of the lattice constants being applied to the epitaxial layer from the silicon substrate are constrained in the buffer layered formed by the low-temperature process.
Inventors
- 👤 Kyu Hwan Shim
- 👤 Hong Seung Kim
- 👤 Seung Yun Lee
- 👤 Jin Yeoung Kang
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 16:45
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10D; H10D30/00; H10D30/01; H10D30/015; H10P; H10P10/00; H10D30/40; H10D30/47; H10D30/471; H10D30/473; H10D30/021; H10D30/0212; H10D64/00; H10D64/01; H10D64/017
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
106 words
A SiGe MODFET device including a silicon buffer layer, a SiGe channel layer and a silicon cap layer sequentially formed on a silicon substrate, being characterized by further comprising: a second silicon buffer layer and a SiGe buffer layer sequentially formed between said silicon buffer layer and said SiGe channel layer, wherein said second buffer layer and said SiGe buffer layer are formed at a temperature lower than that is used to form said silicon buffer layer so that the defects caused by the mismatch of the lattice constants of each of said layers are constrained within said second buffer layer and said SiGe buffer layer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
106 words
A SiGe MODFET device including a silicon buffer layer, a SiGe channel layer and a silicon cap layer sequentially formed on a silicon substrate, being characterized by further comprising: a second silicon buffer layer and a SiGe buffer layer sequentially formed between said silicon buffer layer and said SiGe channel layer, wherein said second buffer layer and said SiGe buffer layer are formed at a temperature lower than that is used to form said silicon buffer layer so that the defects caused by the mismatch of the lattice constants of each of said layers are constrained within said second buffer layer and said SiGe buffer layer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
The SiGe MODFET device according to claim 1 , wherein said defects due to the mismatch of the lattice constants are constrained to propagate in the direction of said silicon substrate.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
36 words
The SiGe MODFET device according to claim 1 , wherein a 2-dimensional carrier layer through which carriers move and a SiGe conduction layer are sequentially formed between said SiGe buffer layer and said silicon cap layer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
48 words
The SiGe MODFET device according to claim 3 , wherein a SiGe:C space layer is formed between said SiGe conduction layer and said silicon cap layer, and said silicon cap layer is oxidized using metal deposition and rapid thermal annealing to provide a gate oxide layer including metal-oxides.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
54 words
The SiGe MODFET device according to claim 4 , wherein the thickness of said gate oxide layer is controlled so that the distance between the source-drain regions in said channel layer and said SiGe conduction layer is reduced to increase the breakage-down voltage and to suppress non-linear characteristic and leakage current of the device.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
37 words
The SiGe MODFET device according to claim 4 , wherein said SiGe:C space layer is formed by using a plasma source gas for dissolving methane gas so that the layer may grow at a relatively low temperature.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
52 words
The SiGe MODFET device according to claim 6 , wherein a voltage of 50-300 V is applied to said silicon substrate to accelerate carbon ions or hydrogen ions generated by said plasma, so that surface reaction easily occurs and the combination of Si—C and Ge—C are formed at a relatively low temperature.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
35 words
The SiGe MODFET device according to claim 1 , wherein the growth of said SiGe buffer layer is performed by using multi-step continuous growth method in which the mole fraction of Ge is gradually increased.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
42 words
The SiGe MODFET device according to claim 1 , wherein a junction resistance of the device is reduced by the formation of elevated source-drain regions and self-aligned silicide, thereby reducing the parasitic component of the electrostatic capacity and improving the operating speed.
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