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(a) Target (b) This work: (c) This work: (a) (b)
Bottom device Top device
M1
V0 M0
M0 Top
Bot. SD (c)
SD
Top NS
Bot. Top Bot.
dev. dev. NS Gate Gate
Fig. 1. Schematic representation of CFET structures with (a) both bottom and top
devices contacted, (b) bottom device contacted, and (c) top device contacted. Fig. 2. Monolithic CFET process flows for bottom- and top-
Source-drain (SD) epitaxy vertical patterning is required 2 for (a) and 1 for (b,c). device fabrication on separate wafers (bulk Si).
(a) (b) (c) (a) (b) (c)
ISO etchback
GSP
a-Si
a-Si
a-Si gates CSP
Si:P SD
Si SiN
48nm
30nm
30nm
SiGe
SiGe liner
sacr.
Si:B SD
Si
30nm
75nm
ISO
SiGe
ISO
SiGe/Si fin STI ISO ISO
Fig. 3. HAADF- Fig. 4. HAADF-STEM images after (a) SD recess Fig. 5. HAADF-STEM images after (a) SiN liner deposition, (b)
STEM image after 1, (b) SiN cover spacer (CSP) formation and SD isolation (ISO) etchback including removal of the SiN liner, and (c)
gate patterning recess 2, and (c) bottom Si SD epi + B HDD I/I. top-device in-situ doped Si:P SD epitaxy for NMOS.
(a) 18nm (b) 21nm (a) Bottom (b)
Top Top Bottom
M0
IS (A/mm)
IS (A/mm)
18nm Floating
Si:P
Si:P
Si:P
Channel Channel
c
CSP
73 m
V/de
c
10-6 10-6
V/de
Ti/TiN LG,PHYS=27nm
V/de
70 m
74 m
Gate Gate
74 m
LG,PHYS=27nm 6.5nm 10-7 30nm 10-7
ISO
ISO
ISO
48nm CPP
c
V/d
Si:B
Si:B
Si:B
ec
pFET
Gate |VD,SAT|= 0.7V |VD,SAT|= 0.7V
Gate 48nm CPP
10-9 10-9
-0.8 -0.6 -0.4 -0.2 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 -0.8 -0.6 -0.4 -0.2 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8
ABF-STEM HfO2 TEM HfO2 VGS (V) VGS (V)
Fig. 6. End-of-process cross sectional images for (a) Fig. 7. IS-VGS for (a) top nFET and bottom pFET, and (b) for bottom nFET and top
bottom pFET and (b) top nFET (LG,PHYS=27nm). pFET (all from separate wafers). Inset: TEM across nanosheets inside metal gate.
70
ION,LIN @ VT,LIN+0.5V(mA/mm)
VD,LIN=0.05V 4.0
M0-Gate shorts
800
IS,SAT (mA/mm)
50
In-situ
SiGe:B SD
SiGe1
66nm
SiN MDI
SiGe1
SiN MDI
SiGe1
Si channel
SiGe1
TEM
Fig. 11. Inner spacer (ISP) formation for a CFET stack with Fig. 12. Schematic view across sheets Fig. 13. CFET stack with segmented
equal SiGe1 thicknesses, enabled by middle dielectric inside RMG trench illustrating multi-VT MDI and 66nm N-P space to create
isolation (MDI) formed by replacing SiGe2 with SiN. patterning (a) w/o and (b) w/ MDI. margin for dual SD contacts.
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