US 12,342,610 B2
Method of manufacturing semiconductor device
Harry Hak-Lay Chuang, Hsinchu (TW); and Wei Cheng Wu, Hsinchu (TW)
Assigned to TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu (TW)
Filed by TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu (TW)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/864,383.
Application 17/864,383 is a division of application No. 16/779,143, filed on Jan. 31, 2020, granted, now 11,410,993.
Application 16/779,143 is a division of application No. 15/662,541, filed on Jul. 28, 2017, granted, now 10,553,580, issued on Feb. 4, 2020.
Application 15/662,541 is a division of application No. 14/178,429, filed on Feb. 12, 2014, granted, now 9,721,947, issued on Aug. 1, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0352151 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. H01L 21/265 (2006.01); H01L 21/02 (2006.01); H01L 21/266 (2006.01); H10D 30/00 (2025.01); H10D 30/69 (2025.01); H10D 62/00 (2025.01); H10D 62/822 (2025.01); H10D 62/832 (2025.01); H10D 64/68 (2025.01); H10D 84/01 (2025.01); H10D 84/03 (2025.01); H10D 84/83 (2025.01); H10D 84/85 (2025.01); H10D 30/60 (2025.01)
CPC H10D 84/83 (2025.01) [H01L 21/02529 (2013.01); H01L 21/02532 (2013.01); H01L 21/26513 (2013.01); H01L 21/2652 (2013.01); H01L 21/266 (2013.01); H10D 30/797 (2025.01); H10D 62/021 (2025.01); H10D 62/822 (2025.01); H10D 62/832 (2025.01); H10D 62/8325 (2025.01); H10D 84/0128 (2025.01); H10D 84/013 (2025.01); H10D 84/0144 (2025.01); H10D 84/038 (2025.01); H10D 84/856 (2025.01); H10D 30/60 (2025.01); H10D 64/68 (2025.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method of fabricating a semiconductor device, the method comprising:
forming a first gate structure and a second gate structure over a core device region of a substrate;
forming stressors at opposite sides of the first gate structure;
doping the stressors to form a first source region and a first drain region of a first device; and
doping into the substrate and at opposite sides of the second gate structure to form a second source region and a second drain region of a second device, wherein the first source region, the first drain region, the second source region and the second drain region are of a same conductivity, the first source region comprises a different material from the second source region, and doping the stressors comprises using a same doping process as doping into the substrate.
 
5. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method comprising:
epitaxially growing a strained material in a first recess on a first side of a first gate structure and in a second recess on a second side of the first gate structure, wherein the first gate structure is in a core region of a substrate;
doping the strained material to have a first conductivity type, wherein doping the strained material comprises doping the strained material after completion of epitaxially growing the strained material;
implanting first dopants in the substrate on a first side of a second gate structure and on a second side of the second gate structure, wherein the first dopants have the first conductivity type, and the second gate structure is in the core region of the substrate;
implanting second dopants in the substrate on a first side of a third gate structure and on a second side of the third gate structure, wherein the third gate structure is in an input/output (I/O) region of the substrate; and
raising a threshold voltage of the second gate structure by implanting third dopants into the substrate to define a doped channel region, and a top-most surface of the doped channel region is co-planar with a top-most surface of the substrate.
 
12. A method of fabricating a semiconductor device, the method comprising:
forming a first gate structure and a second gate structure over a core device region of a substrate;
forming stressors at opposite sides of the first gate structure, wherein forming the stressors comprise epitaxially growing a strained material in a first recess on a first side of the first gate structure and in a second recess on a second side of the first gate structure;
doping the stressors to form a first source region and a first drain region of a first device;
implanting first dopants into the substrate at opposite sides of the second gate structure to form a second source region and a second drain region of a second device, wherein the first source region, the first drain region, the second source region and the second drain region are of a same conductivity, and the first source region comprises a different material from the second source region;
forming a third gate structure over the substrate, wherein the third gate structure is in an input/output (I/O) region of the substrate;
implanting second dopants in the substrate on a first side of the third gate structure and on a second side of the third gate structure; and
implanting third dopants into the substrate in the core device region to define a doped channel region in the substrate, wherein forming the second gate structure comprises forming the second gate structure overlapping an entirety of the doped channel region.