US 12,439,662 B2
Diffusion barrier layer for source and drain structures to increase transistor performance
Kuei-Ming Chen, New Taipei (TW); Chi-Ming Chen, Zhubei (TW); and Chung-Yi Yu, Hsin-Chu (TW)
Assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu (TW)
Filed by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsin-Chu (TW)
Filed on Feb. 9, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/437,321.
Application 17/869,874 is a division of application No. 17/064,811, filed on Oct. 7, 2020, granted, now 11,522,049, issued on Dec. 6, 2022.
Application 18/437,321 is a continuation of application No. 17/869,874, filed on Jul. 21, 2022, granted, now 11,901,413.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/015,772, filed on Apr. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0243174 A1, Jul. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. H10D 62/13 (2025.01); B82Y 10/00 (2011.01); H01L 21/02 (2006.01); H10D 30/01 (2025.01); H10D 30/60 (2025.01); H10D 30/67 (2025.01); H10D 62/10 (2025.01); H10D 62/17 (2025.01); H10D 62/822 (2025.01); H10D 62/834 (2025.01); H10D 64/01 (2025.01); H10D 64/23 (2025.01); H10D 84/01 (2025.01); H10D 84/03 (2025.01); H10D 84/83 (2025.01); H10D 84/85 (2025.01); H10D 86/00 (2025.01); H10D 86/01 (2025.01)
CPC H10D 62/151 (2025.01) [H10D 30/027 (2025.01); H10D 62/834 (2025.01); H10D 84/834 (2025.01); H10D 86/01 (2025.01); H10D 86/201 (2025.01); H01L 21/02532 (2013.01); H01L 21/02576 (2013.01); H01L 21/02639 (2013.01); H10D 64/259 (2025.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An integrated chip, comprising:
a semiconductor substrate; and
a first transistor on the semiconductor substrate and comprising a first gate structure over the semiconductor substrate, a first pair of source/drain regions on opposing sides of the first gate structure, and a pair of diffusion barrier structures between the first pair of source/drain regions and a lower region of the semiconductor substrate, wherein the first pair of source/drain regions comprise a first dopant, wherein the diffusion barrier structures are co-doped with the first dopant and a second dopant different from the first dopant, wherein a doping concentration of the first dopant within the first pair of source/drain regions is greater than a doping concentration of the first dopant within the diffusion barrier structures, wherein a doping concentration of the second dopant in the diffusion barrier structures continuously changes from upper surfaces of the diffusion barrier structures in a direction away from the first pair of source/drain regions.