US 12,132,113 B2
Multi-bridge channel transistors with stacked source/drain structure and method of forming the same
Sung Uk Jang, Suwon-si (KR); Young Dae Cho, Suwon-si (KR); Ki Hwan Kim, Suwon-si (KR); and Su Jin Jung, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jun. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/204,469.
Application 18/204,469 is a continuation of application No. 17/337,759, filed on Jun. 3, 2021, granted, now 11,670,716.
Application 17/337,759 is a continuation of application No. 16/708,717, filed on Dec. 10, 2019, granted, now 11,031,502, issued on Jun. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0002425 (KR), filed on Jan. 8, 2019; application No. 10-2019-0009967 (KR), filed on Jan. 25, 2019; and application No. 10-2019-0068893 (KR), filed on Jun. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0307545 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. H01L 29/78 (2006.01); H01L 29/08 (2006.01); H01L 29/423 (2006.01); H01L 29/786 (2006.01)
CPC H01L 29/7851 (2013.01) [H01L 29/0847 (2013.01); H01L 29/42392 (2013.01); H01L 29/78696 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method comprising:
forming a stacked structure by alternately stacking a plurality of sacrificial layers and a plurality of channel layers on a substrate;
forming an active structure extending in a first direction by removing a portion of the stacked structure and a portion of the substrate;
forming sacrificial gate structures on the substrate, extending in a second direction,
and intersecting the active structure;
forming a recess region by removing a portion of the stacked structure exposed between the sacrificial gate structures;
forming first epitaxial layers of a source/drain region having a first composition such that the first epitaxial layers include first layers on side surfaces of the plurality of channel layers in the recess region and a second layer on a bottom surface of the recess region;
forming a second epitaxial layer of the source/drain region such that the second epitaxial layer has a second composition different from the first composition on the first epitaxial layers to fill the recess region;
forming an interlayer insulating layer covering the source/drain region and filling a gap between the sacrificial gate structures; and
removing the sacrificial gate structures and forming gate structures in regions in which the sacrificial gate structures are removed,
wherein the second epitaxial layer is between the first epitaxial layers in the first direction and is between the first epitaxial layers in a third direction, which is a vertical direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction.