Hetero-channel FinFET

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PATENT NO 9859423
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14587655

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A hetero-channel FinFET device provides enhanced switching performance over a FinFET device having a silicon channel, and is easier to integrate into a fabrication process than is a FinFET device having a germanium channel. A FinFET device featuring the heterogeneous Si/SiGe channel includes a fin having a central region made of silicon and sidewall regions made of SiGe. A hetero-channel pFET device in particular has higher carrier mobility and less gate-induced drain leakage current than either a silicon device or a SiGe device. The hetero-channel FinFET permits the SiGe portion of the channel to have a Ge concentration in the range of about 25-40% and permits the fin height to exceed 40 nm while remaining stable.

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  • GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.;INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION;STMICROELECTRONICS, INC.

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Cai, Xiuyu Niskayuna, US 195 3752
Liu, Qing Watervliet, US 487 5057
Xie, Ruilong Schenectady, US 1432 10785
Yeh, Chun-chen Clifton Park, US 417 3476

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