GB0425110D0 - Enhancing carrier mobility in strained semiconductor layers - Google Patents

Enhancing carrier mobility in strained semiconductor layers

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GB0425110D0
GB0425110D0 GB0425110A GB0425110A GB0425110D0 GB 0425110 D0 GB0425110 D0 GB 0425110D0 GB 0425110 A GB0425110 A GB 0425110A GB 0425110 A GB0425110 A GB 0425110A GB 0425110 D0 GB0425110 D0 GB 0425110D0
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semiconductor layers
carrier mobility
strained semiconductor
enhancing carrier
enhancing
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IQE Silicon Compounds Ltd
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    • H01L21/30—Treatment of semiconductor bodies using processes or apparatus not provided for in groups H01L21/20 - H01L21/26
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    • H01L29/00—Semiconductor devices specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching and having potential barriers; Capacitors or resistors having potential barriers, e.g. a PN-junction depletion layer or carrier concentration layer; Details of semiconductor bodies or of electrodes thereof ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
    • H01L29/02—Semiconductor bodies ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
    • H01L29/06—Semiconductor bodies ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor characterised by their shape; characterised by the shapes, relative sizes, or dispositions of the semiconductor regions ; characterised by the concentration or distribution of impurities within semiconductor regions
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    • H01L29/1025—Channel region of field-effect devices
    • H01L29/1029—Channel region of field-effect devices of field-effect transistors
    • H01L29/1033—Channel region of field-effect devices of field-effect transistors with insulated gate, e.g. characterised by the length, the width, the geometric contour or the doping structure
    • H01L29/1054—Channel region of field-effect devices of field-effect transistors with insulated gate, e.g. characterised by the length, the width, the geometric contour or the doping structure with a variation of the composition, e.g. channel with strained layer for increasing the mobility
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    • H01L29/66—Types of semiconductor device ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
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    • H01L29/7842—Field effect transistors with field effect produced by an insulated gate means for exerting mechanical stress on the crystal lattice of the channel region, e.g. using a flexible substrate

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GB0425110A 2004-11-13 2004-11-13 Enhanced carrier mobility in strained semiconductor layers through smoothing surface treatment Withdrawn GB2420222A (en)

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