Patent ID: 9496186
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: H01L

Claim Text:
1. A method of making a semiconductor device, the method comprising: etching trenches in a semiconducting material disposed over a substrate to form a first active area and a second active area in the semiconducting material, the first active area being adjacent to the second active area; recessing the semiconducting material of the first active area and the second active area to different depths; growing a first epitaxial silicon germanium layer over the semiconducting material of the first active area and a second epitaxial silicon germanium layer over the semiconducting material of the second active area, the first epitaxial silicon germanium layer and the second epitaxial silicon germanium layer protruding over shallow trench isolation regions between the first active area and the second active area by different amounts; planarizing the first epitaxial silicon germanium layer and the second epitaxial silicon germanium layer; disposing an insulating hard mask on the first epitaxial silicon germanium layer and the second epitaxial silicon germanium layer; performing a thermal mixing process to merge the first epitaxial silicon germanium layer with the semiconducting material of the first active area, distribute silicon germanium of the first epitaxial silicon germanium layer within the semiconducting material of the first active area, and form a first merged active area comprising the first epitaxial silicon germanium layer and the semiconducting material of the first active area; and to merge the second epitaxial silicon germanium layer with the semiconducting material of the second active area, distribute silicon germanium of the second epitaxial silicon germanium layer within the semiconducting material of the second active area, and form a second merged active area comprising the second epitaxial silicon germanium layer and the semiconducting material of the second active area, the first merged active area and the second merged active area comprising silicon germanium having different germanium contents; forming a first fin in the first merged active area; and forming a second fin in the second merged active area.