Patent ID: 9190329
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A method of forming a semiconductor structure, the method comprising: providing an unstrained substrate layer; depositing a first strained layer directly on the unstrained substrate layer, the first strained layer having a first strain characteristic; depositing a second strained layer directly on the first strained layer, the second strained layer having a second strain characteristic, wherein the unstrained substrate layer, the first strained layer, and the second strained layer form a multilayer structure; using a first cut mask to epitaxially grow at least one first strained fin structure directly on a region of the first strained layer, the grown at least one strained fin structure having a material that is the same as the first strained layer and exhibiting the first strain characteristic, wherein the using a first cut mask to epitaxially grow at least one first strained fin structure directly on a region of the first strained layer comprises exposing the region of the first strained layer using the first cut mask, wherein the exposed region of the first strained layer includes an exposed top surface region of the first strained layer; and epitaxially depositing a fill material having a same material as the first strained layer over the exposed top surface region of the first strained layer, wherein the deposited fill material having the same material as the first strained layer forms a column that includes the first strain characteristic; using a second cut mask to epitaxially grow at least one unstrained fin structure directly on a region of the unstrained substrate layer, the grown at least one unstrained fin structure having a material that is the same as the unstrained substrate layer, wherein the using a second cut mask to epitaxially grow at least one unstrained fin structure directly on a region of the unstrained substrate layer comprises exposing the region of the unstrained substrate layer using the second cut mask, wherein the exposed region of the unstrained substrate layer includes an exposed top surface region of the unstrained substrate layer; and epitaxially depositing a fill material having a same material as the unstrained substrate layer over the exposed top surface region of the unstrained substrate layer, wherein the deposited fill material having the same material as the unstrained substrate layer forms a column that is unstrained; epitaxially growing at least one second strained fin structure directly on a region of the second strained layer, the grown at least one second strained fin structure having a material that is the same as the second strained layer and exhibiting the second strain characteristic; removing the first cut mask and the second cut mask; epitaxially depositing a fill material having a same material as the second strained layer over exposed top surface regions of the second strained layer, wherein the deposited fill material having the same material as the second strained layer forms a plurality of columns that each include the second strain characteristic; and planarizing the column that is unstrained, the column that includes the first strain characteristic, and the plurality of columns that each includes the second strain characteristic.