Patent Abstract:
An elongate stacked semiconductor structure is formed on a substrate. The stacked semiconductor structure includes a second semiconductor material region disposed on a first semiconductor material region. The first semiconductor material region is selectively doped to produce spaced-apart impurity-doped first semiconductor material regions and a lower dopant concentration first semiconductor material region therebetween. Etching exposes a portion of the second semiconductor material region between the impurity-doped first semiconductor material regions. The etching removes at least a portion of the lower dopant concentration first semiconductor material region to form a hollow between the substrate and the portion of the second semiconductor material region between the impurity-doped first semiconductor material regions. An insulation layer that surrounds the exposed portion of the second semiconductor material region between the impurity-doped first semiconductor material regions is formed. The hollow may be filled with a gate electrode that completely surrounds the exposed portion of the second semiconductor material region, or the gate electrode may partially surround the exposed portion of the second semiconductor material region and an insulation region may be formed in the hollow.

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RELATED APPLICATION 
   This application claims priority from Korean Patent Application No. 10-2004-24595, filed on Apr. 9, 2004, the content of which is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety. 
   BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
   This invention generally relates to semiconductor devices and methods of fabricating the same and, more specifically, to transistors with surrounded channel regions and methods of fabrication therefor. 
   As the size of transistors has decreased, short channel effects may extend relatively deep into the devices. In particular, as junction depths have become shallow, leakage current and source/drain resistance have generally increased. In addition, the performance of transistors is closely related with drive currents and the drive current of transistors has generally decreased with reduced channel width. 
   To address these problems, transistors with various structures have been introduced. In a partially insulated field effect transistor (PiFET), an insulating layer is formed under a channel and has a structure capable of preventing a punch-through phenomenon between source and drain. However, this structure is generally not suitable for a high-performance transistor because the reduction of a drain current due to the reduction of the channel width still remains a problem. 
   In a conventional gate all around type transistor, a gate surrounds a channel. In such a transistor, a gate electrode is formed in two sides or three sides of a fin-shaped channel, thus increasing the channel length without unduly increasing the planar area of the transistor. A fin field effect transistor (FinFET) having an active region with a fin-shaped extending vertically can reduce the width of a fin needed to form a fully depleted channel. As a result, short channel effect can be reduced. Techniques for fabricating gate all around type transistors are disclosed in Korean Patent Application No. 2001-0019525 entitled “A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING GATE ALL AROUND TYPE TRANSISTOR AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME” and U.S. Pat. No. 6,605,847 entitled “SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING GATE ALL AROUND TYPE TRANSISTOR AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME”. 
     FIGS. 1A to 4A  are plan views illustrating a fabricating method of a conventional gate all around type transistor,  FIGS. 1B to 4B  and  1 C to  4 C are cross-sectional views of the structures illustrated in  FIGS. 1A to 4A  in X and Y directions, respectively. Referring to  FIGS. 1A ,  1 B, and  1 C, an active layer pattern is formed on a lower substrate  10  and a buried oxide layer  12 . The active layer pattern includes a stacked structure including a silicon-germanium layer  14  and a silicon layer  16 . A surface of the active layer pattern is oxidized to form an insulating layer  18 . Referring to  FIGS. 2A ,  2 B, and  2 C, after forming an etch barrier layer on the substrate, the etch barrier layer in a gate region is removed to form an etch barrier pattern  20 . A portion of the insulating layer  18  covering the gate region is removed to expose the silicon-germanium layer  14  and the silicon layer  16 . The silicon-germanium layer  14  is selectively removed to form a hollow  24  using an isotropic etch process. Because an isotropic etch process is performed to form the hollow  24 , the gate region preferable is narrow in exposed width. In order to secure a desired channel length, it is typically required to expose a narrower width than the desired channel length. 
   Referring to  FIGS. 3A ,  3 B, and  3 C, a gate insulating layer  26  is formed on a surface of an exposed silicon layer  16 . A conductive layer  28  that fills in the gate region and the hollow is formed. Referring to  FIGS. 4A ,  4 B, and  4 C, the conductive layer  28  is removed using an anisotropic etch process or a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) method to expose the etch barrier pattern  20 . The exposed etch barrier layer  20  is removed to expose an active pattern. As shown in  FIGS. 4A ,  4 B, and  4 C, a gate electrode  30  is formed on the active pattern. The gate electrode extends along sidewalls of the active pattern and fills in the hollow  24 . Accordingly, a channel may be formed at three sides of the active pattern as well as the hollow. Source/drains may be formed at an active region at both sides of the gate electrode. 
   As shown, a channel length in the hollow is different from that in three sides of the active pattern. As previously mentioned, while selectively etching silicon-germanium, an isotropic etch process is performed in source/drain directions. If the active pattern is thick in the hollow in order to increase a channel width, under-cut will be more pronounced in the source/drain directions. As a result, as the channel width is increased, a width difference of a gate electrode between the hollow and an upper portion of the active pattern is increased. 
   It is believed that these problems are not recognized in the conventional art. In the event that source/drain are aligned and formed at the gate electrode over the active region, an overlap capacitance between the gate electrode formed at the hollow and source/drain may be increased. As a result, speed of transistors may be limited. In addition, because a part of a gate insulating layer is overlapped with source/drain, reliability may be reduced. 
   SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
   In some embodiments of the present invention, a transistor includes spaced-apart impurity-doped first semiconductor material regions, e.g., impurity-doped silicon-germanium regions, disposed on a substrate. A second semiconductor material region, e.g., a silicon region, is disposed on and extends between the spaced-apart impurity-doped first semiconductor material regions. A gate insulating layer conforms to at least a top surface and sidewalls of a portion of the second semiconductor material region disposed between the impurity-doped first semiconductor material regions. A gate electrode is disposed on the gate insulating layer on the at least a top surface and sidewalls of the portion of the second semiconductor material region between the impurity-doped first semiconductor material regions. Source/drain regions are disposed in the second semiconductor material region on respective sides of the gate electrode. The impurity-doped first semiconductor material regions may have a different dopant concentration than the source/drain regions. In some embodiments, the gate electrode surrounds the portion of the second semiconductor material region disposed between the impurity-doped first semiconductor material regions. In other embodiments, an insulating region is disposed between the substrate and the portion of the second semiconductor material region disposed between the impurity-doped first semiconductor material regions. 
   In further embodiments of the present invention, the impurity-doped first semiconductor material regions include a first pair of spaced-apart impurity-doped first semiconductor material regions disposed on the substrate. The second semiconductor material region includes a first second semiconductor material region disposed on and extending between the first pair of impurity-doped first semiconductor material regions. The impurity-doped first semiconductor material regions further include a second pair of spaced-apart impurity-doped first semiconductor material regions disposed on the first second semiconductor material region. The second semiconductor material region further includes a second second semiconductor material region disposed on and extending between the second pair of impurity-doped first semiconductor material regions. The gate insulating layer conforms to at least a top surface and sidewalls of a portion of the second second semiconductor material region disposed between the second pair of impurity-doped first semiconductor material regions and sidewalls of a portion of the first second semiconductor material region disposed between the first pair of impurity-doped first semiconductor material regions. The gate electrode is disposed on the gate insulating layer on at least the top surface and sidewalls of the portion of the second second semiconductor material region between the second pair of impurity-doped first semiconductor material regions and the sidewalls of the portion of the first second semiconductor material disposed between the first pair of impurity-doped first semiconductor material regions. The source/drain regions include first and second pairs of source/drain regions in the respective first and second second semiconductor material regions, respective ones of each pair disposed on respective sides of the gate electrode. 
   In some method embodiments of the present invention, transistors are fabricated. An elongate stacked semiconductor structure is formed on a substrate. The stacked semiconductor structure includes a second semiconductor material region disposed on a first semiconductor material region. The first semiconductor material region is selectively doped to produce spaced-apart impurity-doped first semiconductor material regions and a lower dopant concentration first semiconductor material region therebetween. Etching exposes a portion of the second semiconductor material region between the impurity-doped first semiconductor material regions. The etching removes at least a portion of the lower dopant concentration first semiconductor material region to form a hollow between the substrate and the portion of the second semiconductor material region between the impurity-doped first semiconductor material regions. An insulation layer that surrounds the exposed portion of the second semiconductor material region between the impurity-doped first semiconductor material regions is formed. A gate electrode that conforms to the insulation layer and fills the hollow is formed. Source/drain regions are formed in the second semiconductor material regions on respective sides of the gate electrode. The doping of the impurity-doped first semiconductor material regions may provide an etching selectivity with respect to the lower dopant concentration first semiconductor material region in the etching, e.g., the selective doping may cause directional (anisotropic) etching. 
   The selective doping may include forming a dummy gate electrode pattern that transversely crosses the stacked semiconductor structure and implanting impurities into the first semiconductor material region using the dummy gate electrode pattern as an implantation mask. The etching may be preceded by forming an isolation region around the stacked semiconductor structure, and the etching may include forming an etching mask on the stacked semiconductor structure and the isolation region, the etching mask having an opening therein that transversely crosses the stacked semiconductor and exposes the isolation region on respective sides of the stacked semiconductor structure, and etching through the opening in the etching mask to remove portions of the isolation region and expose sidewalls of the portion of the second semiconductor material region disposed between the impurity-doped first semiconductor material regions and to form the hollow between the substrate and the portion of the second semiconductor material region between the impurity-doped first semiconductor material regions. The method may include forming a stacked semiconductor structure including more than two semiconductor material regions, and forming multiple channel regions using selective doping and etching. 
   In further method embodiments of the present invention, an elongate stacked semiconductor structure is formed on a substrate, the stacked semiconductor structure including a second semiconductor material region disposed on a first semiconductor material region. The first semiconductor material region is selectively doped to produce spaced-apart impurity-doped first semiconductor material regions and a lower dopant concentration first semiconductor material region therebetween. Etching exposes a portion of the second semiconductor material region between the impurity-doped first semiconductor material regions, wherein the etching removes at least a portion of the lower dopant concentration first semiconductor material region to form a hollow between the substrate and the portion of the second semiconductor material region between the impurity-doped first semiconductor material regions. An insulation layer that surrounds the exposed portion of the second semiconductor material region between the impurity-doped first semiconductor material regions is formed. An insulation region is formed in the hollow between the substrate and the portion of the second semiconductor material region between the impurity-doped first semiconductor material regions. A gate electrode that conforms to the insulation layer on top and sidewall surfaces of the portion of the second semiconductor material region between the impurity-doped first semiconductor material regions is formed. Source/drain regions are formed in the second semiconductor material regions on respective sides of the gate electrode. 

   
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       FIGS. 1A-4A  are plan views of fabrication products illustrating exemplary operations for fabricating a conventional gate all around type transistor. 
       FIGS. 1B-4B  are cross sectional diagrams of the fabrication products of  FIGS. 1A-4A  in an X direction. 
       FIGS. 1C-4C  are cross sectional diagrams of the fabrication products of  FIGS. 1A-4A  in a Y direction. 
       FIG. 5A  is a plan view of a transistor according to first embodiments of the present invention. 
       FIG. 5B  is a cross-sectional view taken along line I-I′ of  FIG. 5A . 
       FIG. 5C  is a cross-sectional view taken along line II-II′ of  FIG. 5A . 
       FIGS. 6A-11A  are plan views of fabrication products illustrating exemplary operations for fabricating the transistor of  FIGS. 5A-5C . 
       FIGS. 6B-11B  are cross-sectional views taken along line I-I′ of  FIGS. 6A-11A . 
       FIGS. 6C-11C  are cross-sectional views taken along line II-II′ of  FIGS. 6A-11A . 
       FIG. 12A  is a plan view of a transistor according to second embodiments of the present invention. 
       FIG. 12B  is a cross-sectional view taken along line III-III′ of  FIG. 12A . 
       FIG. 12C  is a cross-sectional view taken along line IV-IV′ of  FIG. 12A . 
       FIGS. 13A-18A  are plan views of fabrication products illustrating exemplary operations for fabricating the transistor of  FIGS. 12A-12C . 
       FIGS. 13B-18B  are cross-sectional views taken along line III-III′ of  FIGS. 13A-18A . 
       FIGS. 13C-18C  are cross-sectional views taken along line IV-IV′ of  FIG. 13A-18A . 
       FIG. 19A  is a plan view of a transistor according to third embodiments of the present. 
       FIG. 19B  is a cross-sectional view taken along line V-V′ of  FIG. 19A . 
       FIG. 19C  is a cross-sectional view taken along line VI-VI′ of  FIG. 19A . 
       FIGS. 20A-25A  are plan views of fabrication products illustrating exemplary operations for fabricating the transistor of FIGS.  19 A-A 9 C. 
       FIGS. 20B-25B  are cross-sectional views taken along line V-V′ of  FIGS. 20A-25A . 
       FIGS. 20C-25C  are cross-sectional views taken along line VI-VI′ of  FIGS. 20A-25A . 
       FIG. 26A  is a plan view of a transistor according to fourth embodiments of the present invention. 
       FIG. 26B  is a cross-sectional view taken along line VII-VII′ of  FIG. 26A . 
       FIG. 26C  is a cross-sectional view taken along line VIII-VIII′ of  FIG. 26A . 
       FIGS. 27A-32A  are plan views of fabrication products illustrating exemplary operations for fabricating the transistor of  FIGS. 26A-26C . 
       FIGS. 27B-32B  are cross-sectional views taken along line VII-VII′ of  FIGS. 27A-32A . 
       FIGS. 27C-32C  are cross-sectional views taken along line VIII-VIII′ of  FIGS. 27A-32A . 
   

   DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS 
   The present invention now will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which embodiments of the invention are shown. However, this invention should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. In the drawings, the thickness of layers and regions are exaggerated for clarity. Like numbers refer to like elements throughout. As used herein the term “and/or” includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items. 
   The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used herein, the singular forms “a”, “an” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms “includes” and/or “including,” when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof. 
   It will be understood that when an element such as a layer, region or substrate is referred to as being “on” or extending “onto” another element, it can be directly on or extend directly onto the other element or intervening elements may also be present. In contrast, when an element is referred to as being “directly on” or extending “directly onto” another element, there are no intervening elements present. It will also be understood that when an element is referred to as being “connected” or “coupled” to another element, it can be directly connected or coupled to the other element or intervening elements may be present. In contrast, when an element is referred to as being “directly connected” or “directly coupled” to another element, there are no intervening elements present. Like numbers refer to like elements throughout the specification. 
   It will be understood that, although the terms first, second, etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, components, regions, layers and/or sections, these elements, components, regions, layers and/or sections should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one element, component, region, layer or section from another region, layer or section. Thus, a first element, component, region, layer or section discussed below could be termed a second element, component, region, layer or section without departing from the teachings of the present invention. 
   Furthermore, relative terms, such as “lower” or “bottom” and “upper” or “top,” may be used herein to describe one element&#39;s relationship to another elements as illustrated in the figures. It will be understood that relative terms are intended to encompass different orientations of the device in addition to the orientation depicted in the Figures. For example, if the device in the figures is turned over, elements described as being on the “lower” side of other elements would then be oriented on “upper” sides of the other elements. The exemplary term “lower”, can therefore, encompasses both an orientation of “lower” and “upper,” depending of the particular orientation of the figure. Similarly, if the device in one of the figures is turned over, elements described as “below” or “beneath” other elements would then be oriented “above” the other elements. The exemplary terms “below” or “beneath” can, therefore, encompass both an orientation of above and below. 
   Embodiments of the present invention are described herein with reference to cross-section (and/or plan view) illustrations that are schematic illustrations of idealized embodiments of the present invention. As such, variations from the shapes of the illustrations as a result, for example, of manufacturing techniques and/or tolerances, are to be expected. Thus, embodiments of the present invention should not be construed as limited to the particular shapes of regions illustrated herein but are to include deviations in shapes that result, for example, from manufacturing. For example, an etched region illustrated or described as a rectangle will, typically, have rounded or curved features. Thus, the regions illustrated in the figures are schematic in nature and their shapes are not intended to illustrate the precise shape of a region of a device and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. 
   Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. It will be further understood that terms, such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant art and will not be interpreted in an idealized or overly formal sense unless expressly so defined herein. It will also be appreciated by those of skill in the art that references to a structure or feature that is disposed “adjacent” another feature may have portions that overlap or underlie the adjacent feature. 
   Referring to  FIGS. 5A ,  5 B, and  5 C, in some embodiments of the present invention, an active region vertically extends from a substrate and a device isolation layer  56  surrounds the active region. The active region includes a unit double layer, which includes a silicon-germanium pattern  52   p  and a silicon pattern  54   p . A gate electrode  64  crosses over the active region. Portions of the active region at both sides of the gate electrode  64  include a stacked structure of the germanium pattern  52   p  and the silicon pattern  54   p . The active region portion overlapped with the gate electrode  64  has a structure where the silicon pattern  54   p  is disposed over a hollow in which the germanium pattern  52   p  is removed. The gate electrode  64  extends along sidewalls of the silicon pattern  54   p  to fill in the hollow, that is, the gate electrode  64  surrounds the silicon pattern  54   p . A source region  54   s  and the drain region  54   d  are formed in the silicon pattern  54   p  on respective sides of the gate electrode  64 . Sidewall spacers  66  may be formed on sidewalls of the gate electrode  64 . The source and drain regions  54   s  and  54   d  may have a lightly doped drain (LDD) or a deeply doped drain (DDD) structure. A channel width is determined according to a height of the silicon pattern  54   p . A gate insulating layer  62  is interposed between the gate electrode  64  and the silicon pattern  54   p . The silicon-germanium pattern  52   p  is doped before forming the source and drain regions  54   a  and  54   d . The silicon-germanium pattern  52   p  has a dopant concentration different from the source and drain regions  54   s  and  54   d . A top surface of the device isolation layer  56  may be recessed in order that the source and drain regions  54   s  and  54   d  are completely exposed. 
     FIGS. 6A-11A  are plan views of fabrication products illustrating exemplary operations for fabricating the transistor of  FIGS. 5A-5C .  FIGS. 6B-11B  are cross-sectional views taken along line I-I′ of  FIGS. 6A-11A , and  FIGS. 6C-11C  are cross-sectional views taken along line II-II′ of  FIGS. 6A-11A . Referring to  FIGS. 6A ,  6 B, and  6 C, a silicon-germanium layer  52  and a silicon layer  54  are sequentially formed. The silicon-germanium layer  52  and the silicon layer  54  may be formed using, for example, an epitaxial growth method. A channel width of a transistor depends on the thickness of the silicon layer  54 . The substrate  50  may be, for example, a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate, a germanium-on-insulator (GeOI) substrate, or a silicon-germanium-on-insulator (SiGeOI) substrate. If the uppermost layer is formed of silicon-germanium, the silicon-germanium layer  52  may be omitted. 
   Referring to  FIGS. 7A ,  7 B, and  7 C, the silicon layer  54 , the silicon-germanium layer  52 , and a part of the substrate  50  are etched to form a trench, as well as a fin-shaped active region which includes a stacked structure of a silicon-germanium layer  52   p  and a silicon pattern  54   p . A device isolation layer  56  is formed, filling in a peripheral portion of the active region and the trench. The active region may be formed using a conventional trench formation process. 
   Referring to  FIGS. 8A ,  8 B, and  8 C, a dummy gate pattern  58  that crosses over the active region is formed. Ions are implanted using the dummy gate pattern  58  as an ion implantation mask. The silicon-germanium pattern  52   p  is doped to set a projection range of ions into the silicon-germanium pattern  52   p . Silicon-germanium under the dummy gate pattern  58  is not doped. 
   Referring to  FIGS. 9A ,  9 B, and  9 C, a sacrificial layer is formed on the substrate and then recessed to expose the dummy gate pattern  58 , which is removed to form a sacrificial pattern  59  having an opening  60  that crosses over the active region. The opening corresponds to a location where a gate electrode will be subsequently formed. A portion of the device isolation layer  56  exposed at the opening  60  is etched to expose sidewalls of the active region, including sidewalls of the silicon-germanium pattern  52   p . The silicon-germanium pattern  52   p  exposed in the opening  60  is etched to form a hollow  52   h . Silicon-germanium is selectively removed using an etch ratio difference according to a doping concentration of silicon-germanium, thus suppressing lateral etching and providing a directional (anisotropic) etching effect. 
   Referring to  FIGS. 10A ,  10 B, and  10 C, a gate oxide layer is conformally formed on a surface of the silicon pattern  54   p  exposed in the opening  60 . A conductive layer is formed on the substrate. The conductive layer may include, for example, amorphous or polysilicon, polysilicon germanium and/or metal materials. The conductive layer fills in the hollow  52   h . For example, silicon or silicon-germanium may be formed in the hollow and covering sidewalls of the silicon pattern  54   p  using a chemical vapor deposition method. The conductive layer is removed using a CMP process or an etch-back process until the sacrificial layer is exposed and a gate electrode  64  is formed. 
   In a conventional process, there may be a great difference between the width of the gate electrode in the hollow and the width of the gate electrode over the silicon layer due to an isotropic etch of silicon-germanium. Generally, the greater the width of the active region, the greater the difference is. In accordance with certain embodiments of the present invention, because silicon-germanium is anisotropically removed using an etch ratio difference created by a doping concentration, this difference can be reduced. 
   Referring to  FIGS. 11A ,  11 B, and  11 C, the sacrificial pattern  59  is removed to expose sidewalls of the gate electrode  64 , the active region, and the device isolation layer. The device isolation layer  56  is recessed to expose sidewalls of the active region such that sidewalls of the silicon pattern  54   p  surrounded by the gate electrode  64  are exposed. Because the silicon-germanium pattern  52   p  does not influence an operation of the transistor, it is generally not important for the silicon-germanium pattern  52   p  to be exposed. 
   Impurities are implanted into the silicon pattern  54   p  at both sides of the gate electrode  64  to form the source/drain regions  54   s  and  54   d  that are shown in  FIGS. 5A ,  5 B, and  5 C. In addition, sidewall spacers  66  may be formed on sidewalls of the gate electrode  64 . In a gate all around type transistor, a short channel effect may occur. However, in a transistor having a fully depleted channel, a short channel effect may be prevented. Accordingly, a drain with LDD structure or DDD structure may be formed. Before or after forming the sidewall spacers  66 , the drain with LDD structure or DDD structure may be formed. 
     FIG. 12A  is a plan view of a transistor according to second embodiments of the present invention.  FIG. 12B  is a cross-sectional view taken along line III-III′ of  FIG. 12A , and  FIG. 12C  is a cross-sectional view taken along line IV-IV′ of  FIG. 12A . Referring to  FIGS. 12A ,  12 B, and  12 C, an active region vertically extends from a substrate and a device isolation layer surrounds the active region. The active region includes a unit double layer included of a silicon-germanium pattern  152   p  and a silicon pattern  154   p . A gate electrode  164  crosses over the active region. Portions of the active region on respective sides of the gate electrode  164  include a stack of the silicon-germanium pattern  152   p  and silicon pattern  154   p . A portion of the active region overlapped with the gate electrode  164  has a structure in which respective silicon patterns  154   p  are adjacent hollows where the germanium pattern  152   p  is removed. The gate electrode  164  extends along sidewalls of the silicon pattern  154   p  to fill in the hollows, such that the gate electrode  164  surrounds the silicon pattern  154   p . Source/drain regions  154   a  and  154   d  are formed in the silicon pattern  154   p  at respective sides of the gate electrode  164 . Sidewall spacers  166  may be formed at sidewalls of the gate electrode  164 . The source/drain regions  154   s  and  154   d  may have an LDD structure or a DDD structure. A channel width is determined by a height of the silicon pattern  154   p . A gate insulating layer  162  is interposed between the gate electrode  164  and the silicon pattern  154   p . The silicon-germanium pattern  152   p  is doped before forming the source/drain regions  154   s  and  154   d . The silicon-germanium pattern  152   p  is doped with a concentration different from the source/drain regions  154   s  and  154   d.    
     FIGS. 13A-18A  are plan views of fabrication products illustrating exemplary operations for fabricating the transistor of  FIGS. 12A-12C .  FIGS. 13B-8B  are cross-sectional views taken along line III-III′ of  FIGS. 13A-18A , and  FIGS. 13C-18C  are cross-sectional views taken along line IV-IV′ of  FIG. 13A-18A . Referring to  FIGS. 13A ,  13 B, and  13 C, a plurality of unit double layers, which include a stack of a silicon-germanium layer  152  and a silicon layer  154 , are formed on a substrate  150 . The silicon-germanium layer  152  and the silicon layer  154  may be formed using an epitaxial growth method. The channel width of a transistor depends on the thickness of the silicon layer  154 . The substrate  150  may be, for example, a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate, a germanium-on-insulator (GeOI) substrate, or a silicon-germanium-on-insulator (SiGeOI) substrate. If the uppermost layer of the substrate  150  is silicon-germanium, the lower silicon-germanium layer  152  may be omitted. 
   Referring to  FIGS. 14A ,  14 B, and  14 C, the stacked unit double layer and a part of the substrate are etched to form a trench and at the same time, to form a plurality of silicon-germanium patterns  152   p  and a fin-shaped active region in which a plurality of silicon patterns  154   p  are stacked. A device isolation layer  156  is formed at a peripheral portion of the active region. The active region may be formed using a conventional trench formation process. 
   Referring to  FIGS. 15A ,  15 B, and  15 C, a dummy gate pattern  158  that crosses over the active region is formed. Ions are implanted into the active region using the dummy gate pattern  158  as an ion implantation mask. The silicon-germanium pattern  152   p  is doped in setting a projection range of ions to the germanium pattern  152   p . A plurality of ion implantation processes may be sequentially performed to set a projection range into the silicon germanium pattern  152   p  in each layer. The silicon-germanium pattern under the dummy gate pattern  158  is not doped. 
   Referring to  FIGS. 16A ,  16 B, and  16 C, a sacrificial layer is formed on the substrate. The sacrificial layer is recessed to expose the dummy gate pattern  158 , and the dummy gate pattern is removed to form a sacrificial pattern  159  having an opening  160  crossing over the active region. The opening  160  is located where a gate electrode is subsequently formed. The device isolation layer  156  exposed at the opening  160  is etched to expose sidewalls of the active region, that is, sidewalls of the silicon pattern  154   p  and the silicon-germanium pattern  152   p . The silicon-germanium patterns  152   p  exposed at the opening  160  are etched to form a plurality of hollows  152   h.    
   Referring to  FIGS. 17A ,  17 B, and  17 C, a gate oxide layer is conformally formed on the silicon patterns  154   p  exposed in the opening  160 . A conductive layer is formed on the substrate, filling the hollows  152   h . The conductive layer may be amorphous silicon or polysilicon, polysilicon germanium or metal materials. The conductive layer is removed using CMP or etch-back process until the sacrificial layer is exposed and a gate electrode  164  is formed. 
   Referring to  FIGS. 18A ,  18 B, and  18 C, the sacrificial pattern  159  is removed to expose sidewalls of the gate electrode  164 , the active region, and the device isolation layer. The device isolation layer is recessed to expose sidewalls of the active region and to expose the sidewalls of the silicon pattern  154   p  covered with the gate electrode  164 . Because the silicon-germanium pattern  52   p  does not influence operation of the transistor, it generally is not important whether or not the silicon-germanium pattern  52   p  is exposed. 
   Impurities are implanted into the silicon pattern  154   p  at respective sides of the gate electrode  164  to form the source/drain regions  154   s  and  154   d  shown in  FIGS. 12A ,  12 B, and  12 C. In addition, sidewall spacers  166  may be formed on sidewalls of the gate electrode  164 . In a gate all around type transistor, a short channel effect may occur. In a transistor having a fully depleted channel, a short channel effect may be prevented. Accordingly, a drain with LDD structure or DDD structure may be formed. Before/after forming the sidewall spacer  66 , the drain with LDD structure or DDD structure may be formed. 
     FIG. 19A  is a plan view illustrating a transistor according to third embodiments of the present invention.  FIG. 19B  is a cross-sectional view taken along line V-V′ of  FIG. 19A , and  FIG. 19C  is a cross-sectional view taken along line VI-VI′ of  FIG. 19A . The transistor includes a device isolation layer  256  formed on a substrate  150 . The device isolation layer  256  defines an active region. The active region includes a unit double layer including a silicon-germanium pattern  252   p  and a silicon pattern  254   p . Portions of the active region at respective sides of the gate electrode include of a stacked structure of the silicon-germanium pattern  252   p  and the silicon pattern  254   p . A portion of the active region overlapped with the gate electrode  264  has a structure in which the silicon pattern  254   p  is disposed on a region where the silicon-germanium pattern  252   p  is removed. The gate electrode  264  extends along sidewalls of the silicon pattern  254   p  to be aligned to an insulating pattern  263  filling the region underlying the silicon pattern  254   p , that is, the silicon pattern  254   p  is surrounded by the gate electrode  264  and the insulating pattern  263 . Source/drain regions  254   s  and  254   d  are formed in the silicon pattern  254   p  at respective sides of the gate electrode  264 . Sidewall spacers  266  may be formed on sidewalls of the gate electrode  264 . The source/drain regions  254   s  and  254   d  may have an LDD structure or a DDD structure. A channel width is determined according to a height of the silicon pattern  254   p . A gate insulating layer  262  is interposed between the gate electrode  264  and the silicon pattern  254   p . The silicon-germanium pattern  252   p  is doped before forming the source/drain regions  254   s  and  254   d . The silicon-germanium pattern  252   p  is doped with a concentration different from the source/drain regions  254   s  and  254   d . In accordance with these embodiments, an insulating pattern is formed between the source and drain regions of the planar transistor. The insulating pattern is formed under a channel of a transistor in which a punch-through could occur, thus reducing or preventing punch-through. 
     FIGS. 20A-25A  are cross-sectional views of fabrication products illustrating exemplary operation for fabricating the transistor of  FIGS. 19A-19C .  FIGS. 20B-25B  are cross-sectional views taken along line V-V′ of  FIGS. 20A-25A , and  FIGS. 20C-25C  are cross-sectional views taken along line VI-VI′ of  FIGS. 20A-25A . 
   Referring to  FIGS. 20A ,  20 B, and  20 C, a silicon-germanium layer  252  and a silicon layer  254  are sequentially formed on a substrate  250 . The silicon-germanium layer  252  and the silicon layer  254  may be formed using an epitaxial growth method. A channel width of the transistor to be formed depends on the thickness of the silicon layer  254 . The substrate  250  may be, for example, a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate, a germanium-on-insulator (GeOI) substrate, or a silicon-germanium-on-insulator (SiGeOI) substrate. If the uppermost layer of the substrate  250  is silicon-germanium, the silicon-germanium layer  252  may be omitted. 
   Referring to  FIGS. 21A ,  21 B, and  21 C, parts of the silicon layer  254 , the silicon-germanium layer  252  and the substrate are etched to form a trench that defines an active region on which a silicon-germanium pattern  252   p  and the silicon pattern  254   p  are stacked. A device isolation  256  layer is formed in the trench. The active region may be formed by a conventional trench formation process. 
   Referring to  FIGS. 22A ,  22 B, and  22 C, a dummy gate pattern  258  that crosses over the active region is formed. Ions are implanted into the active region using the dummy gate pattern  258  as an ion implantation mask. The silicon-germanium pattern  252   p  is doped to setting a projection range of ions to the silicon-germanium pattern  252   p . Silicon-germanium under the dummy gate pattern  258  is not doped. 
   Referring to  FIGS. 23A ,  23 B, and  23 C, a sacrificial layer is formed on the substrate. The sacrificial layer is recessed to expose the dummy gate pattern  258 , which is removed to form a sacrificial pattern  259  having an opening  260  crossing over the active region. The opening  260  is located where a gate electrode is to be formed. The device isolation layer  256  exposed at the opening  260  is etched to expose sidewalls of the active region, that is, sidewalls of the silicon pattern  254   p  and the silicon-germanium pattern  252   p . The silicon-germanium pattern  252   p  exposed in the opening  260  is etched to form a hollow  252   h.    
   Referring to  FIGS. 24A ,  24 B, and  24 C, a buffer oxide layer  261  is conformally formed on the exposed silicon pattern  254   p . An insulating material is formed in the opening  260  then it is recessed to expose a top surface of the active region. As a result, an insulating pattern  263  is formed. The insulating pattern  263  fills in the hollow  252   h . The sacrificial pattern  259  is removed to expose the active region and the device isolation layer. Referring to  FIGS. 25A ,  25 B, and  25 C, a gate insulating layer  262  is formed on the active region. A gate electrode  264  that crosses over the active region is formed. The gate electrode  264  is disposed on the insulating pattern  263 . 
   Impurities are implanted into the silicon pattern  254   p  at respective sides of the gate electrode  264  to form the source region  2254   s  and the drain region  254   d  shown in  FIGS. 19A ,  19 B, and  19 C. In addition, sidewall spacers  266  may be formed on sidewalls of the gate electrode  264 . Before or after forming the sidewall spacers  266 , ions may be implanted to form a drain with LDD structure or DDD structure. 
     FIG. 26A  is a plan view of a transistor according to fourth embodiments of the present invention.  FIG. 26B  is a cross-sectional view taken along line VII-VII′ of  FIG. 26A .  FIG. 26C  is a cross-sectional view taken along line VIII-VIII′ of  FIG. 26A . 
   Referring to  FIGS. 26A ,  26 B, and  26 C, a planar transistor includes an active region vertically extending from a substrate  360 . The active region includes a unit double layer, which includes a stacked structure of a silicon-germanium pattern  352   p  and the silicon pattern  354   p . A gate electrode  364  crosses over the active region. Portions of the active region on respective sides of the gate electrode  364  include a stacked structure of the silicon-germanium pattern  352   p  and the silicon pattern  354   p . A portion of the active region overlapped with the gate electrode  364  has a structure in which the silicon pattern  354   p  is disposed on a region where the silicon-germanium pattern  352   p  is removed. The gate electrode  364  extends along sidewalls of the silicon pattern  354   p  to be aligned with an insulating pattern  363  filled in the region underlying the silicon pattern  354   p . The gate electrode  364  covers a top surface and sidewalls of the silicon pattern  354   p  and the insulating pattern  363  fills in the region underlying the silicon pattern  354   p , i.e., the silicon pattern  354   p  is surrounded by the gate electrode  364  and the insulating pattern  363 . Source/drain regions  354   s  and  354   d  are formed on respective sides of the gate electrode  364 . Sidewall spacers  366  may be formed on sidewalls of the gate electrode  364 . The source/drain regions  354   s  and  354   d  may have an LDD structure or a DDD structure. A channel width is determined by the height of the silicon pattern  354   p . A gate insulating layer  362  is interposed between the gate electrode  364  and the silicon pattern  354   p . The silicon-germanium pattern  352   p  is doped before forming the source and drain regions  354   s  and  354   d , with a concentration different from the source/drain regions  354   s  and  354   d . In accordance with these embodiments, an insulating pattern is capable of preventing a punch-through between the source region and the drain region under a channel region that is controlled by a gate electrode. 
     FIGS. 27A-32A  are plan views of fabrication products illustrating exemplary operations for fabricating the transistor of  FIGS. 26A-26C .  FIGS. 27B-32B  are cross-sectional views taken along line VII-VII′ of  FIGS. 27A to 32A , and  FIGS. 27C-32C  are cross-sectional views taken along line VIII-VIII′ of  FIGS. 27A to 32A . 
   Referring to  FIGS. 27A ,  27 B, and  27 C, a silicon-germanium layer  352  and a silicon layer  354  are sequentially formed on a substrate  350 . The silicon-germanium layer  352  and the silicon layer  354  may be formed using an epitaxial growth method. A channel width of the transistor to be formed depends on the thickness of the silicon layer  354 . The substrate  350  may be, for example, a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate, a germanium-on-insulator (GeOI) substrate, or a silicon-germanium-on-insulator (SiGeOI) substrate. If the uppermost layer of the substrate  350  is silicon-germanium, the silicon-germanium layer  352  may be omitted. 
   Referring to  FIGS. 28A ,  28 B, and  28 C, parts of the silicon layer  354 , the silicon-germanium layer  352  and the substrate  350  are etched to form a trench that defines an active region with a fin-shaped stack of a silicon-germanium pattern  352   p  and a silicon pattern  354   p . A device isolation layer  356  is formed in the trench. The active region may be formed using a conventional trench formation process. 
   Referring to  FIGS. 29A ,  29 B, and  29 C, a dummy gate pattern  358  that crosses over the active region is formed. Ions are implanted into the active regions using the dummy gate pattern  358  as an ion implantation mask. The silicon-germanium pattern  352   p  is doped to set a projection range of ions to the silicon-germanium pattern  352   p . Silicon-germanium under the dummy gate pattern  358  is not doped. 
   Referring to  FIGS. 30A ,  30 B, and  30 C, a sacrificial layer is formed on the substrate. The sacrificial layer is recessed to expose the dummy gate pattern  358 , which is removed to form a sacrificial pattern  359  having an opening  360  crossing over the active region. The opening is located where a gate electrode is to be formed. A device isolation layer  356  exposed at the opening  360  is etched to expose sidewalls of the active region, including sidewalls of the silicon pattern  354   p  and the silicon-germanium pattern  352   p . The silicon-germanium pattern  352   p  exposed in the opening  360  is etched to form a hollow  352   h.    
   Referring to  FIGS. 31A ,  31 B, and  31 C, a buffer oxide layer is conformally formed on the exposed silicon pattern  354   p . An insulating layer is formed on the substrate, filling the hollow  352   h . The insulating layer is removed using CMP or etch-back until the sacrificial layer is exposed. The insulating layer is recessed to expose sidewalls of the silicon pattern  354   p . As a result, an insulating pattern  363  is formed. 
   Referring to  FIGS. 32A ,  32 B, and  32 C, a buffer insulating layer on the exposed silicon pattern  354   p  is removed, and then a gate insulating layer  362  is formed. A conductive layer is formed and then recessed to form a gate electrode  364 . The sacrificial pattern  359  is removed to expose sidewalls of the gate electrode  364 , the active region, and the device isolation layer. At this time, the sidewalls of the silicon pattern  354   p  covered with the gate electrode  364  are exposed. Because the silicon-germanium pattern does not influence operation of the transistor, whether it is exposed or not is generally not important. 
   Impurities are implanted into the silicon pattern  354   p  at respective sides of the gate electrode  364  to form the source/drain regions  354   s  and  354   d  shown in  FIGS. 26A ,  26 B, and  26 C. Sidewall spacers  366  may be formed on sidewalls of the gate electrode  364 . Before or after forming the sidewall spacer  366 , ions may be implanted to form a drain with LDD structure or DDD structure. 
   In some embodiments of the present invention, silicon-germanium is doped using an oblique ion implantation method, which can reduce the width of an un-doped region can be reduced. Additionally, the width of the un-doped region can be increased by doping after forming a dummy spacer at sidewalls of a dummy gate pattern. This means that the width of a subsequently formed hollow adjacent the channel can be optimized. The dummy spacer may be removed after doping. Additional processes may be performed before forming the gate oxide layer. One is a sacrificial oxidation process for rounding an edge portion of the hollow. The other is a process for recessing a surface of a silicon pattern defining the hollow. 
   In some embodiments of the present invention, silicon-germ anium is selectively etched using an etch ratio difference between doped silicon-germanium and an un-doped silicon-germanium so that it is possible to form a hollow for formation of a gate electrode or insulating region with a narrow width. Therefore, it is possible to reduce a variation in channel length in a gate all around type transistor. 
   Many alterations and modifications may be made by those having ordinary skill in the art, given the benefit of the present disclosure, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Therefore, it must be understood that the illustrated embodiments have been set forth only for the purposes of example, and that it should not be taken as limiting the invention as defined by the following claims. The following claims are, therefore, to be read to include not only the combination of elements which are literally set forth but all equivalent elements for performing substantially the same function in substantially the same way to obtain substantially the same result. The claims are thus to be understood to include what is specifically illustrated and described above and what is conceptually equivalent.

Technology Classification (CPC): 7