An embodiment is a structure including a first active device in a first region of a substrate, the first active device including a first layer of a two-dimensional (2-D) material, the first layer having a first thickness, and a second active device in a second region of the substrate, the second active device including a second layer of the 2-D material, the second layer having a second thickness, the 2-D material including a transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD), the second thickness being different than the first thickness.

In one example, a device includes a p-type field effect transistor region and n-type field effect transistor region. The p-type field effect transistor region includes at least one fin including strained germanium. The n-type field effect transistor region also includes at least one fin including strained germanium.

An integrated circuit device includes a substrate including a first region and a second region, a first transistor in the first region, the first transistor being an N-type transistor and including a first silicon-germanium layer on the substrate, and a first gate electrode on the first silicon-germanium layer, and a second transistor in the second region and including a second gate electrode, the second transistor not having a silicon-germanium layer between the substrate and the second gate electrode.

Provided is a two-dimensional large-area growth method for a chalcogen compound, the method including: depositing a film of a transition metal element or a Group V element on a substrate; thereafter, uniformly diffusing a vaporized chalcogen element, a vaporized chalcogen precursor compound or a chalcogen compound represented by MX.sub.2+ within the film; and, thereafter, forming a film of a chalcogen compound represented by MX.sub.2 by forming the chalcogen compound represented by MX.sub.2 through post-heating.

Embodiments of semiconductor assemblies, and related integrated circuit devices and techniques, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a semiconductor assembly may include a flexible substrate, a first barrier formed of a first transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) material, a transistor channel formed of a second TMD material, and a second barrier formed of a third TMD material. The first barrier may be disposed between the transistor channel and the flexible substrate, the transistor channel may be disposed between the second barrier and the first barrier, and a bandgap of the transistor channel may be less than a bandgap of the first barrier and less than a bandgap of the second barrier. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.

Various embodiments of the present application are directed towards an integrated chip (IC) including a lower dielectric structure over a semiconductor substrate. A gate structure is over the lower dielectric structure. The gate structure comprises a first surface opposite a second surface. A first semiconductor layer is arranged between the first surface of the gate structure and the lower dielectric structure. A second semiconductor layer is over the second surface of the gate structure.

A semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the semiconductor device are provided. The semiconductor device includes a plurality of device units. The device units includes a first device unit, and the first device unit includes a substrate including two source/drain regions and a gate region disposed between the two source/drain regions; a gate electrode layer disposed on the gate region, and a top surface of the gate electrode layer is coplanar to top surfaces of the two source/drain regions; a first channel layer disposed on the gate electrode layer, wherein the first channel layer includes a 2D semiconductor material; two air spacers disposed below the first channel layer and between the gate region and the two source/drain regions, respectively.

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor pattern protruding in a direction perpendicular to a top surface of a substrate and having an inner surface and an outer surface that stand opposite to each other in a first direction parallel to the top surface of the substrate, a gate dielectric layer covering the inner surface and the outer surface of the semiconductor pattern and extending onto a top surface of the semiconductor pattern, a gate electrode on the gate dielectric layer and covering the outer surface, the top surface, and the inner surface of the semiconductor pattern, and an auxiliary pattern between the gate dielectric layer and the inner surface of the semiconductor pattern. The outer surface of the semiconductor pattern is in contact with the gate dielectric layer. The inner surface of the semiconductor pattern is in contact with the auxiliary pattern.

In one example, an integrated circuit (IC) structure with alternating N-type and P-type transistors includes a first region and a second region over a substrate, where the first region and the second region are coplanar and include a first semiconductor material. The IC structure includes a third region coplanar with and between the first region and the second region, where the third region includes a second semiconductor material, where one of the first semiconductor material and the second semiconductor material is an N-type semiconductor material, and another of the first semiconductor material and the second semiconductor material is a P-type semiconductor material. The IC structure may include a first transistor over the first region, a second transistor over the second region, and a third transistor over the third region, wherein the third transistor is adjacent to the first transistor and the second transistor.