A substrate processing apparatus includes a processing chamber; a susceptor provided in the processing chamber, wherein the susceptor is configured to support a substrate; a first plasma generator disposed on one side of the processing chamber; and a second plasma generator disposed on another side of the processing chamber, wherein the second plasma generator is configured to generate plasma by simultaneously supplying a sinusoidal wave signal and a non-sinusoidal wave signal to the susceptor. By using a substrate processing apparatus, a signal source device, and a method of processing a material layer according to the inventive concept, a smooth etched surface may be obtained for a crystalline material layer without a risk of device damage by RDC.

Embodiments of the disclosure are in the field of advanced integrated circuit structure fabrication and, in particular, 10 nanometer node and smaller integrated circuit structure fabrication and the resulting structures. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a fin comprising silicon, the fin having a lower fin portion and an upper fin portion. A first insulating layer is directly on sidewalls of the lower fin portion of the fin, wherein the first insulating layer is a non-doped insulating layer comprising silicon and oxygen. A second insulating layer is directly on the first insulating layer directly on the sidewalls of the lower fin portion of the fin, the second insulating layer comprising silicon and nitrogen. A dielectric fill material is directly laterally adjacent to the second insulating layer directly on the first insulating layer directly on the sidewalls of the lower fin portion of the fin.

Embodiments of the disclosure are in the field of advanced integrated circuit structure fabrication and, in particular, 10 nanometer node and smaller integrated circuit structure fabrication and the resulting structures. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a fin comprising silicon, the fin having a lower fin portion and an upper fin portion. A first insulating layer is directly on sidewalls of the lower fin portion of the fin, wherein the first insulating layer is a non-doped insulating layer comprising silicon and oxygen. A second insulating layer is directly on the first insulating layer directly on the sidewalls of the lower fin portion of the fin, the second insulating layer comprising silicon and nitrogen. A dielectric fill material is directly laterally adjacent to the second insulating layer directly on the first insulating layer directly on the sidewalls of the lower fin portion of the fin.

A semiconductor device having an impurity region is provided. The semiconductor device includes a fin active region having protruding regions and a recessed region between the protruding regions. Gate structures overlapping the protruding regions are disposed. An epitaxial layer is disposed in the recessed region to have a height greater than a width. An impurity region is disposed in the fin active region, surrounds side walls and a bottom of the recessed region, has the same conductivity type as a conductivity type of the epitaxial layer, and includes a majority impurity that is different from a majority impurity included in at least a portion of the epitaxial layer.

An integrated circuit (IC) device includes a first-fin-type active region, a second-fin-type active region, and an inter-region stepped portion. The first-fin-type active region protrudes from a substrate in a first region of the substrate and has a first width in a first direction. The second-fin-type active region protrudes from the substrate in a second region of the substrate and has a second width in the first direction. The second width is less than the first width. The inter-region stepped portion is formed at an interface between the first region and the second region on a bottom surface, which is a portion of the substrate between the first-fin-type active region and the second-fin-type active region.

A semiconductor device includes: an active fin disposed on a substrate; a gate structure overlapping the active fin; source/drain regions disposed on both sides of the gate structure and on the active fin; and contact structures respectively connected to the source/drain regions, wherein the gate structure includes: a pair of gate spacers spaced apart from each other to provide a trench; a first gate electrode disposed in the trench and extending along an upper surface and a lateral surface of the active fin; a second gate electrode disposed on the first gate electrode in the trench, wherein the first gate electrode is not disposed between the second gate electrode and the pair of gate spacers; and a gate insulating film disposed between the pair of gate spacers and interposed between the first gate electrode and the active fin.

A semiconductor device is provided including a fin active region on a substrate. The fin active region includes a lower region, a middle region, and an upper region. The middle region has lateral surfaces with a slope less steep than the lateral surfaces of the upper region. An isolation region is on a lateral surface of the lower region of the fin active region. A gate electrode structure is provided. A gate dielectric structure having an oxidation oxide layer and a deposition oxide layer, while having a thickness greater than half a width of the upper region of the fin active region is provided. The deposition oxide layer is between the gate electrode structure and the fin active region and the gate electrode structure and the isolation region, and the oxidation oxide layer is between the fin active region and the deposition oxide layer.

Embodiments disclosed herein include transistor devices and methods of forming such transistor devices. In an embodiment a transistor comprises a substrate, and a fin that extends up from the substrate. In an embodiment, the fin comprises a source region, a drain region, and a channel region between the source region and the drain region. In an embodiment, the transistor further comprises and a cavity in the fin, where the cavity is below the channel region. In an embodiment, the transistor further comprises a gate stack over the fin.

A semiconductor structure and a method for fabricating a semiconductor structure are provided. The method includes forming one or more fins on a substrate, wherein each fin includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall opposing each other. The method also includes forming a sacrificial layer over the fin. Further, the method also includes performing a first ion implantation process on the first sidewall and a top of the fin, and performing a second ion implantation process on the second sidewall and the top of the fin.

Disclosed herein are stacked transistors having device strata with different channel widths, as well as related methods and devices. In some embodiments, an integrated circuit structure may include stacked strata of transistors, wherein different channel materials of different strata have different widths.