A vertical transistor has a first air-gap spacer between a gate and a bottom source/drain region, and a second air-gap spacer between the gate and the contact to the bottom source/drain region. A dielectric layer disposed between the gate and the contact to the top source/drain decreases parasitic capacitance and inhibits electrical shorting.

A semiconductor structure is provided that includes a plurality of suspended and stacked nanosheets of semiconductor channel material located above a pillar of a sacrificial III-V compound semiconductor material. Each semiconductor channel material comprises a semiconductor material that is substantially lattice matched to, but different from, the sacrificial III-V compound semiconductor material, and each suspended and stacked nanosheets of semiconductor channel material has a chevron shape. A functional gate structure can be formed around each suspended and stacked nanosheet of semiconductor channel material.

A display device and a method of manufacturing the display device are provided. According to an exemplary embodiment, a display device includes: a substrate; a gate electrode disposed on the substrate; a semiconductor pattern disposed on the gate electrode; data wiring disposed on the semiconductor pattern and having a data line, a source electrode, and a drain electrode; a first barrier layer disposed between the data wiring and the semiconductor pattern; and undercuts disposed on at least one side of each segment of the first barrier layer.

A fin-shaped field effect transistor includes a substrate and a gate. The substrate includes an active area, where the active area includes a fin structure having at least an extension part protruding from the fin structure. The gate is disposed over the fin structure and directly on the extension part. The present invention also provides a planar field effect transistor including a substrate and a gate. The substrate includes an active area, where the active area includes a frame area and a penetrating area penetrating through the frame area. The gate is disposed over the active area, where the gate is directly disposed on the penetrating area, and the frame area at least at a side of the gate constitutes a source/drain surrounding an isolation island.

A device includes a buried well region and a first HVW region of the first conductivity, and an insulation region over the first HVW region. A drain region of the first conductivity type is disposed on a first side of the insulation region and in a top surface region of the first HVW region. A first well region and a second well region of a second conductivity type opposite the first conductivity type are on the second side of the insulation region. A second HVW region of the first conductivity type is disposed between the first and the second well regions, wherein the second HVW region is connected to the buried well region. A source region of the first conductivity type is in a top surface region of the second HVW region, wherein the source region, the drain region, and the buried well region form a JFET.

A method of fabricating a semiconductor device is provided as follows. A source/drain pattern is formed on a substrate. The source/drain pattern contains silicon atoms and germanium atoms. At least one germanium atom is removed from the germanium atoms of the source/drain pattern.

An asymmetric high-k dielectric for reduced gate induced drain leakage in high-k MOSFETs and methods of manufacture are disclosed. The method includes performing an implant process on a high-k dielectric sidewall of a gate structure. The method further includes performing an oxygen annealing process to grow an oxide region on a drain side of the gate structure, while inhibiting oxide growth on a source side of the gate structure adjacent to a source region.

Transistors suitable for high voltage and high frequency operation. A nanowire is disposed vertically or horizontally on a substrate. A longitudinal length of the nanowire is defined into a channel region of a first semiconductor material, a source region electrically coupled with a first end of the channel region, a drain region electrically coupled with a second end of the channel region, and an extrinsic drain region disposed between the channel region and drain region. The extrinsic drain region has a wider bandgap than that of the first semiconductor. A gate stack including a gate conductor and a gate insulator coaxially wraps completely around the channel region, drain and source contacts similarly coaxially wrap completely around the drain and source regions.

Semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same are provided. A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a fin. A first nanowire is disposed on the fin and a second nanowire is disposed on the fin, the second nanowire being laterally separated from the first nanowire. A gate structure extends around the first nanowire and the second nanowire. The gate structure also extends over a top surface of the fin. The first nanowire, the second nanowire, and the fin form a channel of a transistor.

After forming a buried nanowire segment surrounded by a gate structure located on a substrate, an epitaxial source region is grown on a first end of the buried nanowire segment while covering a second end of the buried nanowire segment and the gate structure followed by growing an epitaxial drain region on the second end of the buried nanowire segment while covering the epitaxial source region and the gate structure. The epitaxial source region includes a first semiconductor material and dopants of a first conductivity type, while the epitaxial drain region includes a first semiconductor material different from the first semiconductor material and dopants of a second conductivity type opposite the first conductivity type.