A transistor includes: a substrate; a constant current formation layer provided on the substrate; a pair of source/drain patterns provided on the constant current formation layer; a gate electrode provided between the pair of source/drain patterns; a channel pattern extending in a direction between the pair of source/drain patterns; and a gate insulating layer surrounding the channel pattern, wherein the channel pattern penetrates the gate insulating layer and the gate electrode and is electrically connected to the source pattern and the drain pattern, the gate insulating layer separates the channel pattern and the gate electrode from each other, the constant current formation layer generates a constant current between the drain pattern and the substrate, and the constant current is independent from a gate voltage applied to the gate electrode.

A method includes forming, over a substrate, a plurality of well taps arranged at intervals in a first direction and a second direction transverse to the first direction. The plurality of well taps is arranged at intervals in a first direction and a second direction transverse to the first direction. The plurality of well taps includes at least one first well tap. The forming the plurality of well taps comprises forming the first well tap by forming a first well region of a first type. The first well region comprises two first end areas and a first middle area arranged consecutively between the two first end areas in the second direction. The forming the first well tap further comprises implanting, in the first middle area, a first dopant of a first type, and implanting, in the first end areas, a second dopant of a second type different from the first type.

A method for forming a semiconductor structure includes following operations. First fins are formed in a first region of a substrate, and second fins are formed in a second region of the substrate. Widths of the first fins are greater than widths of the second fins. An isolation structure is formed over the substrate. A first ion implantation is performed on the first fins. A portion of the isolation structure is removed to expose a portion of each first fin and a portion of each second fin. The widths of the first fins are equal to or less than the widths of the second fins after the removing of the portion of the isolation structure. A 3D capacitor is formed in the first region, and a FinFET device is formed in the second region. The 3D capacitor includes the first fins, and the FinFET device includes the second fins.

A method includes forming a first semiconductor layer over a substrate; forming a second semiconductor layer over the first semiconductor layer, wherein the first semiconductor layer has a higher germanium concentration than the second semiconductor layer; forming a semiconductor cap over the second semiconductor layer; forming a first bonding layer over the semiconductor cap; bonding the first boding layer to a second bonding layer over a carrier substrate to form a bonded structure; and performing a wafer splitting process to split the first semiconductor layer into a first portion and a second portion separated from each other, such that the first portion of the first semiconductor layer and the substrate are removed from the bonded structure.

A semiconductor structure and a method of forming the same are provided. In an embodiment, an exemplary semiconductor method includes forming a fin-shaped structure extending from a substrate, the fin-shaped structure includes a number of channel layers interleaved by a number of sacrificial layers, recessing a source/drain region to form a source/drain opening, performing a PAI process to amorphize a portion of the substrate exposed by the source/drain opening, forming a tensile stress film over the substrate, performing an annealing process to recrystallize the portion of the substrate, the recrystallized portion of the substrate includes dislocations, forming an epitaxial source/drain feature over the source/drain opening, and forming a gate structure wrapping around each of the plurality of channel layers. By performing the above operations, dislocations are controllably and intentionally formed and carrier mobility in the number of channel layers may be advantageously enhanced, leading to improved device performance.

A VDMOS device and a fabrication method thereof are provided. The device includes unit cells which jointly form a cellular structure. The cellular structure includes spaced-apart source regions and surrounding gate regions. Some gate regions overlap to form gate intersections comprising separation regions; the others form non-intersecting gate regions. Each unit cell has a JFET region corresponding in position to one non-intersecting gate region and a JFET shielding region corresponding in position to one gate intersection. The difference in doping concentrations of different types of dopants in the JFET shielding region surpasses difference in doping concentrations in the JFET regions and therefore depletion layers disposed along diagonals of the gate intersections expand and merge more easily, thereby increasing breakdown voltage along the diagonals. Therefore, the device exhibits enhanced voltage tolerance and stability.

A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: forming a first type well in a substrate; and after forming the first type well in the substrate, forming a second type well in the substrate, where the second type well has a conductivity type different from that of the first type well. One of the first and second type wells is formed by sequentially performing multiple ion implantations that use different energies, and one of the ion implantations that uses a lowest energy among the ion implantations is performed first among the ion implantations.

The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure and a method of forming the same. The semiconductor structure includes: a substrate doped with a first ion, a deep trench structure disposed in the substrate, a barrier doped region disposed on a top of the substrate and the deep trench structure, a first epitaxial layer disposed on the barrier doped region, a body region disposed in the first epitaxial layer, a source region disposed in the body region, a gate structure disposed in the first epitaxial layer, and a collector region disposed at a bottom of the substrate. By means of the semiconductor structure, performance of an insulated gate bipolar transistor can be improved.

A semiconductor device includes a gate structure, a drift region, a source region, a drain region, a first doped region, and a second doped region. The gate structure is over a semiconductor substrate. The drift region is in the semiconductor substrate and laterally extends past a first side of the gate structure. The source region is in the semiconductor substrate and adjacent a second side of the gate structure opposite the first side. The drain region is in the drift region. The first doped region is in the drift region and between the drain region and the gate structure. The second doped region is within the drift region. The second doped region forms a P-N junction with the first doped region at a bottom surface of the first doped region.

The present application discloses a method for manufacturing a metal zero layer, comprising: step 1, etching a zero interlayer film to form a first trench; step 2, performing first Ge ion implantation to form a first Ge layer in the zero interlayer film and achieve first amorphization; step 3, performing second Ge ion implantation to form a second Ge layer in the zero interlayer film and achieve second amorphization, wherein the depth of the second Ge layer is greater than the depth of the first Ge layer, and the second Ge ion implantation is tilt ion implantation; step 4, forming a metal silicide layer on the surface of an amorphous silicon layer in a self-aligned manner; step 5, filling the first trench with a first metal layer; and step 6, performing chemical mechanical polishing to fully remove the first metal layer outside the first trench and achieve planarization.