A semiconductor device includes a substrate; a fin protruding above the substrate, the fin including a compound semiconductor material that includes a semiconductor material and a first dopant, the first dopant having a different lattice constant than the semiconductor material, where a concentration of the first dopant in the fin changes along a first direction from an upper surface of the fin toward the substrate; a gate structure over the fin; a channel region in the fin and directly under the gate structure; and source/drain regions on opposing sides of the gate structure, the source/drain regions including a second dopant, where a concentration of the second dopant at a first location within the channel region is higher than that at a second location within the channel region, where the concentration of the first dopant at the first location is lower than that at the second location.

Some embodiments include a method of forming an integrated assembly. A first stack is formed over a conductive structure. The first stack includes a second layer between first and third layers. The first and third layers are conductive. A first opening is formed through the first stack. A sacrificial material is formed within the first opening. A second stack is formed over the first stack. The second stack has alternating first and second levels. A second opening is formed through the second stack and through the sacrificial material. First semiconductor material is formed within the second opening. A third opening is formed through the second stack, through the third layer, and to the second layer. The second layer is removed, forming a conduit. Second semiconductor material is formed within the conduit. Dopant is out-diffused from the second semiconductor material into the first semiconductor material. Some embodiments include integrated assemblies.

A method of forming conductive member includes: forming, on substrate, first portion containing first element constituting the conductive member to be obtained and second element causing eutectic reaction with the first element, and second portion containing third element constituting intermetallic compound with the second element; crystallizing primary crystals of the first element by adjusting temperature of the substrate after bringing the first portion into liquid phase state; growing crystal grains of the first element by diffusing the second element from the first portion into the second portion to increase ratio of the first element in crystal state to the first and second elements in the liquid phase state in the first portion while maintaining the temperature of the substrate at the same temperature; and turning the first portion, after completing diffusion of the second element into the second portion, into the conductive member having crystal grains of the first element.

A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a plurality of fins on a semiconductor substrate. In the method, sacrificial spacer layers are formed on the plurality of fins, and portions of the semiconductor substrate located under the sacrificial spacer layers and located at sides of the plurality of fins are removed. Bottom source/drain regions are grown in at least part of an area where the portions of the semiconductor substrate were removed, and sacrificial epitaxial layers are grown on the bottom source/drain regions. The method also includes diffusing dopants from the bottom source/drain regions and the sacrificial epitaxial layers into portions of the semiconductor substrate under the plurality of fins. The sacrificial epitaxial layers are removed, and bottom spacers are formed in at least part of an area where the sacrificial epitaxial layers were removed.

Embodiments of three-dimensional memory device architectures and fabrication methods therefore are disclosed. In an example, the memory device includes a substrate having a first layer stack on it. The first layer stack includes alternating conductor and insulator layers. A second layer stack is disposed over the first layer stack where the second layer stack also includes alternating conductor and insulator layers. One or more vertical structures extend through the first layers stack. A conductive material is disposed on a top surface of the one or more vertical structures. One or more second vertical structures extend through the second layer stack and through a portion of the conductive material.

Methods and systems for double-sided semiconductor device fabrication. Devices having multiple leads on each surface can be fabricated using a high-temperature-resistant handle wafer and a medium-temperature-resistant handle wafer. Dopants can be introduced on both sides shortly before a single long high-temperature diffusion step diffuses all dopants to approximately equal depths on both sides. All high-temperature processing occurs with no handle wafer or with a high-temperature handle wafer attached. Once a medium-temperature handle wafer is attached, no high-temperature processing steps occur. High temperatures can be considered to be those which can result in damage to the device in the presence of aluminum-based metallizations.

Disclosed is a semiconductor structure including a lateral heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT). The structure includes a substrate (e.g., a silicon substrate), an insulator layer on the substrate, and a semiconductor layer (e.g., a silicon germanium layer) on the insulator layer. The structure includes a lateral HBT with three terminals including a collector, an emitter, and a base, which is positioned laterally between the collector and the emitter and which can include a silicon germanium intrinsic base region for improved performance. Additionally, the collector and/or the emitter includes: a first region, which is epitaxially grown within a trench that extends through the semiconductor layer and the insulator layer to the substrate; and a second region, which is epitaxially grown on the first region. The connection(s) of the collector and/or the emitter to the substrate effectively form thermal exit path(s) and minimize self-heating. Also disclosed is a method for forming the structure.

Embodiments described herein may be related to apparatuses, processes, and techniques related to minimizing sub channel leakage within stacked GAA nanosheet transistors by doping an oxide layer on top of the sub channel. In embodiments, this doping may include selective introduction of charge species, for example carbon, within the gate oxide layer. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

A semiconductor device includes a substrate; a fin protruding above the substrate, the fin including a compound semiconductor material that includes a semiconductor material and a first dopant, the first dopant having a different lattice constant than the semiconductor material, where a concentration of the first dopant in the fin changes along a first direction from an upper surface of the fin toward the substrate; a gate structure over the fin; a channel region in the fin and directly under the gate structure; and source/drain regions on opposing sides of the gate structure, the source/drain regions including a second dopant, where a concentration of the second dopant at a first location within the channel region is higher than that at a second location within the channel region, where the concentration of the first dopant at the first location is lower than that at the second location.

In accordance with the present techniques, there is provided a JFET device structures and methods for fabricating the same. Specifically, there is provided a transistor including a semiconductor substrate having a source and a drain. The transistor also includes a doped channel formed in the semiconductor substrate between the source and the drain, the channel configured to pass current between the source and the drain. Additionally, the transistor has a gate comprising a semiconductor material formed over the channel and dielectric spacers on each side of the gate. The source and the drain are spatially separated from the gate so that the gate is not over the drain and source.