A semiconductor device includes: an n-doped drift region between first and second surfaces of a semiconductor body; a p-doped first region at the second surface; and an n-doped field stop region between the drift and first region. The field stop region includes first and second sub-regions with hydrogen related donors. A p-n junction separates the first region and first sub-region. A concentration of the hydrogen related donors, along a first vertical extent of the first sub-region, steadily increases from the pn-junction to a maximum value, and steadily decreases from the maximum value to a reference value at a first transition between the sub-regions. A second vertical extent of the second sub-region ends at a second transition to the drift region where the concentration of hydrogen related donors equals 10% of the reference value. A maximum concentration value in the second sub-region is at most 20% larger than the reference value.

A semiconductor structure, including: a base substrate; an insulating layer on the base substrate, the insulating layer having a thickness between about 5 nm and about 100 nm; and an active layer comprising at least two pluralities of different volumes of semiconductor material comprising silicon, germanium, and/or silicon germanium, the active layer disposed over the insulating layer, the at least two pluralities of different volumes of semiconductor material comprising: a first plurality of volumes of semiconductor material having a tensile strain of at least about 0.6%; and a second plurality of volumes of semiconductor material having a compressive strain of at least about −0.6%. Also described is a method of preparing a semiconductor structure and a segmented strained silicon on insulator device.

Structures with altered crystallinity beneath semiconductor devices and methods associated with forming such structures. Trench isolation regions surround an active device region composed of a single-crystal semiconductor material. A first non-single-crystal layer is arranged beneath the trench isolation regions and the active device region. A second non-single-crystal layer is arranged beneath the trench isolation regions and the active device region. The first non-single-crystal layer is arranged between the second non-single-crystal layer and the active device region.

Doping techniques for fin-like field effect transistors (FinFETs) are disclosed herein. An exemplary method includes forming a fin structure, forming a doped amorphous layer over a portion of the fin structure, and performing a knock-on implantation process to drive a dopant from the doped amorphous layer into the portion of the fin structure, thereby forming a doped feature. The doped amorphous layer includes a non-crystalline form of a material. In some implementations, the knock-on implantation process crystallizes at least a portion of the doped amorphous layer, such that the portion of the doped amorphous layer becomes a part of the fin structure. In some implementations, the doped amorphous layer includes amorphous silicon, and the knock-on implantation process crystallizes a portion of the doped amorphous silicon layer.

A method includes receiving a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor substrate has a top surface and includes a semiconductor element. Moreover, the semiconductor substrate has a fin structure formed thereon. The method also includes recessing the fin structure to form source/drain trenches, forming a first dielectric layer over the recessed fin structure in the source/drain trenches, implanting a dopant element into a portion of the fin structure beneath a bottom surface of the source/drain trenches to form an amorphous semiconductor layer, forming a second dielectric layer over the recessed fin structure in the source/drain trenches, annealing the semiconductor substrate, and removing the first and second dielectric layers. After the annealing and the removing steps, the method further includes further recessing the recessed fin structure to provide a top surface. Additionally, the method includes forming an epitaxial layer from and on the top surface.

A method for forming reliefs on a face of a substrate is provided, successively including forming a protective screen for protecting at least a first zone of the face; an implanting to introduce at least one species comprising carbon into the substrate from the face of the substrate, the forming of the protective screen and the implanting being configured to form, in the substrate, at least one carbon modified layer having a concentration of implanted carbon greater than or equal to an etching threshold only from a second zone of the face of the substrate not protected by the protective screen; removing the protective screen; and etching the substrate from the first zone selectively with respect to the second zone.

A fabrication method for a semiconductor device includes measuring a thickness of a semiconductor substrate in which a bulk donor of a first conductivity type is entirely distributed, adjusting an implantation condition in accordance with the thickness of the semiconductor substrate and implanting hydrogen ions from a lower surface of the semiconductor substrate to an upper surface side of the semiconductor substrate, and annealing the semiconductor substrate and forming, in a passage region through which the hydrogen ions have passed, a first high concentration region of the first conductivity type in which a donor concentration is higher than a doping concentration of the bulk donor.

Doping techniques for fin-like field effect transistors (FinFETs) are disclosed herein. An exemplary method includes forming a fin structure, forming a doped amorphous layer over a portion of the fin structure, and performing a knock-on implantation process to drive a dopant from the doped amorphous layer into the portion of the fin structure, thereby forming a doped feature. The doped amorphous layer includes a non-crystalline form of a material. In some implementations, the knock-on implantation process crystallizes at least a portion of the doped amorphous layer, such that the portion of the doped amorphous layer becomes a part of the fin structure. In some implementations, the doped amorphous layer includes amorphous silicon, and the knock-on implantation process crystallizes a portion of the doped amorphous silicon layer.

Structures with altered crystallinity beneath semiconductor devices and methods associated with forming such structures. Trench isolation regions surround an active device region composed of a single-crystal semiconductor material. A first non-single-crystal layer is arranged beneath the trench isolation regions and the active device region. A second non-single-crystal layer is arranged beneath the trench isolation regions and the active device region. The first non-single-crystal layer is arranged between the second non-single-crystal layer and the active device region.

Provided is a semiconductor device provided with an IGBT, comprising: a semiconductor substrate having upper and lower surfaces, throughout which bulk donors are distributed; a hydrogen peak including a local maximum arranged 25 μm or more away from the lower surface of the semiconductor substrate in a depth direction, at which a hydrogen chemical concentration shows a local maximum value; an upper tail where the hydrogen chemical concentration decreases in a direction from the local maximum toward the upper surface; and a lower tail where the hydrogen chemical concentration decreases in a direction from the local maximum toward the lower surface more gradually than the upper tail; and a first high concentration region having a donor concentration higher than a bulk donor concentration and including a region extending for 4 μm or more in a direction from the local maximum of the hydrogen peak toward the upper surface.