FINFET INCLUDING SOURCE AND DRAIN REGIONS WITH DOPANT DIFFUSION BLOCKING SUPERLATTICE LAYERS TO REDUCE CONTACT RESISTANCE AND ASSOCIATED METHODS

摘要

A FINFET may include a semiconductor fin, spaced apart source and drain regions in the semiconductor fin with a channel region extending therebetween, and at least one dopant diffusion blocking superlattice dividing at least one of the source and drain regions into a lower region and an upper region with the upper region having a same conductivity and higher dopant concentration than the lower region. The dopant diffusion blocking superlattice may include a plurality of stacked groups of layers, with each group of layers comprising a plurality of stacked base semiconductor monolayers defining a base semiconductor portion, and at least one non-semiconductor monolayer constrained within a crystal lattice of adjacent base semiconductor portions. The FINFET may further include a gate on the channel region.