Abstract: An insulated gate field effect transistor having reduced gate-drain overlap and a method for manufacturing the insulated gate field effect transistor. A gate structure is formed on a major surface of a semiconductor substrate. A source extension region and a drain extension region are formed in a semiconductor material using an angled implant. The source extension region extends under the gate structure, whereas the drain extension region is laterally spaced apart from the gate structure. A source region is formed in the semiconductor substrate and a drain region is formed in the semiconductor substrate, where the source and drain regions are laterally spaced apart from the gate structure. A source-side halo region is formed in the semiconductor substrate adjacent the source extension region.

Abstract: In one illustrative embodiment, the method comprises providing an SOI substrate comprised of an active layer, a buried insulation layer and a bulk substrate, forming a doped region in the bulk substrate under the active layer, forming a plurality of transistors above the SOI substrate in an area above the doped region and applying a voltage to the doped region to vary a threshold voltage of at least one of the plurality of transistors.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices with improved transistor performance are fabricated by forming a composite oxide/nitride liner under a gate electrode sidewall spacer. Embodiments include depositing a conformal oxide layer by decoupled plasma deposition, depositing a conformal nitride layer by decoupled plasma deposition, depositing a spacer layer and then etching.

Abstract: In one illustrative embodiment, the device comprises a transistor formed above a silicon-on-insulator substrate comprised of a bulk substrate, a buried insulation layer and an active layer, the bulk. substrate being doped with a first type of dopant material and a first well formed in the bulk substrate, the first well being doped with a second type of dopant material that is of a type opposite the first type of dopant material. The device further comprises a second well formed in the bulk substrate within the first well, the second well being doped with a dopant material that is the same type as the first type of dopant material, the transistor being formed in the active layer above the second well, an electrical contact for the first well and an electrical contact for said second well.

Abstract: In one illustrative embodiment, the method comprises forming a gate electrode above an SOI substrate comprised of a bulk substrate, a buried insulation layer and an active layer, the gate electrode having a protective layer formed thereabove, and forming a plurality of dielectric regions in the bulk substrate after the gate electrode is formed, the dielectric regions being self-aligned with respect to the gate electrode, the dielectric regions having a dielectric constant that is less than a dielectric constant of the bulk substrate.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices with improved transistor performance are fabricated by forming a composite oxide/nitride liner under a gate electrode sidewall spacer. Embodiments include depositing a conformal oxide layer by decoupled plasma deposition, depositing a conformal nitride layer by decoupled plasma deposition, depositing a spacer layer and then etching.

Abstract: An insulated gate field effect semiconductor component having a source-side halo region and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor component. A gate structure is formed on a semiconductor substrate. The source-side halo region is formed in the semiconductor substrate. After formation of the source-side halo region, spacers are formed adjacent opposing sides of the gate structure. A source extension region and a drain extension region are formed in the semiconductor substrate using an angled implant. The source extension region extends under the gate structure, whereas the drain extension may extend under the gate structure or be laterally spaced apart from the gate structure. A source region and a drain region are formed in the semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: An insulated gate field effect transistor having differentially doped source-side and drain-side halo regions and a method for manufacturing the transistor. A gate structure is formed on a major surface of a semiconductor substrate. A source-side halo region is proximal the source extension region and a drain-side halo region is proximal the drain extension region, where the drain-side halo region has a higher dopant concentration than the source-side halo region. A source extension region and a drain extension region are formed in a semiconductor material. The source extension region extends under a gate structure, whereas the drain extension region may extend under the gate structure or be laterally spaced apart from the gate structure or be aligned to the gate side adjacent the drain region. A source region is adjacent the source extension region and a drain region is adjacent the drain extension region.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure an a process for its manufacture. First and second gate dielectric layers are formed on a semiconductor substrate between nitride spacers, and a metal gate electrode is formed on the gate dielectric layers. Lightly-doped drain regions and source/drain regions are disposed in the substrate and aligned with the electrode and spacers. A silicide contact layer is disposed over an epitaxial layer on the substrate over the source/drain regions. The metal gate electrode is aligned using a polysilicon alignment structure, which permits high temperature processing before the metal is deposited.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure and a process for its manufacture. A metal gate electrode is formed on a semiconductor substrate, the gate electrode being between nitride spacers. Lightly-doped drain regions and source/drain regions are disposed in the substrate and aligned with the electrode and spacers. A silicide contact layer is disposed over an epitaxial layer on the substrate over the source/drain regions.

Abstract: A process for growing an ultra-thin dielelctric layer for use as a MOSFET gate or a tunnel oxide for EEPROM's is described. A silicon oxynitride layer, with peaks in nitrogen concentration at the wafer-oxynitride interface and at the oxynitride surface and with low nitrogen concentration in the oxynitride bulk, is formed by a series of anneals in nitric oxide and nitrous oxide gas. This process provides precise thickness control, improved interface structure, low density electron traps, and impedes dopant impurity diffusion from/to the dielelctric and substrate. The process is easily integrated into existing manufacturing processes, and adds little increased costs.

Abstract: A metal gate electrode formed with high temperature activation of source/drain and LDD implants and a process for manufacture. A polysilicon alignment structure is formed on a silicon substrate. Source/drain regions are formed in alignment with the polysilicon alignment structure, and the alignment structure and the substrate are subjected to a first rapid thermal anneal. LDD implant regions are formed and the alignment structure and the substrate having the LDD regions are subjected to a second rapid thermal anneal. The polysilicon alignment structure is replaced with a metal gate electrode and gate dielectric.

Abstract: A method for slowing the diffusion of boron ions in a CMOS structure includes a preanneal step which can be incorporated as part of a step in which silane is deposited across the surface of the wafer. After the last implant on a CMOS device, silane (SiH.sub.4) is deposited over the surface of the wafer using a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) tool. The deposition of silane is done at 400.degree. C. The temperature is raised in the CVD tool to a temperature in the range of 550.degree. C. to 650.degree. C. and held for 30-60 minutes. This temperature does not affect the thin film of silicon which is formed from the silane, yet provides the necessary thermal cycle to "repair" the crucial first 200 .ANG. to 600 .ANG. of the silicon surface. Normal processing steps, including a rapid thermal anneal for 30 seconds at 1025.degree. C. follow. The RTA is necessary to activate the dopants (arsenic and boron) in the source and drain of the respective devices.

Abstract: A semiconductor device having a gate electrode with a sidewall air gap is provided. In accordance with this embodiment, at least one gate electrode is formed over a substrate. A spacer is then formed adjacent an upper sidewall portion of the gate electrode such that an open area is left beneath the spacer. Next, a dielectric layer is formed over the spacer and the gate electrode, thereby leaving an air gap in the open area. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, both the gate electrode and the spacer adjacent the gate electrode are formed from polysilicon. This, for example, allows the formation of a wider contact area to the gate electrode.

Abstract: A semiconductor device having a liner which defines the depth of an active region and a process for fabricating such a device is disclosed. The use of a liner can, for example, allow the formation of shallower source/drain regions and enhance the performance of the device. In accordance with one aspect of the process, a semiconductor device is formed by forming a gate electrode over a substrate and forming a liner in the substrate adjacent to the gate electrode. An active region is then formed in the substrate, whereby the depth of an active region is defined by the liner. The liner can be formed from several materials including, for example, n-type and p-type dopants and/or oxygen-bearing species.

Abstract: A semiconductor process in which a first nitrogen bearing oxide is formed on an upper surface of a semiconductor substrate. A silicon nitride layer is then formed on the nitrogen bearing oxide. The first oxide and the silicon nitride layer are then patterned to expose an upper surface of the substrate over a trench region of the substrate. An isolation trench is then etched into the trench region of the substrate and a nitrogen bearing liner oxide is then formed on sidewalls and a floor of the trench. An isolation dielectric is then formed within the trench and, thereafter, the silicon nitride layer is removed from the wafer. A suitable thickness of the first nitrogen bearing oxide and of the liner oxide is in the range of approximately 30 to 100 angstroms. A consumption of adjacent active regions caused by the thermal oxidation process is preferably less than approximately 50 angstroms.

Abstract: The formation of a shortage protection region is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes three steps. In the first step, a first ion implantation is applied to form lightly doped regions within a semiconductor substrate adjacent to sidewalls of a gate over the substrate. In the second step, two spaces are formed on the substrate, each adjacent to a sidewall of the gate, so that a second ion implantation forms heavily doped regions within the substrate adjacent to the first spacers. In the third step, two additional spacers are formed on the substrate, each overlapping and extending beyond a corresponding spacer previously formed. Thus, a third ion implantation forms lightly doped shortage protection regions within the substrate adjacent to the spacers most recently formed.

Abstract: Transistor drive current is controlled by controllably varying light exposure across a semiconductor substrate wafer based on an integrated circuit parameter. Integrated circuit parameters upon which the light exposure is varied include gate oxide thickness, rapid temperature annealing (RTA) temperature, polyetch bias and the like.

Abstract: A process for growing an ultra-thin dielectric layer for use as a MOSFET gate oxide or a tunnel oxide for EEPROM's is described. A silicon oxynitride layer, with peaks in nitrogen concentration at the wafer-oxynitride interface and at the oxynitride surface and with low nitrogen concentration in the oxynitride bulk, is formed by a series of anneals in nitric oxide and nitrous oxide gas. This process provides precise thickness control, improved interface structure, low density of electron traps, and impedes dopant impurity diffusion from/to the dielectric and substrate. The process is easily integrated into existing manufacturing processes, and adds little increased costs.