Patents by Inventor Mark A. Helm

Mark A. Helm has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5747855
    Abstract: A method of forming CMOS integrated circuitry includes, a) providing a series of gate lines over a semiconductor substrate, a first gate line being positioned relative to an area of the substrate for formation of an NMOS transistor, a second gate line being positioned relative to an area of the substrate for formation of a PMOS transistor; b) masking the second gate line and the PMOS substrate area while conducting a p-type halo ion implant into the NMOS substrate area adjacent the first gate line, the p-type halo ion implant being conducted at a first energy level to provide a p-type first impurity concentration at a first depth within the NMOS substrate area; and c) in a common step, blanket ion implanting phosphorus into both the NMOS substrate area and the PMOS substrate area adjacent the first and the second gate lines to form both NMOS LDD regions and PMOS n-type halo regions, respectively, the phosphorus implant being conducted at a second energy level to provide an n-type second impurity concentration
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles H. Dennison, Mark Helm
  • Patent number: 5683927
    Abstract: A method of forming CMOS integrated circuitry includes, a) providing a series of gate lines over a semiconductor substrate, a first gate line being positioned relative to an area of the substrate for formation of an NMOS transistor, a second gate line being positioned relative to an area of the substrate for formation of a PMOS transistor; b) masking the second gate line and the PMOS substrate area while conducting a p-type halo ion implant into the NMOS substrate area adjacent the first gate line, the p-type halo ion implant being conducted at a first energy level to provide a p-type first impurity concentration at a first depth within the NMOS substrate area; and c) in a common step, blanket ion implanting phosphorus into both the NMOS substrate area and the PMOS substrate area adjacent the first and the second gate lines to form both NMOS LDD regions and PMOS n-type halo regions, respectively, the phosphorus implant being conducted at a second energy level to provide an n-type second impurity concentration
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1997
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles H. Dennison, Mark Helm
  • Patent number: 5624863
    Abstract: A semiconductor processing method of forming complementary first conductivity type doped and second conductivity type doped active regions within a semiconductor substrate includes, a) providing a semiconductor substrate; b) masking a desired first conductivity type region of the substrate while conducting second conductivity type doping into a desired second conductivity type active region of the substrate; c) providing an insulating layer over the substrate over the desired first conductivity type region and the second conductivity type doped region; d) patterning the insulating layer to provide a void therethrough to the desired first conductivity type region; e) filling the void with a first conductivity type doped polysilicon plug, the plug having a first conductivity type dopant impurity concentration of at least 1.times.10.sup.20 ions/cm.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1997
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Helm, Charles Dennison
  • Patent number: 5534449
    Abstract: A method of forming CMOS integrated circuitry includes, a) providing a series of gate lines over a semiconductor substrate, a first gate line being positioned relative to an area of the substrate for formation of an NMOS transistor, a second gate line being positioned relative to an area of the substrate for formation of a PMOS transistor; b) masking the second gate line and the PMOS substrate area while conducting a p-type halo ion implant into the NMOS substrate area adjacent the first gate line, the p-type halo ion implant being conducted at a first energy level to provide a p-type first impurity concentration at a first depth within the NMOS substrate area; and c) in a common step, blanket ion implanting phosphorus into both the NMOS substrate area and the PMOS substrate area adjacent the first and the second gate lines to form both NMOS LDD regions and PMOS n-type halo regions, respectively, the phosphorus implant being conducted at a second energy level to provide an n-type second impurity concentration
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1996
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles H. Dennison, Mark Helm
  • Patent number: 5523258
    Abstract: The use of separate masks to pattern the same layer of material formed over a semiconductor substrate serves to reduce or avoid lithographic rounding effects. A layer of material formed over a semiconductor substrate may be patterned in accordance with separate masks. A first mask may have a feature which is substantially perpendicular to a feature of a separate second mask. Where the layer is patterned to form transistor gates, the minimum amount each transistor gate should extend over the edge of its active region under the endcap rule may be reduced. In this regard, a line pattern mask and a gap mask are used to avoid lithographic rounding effects in forming the transistor gates. Semiconductor devices may thus be fabricated with higher packing densities as transistors may be placed closer to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1996
    Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Petti, Andre N. Stolmeijer, Mark A. Helm