Abstract: The reliability of a semiconductor device is improved. A first insulating film and a protective film are formed on a semiconductor substrate. The first insulating film and the protective film of a first region are selectively removed, and an insulating film is formed on the exposed semiconductor substrate. In a state where the first insulating film in a second region, a third region, and a fourth region is covered with the protective film, the semiconductor substrate is heat-treated in an atmosphere containing nitrogen, thereby introducing nitrogen to the interface between the semiconductor substrate and the second insulating film in the first region. In other words, a nitrogen introduction point is formed on the interface between the semiconductor substrate and the second insulating film. In this configuration, the protective film acts as an anti-nitriding film.

Abstract: A semiconductor device using an SOI (Silicon On Insulator) substrate, capable of preventing malfunction of MISFETs (Metal Insulator Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor) and thus improving the reliability of the semiconductor device. Moreover, the parasitic resistance of the MISFETs is reduced, and the performance of the semiconductor device is improved. An epitaxial layer formed on an SOI layer above an SOI substrate is formed to have a large width so as to cover the ends of the upper surface of an isolation region adjacent to the SOI layer. By virtue of this, contact plugs of which formation positions are misaligned are prevented from being connected to a semiconductor substrate below the SOI layer. Moreover, by forming the epitaxial layer at a large width, the ends of the SOI layer therebelow are prevented from being silicided. As a result, increase in the parasitic resistance of MISFETs is prevented.

Abstract: A semiconductor device, includes: a semiconductor substrate having a first well region; an insulating layer formed on a first portion of the semiconductor substrate, and contacted with the first well region; a semiconductor layer formed on the insulating layer; an element isolation region reaching to an inside of the first well region, in cross-section view; a first gate electrode layer formed on a first portion of the semiconductor layer via a first gate insulating film; a second gate electrode layer formed on a second portion of the semiconductor layer via a second gate insulating film, and formed on a first portion of the element isolation region; an interlayer insulating film covering the first gate electrode layer, the second gate electrode layer and a second portion of the element isolation region; and a first plug conductor layer formed in the interlayer insulating film.

Abstract: A substrate including an insulating layer, a semiconductor layer, and an insulating film stacked on a semiconductor substrate and having a trench filled with an element isolation portion is provided. After removal of the insulating film from a bulk region by a first dry etching, the semiconductor layer is removed from the bulk region by a second dry etching. Then, the insulating film in an SOI region and the insulating layer in the bulk region are removed. A gas containing a fluorocarbon gas is used for first dry etching. The etching thickness of the element isolation portion by a first dry etching is at least equal to the sum of the thicknesses of the insulating film just before starting the first dry etching and the semiconductor layer just before starting the first dry etching. After first dry etching and before second dry etching, oxygen plasma treatment is performed.

Abstract: Reliability of a semiconductor device is improved. A p-type MISFET of a thin film SOI type is formed in an SOI substrate including a semiconductor substrate, an insulating layer on the semiconductor substrate, and a semiconductor layer on the insulating layer, and n+-type semiconductor regions which are source and drain region of the p-type MISFET are formed in the semiconductor layer and an epitaxial layer on the semiconductor layer. A semiconductor layer is formed via the insulating layer below the p-type MISFET formed in the n-type well region of the semiconductor substrate. In an n-type tap region which is a power supply region of the n-type well region, a silicide layer is formed on a main surface of the n-type well region without interposing the epitaxial layer therebetween.

Abstract: An SOI substrate having a semiconductor substrate, an insulating layer formed on the semiconductor substrate, and a semiconductor layer formed on the insulating layer is provided. A first region is one for forming a low breakdown voltage MISFET in the semiconductor layer, and a second region, in which the insulating layer and the semiconductor layer have been removed, is one for forming a high breakdown voltage MISFET. After an n-type semiconductor region is formed in the second region and an n-type extension region is formed in the first region, a first heat treatment is performed on the semiconductor substrate. Thereafter, a diffusion layer is formed in each of the first and second regions, and then a second heat treatment is performed on the semiconductor substrate. Herein, the time for which the first heat treatment is performed is longer than the time for which the second heat treatment is performed.

Abstract: The reliability of a semiconductor device is improved. A first insulating film and a protective film are formed on a semiconductor substrate. The first insulating film and the protective film of a first region are selectively removed, and an insulating film is formed on the exposed semiconductor substrate. In a state where the first insulating film in a second region, a third region, and a fourth region is covered with the protective film, the semiconductor substrate is heat-treated in an atmosphere containing nitrogen, thereby introducing nitrogen to the interface between the semiconductor substrate and the second insulating film in the first region. In other words, a nitrogen introduction point is formed on the interface between the semiconductor substrate and the second insulating film. In this configuration, the protective film acts as an anti-nitriding film.

Abstract: Occurrence of short-channel characteristics and parasitic capacitance of a MOSFET on a SOI substrate is prevented. A sidewall having a stacked structure obtained by sequentially stacking a silicon oxide film and a nitride film is formed on a side wall of a gate electrode on the SOI substrate. Subsequently, after an epitaxial layer is formed beside the gate electrode, and then, the nitride film is removed. Then, an impurity is implanted into an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate with using the gate electrode and the epitaxial layer as a mask, so that a halo region is formed in only a region of the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate which is right below a vicinity of both ends of the gate electrode.

Abstract: The semiconductor integrated circuit device has a hybrid substrate structure which includes both of an SOI structure and a bulk structure on the side of the device plane of a semiconductor substrate. In the device, the height of a gate electrode of an SOI type MISFET is higher than that of a gate electrode of a bulk type MISFET with respect to the device plane.

Abstract: Occurrence of short-channel characteristics and parasitic capacitance of a MOSFET on a SOI substrate is prevented. A sidewall having a stacked structure obtained by sequentially stacking a silicon oxide film and a nitride film is formed on a side wall of a gate electrode on the SOI substrate. Subsequently, after an epitaxial layer is formed beside the gate electrode, and then, the nitride film is removed. Then, an impurity is implanted into an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate with using the gate electrode and the epitaxial layer as a mask, so that a halo region is formed in only a region of the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate which is right below a vicinity of both ends of the gate electrode.

Abstract: The semiconductor integrated circuit device has a hybrid substrate structure which includes both of an SOI structure and a bulk structure on the side of the device plane of a semiconductor substrate. In the device, the height of a gate electrode of an SOI type MISFET is higher than that of a gate electrode of a bulk type MISFET with respect to the device plane.

Abstract: An SOI substrate having a semiconductor substrate, an insulating layer formed on the semiconductor substrate, and a semiconductor layer formed on the insulating layer is provided. A first region is one for forming a low breakdown voltage MISFET in the semiconductor layer, and a second region, in which the insulating layer and the semiconductor layer have been removed, is one for forming a high breakdown voltage MISFET. After an n-type semiconductor region is formed in the second region and an n-type extension region is formed in the first region, a first heat treatment is performed on the semiconductor substrate. Thereafter, a diffusion layer is formed in each of the first and second regions, and then a second heat treatment is performed on the semiconductor substrate. Herein, the time for which the first heat treatment is performed is longer than the time for which the second heat treatment is performed.

Abstract: While increasing a threshold voltage of a MOSFET configuring a CMOS, electric power saving of elements is achieved by suppressing excessive increase in the threshold voltage, and occurrence of performance variation among the elements is suppressed. A gate electrode of an NMOS is made of a P-type semiconductor film, a high-permittivity film is provided in a gate insulating film of the NMOS, and an impurity is prevented from being introduced into a channel region of the NMOS. Moreover, a high-permittivity film is provided also in a gate insulating film of a PMOS.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a circuit having a transistor formed on the substrate, an oscillation circuit generating a frequency signal, a substrate voltage generation circuit generating a substrate voltage in accordance with the frequency signal from the oscillation circuit, and a control circuit varying a frequency of the frequency signal from the oscillation circuit during a stand-by period of the circuit.

Abstract: When VC inspection for a TEG is performed, it is easily detected whether any failure of a contact plug occurs or not by increasing an emission intensity of a contact plug, so that reliability of a semiconductor device is improved. An element structure of an SRAM is formed on an SOI substrate in a chip region. Also, in a TEG region, an element structure of an SRAM in which a contact plug is connected to a semiconductor substrate is formed on the semiconductor substrate exposed from an SOI layer and a BOX film as a TEG used for the VC inspection.

Abstract: A substrate in which an insulating layer, a semiconductor layer and an insulating film are stacked on a semiconductor substrate and an element isolation region is embedded in a trench is prepared. After the insulating film in a bulk region is removed by dry etching and the semiconductor layer in the bulk region is removed by dry etching, the insulating layer in the bulk region is thinned by dry etching. A first semiconductor region is formed in the semiconductor substrate in a SOI region by ion implantation, and a second semiconductor region is formed in the semiconductor substrate in the bulk region by ion implantation. Then, the insulating film in the SOI region and the insulating layer in the bulk region are removed by wet etching. Thereafter, a first transistor is formed on the semiconductor layer in the SOI region and a second transistor is formed on the semiconductor substrate in the bulk region.

Abstract: The semiconductor integrated circuit device has a hybrid substrate structure which includes both of an SOI structure and a bulk structure on the side of the device plane of a semiconductor substrate. In the device, the height of a gate electrode of an SOI type MISFET is higher than that of a gate electrode of a bulk type MISFET with respect to the device plane.

Abstract: While increasing a threshold voltage of a MOSFET configuring a CMOS, electric power saving of elements is achieved by suppressing excessive increase in the threshold voltage, and occurrence of performance variation among the elements is suppressed. A gate electrode of an NMOS is made of a P-type semiconductor film, a high-permittivity film is provided in a gate insulating film of the NMOS, and an impurity is prevented from being introduced into a channel region of the NMOS. Moreover, a high-permittivity film is provided also in a gate insulating film of a PMOS.

Abstract: A semiconductor device, includes: a semiconductor substrate having a first well region; an insulating layer formed on a first portion of the semiconductor substrate, and contacted with the first well region; a semiconductor layer formed on the insulating layer; an element isolation region reaching to an inside of the first well region, in cross-section view; a first gate electrode layer formed on a first portion of the semiconductor layer via a first gate insulating film; a second gate electrode layer formed on a second portion of the semiconductor layer via a second gate insulating film, and formed on a first portion of the element isolation region; an interlayer insulating film covering the first gate electrode layer, the second gate electrode layer and a second portion of the element isolation region; and a first plug conductor layer formed in the interlayer insulating film.

Abstract: Occurrence of short-channel characteristics and parasitic capacitance of a MOSFET on a SOI substrate is prevented. A sidewall having a stacked structure obtained by sequentially stacking a silicon oxide film and a nitride film is formed on a side wall of a gate electrode on the SOI substrate. Subsequently, after an epitaxial layer is formed beside the gate electrode, and then, the nitride film is removed. Then, an impurity is implanted into an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate with using the gate electrode and the epitaxial layer as a mask, so that a halo region is formed in only a region of the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate which is right below a vicinity of both ends of the gate electrode.