Abstract: High performance (surface channel) CMOS devices with a mid-gap work function metal gate are disclosed wherein an epitaxial layer is used for a threshold voltage Vt adjust/decrease for the PFET area, for large Vt reductions (˜500 mV), as are required by CMOS devices with a mid-gap metal gate. The present invention provides counter doping using an in situ B doped epitaxial layer or a B and C co-doped epitaxial layer, wherein the C co-doping provides an additional degree of freedom to reduce the diffusion of B (also during subsequent activation thermal cycles) to maintain a shallow B profile, which is critical to provide a surface channel CMOS device with a mid-gap metal gate while maintaining good short channel effects. The B diffusion profiles are satisfactorily shallow, sharp and have a high B concentration for devices with mid-gap metal gates, to provide and maintain a thin, highly doped B layer under the gate oxide.

Abstract: An LDMOS transistor and a bipolar transistor with LDMOS structures are disclosed for suitable use in high withstand voltage device applications, among others. The LDMOS transistor includes a drain well region 21 formed in P-type substrate 1, and also formed therein spatially separated one another are a channel well region 23 and a medium concentration drain region 24 having an impurity concentration larger than that of drain well region 21, which are simultaneously formed having a large diffusion depth through thermal processing. A source 11s is formed in channel well region 23, while a drain 11d is formed in drain region 24 having an impurity concentration larger than that of drain region 24. In addition, a gate electrode 11g is formed over the well region, overlying the partially overlapped portions with well region 23 and drain region 24 and being separated from drain 11d.

Abstract: A substrate contains dissolved oxygen at a concentration of not more than 8×1017 atoms/cm3 and an impurity which is used as an acceptor or donor at a concentration of not more than 1×1015 atoms/cm3. In the substrate, an oxygen precipitation layer used to suppress occurrence of a slip starting from the rear surface of the substrate is formed. On the substrate, a silicon layer in which circuit elements are formed and which contains dissolved oxygen with at concentration of not more than 8×1017 atoms/cm3 and an impurity which is used as an acceptor or donor at a concentration of not more than 1×1015 atoms/cm3 is formed.

Abstract: In order to realize a dual gate CMOS semiconductor device with little leakage of boron that makes it possible to divisionally doping a p-type impurity and an n-type impurity into a polycrystalline silicon layer with one mask, a gate electrode has a high melting point metal/metallic nitride barrier/polycrystalline silicon structure. The boron is pre-doped in the polycrystalline silicon layer. The phosphorus or arsenic is doped in an n-channel area. Then, the annealing in a hydrogen atmosphere with vapor added therein is performed. As a result, the boron is segregated on the interface of the metallic nitride film and the phosphorus is segregated on the interface of the gate oxide film, for forming an n+ gate.

Abstract: This invention provides a manufacturing method for fabricating on the same substrate both high voltage thin film transistors suitable for driving liquid crystal and low voltage drive high performance thin film transistors. In addition, this invention provides a thin film transistor substrate where the area occupied by a storage capacitor in each pixel is reduced to raise the aperture ratio of the display unit. One aspect of this invention provides a manufacturing method characterized in that the impurity regions of both high voltage thin film transistors and high performance thin film transistors which differ in the thickness of gate insulation are formed by implanting a dopant through the same two-layered film. Another aspect of this invention reduces the area occupied by the drive circuit in the display unit by utilizing an extension of one layer of the insulation film included in each thin film transistor.

Abstract: A flash memory device includes a substrate having a trench, a deep N-type well region in the substrate, a stacked gate structure on the substrate, a first and a second spacer on a sidewall of the stacked gate, wherein the first spacer is connected with the top of the trench, a source region in the substrate under the first spacer, a drain region in the substrate under the second spacer, a P-type well region between the stacked gate and the deep N-type well region, wherein the junction between the two well regions is higher than the bottom of the trench, a doped region along the bottom and the sidewall of the trench, wherein this doped region is connected with the source region and isolates the P-type well region from the contact formed in the trench, the contact being electrically connected to the source region.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a relatively lower threshold level MOSFET and relatively higher threshold level MOSFETs of n- and p-types. The higher threshold level MOSFETs have gate oxide films which is thicker than that of the lower threshold level MOSFET and, in addition, the gate oxide film of the higher threshold level MOSFET of n-type is thicker than that of the higher threshold level MOSFET of p-type. To fabricate the semiconductor device, implantation treatments of fluorine ions are carried out before the gate oxide treatment. Specifically, as for the higher threshold level MOSFETs of n- and p-types, implantation treatments of fluorine ions are independently carried out with unique implantation conditions.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistor, which can reduce the junction capacitance without degradation of transistor characteristics including forming a buffer oxide layer on a semiconductor substrate; successively conducting ion implantations for well formation and field stop formation in the substrate through the buffer oxide layer; removing the buffer oxide layer; forming and patterning a sacrificial layer to form a trench successively conducting ion implantations for threshold voltage adjustment and punch stop formation on the semiconductor substrate area exposed by the trench; forming a gate oxide layer on the exposed surface of the substrate; forming a polysilicon layer so as to completely fill the trench; polishing the polysilicon layer to form a gate electrode; removing the sacrificial layer; forming an LDD region in the substrate; forming spacers on side walls of the gate electrode; and forming source/drain regions.

Abstract: A semiconductor device with p-channel and n-channel field effect devices formed on a common substrate, where the drain and source regions of the n-channel field effect device are formed within a silicon epitaxial layer formed on a silicon layer germanium relax which is formed on a silicon germanium buffer layer with a graduated germanium concentration. Additionally, drain and source regions of the p-channel field effect device are formed within a silicon-germanium compound layer formed on the substrate and the silicon epitaxial cap layer formed on the silicon-germanium compound layer.

Abstract: Complementary transistors and methods of forming the complementary transistors on a semiconductor assembly are described. The transistors can be formed from a metal silicon compound deficient of silicon bonding atoms on a dielectric material overlying a semiconductor substrate conductively doped for PMOS and NMOS regions. The metal silicon compound overlying the NMOS region is converted to a metal silicon nitride and the metal silicon compound overlying the PMOS region is converted to a metal suicide. NMOS transistor gate electrodes comprising metal silicon nitride and PMOS transistor gate electrodes comprising metal suicide can be formed.

Abstract: A method for forming a semiconductor device, includes forming a first locally doped semiconductor region of a first conductivity type and a second locally doped semiconductor region of a second conductivity type over an undoped, lower semiconductor region. A first etch is implemented to simultaneously create a desired pattern in the first and second locally doped semiconductor regions in a manner that also provides a first passivation of exposed sidewalls thereof, wherein the first etch removes material from the first and second locally doped regions at a substantially constant rate with respect to one another, and in a substantially anisotropic manner. A second etch is implemented to complete the desired pattern in the undoped, lower semiconductor region in a manner that protects the first and second locally doped regions from additional material removal therefrom.

Abstract: Disclosed are a non-volatile memory device to protect a floating gate from charge loss and a method for forming the same. At least a pair of floating gate lines are formed on a semiconductor substrate. A portion of the substrate between the floating gate lines is etched to form a trench therein. A gap-fill dielectric layer is formed in the trench and also in the gap between the pair of floating gate lines. The gap-fill dielectric layer is implanted with impurities so that positive mobile ions that may permeate the floating gate through the gap-fill dielectric layer can be trapped in the gap-fill dielectric layer.

Abstract: The invention provides integrated semiconductor devices that are formed upon an SOI substrate having different crystal orientations that provide optimal performance for a specific device. Specifically, an integrated semiconductor structure including at least an SOI substrate having a top semiconductor layer of a first crystallographic orientation and a semiconductor material of a second crystallographic orientation, wherein the semiconductor material is substantially coplanar and of substantially the same thickness as that of the top semiconductor layer and the first crystallographic orientation is different from the second crystallographic orientation is provided. The SOI substrate is formed by forming an opening into a structure that includes at least a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer that have different crystal orientations. The opening extends to the first semiconductor layer.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a triple well in a semiconductor device, includes the steps of forming a first well of a first conductive type with a first concentration lower than a first target concentration, wherein the first concentration is the minimum dose capable of isolating neighboring wells each other and forming a second well of a second conductive type with a second concentration higher than a second target concentration, wherein the second well includes a first region surrounded by the first well and a second region isolated from the first region by the first well.

Abstract: A method for forming a lateral SCR device for on-chip ESD protection in shallow-trench-isolation CMOS process is provided. In the present lateral SCR device, the shallow trench isolation among the current conduction path of the lateral SCR device is removed and instead of a dummy gate. Thereby, the SCR device has a narrower anode-to-cathode spacing, and then the lateral SCR device can be turned on more quickly to protect the CMOS IC's in ESD events. Additionally, the silicon area of the substrate occupied by the lateral SCR device is also saved. This method for forming a lateral SCR device without shallow-trench-isolation regions in its current path can be fully process-compatible to general CMOS technologies by only changing layout patterns in the mask layers.

Abstract: A high performance super-minituarized double gate SOIMOS being fabricated by re-distributing the impurity with high concentration at the interface of a buried gate insulative film and by aligning the double gate in a self-aligned manner and furthermore, by isolating completely the buried gate electrodes electrically from each other, in which a multi-layered SOI substrate having an amorphous or polycrystal semiconductor layer constituted by way of a buried gate insulative film to a lower portion of an SOI layer is used, ion implantation is applied to the semiconductor layer in a pattern opposite to the upper gate electrode and the buried gate is constituted in a self-alignment relation with the upper gate.

Abstract: First and second impurity doped regions are formed in a semiconductor substrate. A first gate electrode is formed on the first impurity doped region with a first gate insulation film interposed therebetween. A second gate electrode is formed on the second impurity doped region with a second gate insulation film interposed therebetween. A first sidewall insulation film is formed on either side of the first gate electrode. A second sidewall insulation film has a thickness different from that of the first sidewall insulation film and are formed on either side of the second gate electrode. A third sidewall insulation film is formed on the first sidewall insulation film on the side of the first gate electrode. A fourth sidewall insulation films have a thickness different from that of the third sidewall, insulation film and are formed on the second sidewall insulation film on the side of the second gate electrode.

Abstract: The invention includes methods of forming circuit devices. A metal-containing material comprising a thickness of no more than 20 Å (or alternatively comprising a thickness resulting from no more than 70 ALD cycles) is formed between conductively-doped silicon and a dielectric layer. The conductively-doped silicon can be n-type silicon and the dielectric layer can be a high-k dielectric material. The metal-containing material can be formed directly on the dielectric layer, and the conductively-doped silicon can be formed directly on the metal-containing material. The circuit device can be a capacitor construction or a transistor construction. If the circuit device is a transistor construction, such can be incorporated into a CMOS assembly. Various devices of the present invention can be incorporated into memory constructions, and can be incorporated into electronic systems.

Abstract: A semiconductor device with dynamic threshold transistors includes a complex element isolation region composed of a shallow element isolation region made of shallow trench isolation and deep element isolation regions provided on both sides of the shallow element isolation region. Since the shallow element isolation region is made of the shallow trench isolation, Bird's beak in the shallow element isolation region is small. This prevents off leakage failure due to stress caused by the bird's beak. The deep element isolation region has an approximately constant width which allows the complex element isolation region to be wide.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type. A scribe lane area formed in the substrate to define chip formation areas. A deep well area formed in each chip formation area. The deep well area has a second conductivity type which is opposite the first conductivity type. Also, at least one well area is formed within the deep well area.

Abstract: In a semiconductor device of a polysilicon gate electrode structure having three or more different Fermi levels, a P type polysilicon having a lowest Fermi level is disposed on a first N type surface channel MOS transistor. A first N type polysilicon having a highest Fermi level is disposed on a second N type surface channel MOS transistor. A second N type polysilicon having an intermediate Fermi level between the highest and the lowest Fermi levels and doped with both an N type impurity and a P type impurity is disposed on a P channel MOS transistor.

Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit including a fuse device, and methods for manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit, are disclosed. The fuse device, which is programmable by the intrusion of a flowable metal from an electrode into a junction formed in a semiconductor region, has a high initial yield and a low resistance after being programmed. The contact hole of the fuse device has a columnar insulator region having a height lower than the top end of the contact hole. The columnar insulator region limits the contact area between the electrode and the semiconductor region of the fuse device. The electrode has an excellent coverage at the upper portion of the contact hole.

Abstract: A semiconductor device is disclosed, which comprises a semiconductor substrate, source/drain regions formed in the semiconductor substrate, a gate insulating film formed on a channel region between the source/drain regions, a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film, and a sidewall insulating film formed on a sidewall surface of the gate electrode, wherein the gate electrode is made of SiGe, the sidewall insulating film is an insulating film obtained by oxidizing the sidewall surface of the gate electrode, and the sidewall insulating film contains silicon oxide as a main component.

Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit which is capable of being manufactured with a higher packing density and a small-size structure of standard cells is described. In the semiconductor integrated circuit, substrate regions and source regions are shared by adjacent standard cells as well as common contact regions which are located inward displaced respectively from the centers of the substrate regions.

Abstract: In order to realize a dual gate CMOS semiconductor device with little leakage of boron that makes it possible to divisionally doping a p-type impurity and an n-type impurity into a polycrystalline silicon layer with one mask, a gate electrode has a high melting point metal/metallic nitride barrier/polycrystalline silicon structure. The boron is pre-doped in the polycrystalline silicon layer. The phosphorus or arsenic is doped in an n-channel area. Then, the annealing in a hydrogen atmosphere with vapor added therein is performed. As a result, the boron is segregated on the interface of the metallic nitride film and the phosphorus is segregated on the interface of the gate oxide film, for forming an n+ gate.

Abstract: A deep submicron MOS transistor is formed with multiple control gates by forming side wall control gates adjacent to the gate oxide spacers over heavily-doped regions of the source and drain regions. The side wall control gates can be used to substantially increase the threshold voltage of the transistor.

Abstract: A substrate contains dissolved oxygen at a concentration of not more than 8×1017 atoms/cm3 and an impurity which is used as an acceptor or donor at a concentration of not more than 1×1015 atoms/cm3. In the substrate, an oxygen precipitation layer used to suppress occurrence of a slip starting from the rear surface of the substrate is formed. On the substrate, a silicon layer in which circuit elements are formed and which contains dissolved oxygen with at concentration of not more than 8×1017 atoms/cm3 and an impurity which is used as an acceptor or donor at a concentration of not more than 1×105 atoms/cm3 is formed.

Abstract: A device comprising: a layer of gate oxide on a surface of the semiconductor substrate; a gate electrode formed on the surface of the gate oxide, the gate electrode having a drain side; a p-well implanted within a semiconductor substrate under the gate electrode; an n-well implanted in the p-well on the drain side; an n+ source region in the p-well outside of the n-well; an n+ drain region within the substrate inside the n-well; and lightly doped regions extending respectively from the source and drain regions toward the gate electrode.

Abstract: A method for forming a Field Effect Transistor (FET) within a strain effect semiconductor layer is disclosed, whereby the source and drain of the FET are formed only in the strain effect silicon layer. The FET may be formed as a gate electrode of a p-channel type field effect transistor, and a gate electrode of a n-channel type field effect transistor on the silicon layer which has the strain effect through a gate insulating film. The sources and drains of p- and n-type diffusion layers are then formed in the silicon layer having the strain effect, on both sides of the gate electrode.

Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor integrated circuit device, comprising: a semiconductor substrate having an SiGe layer and a first Si layer epitaxially grown thereover, and having element formation regions each partitioned by element isolation regions; a shallow groove isolation which has a groove formed in each of the element isolation regions and an insulating film inside of the groove, said groove penetrating through the first Si layer and having a bottom in the SiGe layer; a second Si layer formed between the shallow groove isolation and the SiGe layer; and a semiconductor element formed over the main surface of the semiconductor substrate in the element formation regions. The present invention enables a reduction in a leakage current via the walls of the shallow groove isolation of the strained substrate, thereby improving element isolation properties.

Abstract: An impurity-diffused layer having an extension structure is formed first by implanting Sb ion as an impurity for forming a pocket region; then by implanting N as a diffusion-suppressive substance so as to produce two peaks in the vicinity of the interface with a gate electrode and at an amorphous/crystal interface which serves as an defect interface generated by the impurity in the pocket region; and by carrying out ion implantations for forming an extension region and deep source and drain regions.

Abstract: A method of forming retrograde n-wells and p-wells. A first mask is formed on the substrate and the n-well implants are carried out. Then the mask is thinned, and a deep p implant is carried out with the thinned n-well mask in place. This prevents Vt shifts in FETs formed in the n-well adjacent the nwell-pwell interface. The thinned mask is then removed, a p-well mask is put in place, and the remainder of the p-well implants are carried out.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method for constructing a semiconductor device is disclosed. A deep trench isolation structure (108) is formed proximate a surface of a semiconductor substrate (106). A deep trench plug (122) layer is deposited within the deep trench isolation structure (108). A shallow trench isolation structure (130) is formed where the deep trench isolation structure (108) meets the surface of the semiconductor substrate (106). A shallow trench plug layer (133) is deposited within the shallow trench isolation structure (130).

Abstract: An object of the invention is to suppress degradation of the effective isolation width between a well and a diffusion layer caused by impurity ion implantation for forming the well performed at a predetermined incident angle. A well is formed by performing impurity ion implantation twice: first impurity ion implantation from a first direction at predetermined incident angle, acceleration voltage and dose; and second impurity ion implantation from a second direction different from the first direction by 180 degrees in a plan view at the same incident angle, acceleration voltage and dose as those in the first impurity ion implantation.

Abstract: A new angle implant is provided that reduces or eliminates the effects of narrow channel impurity diffusion to surrounding regions of insulation. The invention provides for angle implantation of p-type impurities into corners of STI regions that are adjacent to NMOS devices and angle implantation of n-type impurities into corners of STI regions that are adjacent to PMOS devices.

Abstract: In order to realize a dual gate CMOS semiconductor device with little leakage of boron that makes it possible to divisionally doping a p-type impurity and an n-type impurity into a polycrystalline silicon layer with one mask, a gate electrode has a high melting point metal/metallic nitride barrier/polycrystalline silicon structure. The boron is pre-doped in the polycrystalline silicon layer. The phosphorus or arsenic is doped in an n-channel area. Then, the annealing in a hydrogen atmosphere with vapor added therein is performed. As a result, the boron is segregated on the interface of the metallic nitride film and the phosphorus is segregated on the interface of the gate oxide film, for forming an n+ gate.

Abstract: To solve the problem that when a high temperature heat treatment is avoided, a substrate leak current increases due to the interfacial level generated with a plasma damage and thereby clearness of the CMOS image sensor is deteriorated. There is provided a CMOS image sensor characterized in using an epitaxial wafer as an element substrate, and more particularly to a CMOS image sensor characterized in that a tungsten layer is formed after formation of a contact hole used for connection between the elements in the element substrate and wirings and after the tungsten layer is removed from the area other than the contact hole, the annealing is conducted under the nitrogen and hydrogen atmosphere or under the hydrogen atmosphere.

Abstract: Over the principal surface of a semiconductor substrate body containing an impurity of a predetermined conduction type, there is formed an epitaxial layer which contains an impurity of the same conduction type as that of the former impurity and the same concentration as the designed one of the former impurity. After this, there are formed a well region which has the same conduction type as that of said impurity and its impurity concentration gradually lowered depthwise of said epitaxial layer. The well region is formed with the gate insulating films of MIS·FETs.

Abstract: Structures for providing devices that include resistive paths specifically designed to provide a predetermined resistance between the bulk material of the device and a well tie contact. By providing a resistive path, an equivalent RC circuit is introduced to the device that allows the bulk material potential to track the gate potential, thereby advantageously lowering the threshold voltage as the device turns on and raising the threshold voltage as the device turns off. In addition, the introduction of the resistive path also allows the bulk material potential to be controlled and stabilize at an equilibrium potential between switching events.

Abstract: Structures for providing devices that include resistive paths specifically designed to provide a predetermined resistance between the bulk material of the device and a well tie contact. By providing a resistive path, an equivalent RC circuit is introduced to the device that allows the bulk material potential to track the gate potential, thereby advantageously lowering the threshold voltage as the device turns on and raising the threshold voltage as the device turns off. In addition, the introduction of the resistive path also allows the bulk material potential to be controlled and stabilize at an equilibrium potential between switching events.

Abstract: A CMOS transistor is formed on a single crystal silicon substrate. Active regions are formed on the substrate, including an nMOST active region and a pMOST active region. An epitaxial layer of undoped silicon is formed over the active regions. Out-diffusion from the underlying active regions produces dopant densities within the epitaxial layer one, or more, orders of magnitude lower than dopant densities within the underlying active regions. In a preferred embodiment, the epitaxial layer is counter doped by implanting ions of the opposite type to those within the underlying active region. Counter doping further reduces the dopant density, to reduce the threshold voltage further.

Abstract: A semiconductor device which has complementary logic gates, including: a field effect transistor 101 having a first conductivity type channel, a first conductivity type well region 202 formed on a semiconductor substrate 102, a second conductivity type channel layer 203 formed on the surface of the region 202, a first wire 112 that connects an end 204 of the second conductivity type channel layer 203 to a first conductivity type drain region 106, a second wire 208 that connects the other end 205 of the second conductivity type channel layer 203, and a third wire 208 that connects the first conductivity type well region 202 to a second power source that has the same polarity as a first power source; and manufacturing method thereof. This semiconductor device and manufacturing method enables low power consumption and simple control of threshold voltage values as well as avoiding increases in the number of manufacturing processes.

Abstract: A semiconductor device having active regions connected by an interconnect line, which includes first and second transistors each having active regions and formed spaced apart from each other in a semiconductor substrate, an isolation region for isolating the first and second transistors from each other, a slit formed in the isolation region to allow those paired active regions of the first and second transistors which are opposed to each other with the isolation region interposed therebetween to communicate with each other through it, a conductive film formed on the inner walls of the slit, and an interconnect layer having first and second portions, each of which is electrically connected with a corresponding one of the paired active regions, and a third portion which is formed along the slit on the isolation region to connect the first and second portions with each other.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device comprises a semiconductor substrate having a memory cell region and a periphery circuit region. The memory cell region includes first and second conductivity type wells and an array of memory cell formed on the first and second conductivity type wells. The periphery circuit region comprises a guard ring that is formed at a location next to a second conductivity type well and to surround a side portion of the array of memory cells. The guard ring is formed with a depth different from that of the second conductivity type well.

Abstract: An embedded SCR in conjunction with a Gated-NMOS is created for protecting a chip input or output pad from ESD, by inserting a p+ diffusion and the n-well in the drain side and a part of the drain to forms a low-trigger, high efficiency SCR. The device layout is such that the drain connection is tightly tied together at the p+ diffusion and the n+ drain making that connection very short and, thereby, preventing latch-up. The parasitic SCR is contained entirely within the n+ diffusion (the source of the grounded gate NMOS transistor) at either side of the structure and, therefore, called an embedded SCR. For a 12 volt I/O device each of two n+ drains is placed in its own n-type doped drain (ndd) area straddling halfway the n-well. The structure is repeated as required and a p+ diffusion is implanted at both perimeters and connected to the nearest n+ source and a reference voltage.

Abstract: A process of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a dual gate CMOS transistor in which an nMOS transistor in the dual gate CMOS transistor is formed by the steps of: (a) forming a gate insulating film and a silicon film on a semiconductor substrate; (b) implanting n-type impurities into the silicon film in an nMOS region of the semiconductor substrate; (c) forming a conductive film on the silicon film; and (d) patterning the silicon film and the conductive film into a gate electrode.

Abstract: The metal layers embedded into the contact holes of various kinds in shape are used as the lines and are employed as the lines for controlling the substrate bias. The first-layer metal line layers are made thin so as to be also employed as the lines for controlling the substrate bias. Moreover, the second-layer metal line layers are employed as the copper line layers. Thereby, a semiconductor integrated circuit which allows a high-speed and low-power operation is provided with a small area and without increasing the number of the masks.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a discrete power rectifier device having a VLSI multi-cell design employs a two spacer approach to defining a P/N junction profile having good breakdown voltage characteristics. The method provides highly repeatable device characteristics at reduced cost. The active channel regions of the device are also defined using the same two spacers. The method is a self-aligned process and channel dimensions and doping characteristics may be precisely controlled despite inevitable process variations in spacer formation. Only two masking steps are required, and additional spacers for defining the body region profile can be avoided, reducing processing costs.

Abstract: The present invention is drawn to a semiconductor integrated circuit device employing on the same silicon substrate a plurality of kinds of MOS transistors different in magnitude of tunnel current flowing either between the source and gate or between the drain and gate thereof. These MOS transistors include tunnel-current increased MOS transistors at least one of which is for use in constituting a main circuit of the device. The plurality of kinds of MOS transistors also include tunnel-current reduced or depleted MOS transistors at least one of which is for use with a control circuit. This control circuit is inserted between the main circuit and at least one of two power supply units.

Abstract: A first mask which is formed which exposes a cell array region and a peripheral circuit region of a semiconductor substrate. The cell array region and the peripheral circuit region are of a same conductive MOS type. Then, a preceding ion implantation process is implemented in both the cell array region and the peripheral circuit region utilizing the first mask. The preceding ion implantation process has ion implantation parameters corresponding to first implantation design specifications of one of the cell array region and the peripheral circuit region. Then, a second mask is formed which shields the one of the cell array region and the peripheral circuit region and which exposes the other of the cell array region and the peripheral circuit region. A subsequent ion implantation process is then implemented in the other of the cell array region and the peripheral circuit region utilizing the second mask.