Plural Doping Steps Patents (Class 438/306)
  • Publication number: 20100197092
    Abstract: Provided is a simplified method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a stress creating layer. A first conductive first impurity region is formed on a semiconductor substrate on both sides of a first gate of a first area of the semiconductor substrate, and a second conductive second impurity region is formed on the semiconductor substrate on both sides of a second gate of a second area. First and second spacers are formed on sidewalls of the first and second gates, respectively. First and second semiconductor layers are formed in portions of the semiconductor substrate so as to contact the first and second impurity regions, respectively. The second semiconductor layer is removed. First and second barrier layers are formed in the first and second contact holes of the insulation layer, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventors: Jin-bum Kim, Wook-je Kim, Yu-gyun Shin, Kwan-heum Lee, Sun-Ghil Lee
  • Patent number: 7767535
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor substrate having a recess whose depth is not more than 6 nm, a source region and a drain region which are formed in a surface region of the semiconductor substrate so as to sandwich the recess, each of the source region and the drain region being constituted of an extension region and a contact junction region, a gate insulating film formed between the source region and the drain region in the semiconductor substrate, and a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Kouji Matsuo
  • Patent number: 7759208
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method that cools a substrate to a temperature below 10° C. and then implants ions into the substrate while the temperature of the substrate is below 10° C. The implanting causes damage to a first depth of the substrate to create an amorphized region in the substrate. The method forms a layer of metal on the substrate and heats the substrate until the metal reacts with the substrate and forms a silicide region within the amorphized region of the substrate. The depth of the silicide region is at least as deep as the first depth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Asa Frye, Christian Lavoie, Ahmet S. Ozcan, Donald R. Wall
  • Patent number: 7759205
    Abstract: Methods for producing a semiconductor device are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes the steps of: (i) fabricating a partially-completed semiconductor device including a substrate, a source/drain region in the substrate, a gate stack overlaying the substrate, and a sidewall spacer adjacent the gate stack; (ii) utilizing an anisotropic etch to remove an upper portion of the sidewall spacer while leaving intact a lower portion of the sidewall spacer overlaying the substrate; (iii) implanting ions in the source/drain region; and (iv) annealing the semiconductor device to activate the implanted ions. The step of annealing is performed with the lower portion of the sidewall spacer intact to deter the ingress of oxygen into the substrate and minimize under-oxide regrowth proximate the gate stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Kingsuk Maitra, John Iacoponi
  • Publication number: 20100176449
    Abstract: A semiconductor device, includes: a semiconductor layer including a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type and a second semiconductor region of the first conductivity type, the second semiconductor region having a first conductivity type impurity concentration lower than a first conductivity type impurity concentration of the first semiconductor region; a source region of a second conductivity type provided on the first semiconductor region; a drain region of the second conductivity type provided on the second semiconductor region; an insulating film provided on the semiconductor layer between the source region and the drain region; a gate electrode provided on the insulating film; and a drift region of the second conductivity type provided in a surface side portion of the semiconductor layer between the gate electrode and the drain region, the drift region being in contact with the drain region and having a second conductivity type impurity concentration lower than a second conductivity type
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tomoko Matsudai, Norio Yasuhara
  • Patent number: 7754572
    Abstract: A semiconductor device has a semiconductor substrate, a pair of diffusion layers formed in a predetermined regions of the semiconductor substrate, a gate insulation film formed on a region of the semiconductor substrate being interposed between the pair of the diffusion layers, a gate electrode formed on the gate insulation film, insulation films formed on the sides of the gate electrode, each of the insulation films being constructed from one or more layers, sidewall spacers formed on the sides of the gate electrode while the insulation films are interposed between the sidewall spacers and the gate electrode, and highly doped diffusion layers formed in the diffusion layers except for the parts under the insulation films and the sidewall spacers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Oki Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hisayuki Maekawa
  • Publication number: 20100164015
    Abstract: When MOS transistors having a plurality of threshold voltages in which a source and a drain form a symmetrical structure are mounted on the same substrate, electrically-symmetrical characteristics is provided with respect to an exchange of the source and the drain in each MOS transistor. A MOS transistor having a large threshold voltage is provided with a halo diffusion region, and halo implantation is not performed on a MOS transistor having a small threshold voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji MIYAKOSHI, Shinichiro WADA, Junji NOGUCHI, Koichiro MIYAMOTO, Masaya IIDA, Masafumi SUEFUJI
  • Publication number: 20100164019
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a nonvolatile memory (NVM) device having a memory gate and a selection gate. A method of manufacturing a NVM device may include a spacer poly formed on and/or over a surface of a substrate including a memory gate. A method of manufacturing a NVM device may include a sacrificing film formed on and/or over a surface of a spacer poly. A method of manufacturing a NVM device may include an etch-back process performed to form a selection gate. The thickness of a memory gate may be minimized. A bridge between a selection gate and a source/drain may be minimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventor: Heedon Jeong
  • Patent number: 7745294
    Abstract: A method of fabricating an integrated circuit (IC) including at least one drain extended MOS (DEMOS) transistor and ICs therefrom includes providing a substrate having a semiconductor surface, the semiconductor surface including at least a first surface region that provides a first dopant type. A patterned masking layer is formed on the first surface region, wherein at least one aperture in the masking layer is defined. The first surface region is etched to form at least one trench region corresponding to a position of the aperture. A dopant of a first dopant type is implanted to raise a concentration of the first dopant type in a first dopant type drift region located below the trench region. After the implanting, the trench region is filled with a dielectric fill material. A body region is then formed having a second dopant type in a portion of the first surface region. A gate dielectric is then formed over a surface of the body region and the first surface region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Sameer Prakash Pendharkar, Binghua Hu
  • Patent number: 7741699
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a gate stack over a semiconductor substrate, a lightly doped n-type source/drain (LDD) region in the semiconductor substrate and adjacent the gate stack wherein the LDD region comprises an n-type impurity, a heavily doped n-type source/drain (N+ S/D) region in the semiconductor substrate and adjacent the gate stack wherein the N+ S/D region comprises an n-type impurity, a pre-amorphized implantation (PAI) region in the semiconductor substrate wherein the PAI region comprises an end of range (EOR) region, and an interstitial blocker region in the semiconductor substrate wherein the interstitial blocker region has a depth greater than a depth of the LDD region but less than a depth of the EOR region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keh-Chiang Ku, Chun-Feng Nieh, Li-Ping Huang, Chih-Chiang Wang, Chien-Hao Chen, Hsun Chang, Li-Ting Wang, Tze-Liang Lee, Shih-Chang Chen
  • Publication number: 20100148171
    Abstract: A semiconductor device of the present invention has a first interconnect layer formed over the semiconductor substrate, and a semiconductor element; the first interconnect layer has an insulating layer, and a first interconnect filled in a surficial portion of the insulating layer; the semiconductor element has a semiconductor layer, a gate insulating film, and a gate electrode; the semiconductor layer is positioned over the first interconnect layer; the gate insulating film is positioned over or below semiconductor layer; and the gate electrode is positioned on the opposite side of the semiconductor layer while placing the gate insulating film in between.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Hayashi, Naoya Inoue, Kishou Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20100148264
    Abstract: An ESD protection device including a substrate, a gate structure, a source region, a drain region and a first implanted region is provided. The gate structure includes a gate dielectric layer and a gate sequentially disposed on the substrate. The source region and the drain region are disposed in the substrate beside the gate structure. The first implanted region has the same conductivity type as the drain region. The first implanted region is disposed below the drain region, and the border thereof does not exceed the border of the drain region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Hsin-Yen Hwang, Tien-Hao Tang
  • Patent number: 7736984
    Abstract: In one embodiment, silicide layers are formed on two oppositely doped adjacent semiconductor regions. A conductor material is formed electrically contacting both of the two silicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Gordon M. Grivna, Prasad Venkatraman
  • Publication number: 20100133618
    Abstract: An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device for protecting an internal circuitry from being damaged during electrostatic discharge, and a method for manufacturing the ESD protection circuit are provided. The electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device includes: a gate electrode over a substrate; first and second doping regions provided in the substrate exposed at both sides of the gate electrode, the first and second doping regions having the same conductivity type; a third doping region provided in the second doping region and having an opposite conductivity type to that of the second doping region; and fourth and fifth doping regions spaced apart from the gate electrode and provided in the substrate exposed at both sides of the gate electrode, the fourth and fifth doping regions having the same conductivity type as the first and second doping regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventor: Kyong-Jin HWANG
  • Patent number: 7727844
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a gate structure of a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the gate structure. An oxide layer may be formed on a silicon substrate before a gate insulating layer is formed. The oxide layer may be etched to form an opening exposing a channel area of the silicon substrate. After forming the gate insulating layer in the opening, a gate conductive layer may be deposited and etched to form a gate. The oxide layer may be continuously etched such that the oxide layer remains at both edge portions of the gate insulating layer. The oxide layer formed at both edge portions of the gate insulating layer may protect the gate insulating layer during a gate etching process, and may improve a reliability of the semiconductor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Dongbu HiTek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dae Kyeun Kim
  • Publication number: 20100127338
    Abstract: A semiconductor device may include a semiconductor substrate, a salicide, a gate electrode, and an insulating layer. The semiconductor substrate has a lightly doped drain (LDD) region formed therein. The salicide is formed on the LDD region. The gate electrode is formed on the semiconductor substrate. The gate electrode has a stacked structure of a gate oxide and a metal layer. The insulating layer is formed on the semiconductor substrate and at a side of the gate electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventor: Do-Hun Kim
  • Publication number: 20100117155
    Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor device including thin film transistors that have different characteristics on the same substrate and that have high performance and high reliability and a production method thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventor: Hidehito Kitakado
  • Patent number: 7713757
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention generally provide methods for end point detection at predetermined dopant concentrations during plasma doping processes. In one embodiment, a method includes positioning a substrate within a process chamber, generating a plasma above the substrate and transmitting a light generated by the plasma through the substrate, wherein the light enters the topside and exits the backside of the substrate, and receiving the light by a sensor positioned below the substrate. The method further provides generating a signal proportional to the light received by the sensor, implanting the substrate with a dopant during a doping process, generating multiple light signals proportional to a decreasing amount of the light received by the sensor during the doping process, generating an end point signal proportional to the light received by the sensor once the substrate has a final dopant concentration, and ceasing the doping process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Majeed A. Foad, Shijian Li
  • Patent number: 7709361
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming an impurity diffusion layer in a surface of a semiconductor substrate, wherein the forming the impurity diffusion layer comprises irradiating material including M1x M2y (y/x?1.2, where x is a ratio of M1, y is a ratio of M2, M1 is material which serves as acceptor or donor in the semiconductor device, M2 is material which does not serve as neither donor nor acceptor in the semiconductor device (except semiconductor of the semiconductor substrate)) onto the semiconductor substrate, and heating the semiconductor substrate by light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Kyoichi Suguro
  • Patent number: 7696054
    Abstract: A transistor, transistor arrangement and method thereof are provided. The example method may include determining whether a gate width of the transistor has been adjusted; and adjusting a distance between a higher-concentration impurity-doped region of the transistor and a device isolation layer of the transistor based on the adjusted gate width if the determining step determines the gate width of the transistor is adjusted. The example transistor may include a first device isolation layer defining a first active region, a first gate line having a first gate width and crossing over the first active region, a first lower-concentration impurity-doped region formed in the first active region at first and second sides of the first gate line and a first higher-concentration impurity-doped region formed in the lower-concentration impurity-doped region and not in contact with the gate line and the device-isolation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Myoung-Soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20100085112
    Abstract: A transistor has a gate electrode, a gate insulation layer structure, a channel layer and source/drain layers. The gate insulation layer structure includes a lower gate insulation layer, a control layer for controlling a threshold voltage of the transistor, and an upper gate insulation layer. The channel layer contacts a surface of the gate insulation layer structure and vertically overlaps the gate electrode. The source/drain layers are adjacent to but not contacting the gate electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Inventors: Sang-Hun Jeon, Moon-Sook Lee
  • Publication number: 20100084711
    Abstract: An electrical device, including a semiconductor device such an electrostatic discharge protection semiconductor device, and a method for manufacturing the same. An electrostatic discharge protection semiconductor device may include a substrate and a gate in and/or over the substrate. The gate may be multi-layered, and may include a gate oxide layer and a gate electrode. An electrostatic discharge protection semiconductor device may include a source region formed in and/or over a predetermined area of the substrate on a side of the gate, and a plurality of drain regions which may be sequentially multi-layered in and/or over the substrate on an opposing side of the gate in a vertical direction. At least one drain region may be overlapped with the gate in a horizontal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Inventors: Jong-Min Kim, Jong-Kyu Song, San-Hong Kim
  • Patent number: 7691691
    Abstract: Thin film transistors (TFT) and methods for making same. The TFTs generally comprise: (a) a semiconductor layer comprising source and drain terminals and a channel region therebetween; (b) a gate electrode comprising a gate and a gate dielectric layer between the gate and the channel region; (c) a first dielectric layer adjacent to the gate electrode and in contact with the source and drain terminals, the first dielectric layer comprising a material which comprises a dopant therein; and (d) an electrically functional source/drain extensions in the channel region, adjacent to the source and drain terminals, comprising a material which comprises the same dopant as the first dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Kovio, Inc.
    Inventor: James Montague Cleeves
  • Patent number: 7691714
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a transistor device, a method for manufacturing an integrated circuit, and a transistor device. The method for manufacturing the transistor device, among other steps, includes forming a gate structure over a substrate and forming source/drain regions in the substrate proximate the gate structure, the source/drain regions having a boundary that forms an electrical junction with the substrate. The method further includes forming dislocation loops in the substrate, the dislocation loops not extending outside the boundary of the source/drain regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Antonio Luis Pacheco Rotondaro, Kaiping Liu, Jihong Chen, Amitabh Jain
  • Patent number: 7687365
    Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconducting structure including a substrate having an UTSOI region and a bulk-Si region, wherein the UTSOI region and the bulk-Si region have a same crystallographic orientation; an isolation region separating the UTSOI region from the bulk-Si region; and at least one first device located in the UTSOI region and at least one second device located in the bulk-Si region. The UTSOI region has an SOI layer atop an insulating layer, wherein the SOI layer has a thickness of less than about 40 nm. The bulk-Si region further comprises a well region underlying the second device and a contact to the well region, wherein the contact stabilizes floating body effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Jeffrey W. Sleight
  • Patent number: 7682918
    Abstract: A process for forming a vertical DMOS device with an ESD protection transistor that is configured for carrying a breakdown current includes the steps of masking a substrate of a first polarity type and forming spaced apart surface isolation regions. An insulated gate is formed between the spaced apart surface isolation regions. Selected portions of the surface regions between the gate and the surface isolation regions are heterodoped to form p-n junctions having retrograde doping profiles beneath the substrate surface thereby lowering the breakdown voltage beneath the heterodoped portions in order to direct a substantial portion of the breakdown current below the surface of the substrate and into the body of the substrate between the heterodoped regions. Source and drain regions are formed in the substrate surface on opposite sides of the gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Cai, Alvin Sugerman, Steven Park
  • Publication number: 20100068859
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a FET gate with a plurality of materials includes depositing a dummy region 8, and then forming a plurality of metallic layers 16, 18, 20 on gate dielectric 6 by conformally depositing a layer of each metallic layer and the anisotropically etching back to leave the metallic layer on the sides 10 of the dummy region. The dummy region is then removed leaving the metallic layers 16,18, 20 as the gate over the gate dielectric 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: NXP, B.V.
    Inventors: Gerben Doornbos, Radu Surdeanu
  • Patent number: 7678656
    Abstract: An HV PMOS device formed on a substrate having an HV well of a first polarity type formed in an epitaxial layer of a second polarity type includes a pair of field oxide regions on the substrate and at least partially over the HV well. Insulated gates are formed on the substrate between the field oxide regions. Stacked hetero-doping rims are formed in the HV well and in self-alignment with outer edges of the gates. A buffer region of the first polarity type is formed in the HV well between and in self-alignment with inner edges of the gates. A drift region of the second polarity type is formed in the buffer region between and in self-alignment with inner edges of the gates. The drift region includes a region having a gradual dopant concentration change, and includes a drain region of the second polarity type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Cai, Michael Harley-Stead, Jim G. Holt
  • Publication number: 20100062562
    Abstract: Some embodiments include methods in which microwave radiation is used to activate dopant and/or increase crystallinity of semiconductor material during formation of a semiconductor construction. In some embodiments, the microwave radiation has a frequency of about 5.8 gigahertz, and a temperature of the semiconductor construction does not exceed about 500° C. during the exposure to the microwave radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventors: John Smythe, Bhaskar Srinivasan, Ming Zhang
  • Patent number: 7670963
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a nonvolatile charge trap memory device is described. The method includes first forming a tunnel dielectric layer on a substrate in a first process chamber of a single-wafer cluster tool. A charge-trapping layer is then formed on the tunnel dielectric layer in a second process chamber of the single-wafer cluster tool. A top dielectric layer is then formed on the charge-trapping layer in the second or in a third process chamber of the single-wafer cluster tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corportion
    Inventors: Krishnaswamy Ramkumar, Sagy Levy
  • Publication number: 20100044760
    Abstract: An impact ionisation MOSFET is formed with the offset from the gate to one of the source/drain regions disposed vertically within the device structure rather than horizontally. The semiconductor device comprises a first source/drain region having a first doping level; a second source/drain region having a second doping level and of opposite dopant type to the first source/drain region, the first and second source/drain regions being laterally separated by an intermediate region having a doping level less than either of the first and second doping levels; a gate electrode electrically insulated from, and disposed over, the intermediate region, the first and second source/drain regions being laterally aligned with the gate electrode; where the entire portion of the first source/drain region that forms a boundary with the intermediate region is separated vertically from the top of the intermediate region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: NXP, B.V.
    Inventors: Gilberto Curatola, Mark Van Dal, Jan Sonsky
  • Patent number: 7663187
    Abstract: An extension region is formed by ion implantation under masking by a gate electrode, and then a substance having a diffusion suppressive function over an impurity contained in a source-and-drain is implanted under masking by the gate electrode and a first sidewall spacer so as to form amorphous layers a semiconductor substrate within a surficial layer thereof and in alignment with the first sidewall spacer, to thereby form an amorphous diffusion suppressive region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Fujitsu Microelectronics Limited
    Inventors: Takashi Saiki, Hiroyuki Ohta, Hiroyuki Kanata
  • Publication number: 20100032676
    Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing method for a power management semiconductor device or an analog semiconductor device both including a CMOS. According to the method, a substance having high thermal conductivity is additionally provided above a semiconductor region constituting a low impurity concentration drain region so as to expand the drain region, which contributes to a promotion of thermal conductivity (or thermal emission) in the drain region during a surge input and leads to suppression of local temperature increase, to thereby prevent thermal destruction. Therefore, it is possible to manufacture a power management semiconductor device or an analog semiconductor device with the extended possibility of transistor design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Nato Saiton, Yuichiro Kitajima
  • Publication number: 20100029053
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device for forming an n-type FET has forming an isolation insulating film on a surface of the semiconductor substrate consisting primarily of silicon, the isolation insulating film partitioning a device region of the semiconductor substrate; forming a gate insulating film on the device region of the semiconductor substrate; forming a gate electrode on the gate insulating film; amorphizing regions to be source/drain contact regions adjacent to the gate electrode, of the device region, by ion implanting of one of a carbon cluster ion, a carbon monomer ion and a molecular ion containing carbon into the regions to be the source/drain contact regions; forming an impurity-implanted layer to be the source/drain contact regions by ion implanting at least one of arsenic and phosphorus as an n-type impurity into the amorphized regions; and activating the carbon and the impurity in the impurity-implanted layer by heat treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Hiroshi Itokawa, Ichiro Mizushima, Kiyotaka Miyano
  • Publication number: 20100019330
    Abstract: Device structures with a self-aligned damage layer and methods of forming such device structures. The device structure first and second doped regions of a first conductivity type defined in the semiconductor material of a substrate. A third doped region of opposite conductivity type laterally separates the first doped region from the second doped region. A gate structure is disposed on a top surface of the substrate and has a vertically stacked relationship with the third doped region. A first crystalline damage layer is defined within the semiconductor material of the substrate. The first crystalline damage layer has a first plurality of voids surrounded by the semiconductor material of the substrate. The first doped region is disposed vertically between the first crystalline damage layer and the top surface of the substrate. The first crystalline damage layer does not extend laterally into the third doped region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Inventors: Ethan H. Cannon, Fen Chen
  • Publication number: 20100013027
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having a DRAM region and a logic region embedded together therein, including a first transistor formed in a DRAM region, and having a first source/drain region containing arsenic and phosphorus as impurities; and a second transistor formed in a logic region, and having a second source/drain region containing at least arsenic as an impurity, wherein each of the first source/drain region and the second source/drain region has a silicide layer respectively formed in the surficial portion thereof, and the first source/drain region has a junction depth which is determined by phosphorus and is deeper than the junction depth of the second source/drain region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroki Shirai
  • Patent number: 7648881
    Abstract: A non-volatile memory device comprises a cell region defined at a substrate and a plurality of device isolation layers formed in the cell region to define a plurality of active regions. A charge storage insulator covers substantially the entire top surface of the cell region. A plurality of gate lines are formed on the charge storage insulator that cross over the device isolation layers. Conductive patterns are disposed between predetermined gate lines that penetrate the charge storage insulator to electrically connect with the active regions. According to the method of fabricating the device, a plurality of device isolation layers are formed in the substrate and then a charge storage insulator is formed on an entire surface of the substrate and the device isolation layers. A plurality of parallel gate lines that cross over the device isolation layers are formed on the charge storage insulator and then conductive patterns are formed between predetermined gate lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chang-Hyun Lee
  • Patent number: 7645665
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device has the steps of: (a) implanting boron (B) ions into a semiconductor substrate; (b) implanting fluorine (F) or nitrogen (N) ions into the semiconductor device; (c) after the steps (a) and (b) are performed, executing first annealing with a heating time of 100 msec or shorter relative to a region of the semiconductor substrate into which ions were implanted; and (d) after the step (c) is performed, executing second annealing with a heating time longer than the heating time of the first annealing, relative to the region of the semiconductor substrate into which ions were implanted. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided which can dope boron (B) shallowly and at a high concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Fujitsu Microelectronics Limited
    Inventors: Tomohiro Kubo, Kenichi Okabe, Tomonari Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20090325358
    Abstract: A structure and method of fabricating a semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) such as a strained Si n-MOSFET where dislocation or crystal defects spanning from source to drain is partially occupied by heavy p-type dopants. Preferably, the strained-layer n-MOSFET includes a Si, SiGe or SiGeC multi-layer structure having, in the region between source and drain, impurity atoms that preferentially occupy the dislocation sites so as to prevent shorting of source and drain via dopant diffusion along the dislocation. Advantageously, devices formed as a result of the invention are immune to dislocation-related failures, and therefore are more robust to processing and material variations. The invention thus relaxes the requirement for reducing the threading dislocation density in SiGe buffers, since the devices will be operable despite the presence of a finite number of dislocations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Steven J. Koester
  • Patent number: 7632734
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device is disclosed. The method of fabricating a semiconductor device provides a semiconductor substrate. A gate dielectric layer is formed on the semiconductor substrate. A first conductive layer is formed on the gate dielectric layer, wherein the first conductive layer is an in-situ doped conductive layer. A second conductive layer is formed on the first conductive layer. The second conductive layer and the first conductive layer are patterned to form a gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Chen-Hua Yu
  • Publication number: 20090298249
    Abstract: By providing a substantially non-damaged semiconductor region between a pre-amorphization region and the gate electrode structure, an increase of series resistance at the drain side during the re-crystallization may be reduced, thereby contributing to overall transistor performance, in particular in the linear operating mode. Thus, symmetric and asymmetric transistor architectures may be achieved with enhanced performance without unduly adding to overall process complexity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: Jan Hoentschel, Uwe Griebenow, Vassilios Papageorgiou
  • Patent number: 7618870
    Abstract: The present invention provides, in one embodiment, a transistor (100). The transistor (100) comprises a doped semiconductor substrate (105) and a gate structure (110) over the semiconductor substrate (105), the gate structure (110) having a gate corner (125). The transistor (100) also includes a drain-extended well (115) surrounded by the doped semiconductor substrate (105). The drain-extended well (115) has an opposite dopant type as the doped semiconductor substrate (105). The drain-extended well (115) also has a low-doped region (145) between high-doped regions (150), wherein an edge of the low-doped region (155) is substantially coincident with a perimeter (140) defined by the gate corner (125). Other embodiments of the present invention include a method of manufacturing a transistor (200) and an integrated circuit (300).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Shanjen Pan, Sameer Pendharkar, James R. Todd
  • Publication number: 20090280615
    Abstract: A method of forming a conductive structure in a semiconductor device includes forming a conductive layer on a substrate, forming a conductive layer pattern on the substrate by patterning the conductive layer, forming an oxide layer on the substrate and a portion of the conductive layer, and forming a capping layer on the oxide layer and the conductive layer pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2009
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Inventors: Dong-Kak LEE, Ki-Hyun HWANG, Jin-Gyun KIM
  • Patent number: 7608512
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit including an LDMOS device structure comprises a semiconductor layer with a pair of spaced-apart field effect gate structures over an upper surface of the semiconductor layer. First and second spaced-apart source regions of a first conductivity type are formed in a portion of the layer between the pair of gate structures with a first region of a second conductivity type formed there between. A lightly doped body region of a second conductivity type is formed in the semiconductor layer, extending from below the source regions to below the gate structures and extending a variable depth into the semiconductor layer. This body region is characterized by an inflection in depth in that portion of the body region extending below the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventor: Jun Cai
  • Patent number: 7601600
    Abstract: Disclosed are a power semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same. The power semiconductor device has a PIP capacitor and an LDMOS transistor, the LDMOS transistor having second and third gate electrodes separate from a first gate electrode, which may be formed in the process of forming the upper electrode of the PIP capacitor, so it is possible to realize an LDMOS having a higher breakdown voltage and lower Ron and Rsp without additional processing. A drain voltage, which may be different from a voltage applied to the first gate electrode, may be applied to the third gate electrode, so it is possible to realize an LDMOS having a high breakdown voltage and low Ron and Rsp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Dongbu Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Choul Joo Ko, Nam Joo Kim
  • Publication number: 20090242984
    Abstract: Aimed at providing a semiconductor device capable preventing transistor characteristics from departing from design characteristics, the semiconductor device of the present invention has a gate insulating film and a gate electrode positioned over a channel forming region; two second-conductivity-type, high-concentration impurity diffused layers which function as the source and drain of a transistor; two second-conductivity-type, low-concentration impurity diffused layers having a concentration lower than that of the second-conductivity-type, high-concentration impurity diffused layers, provided respectively around the second-conductivity-type, high-concentration impurity diffused layers, so as to expand the second-conductivity-type, high-concentration impurity diffused layers in the depth-wise direction and the channel-length-wise direction; and a first-conductivity-type buried layer having a concentration higher than that of the semiconductor layer, positioned below the second-conductivity-type, low-concentra
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kousuke Yoshida
  • Patent number: 7585739
    Abstract: An extension region is formed by ion implantation under masking by a gate electrode, and then a substance having a diffusion suppressive function over an impurity contained in a source-and-drain is implanted under masking by the gate electrode and a first sidewall spacer so as to form amorphous layers a semiconductor substrate within a surficial layer thereof and in alignment with the first sidewall spacer, to thereby form an amorphous diffusion suppressive region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Fujitsu Microelectronics Limited
    Inventors: Takashi Saiki, Hiroyuki Ohta, Hiroyuki Kanata
  • Patent number: 7585737
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing double diffused drains in a semiconductor device. An embodiment comprises forming a gate dielectric layer on a substrate, and masking and patterning the gate dielectric layer. Once the gate dielectric layer has been patterned, a second dielectric layer, having a different depth than the gate dielectric layer, is deposited into the pattern. Once the dielectric layers have been placed into a step form, DDDs are formed by implanting ions through the two dielectric layers, whose different filtering properties form the DDDS. In another embodiment the implantations through the two dielectric layers are performed using different energies to form the different dose regions. In yet another embodiment the implantations are performed using different species (light and heavy), instead of different energies, to form the different dose regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hung-Lin Chen, Shao-Yen Ku
  • Publication number: 20090221124
    Abstract: The method includes the steps of forming a gate insulating film over a first conductivity-type layer surface of a semiconductor substrate, implanting a second conductivity-type impurity into the first conductivity-type layer located on both sides adjacent to a conductive layer forming predetermined region, forming a conductive layer over the gate insulating film surface located to cover the first conductivity-type layer surface with no impurity implanted therein and the partial regions surface of the pair of low-concentration diffusion layers adjacent to the first conductivity-type layer, implanting a second conductivity-type impurity into regions uncovered with the conductive layer, of the pair of low-concentration diffusion layers to contact source and drain electrodes, and forming slits to divide regions lying on the sides of the high-concentration diffusion layers, each of which is provided to contact at least the drain electrode of the conductive layer located over the low-concentration diffusion layers,
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takahiro Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 7582517
    Abstract: A method for making a semiconductor device with at least two gate regions. The method includes providing a substrate region including a surface. Additionally, the method includes forming a source region in the substrate region by at least implanting a first plurality of ions into the substrate region and forming a drain region in the substrate region by at least implanting a second plurality of ions into the substrate region. The drain region and the source region are separate from each other. Moreover, the method includes depositing a gate layer on the surface and forming a first gate region and a second gate region on the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) Corporation
    Inventors: Deyuan Xiao, Gary Chen, Tan Leong Seng, Roger Lee