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Class 438/231 - Plural doping steps


Subclass of Class 438 - Semiconductor device manufacturing: process
Definition: Process including multiple steps of introducing electrically
No. of patents: 763
Last issue date: 05/08/2012


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NumberTitleIssue Date
7361539Dual stress liner
A semiconductor device structure is provided which includes a first field effect transistor (“FET”) having a first channel region, a first source region, a first drain region and a first gate conductor overlying the first channel region. A second FET is included...
04/22/2008
7358134Split gate flash memory cell and manufacturing method thereof
A split gate flash memory cell includes a substrate having a device isolation structure; a selective gate structure disposed on the substrate; an interlayer dielectric layer having an opening disposed on the substrate, wherein the opening exposes a portion of the se...
04/15/2008
7358168Ion implantation method for forming a shallow junction
A shallow junction that previously would require the use of a low-energy ion implanter can be directly formed by high-energy or middle-energy ion implanters such that the manufacturer need not purchase a new low-energy ion implanter. In one embodiment, an ion-implan...
04/15/2008
7355256MOS Devices with different gate lengths and different gate polysilicon grain sizes
A semiconductor device 1 according to the present invention includes a semiconductor substrate 5, a first transistor 10 which is formed on the semiconductor substrate 5 and includes a first gate electrode portion 16 constituted by ...
04/08/2008
7354838Technique for forming a contact insulation layer with enhanced stress transfer efficiency
By removing an outer spacer, used for the formation of highly complex lateral dopant profiles, prior to the formation of metal silicide, a high degree of process compatibility with conventional processes is obtained, while at the same time a contact liner layer may ...
04/08/2008
7355246Memory cell without halo implant
Some embodiments provide a memory cell comprising a body region doped with charge carriers of a first type, a source region disposed in the body region and doped with charge carriers of a second type, and a drain region disposed in the body region and doped with cha...
04/08/2008
7351627Method of manufacturing semiconductor device using gate-through ion implantation
Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device via gate-through ion implantation, comprising forming a gate stack on a semiconductor substrate and performing ion implantation for control of the threshold voltage and junction ion implantation fo...
04/01/2008
7348249Method for manufacturing semiconductor device
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device reduces or prevents copper contamination. The method includes forming a gate electrode on a substrate; forming a first oxide layer on a front surface of the substrate including the gate electrode; depositing a nitrid...
03/25/2008
7341901Semiconductor processing methods of forming integrated circuitry
Semiconductor processing methods of forming integrated circuitry are described. In one embodiment, memory circuitry and peripheral circuitry are formed over a substrate. The peripheral circuitry comprises first and second type MOS transistors. Second type halo impla...
03/11/2008
7341906Method of manufacturing sidewall spacers on a memory device, and device comprising same
The present invention is generally directed to a method of manufacturing sidewall spacers on a memory device, and a memory device comprising such sidewall spacers. In one illustrative embodiment, the method includes forming sidewall spacers on a memory device compri...
03/11/2008
7335540Low temperature polysilicon thin film transistor and method of manufacturing the same
A low temperature polysilicon thin film transistor and method of manufacturing the same is provided. The low temperature polysilicon thin film transistor comprises a channel region. Among others, one feature of the method according to the present invention is the pe...
02/26/2008
7335544Method of making MOSFET device with localized stressor
A metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFET) having localized stressors is provided. In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, a transistor comprises a high-stress film over the source/drain regions, but not over the gate electrode. T...
02/26/2008
7335959Device with stepped source/drain region profile
Embodiments of the invention provide a transistor with stepped source and drain regions. The stepped regions may provide significant strain in a channel region while minimizing current leakage. The stepped regions may be formed by forming two recesses in a substrate...
02/26/2008
7332755Transistor structure of memory device and method for fabricating the same
A memory device includes an active area protruding from a semiconductor substrate. A recess is formed in the active area. A field oxide layer is formed on the semiconductor substrate. A gate electrode extends across the active area while being overlapped with the re...
02/19/2008
7329571Technique for providing multiple stress sources in NMOS and PMOS transistors
By combining a plurality of stress inducing mechanisms in each of different types of transistors, a significant performance gain may be obtained, thereby providing enhanced flexibility in adjusting product specific characteristics. For this purpose, sidewall spacers...
02/12/2008
7326988Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
A metal film formed of a first metal having relatively high oxygen absorption properties on a silicon region, and then depositing a high dielectric constant film formed of an oxide of a second metal having relatively low oxygen absorption properties on the metal fil...
02/05/2008
7326609Semiconductor device and fabrication method
A method and apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor device is provides a substrate having a first region and a second region. A sacrificial first gate is formed in the first region. Source/drain are formed in the first region. A second region gate dielectric is...
02/05/2008
7326610Process options of forming silicided metal gates for advanced CMOS devices
Silicide is introduced into the gate region of a CMOS device through different process options for both conventional and replacement gate types processes. Placement of silicide in the gate itself, introduction of the silicide directly in contact with the gate dielec...
02/05/2008
7323716Manufacturing method of thin film transistor substrate
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...
01/29/2008
7323381Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
A structure of a MIS transistor for realizing a CMOS circuit capable of simultaneously achieving the high ON current and the low power consumption is provided. Each of the gate insulators of an n channel MIS transistor and a p channel MIS transistor is composed of a...
01/29/2008
7321155Offset spacer formation for strained channel CMOS transistor
A strained channel transistor and method for forming the same, the strained channel transistor including a semiconductor substrate; a gate dielectric overlying a channel region; a gate electrode overlying the gate dielectric; source drain extension (SDE) regions and...
01/22/2008
7320917Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same
Gate length is 110 nm±15 nm or shorter (130 nm or shorter in a design rule) or an aspect ratio of an area between adjacent gate electrode structures thereof (ratio of the height of the gate electrode structure to the distance between the gate electrode structures) ...
01/22/2008
7314805Method for fabricating semiconductor device
An implantation step of a dopant ion for forming source and drain regions (S and D) is divided into one implantation of a dopant ion for forming a p/n junction with a well region (3), and one implantation of a dopant ion that does not influence a position of ...
01/01/2008
7314794Low-cost high-performance planar back-gate CMOS
A method of fabricating a high-performance planar back-gate CMOS structure having superior short-channel characteristics and reduced capacitance using processing steps that are not too lengthy or costly is provided. Also provided is a high-performance planar back-ga...
01/01/2008
7312113Method of forming source/drain region of semiconductor device
A method of forming a source/drain region of a semiconductor device includes forming a photoresist pattern through which an NMOS region of a semiconductor substrate is exposed, and then performing an ion implant process to form NMOS LDD regions in the semiconductor ...
12/25/2007
7312125Fully depleted strained semiconductor on insulator transistor and method of making the same
An integrated circuit includes multiple layers. A semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) wafer can be used to house transistors. Two substrates or wafers can be bonded to form the multiple layers. A strained semiconductor layer can be between a silicon germanium layer and...
12/25/2007
7309901Field effect transistors (FETs) with multiple and/or staircase silicide
A semiconductor structure and method for forming the same. The semiconductor structure comprises a field effect transistor (FET) having a channel region disposed between first and second source/drain (S/D) extension regions which are in turn in direct physical conta...
12/18/2007
7303962Fabricating method of CMOS and MOS device
A complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) device comprising a substrate, a first type of metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) transistor, a second type of MOS transistor, an etching stop layer, a first stress layer and a second stress layer is provided. The substr...
12/04/2007
7303949High performance stress-enhanced MOSFETs using Si:C and SiGe epitaxial source/drain and method of manufacture
A semiconductor device and method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes channels for a pFET and an nFET. A SiGe layer is selectively grown in the source and drain regions of the pFET channel and a Si:C layer is selectively grown ...
12/04/2007
7303983ALD gate electrode
A semiconductor process and apparatus fabricate a metal gate electrode by forming a first conductive layer (22) over a gate dielectric layer (11), forming a transition layer (32) over the first conductive layer using an atomic layer deposition p...
12/04/2007
7300884Pattern forming method, underlayer film forming composition, and method of manufacturing semiconductor device
According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a pattern forming method comprising forming an underlayer film on a film to be worked which has been formed on a semiconductor substrate, subjecting the underlayer film to an oxidizing treatment, forming an ...
11/27/2007
7291895Integrated circuitry
A silicon nitride comprising layer formed over a semiconductor substrate includes Al, Ga or a mixture thereof. A silicon dioxide comprising layer is formed proximate thereto. The silicon dioxide comprising layer is removed substantially selectively relative to the s...
11/06/2007
7288447Semiconductor device having trench isolation for differential stress and method therefor
A semiconductor device has trenches for defining active regions. After a thin diffusion barrier is deposited in the trenches, some of the trenches are selectively etched to leave different areas in the trench. One of the areas has the diffusion barrier completely re...
10/30/2007
7288443Structures and methods for manufacturing p-type MOSFET with graded embedded silicon-germanium source-drain and/or extension
P-type MOSFETs (PMOSFETs) are formed by encapsulating the gate with an insulator and depositing a germanium containing layer outside the sidewalls, then diffusing the germanium into the silicon-on-insulator layer or bulk silicon by annealing or by oxidizing to form ...
10/30/2007
7282414Fabrication methods for compressive strained-silicon and transistors using the same
Fabrication methods for compressive strained-silicon by ion implantation. Ions are implanted into a silicon-containing substrate and high temperature processing converts the vicinity of the ion-contained region into strained-silicon. Transistors fabricated by the me...
10/16/2007
7282403Temperature stable metal nitride gate electrode
An integrated circuit is provided including an FET gate structure formed on a substrate. This structure includes a gate dielectric on the substrate, and a metal nitride layer overlying the gate dielectric and in contact therewith. This metal nitride layer is charact...
10/16/2007
7279399Method of forming isolated pocket in a semiconductor substrate
A family of semiconductor devices is formed in a substrate that contains no epitaxial layer. In one embodiment the family includes a 5V CMOS pair, a 12V CMOS pair, a 5V NPN, a 5V PNP, several forms of a lateral trench MOSFET, and a 30V lateral N-channel DMOS. Each o...
10/09/2007
7279746High performance CMOS device structures and method of manufacture
A semiconductor device structure includes at least two field effect transistors formed on same substrate, the first field effect transistor includes a spacer having a first width, the second field effect transistor includes a compressive spacer having a second width...
10/09/2007
7276407Method for fabricating semiconductor device
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device including on a single semiconductor substrate, a first MOS transistor having a first gate insulating film of a predetermined thickness, and second and third MOS transistors sharing a second gate insulating film smaller...
10/02/2007
7271436Flash memory devices including a pass transistor
Flash memory integrated circuit devices include an integrated circuit substrate. A cell array on the integrated circuit substrate includes a plurality of cell transistors. A bit line is coupled to ones of the plurality of cell transistors and a first pass transistor...
09/18/2007
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