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Process for fabricating insulated gate field effect transistor structure

Assignee: Fairchild Semiconductor Corp
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Filing: 1974-06-03
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Granted: 1975-11-18
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Expires: 1994-06-03
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Abstract

Abstract An improved and simplified process for fabricating a complementary insulated gate field effect transistor structure having complementary p-channel and n-channel devices in the same semiconductor substrate wherein the source/drain regions of at least one of the complementary p-channel or n-channel field effect devices are formed by the steps of introducing an impurity of one conductivity type and then introducing an impurity of the opposite conductivity type, one of the impurities having a relatively greater concentration than the other so that the one impurity counterdopes the other and the source/drain regions are characterized by the conductivity type of the one impurity.

Inventors

  • 👤 Daniel C Hu

Bibliographic Details

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CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10P; H10P95/00; H10D; H10D84/00; H10D84/01; H10D84/0123; H10D84/0126; H10D84/0165; H10D84/0191; H10D84/02; H10D84/03; H10D84/038; H10D99/00; H10W; H10W10/00; H10W10/01; H10W10/011; H10W10/012; H10W10/0125; H10W10/0126; H10W10/0127; H10W10/10; H10W10/13; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S148/00; Y10S148/113; Y10S148/114; Y10S148/141

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim 189 words
IN A PROCESS OF FABRICATING A COMPLEMENTARY INSULATED GATE FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR STRUCTURE WHEREIN N-CHANNEL AND P-CHANNEL DEVICES ARE FABRICATED IN THE SAME SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE INCLUDING THE STEPS OF FORMING A WELL OF A FIRST CONDUCTIVELY TYPE IN A SUBSTRATE OF A SECOND AND OPPOSITE CONDUCTIVITY TYPE, FORMING A CONDUCTOR-INSULATOR-SEMICONDUCTOR FIELD EFFECT DEVICE HAVING A SECOND CHANNEL CONDUCTIVITY TYPE WITHIN SAID WELL AND FORMING A CONDUCTOR-INSULATOR-SEMICONDUCTOR FIELD EFFECTDEVICE HAVING A FIRST CHANNEL CONDUCTIVITY TYPE IN SAID SUBSTRATE, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING: FORMING THE SOURCE/DRAIN REGIONS OF SAID CONDUCTOR-INSULATOR-SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES BY: INTRODUCING AN IMPURITY OF A FIRST CONDUCTIVITY TYPE INTO THE SOURCE DRAIN IN REGIONS OF BOTH OF SAID DEVICES, AND INTRODUCING AN IMPURITY OF A SECOND CONDUCTIVITY TYPE OPPOSITE OF SAID FIRST CONDUCTIVITY TYPE INTO THE SOURCE DRAIN REGIONS OF SAID DEVICE HAVING SAID SECOND CHANNEL CONDUCTIVITY TYPE, THE CONCENTRATIONOF SAID IMPURITY OF SAID SECOND CONDUCTIVITY TYPE IN SAID SOURCE DRAIN REGIONS BEING GREATER THAN THE CONCENTRATION OF SAID IMPURITY OF SAID FIRST CONDUCTIVITY TYPE SO THAT THE IMPURITY OF SAID SECOND CONDUCTIVITY TYPE TO PRODUCE IMPURITY OF SAID FIRST CONDUCTIVITY TYPE TO PRODUCE SOURCELDRAIN REGIONSOF SAID SECOND CONDUCTIVITY TYPE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 189 words
IN A PROCESS OF FABRICATING A COMPLEMENTARY INSULATED GATE FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR STRUCTURE WHEREIN N-CHANNEL AND P-CHANNEL DEVICES ARE FABRICATED IN THE SAME SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE INCLUDING THE STEPS OF FORMING A WELL OF A FIRST CONDUCTIVELY TYPE IN A SUBSTRATE OF A SECOND AND OPPOSITE CONDUCTIVITY TYPE, FORMING A CONDUCTOR-INSULATOR-SEMICONDUCTOR FIELD EFFECT DEVICE HAVING A SECOND CHANNEL CONDUCTIVITY TYPE WITHIN SAID WELL AND FORMING A CONDUCTOR-INSULATOR-SEMICONDUCTOR FIELD EFFECTDEVICE HAVING A FIRST CHANNEL CONDUCTIVITY TYPE IN SAID SUBSTRATE, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING: FORMING THE SOURCE/DRAIN REGIONS OF SAID CONDUCTOR-INSULATOR-SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES BY: INTRODUCING AN IMPURITY OF A FIRST CONDUCTIVITY TYPE INTO THE SOURCE DRAIN IN REGIONS OF BOTH OF SAID DEVICES, AND INTRODUCING AN IMPURITY OF A SECOND CONDUCTIVITY TYPE OPPOSITE OF SAID FIRST CONDUCTIVITY TYPE INTO THE SOURCE DRAIN REGIONS OF SAID DEVICE HAVING SAID SECOND CHANNEL CONDUCTIVITY TYPE, THE CONCENTRATIONOF SAID IMPURITY OF SAID SECOND CONDUCTIVITY TYPE IN SAID SOURCE DRAIN REGIONS BEING GREATER THAN THE CONCENTRATION OF SAID IMPURITY OF SAID FIRST CONDUCTIVITY TYPE SO THAT THE IMPURITY OF SAID SECOND CONDUCTIVITY TYPE TO PRODUCE IMPURITY OF SAID FIRST CONDUCTIVITY TYPE TO PRODUCE SOURCELDRAIN REGIONSOF SAID SECOND CONDUCTIVITY TYPE.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 37 words
A process in accordance with claim 1 wherein said first conductivity type is n, said second and opposite conductivity type is p, said first channel conductivity type is n-channel and said second channel conductivity type is p-channel.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 37 words
A process in accordance with claim 1 wherein said first conductivity type is p, said second and opposite conductivity type is n, said first channel conductivity type is p-channel and said second channel conductivity type is n-channel.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 26 words
A process in accordance with claim 3 including the step of forming oxide isolation regions in said substrate substantially surrounding and contiguous with said conductor-insulator-semiconductor devices.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 33 words
A process in accordance with claim 4 wherein said step of introducing said p-type impurity into the source/drain regions of both of said devices is accomplished by implanting ions of said p-type conductivity.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 34 words
A process in accordance with claim 5 wherein said step of introducing an impurity of n-conductivity type to said device having said n-channel conductivity type is accomplished by implanting ions of said n-conductivity type.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 22 words
A process in accordance with claim 6 with the further step of thermally driving in said p-type and n-type implanted impurity ions.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 71 words
A process in accordance with claim 7 wherein said step of introducing an impurity of n-conductivity type to said source/drain regions of said device having said n-channel condUctivity type is further accomplished by thermally oxidizing the surface of said source/drain regions of said device having said p-channel conductivity type to mask said source/drain regions of said p-channel device and removing said thermally grown oxide after implantation of said n-conductivity type impurities.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 19 words
A process in accordance with claim 7 wherein said n-type impurity is phosphorus and said p-type impurity is boron.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 87 words
A process in accordance with claim 4 wherein said step of introducing an impurity of a p-conductivity type to the source/drain regions of both of said devices is accomplished by predepositing the p-conductivity type impurity by diffusion and subsequently thermally driving in the p-conductive type impurity and wherein said step of introducing the n-conductivity type impurity to the source/drain regions of said device having said n-channel conductivity type is accomplished by predepositing the n-conductivity type impurity by diffusion and subsequently thermally driving in said n-conductivity type impurity.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 71 words
A process in accordance with claim 10 wherein said step of introducing an impurity of n-conductivity type to the source/drain regions of said device having said n-channel conductivity type is further accomplished by thermally oxidizing the surface of said source/drain regions of said device having said p-channel conductivity type to mask said source-drain regions of said p-channel device and removing said thermally grown oxide after diffusion of said n-conductivity type impurities.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 19 words
A process in accordance with claim 10 wherein said n-type impurity is phosphorus and said p-type impurity is boron.

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