Method for manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit including an insulating gate type semiconductor transistor

Claim 1

A method for manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit comprising the steps of: forming a first insulating layer on a semiconductor substrate of one conductivity type; etching, with a first mask plate having, a predetermined transparent and opaque mask pattern the insulating layer to expose a surface part of the substrate and to leave separated parts on the substrate where gate insulators are to be formed, said first mask plate having separated opaque sections corresponding to said separated parts on the substrate; diffusing impurities into the substrate from the exposed surface thereof to form a current leakage preventing layer of the same conductivity type as and higher concentration than the substrate; forming a second insulating layer on the exposed surface of the substrate; etching the insulating layers to expose surface portions of the substrate; diffusing impurities from the exposed surface portions into the substrate to form source and drain regions of at least two field effect transistors such that portions of said source and drain regions underlie said first insulating layer, the current leakage preventing layer surrounding the transistors and contacting the regions of the transistors; etching, for each transistor and with a second mask plate having substantially the same mask pattern as said first mask plate but with the transparent and opaque portions of said mask plates reversed with respect to each other, the part of the first insulating layer between and on the part of the source and drain regions of each individual transistor to form for each transistor an opening exposing a surface part of the substrate having the same dimensions as said separated parts, said second mask plate being oriented relative to said substrate in substantially the same manner as said first mask plate such that the transparent portions of said second mask plate are aligned with the portions of said substrate that were aligned with the opaque portions of said first mask plate; forming a gate insulator on the exposed surface part between the source and drain regions, the gate insulator also extending beyond the adjacent edges of the source and drain regions and being in at least partial overlapping relationship therewith; and forming a gate electrode on the gate insulator, the gate electrode being in at least partial overlapping relationship with the source and drain electrodes.

Claim 2

A method for manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit comprising the steps of: forming a first insulating layer on a semiconductor substrate of one conductivity type; etching, with a first mask plate having, a predetermined transparent and opaque mask pattern the insulating layer to expose a surface part of the substrate and to leave separated parts on the substrate where gate insulators are to be formed, said first mask plate having separated opaque sections corresponding to said separated parts on the substrate; diffusing impurities into the substrate from the exposed surface thereof to form a current leakage preventing layer of the same conductivity type as and higher concentration than the substrate; forming a second insulating layer on the exposed surface of the substrate; etching the insulating layers to expose surface portions of the substrate; diffusing impurities from the exposed surface portions into the substrate to form source and drain regions of at least two field effect transistors such that portions of said source and drain regions underlie said first insulating layer, the current leakage preventing layer surrounding the transistors and contacting the regions of the transistors; etching, for each transistor and with a second mask plate having substantially the same mask pattern as said first mask plate but with the transparent and opaque portions of said mask plates reversed with respect to each other, the part of the first insulating layer between and on the part of the source and drain regions of each individual transistor to form for each transistor an opening exposing a surface part of the substrate having the same dimensions as said separated parts, said second mask plate being oriented relative to said substrate in substantially the same manner as said first mask plate such that the transparent portions of said second mask plate are aligned with the portions of said substrate that were aligned with the opaque portions of said first mask plate; forming a gate insulator on the exposed surface part between the source and drain regions, the gate insulator also extending beyond the adjacent edges of the source and drain regions and being in at least partial overlapping relationship therewith; and forming a gate electrode on the gate insulator, the gate electrode being in at least partial overlapping relationship with the source and drain electrodes.