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MOSFET Substrate sensitivity control
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1978-12-29
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Granted: 1981-06-16
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Expires: 1998-12-29
Abstract
Abstract The sensitivity of the threshold voltage in MOSFET devices to changes in substrate voltage may be reduced at a given temperature by the introduction of sufficiently deep energy level, low diffusivity impurities into the depletion region under the gate of the MOSFET.
Inventors
- 👤 Billy L. Crowder
- 👤 Fritz H. Gaensslen
- 👤 Richard C. Jaeger
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 01:06
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10P; H10P30/00; H10P30/20; H10P30/202; H10P30/204; H10D; H10D30/00; H10D30/60; H10D30/751; H10D62/00; H10D62/10; H10D62/17; H10D62/213; H10D62/221; H10D62/235; H10D62/80; H10D62/83; H10D62/834; H10P30/208
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
163 words
A metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor comprising in combination: a substrate of a semiconductor material having a first conductivity type; a source region and a drain region separated by a channel region in a first surface of said substrate each said source region and said drain region being of a conductivity type opposite to said first conductivity type of said substrate; a gate electrode adjacent to and separated by an oxide layer from said channel region positioned between said source region and said drain region; and a substrate sensitivity control region in said substrate aligned with said gate and spaced from said first surface containing low diffusivity deep level impurities of the opposite conductivity type to said first conductivity type in sufficient quantities to provide substantially equivalent opposite charges to compensate for the increase in charges that occur in said channel region as a result of an increase in source region to substrate voltage over the range of operation of said transistor.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
163 words
A metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor comprising in combination: a substrate of a semiconductor material having a first conductivity type; a source region and a drain region separated by a channel region in a first surface of said substrate each said source region and said drain region being of a conductivity type opposite to said first conductivity type of said substrate; a gate electrode adjacent to and separated by an oxide layer from said channel region positioned between said source region and said drain region; and a substrate sensitivity control region in said substrate aligned with said gate and spaced from said first surface containing low diffusivity deep level impurities of the opposite conductivity type to said first conductivity type in sufficient quantities to provide substantially equivalent opposite charges to compensate for the increase in charges that occur in said channel region as a result of an increase in source region to substrate voltage over the range of operation of said transistor.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
13 words
The transistor of claim 1 wherein said gate electrode is a metal member.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
131 words
A metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor comprising in combination a source electrode region and a drain electrode region of a first conductivity type separated by a channel region in a surface of a semiconductor substrate of the opposite conductivity type; a metal gate electrode between said source and said drain electrode regions adjacent to and separated from said channel region by an oxide layer; and a substrate sensitivity control region of a conductivity type opposite to that of said substrate spaced from said surface beneath said channel region said sensitivity control region containing a quantity of low diffusivity deep level impurities operable to provide substantially equivalent opposite polarity charges to compensate for the increase in charges that occur in said channel region over the range of operation of said transistor.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
131 words
A metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor comprising in combination a source electrode region and a drain electrode region of a first conductivity type separated by a channel region in a surface of a semiconductor substrate of the opposite conductivity type; a metal gate electrode between said source and said drain electrode regions adjacent to and separated from said channel region by an oxide layer; and a substrate sensitivity control region of a conductivity type opposite to that of said substrate spaced from said surface beneath said channel region said sensitivity control region containing a quantity of low diffusivity deep level impurities operable to provide substantially equivalent opposite polarity charges to compensate for the increase in charges that occur in said channel region over the range of operation of said transistor.
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