Method of making CMOS integrated circuit device

Claim 1

A method of making complementary insulated gate field effect transistors in an integrated circuit comprising the steps of: (a) introducing N-type impurity into a selected area of a face of a P-type semiconductor body to provide a tank region for forming a P-channel transistor, (b) selectively growing thick field oxide using an oxidation mask to provide a first enclosed surface area on said face spaced from said tank region and a second enclosed surface area on said face within said tank region, (c) depositing a layer of polycrystalline silicon on said face over a thin gate insulator and patterning the polycrystalline silicon to provide a gate of an N-channel transistor in said first surface area and a gate of a P-channel transistor in said second surface area, (d) introducing P-type impurity into the second surface area to produce source and drain regions of the P-channel transistor while masking the first surface area, (e) and introducing N-type impurity into the first surface area to produce source and drain regions of the N-channel transistor while making said second surface area, both the gate of the N-channel transistor and the gate of the P-channel transistor being doped with N-type impurity upon the step of introducing N-type impurity into the first surface area.

Claim 2

A method of making complementary insulated gate field effect transistors in an integrated circuit comprising the steps of: (a) introducing N-type impurity into a selected area of a face of a P-type semiconductor body to provide a tank region for forming a P-channel transistor, (b) selectively growing thick field oxide using an oxidation mask to provide a first enclosed surface area on said face spaced from said tank region and a second enclosed surface area on said face within said tank region, (c) depositing a layer of polycrystalline silicon on said face over a thin gate insulator and patterning the polycrystalline silicon to provide a gate of an N-channel transistor in said first surface area and a gate of a P-channel transistor in said second surface area, (d) introducing P-type impurity into the second surface area to produce source and drain regions of the P-channel transistor while masking the first surface area, (e) and introducing N-type impurity into the first surface area to produce source and drain regions of the N-channel transistor while making said second surface area, both the gate of the N-channel transistor and the gate of the P-channel transistor being doped with N-type impurity upon the step of introducing N-type impurity into the first surface area.

Claim 4

A method of making complementary insulated gate field effect transistors in an integrated circuit comprising the steps of: (a) introducing N-type impurity into a selected area of a face of a P-type semiconductor body to provide a tank region for forming a P-channel transistor, the step of introducing N-type impurity into said selected area including heating in an oxidizing atmosphere whereby said selected area is heavily oxidized to consume part of said surface area and produce a discontinuity in the surface to use for alignment, (b) selectively growing thick field oxide using an oxidation mask to provide a first enclosed surface area on said face spaced from said tank region and a second enclosed surface area on said face within said tank region, (c) depositing a layer of conductive material on said face over a thin gate insulator and patterning the conductive material to provide a gate of an N-channel transistor in said first surface area and a gate of a P-channel transistor in said second surface area, (d) introducing P-type impurity into the second surface area to produce source and drain regions of the P-channel transistors while masking the first surface area, (e) and introducing N-type impurity into the first surface area to produce source and drain regions of the N-channel transistor while masking said second surface area.

Claim 5

A method of making complementary insulated gate field effect transistors in an integrated circuit comprising the steps of: (a) introducing N-type impurity into a selected area of a face of a P-type semiconductor body to provide a tank region for forming a P-channel transistor, the step of introducing N-type impurity into said selected area including heating in an oxidizing atmosphere whereby said selected area is heavily oxidized to consume part of said surface area and produce a discontinuity in the surface to use for alignment, (b) selectively growing thick field oxide using an oxidation mask to provide a first enclosed surface area on said face spaced from said tank region and a second enclosed surface area on said face within said tank region, (c) depositing a layer of conductive material on said face over a thin gate insulator and patterning the conductive material to provide a gate of an N-channel transistor in said first surface area and a gate of a P-channel transistor in said second surface area, (d) introducing P-type impurity into the second surface area to produce source and drain regions of the P-channel transistors while masking the first surface area, (e) and introducing N-type impurity into the first surface area to produce source and drain regions of the N-channel transistor while masking said second surface area.

Claim 6

A method of making complementary insulated gate field effect transistors in an integrated circuit comprising the steps of: (a) introducing N-type impurity into a selected area of a face of a P-type semiconductor body to provide a tank region for forming a P-channel transistor, (b) selectively growing thick field oxide using an oxidation mask to provide a first enclosed surface area on said face spaced from said tank region and a second enclosed surface area on said face within said tank region, said oxidation mask being deposited as a coating over said face, a photoresist mask being used to remove a first part of said coating around said first surface area and a second part of said coating around said second surface area, and another photoresist mask being used to cover said second part and said second surface area while P-type impurity is introduced at said first part to produce a channel stop beneath the field oxide around the first surface area but not the second surface area, (c) depositing a layer of conductive material on said face over a thin gate insulator and patterning the conductive material to provide a gate of an N-channel transistor in said first surface area and a gate of a P-channel transistor in said second surface area, (d) introducing P-type impurity into the second surface area to produce source and drain regions of the P-channel transistor while masking the first surface area, (e) and introducing N-type impurity into the first surface area to produce source and drain regions of the N-channel transistor while masking said second surface area.

Claim 7

A method of making complementary insulated gate field effect transistors in an integrated circuit comprising the steps of: (a) introducing N-type impurity into a selected area of a face of a P-type semiconductor body to provide a tank region for forming a P-channel transistor, (b) selectively growing thick field oxide using an oxidation mask to provide a first enclosed surface area on said face spaced from said tank region and a second enclosed surface area on said face within said tank region, said oxidation mask being deposited as a coating over said face, a photoresist mask being used to remove a first part of said coating around said first surface area and a second part of said coating around said second surface area, and another photoresist mask being used to cover said second part and said second surface area while P-type impurity is introduced at said first part to produce a channel stop beneath the field oxide around the first surface area but not the second surface area, (c) depositing a layer of conductive material on said face over a thin gate insulator and patterning the conductive material to provide a gate of an N-channel transistor in said first surface area and a gate of a P-channel transistor in said second surface area, (d) introducing P-type impurity into the second surface area to produce source and drain regions of the P-channel transistor while masking the first surface area, (e) and introducing N-type impurity into the first surface area to produce source and drain regions of the N-channel transistor while masking said second surface area.