Making a self aligned semiconductor device

Claim 1

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising the steps of: forming a gate electrode having upper and lower insulating films arranged above and below said gate electrode, on the surface of a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type; forming a pair of diffusion regions of second conductivity type using said gate electrode and its upper and lower insulating films as a mask; depositing a first insulating layer over the entire surface including said upper insulating film; forming walls on the both side faces of said gate electrode and its upper and lower insulating films by anisotropic etching of said first insulating layer so as to expose the surface of the semiconductor substrate and simultaneously forming direct contact holes exposing the surface of said substrate; depositing a conductive layer over the entire surface of said semiconductor substrate so as to directly contact said walls and then forming electrode layers connected to said diffusion regions through said direct contact holes by patterning said conductive layer; forming a second insulation layer over the entire surface of said semiconductor substrate; opening at least one contact hole in said insulation layer; and selectively forming a wiring layer connected to one of said electrode layers through said contact hole; wherein said upper insulating film arranged over said gate electrode is formed thicker than said first insulating layer and is formed to satisfy the relationship below: t2/A2>1.5 .t1/A1 wherein t1: the thickness of said first insulating layer t2: the thickness of said upper insulating film, A1: etching rate of said first insulating layer at the anisotropic etching, A2: etching rate of said upper insulating film at the anisotropic etching.

Claim 2

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising the steps of: forming a gate electrode having upper and lower insulating films arranged above and below said gate electrode, on the surface of a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type; forming a pair of diffusion regions of second conductivity type using said gate electrode and its upper and lower insulating films as a mask; depositing a first insulating layer over the entire surface including said upper insulating film; forming walls on the both side faces of said gate electrode and its upper and lower insulating films by anisotropic etching of said first insulating layer so as to expose the surface of the semiconductor substrate and simultaneously forming direct contact holes exposing the surface of said substrate; depositing a conductive layer over the entire surface of said semiconductor substrate so as to directly contact said walls and then forming electrode layers connected to said diffusion regions through said direct contact holes by patterning said conductive layer; forming a second insulation layer over the entire surface of said semiconductor substrate; opening at least one contact hole in said insulation layer; and selectively forming a wiring layer connected to one of said electrode layers through said contact hole; wherein said upper insulating film arranged over said gate electrode is formed thicker than said first insulating layer and is formed to satisfy the relationship below: t2/A2>1.5 .t1/A1 wherein t1: the thickness of said first insulating layer t2: the thickness of said upper insulating film, A1: etching rate of said first insulating layer at the anisotropic etching, A2: etching rate of said upper insulating film at the anisotropic etching.