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Method for fabricating a semiconductor transistor and structure thereof
Assignee: Tactile World Ltd
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Filing: 1991-04-15
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Granted: 1994-01-11
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Expires: 2011-04-15
Abstract
Abstract A method for fabricating a CMOS field effect transistor with LDD (light doped drain) structure is disclosed. A first gate for an NMOS transistor and a second gate for a PMOS transistor are formed on a semiconductor substrate, and the NMOS and PMOS transistor regions are subjected to different ion implantation processes so as to form a first source and drain of low concentration. After forming a first spacer on the side walls of the gates, the substrate is subjected to another ion implantation so as to form a second source and drain of high concentration for the NMOS transistor. After forming a second spacer on the side surfaces of the first spacers, the substrate is subjected to still another ion implantation so as to form a second source and drain of high concentration for the PMOS transistor. Then is obtained a CMOS transistor provided with a PMOS transistor of LDD structure without increasing the diffusion resistance of an NMOS transistor.
Inventors
- 👤 Young-Tae Kang
- 👤 Rae-Ku Kang
- 👤 Byoung-Hyeok Nho
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 08:43
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10D; H10D84/00; H10D84/01; H10D84/0123; H10D84/0126; H10D84/0165; H10D84/017; H10D30/00; H10D30/01; H10D30/021; H10D30/0223; H10D30/0227; H10D84/0184; H10D84/02; H10D84/03; H10D84/038; H10D84/80; H10D84/82; H10D84/83; H10D84/85; H10D84/859; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S257/00; Y10S257/90
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 40
Claim 1
Independent Claim
177 words
A method for fabricating a semiconductor transistor having a first transistor region of first conduction type and a second transistor region of second conduction type provided in the first or second conductive type semiconductor substrate, said method for fabricating a semiconductor transistor comprising the steps of: implanting impurity ions of the second and first conduction type respectively into said first and second transistor regions so as to respectively form first and second concentration diffusion regions, after forming first and second gate respectively on said first and second transistor regions with a gate insulated layer interposed therebetween; forming a first insulated spacer on both side walls of each of said gates; performing an ion implantation of the second conduction type impurity so as to form third concentration diffusion regions after subjecting only said first transistor region; forming a second insulated spacer on both side walls of each of said first insulated spacers; and performing an ion implantation of the first conduction type impurity so as to form fourth concentration diffusion regions after subjecting only said second transistor region.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
177 words
A method for fabricating a semiconductor transistor having a first transistor region of first conduction type and a second transistor region of second conduction type provided in the first or second conductive type semiconductor substrate, said method for fabricating a semiconductor transistor comprising the steps of: implanting impurity ions of the second and first conduction type respectively into said first and second transistor regions so as to respectively form first and second concentration diffusion regions, after forming first and second gate respectively on said first and second transistor regions with a gate insulated layer interposed therebetween; forming a first insulated spacer on both side walls of each of said gates; performing an ion implantation of the second conduction type impurity so as to form third concentration diffusion regions after subjecting only said first transistor region; forming a second insulated spacer on both side walls of each of said first insulated spacers; and performing an ion implantation of the first conduction type impurity so as to form fourth concentration diffusion regions after subjecting only said second transistor region.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method for fabricating a semiconductor transistor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first and second conduction type is respectively p-type and n-type.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
39 words
The method for fabricating a semiconductor transistor as claimed in claim 2, wherein said third and fourth concentration diffusion regions have concentrations of ions respectively higher than the concentration of ions of said first and second concentration diffusion regions.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
83 words
The method for fabricating a semiconductor transistor as claimed in claim 3, wherein the interval between an edge of said first concentration diffusion regions and an adjacent edge of said third concentration diffusion regions is limited by the width said first insulated spacer, and the interval between an edge of said second concentration of diffusion regions and an adjacent edge of said fourth concentration diffusion regions is limited by the whole width of both said first insulated spacer and said second insulated spacers.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method for fabricating a semiconductor transistor as claimed in claim 4, wherein said whole width is larger than about 0.75 times of finally diffused depth of said fourth concentration regions.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
84 words
The method for fabricating a semiconductor transistor as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a step of subjecting only said second transistor region to ion-implantation, prior to said step of forming a second insulated spacer, of the first conduction type impurity having a concentration of ions between the concentration of ions of said second concentration diffusion regions and the concentration of ions of said fourth concentration diffusion regions so as to form three concentration diffusion regions diffused with different concentrations in said second transistor.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method for fabricating a semiconductor transistor as claimed in claim 2, wherein the ion implantation step for forming said second concentration diffusion regions of the first transistor regions is performed after forming said first insulated spacer.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method for fabricating a semiconductor transistor as claimed in claim 6, wherein the width of said second insulated spacer is larger than about 0.75 times a finally diffused depth of said fourth concentration diffusion regions.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method for fabricating a semiconductor transistor as claimed in claim 1, wherein said gate insulated layer is an oxide layer.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
35 words
The method for fabricating a semiconductor transistor as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first and second insulated layer, each having a given thickness, are formed on said substrate in response to reactive ion etching.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method for fabricating a semiconductor transistor as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first and second insulated layer spacer are selected from the group comprising of an oxide layer and a nitride layer.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method for fabricating a semiconductor transistor as claimed in claim 1, wherein said gates are formed of a first or second conduction type polycrystalline silicon or metal.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
225 words
A semiconductor transistor having a first transistor with second conduction type diffusion regions separated a given interval by a first channel and formed in a first conduction type semiconductor substrate well, and formed with a gate formed over said first channel, and a second transistor with first conduction type diffusion regions separated by a given interval by a second channel and formed in a second conduction type semiconductor substrate well and with a gate formed over said second channel, said semiconductor transistor comprising: a first insulated oxide spacer formed on each of the side walls of said gates of said first and second transistors; a second insulated oxide spacer formed on each of the side walls of said first insulated oxide spacer of each of said gates; first and second concentration diffusion regions included in the diffusion regions of said first transistor, an interval between an edge of said first concentration diffusion regions and an adjacent edge of said second concentration diffusion regions being limited by a width of said first insulated oxide spacer; and third and fourth concentration diffusion regions included in the diffusion regions of said second transistor, an interval between an edge of said third concentration diffusion regions and an adjacent edge of said fourth concentration diffusion regions being limited by the whole width of said first and second insulted oxide spacers.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
225 words
A semiconductor transistor having a first transistor with second conduction type diffusion regions separated a given interval by a first channel and formed in a first conduction type semiconductor substrate well, and formed with a gate formed over said first channel, and a second transistor with first conduction type diffusion regions separated by a given interval by a second channel and formed in a second conduction type semiconductor substrate well and with a gate formed over said second channel, said semiconductor transistor comprising: a first insulated oxide spacer formed on each of the side walls of said gates of said first and second transistors; a second insulated oxide spacer formed on each of the side walls of said first insulated oxide spacer of each of said gates; first and second concentration diffusion regions included in the diffusion regions of said first transistor, an interval between an edge of said first concentration diffusion regions and an adjacent edge of said second concentration diffusion regions being limited by a width of said first insulated oxide spacer; and third and fourth concentration diffusion regions included in the diffusion regions of said second transistor, an interval between an edge of said third concentration diffusion regions and an adjacent edge of said fourth concentration diffusion regions being limited by the whole width of said first and second insulted oxide spacers.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
20 words
The semiconductor transistor as claimed in claim 13, wherein said first and second conduction type is respectively p-type and n-type.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
34 words
The semiconductor transistor as claimed in claim 13, wherein ion concentrations of said first and third concentration diffusion regions are respectively lower than the ion concentrations of said second and fourth concentration diffusion regions.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
42 words
The semiconductor transistor as claimed in claim 14, wherein the whole width defined by both said first insulated oxide spacer and said second insulated oxide spacer is larger than about 0.75 times of finally diffused depth of said fourth concentration diffusion regions.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
98 words
The semiconductor transistor as claimed in claim 14, further comprising fifth concentration diffusion regions, in said second transistor, being formed after said third diffusion regions are formed and before said fourth diffusion regions are formed, and having a distance between an edge of said fifth concentration diffusion regions and an adjacent edge of said fourth concentration diffusion regions limited by thickness of said second oxide spacer, said fifth concentration diffusion regions having a concentration of ions between the connection of ions of said third concentration diffusion regions and the concentration of ions of said fourth concentration diffusion regions.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
33 words
The semiconductor transistor as claimed in claim 17, wherein the width defined by said second oxide spacer is larger than about 0.75 times of finally diffused depth of said fourth concentration diffusion regions.
Claim 21
Independent Claim
245 words
A method for fabricating a semiconductor transistor having a first transistor region of first conduction type and a second transistor region of second conduction type provided in one of the first and second conduction type semiconductor substrates, said method for fabricating a semiconductor transistor comprising the steps of: forming first and second gates respectively on said first and second transistor regions with a gate insulted layer interposed between said substrate and said first gate and between said substrate and said second gate; implanting impurity ions of the second and first conduction type, respectively, into nonmasked areas of said first and second transistor regions so as to respectively form first and second diffusion regions, after said forming of said first and second gates; forming a first insulated spacer on both side walls of each of said gates; performing an ion implantation in said first transistor region of the second conduction type impurity, into areas not masked by said first gate and each said insulated spacer on both side walls of said first gate, so as to form third diffusion regions only in said first transistor region; forming a second insulated spacer on side walls of each of said first insulated spacers; and performing an ion implantation of the first conduction type impurity into areas not masked by said second gate and each said second and first insulated spacer in said second transistor regions so as to form fourth diffusion regions only in said second transistor region.
Claim 22
Independent Claim
245 words
A method for fabricating a semiconductor transistor having a first transistor region of first conduction type and a second transistor region of second conduction type provided in one of the first and second conduction type semiconductor substrates, said method for fabricating a semiconductor transistor comprising the steps of: forming first and second gates respectively on said first and second transistor regions with a gate insulted layer interposed between said substrate and said first gate and between said substrate and said second gate; implanting impurity ions of the second and first conduction type, respectively, into nonmasked areas of said first and second transistor regions so as to respectively form first and second diffusion regions, after said forming of said first and second gates; forming a first insulated spacer on both side walls of each of said gates; performing an ion implantation in said first transistor region of the second conduction type impurity, into areas not masked by said first gate and each said insulated spacer on both side walls of said first gate, so as to form third diffusion regions only in said first transistor region; forming a second insulated spacer on side walls of each of said first insulated spacers; and performing an ion implantation of the first conduction type impurity into areas not masked by said second gate and each said second and first insulated spacer in said second transistor regions so as to form fourth diffusion regions only in said second transistor region.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method for fabricating a semiconductor transistor as claimed in claim 19, wherein said first and second conduction type is respectively p-type and n-type.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method for fabricating a semiconductor transistor as claimed in claim 20, wherein said third and fourth diffusion regions have concentrations of ions respectively higher than the concentration of ions of said first and second diffusion regions.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
65 words
The method for fabricating a semiconductor transistor as claimed in claim 21, wherein the interval between adjacent edges of said first and third diffusion regions is limited by the width of said first insulated spacer, and the interval between adjacent edges of said second and fourth diffusion regions is limited by the whole width of both said first insulated spacer and said second insulated spacer.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method for of fabricating a semiconductor transistor as claimed in claim 22, wherein said whole width is larger than about 0.75 times of a finally diffused depth of said fourth concentration regions.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
99 words
The method for fabricating a semiconductor transistor as claimed in claim 21, further comprising a step of subjecting only areas in said second transistor region not masked by said second gate and each said first insulated spacer in said second transistor region to ion-implantation prior to said step of forming a second insulated spacer, said ion-implantation being of the first conduction type impurity and having a concentration of ions between the concentration of said second concentration of fourth diffusion regions so as to form three diffusion regions diffused with different concentrations to one another in said second transistor region.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method for fabricating a semiconductor transistor as claimed in claim 20, wherein the ion implantation step for forming said second diffusion region of a the first transistor region is performed after forming said first insulated spacer.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
35 words
The method for fabricating a semiconductor transistor as claimed in claim 24, wherein the width of said second oxide spacer is larger than about 0.75 times a finally diffused depth of said fourth diffusion regions.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method for fabricating a semiconductor transistor as claimed in claim 19, wherein said gate insulated layer is an oxide layer.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
35 words
The method for fabricating a semiconductor transistor as claimed in claim 19, wherein said first and second insulated spacer have a given thickness and are formed on said substrate in response to reactive ion etching.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method for fabricating a semiconductor transistor as claimed in claim 19, wherein said first and second insulated spacers are selected from the group comprised of oxide layer and a nitride layers.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method for fabricating a semiconductor transistor as claimed in claim 19, wherein said gates are selected from the group comprised of a metal and one of a first and a second conduction type polycrystalline silicon.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
231 words
A semiconductor transistor having a first transistor with second conduction type diffusion regions separated by a given interval by a first channel nd formed in a first conduction type semiconductor substrate well, and formed with a gate formed over said first channel, and a second transistor with first conduction type diffusion regions separated by a given interval by a second channel and formed in a second conduction type semiconductor substrate well and with a gate formed over said second channel, said semiconductor transistor comprising: a first insulated oxide spacer formed on each of the side walls of said gates of said first and second transistors; a second insulted oxide spacer formed on each of the side walls of said first insulated oxide spacer of each of said gates; first and second concentrations of ions included in each of the diffusion regions of said first transistor, an interval between an edge of said first concentration of ions and an adjacent edge of said second concentration of ions being limited by a width of said first insulated oxide spacer; and a third and fourth concentration of ions included in each of the diffusion regions of said second transistor, an interval between an edge of said third concentration of ions and an adjacent edge of said fourth concentration of ions being limited by the whole width of said first and second insulted oxide spacers.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
231 words
A semiconductor transistor having a first transistor with second conduction type diffusion regions separated by a given interval by a first channel nd formed in a first conduction type semiconductor substrate well, and formed with a gate formed over said first channel, and a second transistor with first conduction type diffusion regions separated by a given interval by a second channel and formed in a second conduction type semiconductor substrate well and with a gate formed over said second channel, said semiconductor transistor comprising: a first insulated oxide spacer formed on each of the side walls of said gates of said first and second transistors; a second insulted oxide spacer formed on each of the side walls of said first insulated oxide spacer of each of said gates; first and second concentrations of ions included in each of the diffusion regions of said first transistor, an interval between an edge of said first concentration of ions and an adjacent edge of said second concentration of ions being limited by a width of said first insulated oxide spacer; and a third and fourth concentration of ions included in each of the diffusion regions of said second transistor, an interval between an edge of said third concentration of ions and an adjacent edge of said fourth concentration of ions being limited by the whole width of said first and second insulted oxide spacers.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
20 words
The semiconductor transistor as claimed in claim 31, wherein said first and second conduction type is respectively p-type and n-type.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
27 words
The semiconductor transistor as claimed in claim 31, wherein said first and third concentrations of ions are respectively lower than said second and fourth concentrations of ions.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
44 words
The semiconductor transistor as claimed in claim 32, wherein the whole width defined by both said first insulated oxide spacer and said second insulted oxide spacer is larger than about 0.75 times of finally diffused depth of said fourth consecration diffusion regions of ions.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
89 words
The semiconductor transistor as claimed in claim 32, further comprising another concentration of ions, in each of said diffusion region of said second transistor, and interval between an edge of said another concentration of ions and an adjacent edge of said third concentration of ions being limited by the width of said first insulated oxide spacer and an interval between said edge of said another concentration of ions and an adjacent edge of said fourth concentration of ions being limited by the width of said second insulated oxide spacer.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
34 words
The semiconductor transistor as claimed in claim 35, wherein the width defined by said second oxide spacer is larger than about 0.75 times of a finally diffused depth of said fourth concentration of ions.
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