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Method of producing an EEPROM semiconductor structure

Assignee: Siemens AG
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Filing: 1998-03-02
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Granted: 1999-10-19
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Expires: 2018-03-02
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Abstract

Abstract An EEPROM semiconductor structure is produced with a resistor, a thin-film transistor, a capacitor, and a transistor. The individual implantation steps are utilized to create various structures and, as a result, the production process is substantially simplified.

Inventors

  • 👤 Georg Tempel

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-30 19:01
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10B; H10B41/00; H10B41/40; H10B41/41; H10B41/30

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim 271 words
A method of producing an EEPROM semiconductor structure with a resistor, a thin-film transistor, a capacitor, a memory transistor, and a transistor, the method which comprises: providing a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, and forming a field oxide in a first partial region of the substrate and a gate oxide in a second partial region of the substrate; depositing a first polysilicon layer on the substrate and subsequently structuring the first polysilicon layer to form silicon structures for a resistor, for a thin-film transistor, and for a capacitor on the field oxide, and a silicon structure for a memory transistor on the gate oxide; masking the silicon structures for the resistor and the thin-film transistor with a mask and doping the silicon structures for the capacitor and the memory transistor with a dopant of a second conductivity type; removing the mask, and depositing and structuring an interpolydielectric on the silicon structures of the thin-film transistor, the capacitor, and the memory transistor, and depositing polysilicon on the interpolydielectric and structuring the polysilicon to form a second silicon structure for the transistor; masking the regions for the thin-film transistor and the capacitor with a further mask, and, in a second implantation step, performing an LDD implantation in the region of the memory transistor and the transistor, and simultaneously doping the silicon structure for the resistor; removing the further mask; subsequently masking a center region of the resistor; and, in a third implantation step, performing a source-drain implantation with a dopant of the second conductivity type, and simultaneously doping outer regions of the silicon structures for the resistor and the thin-film transistor.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 271 words
A method of producing an EEPROM semiconductor structure with a resistor, a thin-film transistor, a capacitor, a memory transistor, and a transistor, the method which comprises: providing a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, and forming a field oxide in a first partial region of the substrate and a gate oxide in a second partial region of the substrate; depositing a first polysilicon layer on the substrate and subsequently structuring the first polysilicon layer to form silicon structures for a resistor, for a thin-film transistor, and for a capacitor on the field oxide, and a silicon structure for a memory transistor on the gate oxide; masking the silicon structures for the resistor and the thin-film transistor with a mask and doping the silicon structures for the capacitor and the memory transistor with a dopant of a second conductivity type; removing the mask, and depositing and structuring an interpolydielectric on the silicon structures of the thin-film transistor, the capacitor, and the memory transistor, and depositing polysilicon on the interpolydielectric and structuring the polysilicon to form a second silicon structure for the transistor; masking the regions for the thin-film transistor and the capacitor with a further mask, and, in a second implantation step, performing an LDD implantation in the region of the memory transistor and the transistor, and simultaneously doping the silicon structure for the resistor; removing the further mask; subsequently masking a center region of the resistor; and, in a third implantation step, performing a source-drain implantation with a dopant of the second conductivity type, and simultaneously doping outer regions of the silicon structures for the resistor and the thin-film transistor.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 26 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein the semiconductor substrate is an n-type substrate, and the implantations are performed with atoms of the p conductivity type.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 31 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein the second implantation step comprises adapting a thickness of the interpolydielectric and a thickness of the first polysilicon layer to an LDD implantation dose.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 18 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein the steps of forming the transistor comprise forming a thin-film transistor.

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