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Manufacturing method of CMOS thin film semiconductor device and CMOS thin film semiconductor device manufactured thereby
Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co Ltd
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Filing: 1996-10-03
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Granted: 2000-10-03
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Expires: 2016-10-03
Abstract
Abstract A simple and convenient method of manufacturing a CMOS TFT semiconductor circuit device wherein a doping layer doped into a first conductivity type without a mask is compensated with a dopant of a second conductivity type having a high density so that the conductivity type of the doping layer of first conductivity type is inverted into the second conductivity type, and further, in order to carry out the inversion of the conductivity type by the compensation easily and reliably, the surface density of the dopant of the doping layer of first conductivity type is reduced prior to compensating with the dopant of second conductivity type.
Inventors
- 👤 Akio Mimura
- 👤 Hiroshi Suga
- 👤 Masaichi Nagai
- 👤 Youmei Shinagawa
- 👤 Isao Ikuta
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-09 13:21
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10D; H10D86/00; H10D86/01; H10D86/021; H10D86/0221; H10D86/40; G; G02; G02F; G02F1/00; G02F1/01; G02F1/13; G02F1/133; G02F1/136; G02F1/1362; G02F1/1368; H10D86/0231; H10D86/60
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
129 words
A method of manufacturing a CMOS thin film semiconductor device comprising the steps of: forming source and drain regions on a substrate; doping the source and drain regions into a first conductivity type by an ion doping method, the acceleration voltage for the ions being selected in a range from 0.5 KeV to 3 KeV; and compensating a part of the doped source and drain-regions of first conductivity type with a dopant of second conductivity type, thereby inverting the conductivity type of the compensated part, and further comprising a step of reducing the doping density of the doped source and drain regions of first conductivity type prior to said step of compensating with the dopant of second conductivity type and thereby inverting the conductivity type of the compensated part.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
129 words
A method of manufacturing a CMOS thin film semiconductor device comprising the steps of: forming source and drain regions on a substrate; doping the source and drain regions into a first conductivity type by an ion doping method, the acceleration voltage for the ions being selected in a range from 0.5 KeV to 3 KeV; and compensating a part of the doped source and drain-regions of first conductivity type with a dopant of second conductivity type, thereby inverting the conductivity type of the compensated part, and further comprising a step of reducing the doping density of the doped source and drain regions of first conductivity type prior to said step of compensating with the dopant of second conductivity type and thereby inverting the conductivity type of the compensated part.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method of manufacturing a CMOS thin film semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein, when performing said compensating and inverting step, a resist type doping mask is used.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
46 words
A method of manufacturing a CMOS thin film semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein said doping step is performed to dope ions into the source and drain regions such that only a partial thickness of the source and drain regions is doped with the ions.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
34 words
A method of manufacturing a CMOS thin film semiconductor device according to claim 3, wherein said partial thickness extends from a surface of the source and drain regions into which the ions are doped.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
42 words
A method of manufacturing a CMOS thin film semiconductor device according to claim 1, comprising the further step of including an active silicon layer extending between the source and drain regions so as to form an active region of a field-effect transistor.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method of manufacturing a CMOS thin film semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein said step of reducing the doping density is performed by a reactive ion ashing.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
63 words
A method of manufacturing a CMOS thin film semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein in the step of reducing the doping density, a part of the source and drain regions of the first conductivity type, other than the part which becomes the compensated part, is covered with a mask, and said mask is retained during the step of reducing the doping density.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
36 words
A method of manufacturing a CMOS thin film semiconductor device according to claim 7, wherein, in the compensating step, said mask is retained as a mask against introduction of the dopant of second conductivity type thereunder.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
57 words
A method of manufacturing a CMOS thin film semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein, in the step of reducing the doping density, said part of the doped source and drain regions is not covered with a mask, and another part of the doped source and drain regions, other than said part, is covered with a mask.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
138 words
A method of manufacturing a CMOS thin film semiconductor device comprising the steps of: (a) forming a plurality of source and drain regions on a substrate; (b) doping the plurality of source and drain regions, with a dopant of first conductivity type, into first conductivity type by an ion doping method, the acceleration voltage for the ions being selected in a range from 0.5 KeV to 3 KeV; (c) covering one of the source and drain regions doped into first conductivity type with a doping mask; (d) reducing the doping density of another of the source and drain regions doped into first conductivity type; and (e) further doping the other of the source and drain regions, of which doping density has been reduced, with a dopant of second conductivity type for compensating and inverting the conductivity type thereof.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
138 words
A method of manufacturing a CMOS thin film semiconductor device comprising the steps of: (a) forming a plurality of source and drain regions on a substrate; (b) doping the plurality of source and drain regions, with a dopant of first conductivity type, into first conductivity type by an ion doping method, the acceleration voltage for the ions being selected in a range from 0.5 KeV to 3 KeV; (c) covering one of the source and drain regions doped into first conductivity type with a doping mask; (d) reducing the doping density of another of the source and drain regions doped into first conductivity type; and (e) further doping the other of the source and drain regions, of which doping density has been reduced, with a dopant of second conductivity type for compensating and inverting the conductivity type thereof.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
41 words
A method of manufacturing a CMOS thin film semiconductor device according to claim 10, wherein in said step (d), at least the surface doping density of the other of the source and drain regions doped into first conductivity type is reduced.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
26 words
A method of manufacturing a CMOS thin film semiconductor device according to claim 10, wherein said doping mask is retained during the steps (d) and (e).
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method of manufacturing a CMOS thin film semiconductor device according to claim 10, wherein said doping mask is retained during the step (d).
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