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Penetrating implant for forming a semiconductor device
Assignee: Intel Corp
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Filing: 2008-03-31
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Granted: 2011-05-17
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Expires: 2028-03-31
Abstract
Abstract A semiconductor device and method to form a semiconductor device is described. The semiconductor includes a gate stack disposed on a substrate. Tip regions are disposed in the substrate on either side of the gate stack. Halo regions are disposed in the substrate adjacent the tip regions. A threshold voltage implant region is disposed in the substrate directly below the gate stack. The concentration of dopant impurity atoms of a particular conductivity type is approximately the same in both the threshold voltage implant region as in the halo regions. The method includes a dopant impurity implant technique having sufficient strength to penetrate a gate stack.
Inventors
- 👤 Giuseppe Curello
- 👤 Ian R. Post
- 👤 Nick Lindert
- 👤 Walid M. Hafez
- 👤 Chia-Hong Jan
- 👤 Mark T. Bohr
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 05:19
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10D; H10D30/00; H10D30/01; H10D30/021; H10D30/0223; H10D30/0227; H10D30/60; H10D30/601; H10D84/00; H10D84/01; H10D84/0123; H10D84/0126; H10D84/0128; H10D84/0135; H10D84/0142; H10D84/0156; H10D84/02; H10D84/03; H10D84/038; H10D84/013; H10D84/0133; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S438/00; Y10S438/914; Y10S438/918
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
161 words
A method of forming a semiconductor device, comprising: forming a gate stack on a well-free region of a substrate; implanting dopant impurity atoms of a first conductivity type into the substrate to form tip regions in the substrate on either side of the gate stack, wherein the gate stack blocks the implanting of dopant impurity atoms of the first conductivity type in the substrate directly below the gate stack during the formation of the tip regions; and implanting dopant impurity atoms of a second conductivity type, opposite the first conductivity type, into the substrate to form a pair of halo regions adjacent the tip regions and to form a threshold voltage implant region in the substrate directly below the gate stack, the threshold voltage implant region and both the halo regions forming a single continuous region beneath the entire gate stack, wherein implanting the dopant impurity atoms of the second conductivity type includes implanting through the gate stack into the substrate.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
161 words
A method of forming a semiconductor device, comprising: forming a gate stack on a well-free region of a substrate; implanting dopant impurity atoms of a first conductivity type into the substrate to form tip regions in the substrate on either side of the gate stack, wherein the gate stack blocks the implanting of dopant impurity atoms of the first conductivity type in the substrate directly below the gate stack during the formation of the tip regions; and implanting dopant impurity atoms of a second conductivity type, opposite the first conductivity type, into the substrate to form a pair of halo regions adjacent the tip regions and to form a threshold voltage implant region in the substrate directly below the gate stack, the threshold voltage implant region and both the halo regions forming a single continuous region beneath the entire gate stack, wherein implanting the dopant impurity atoms of the second conductivity type includes implanting through the gate stack into the substrate.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
45 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein implanting dopant impurity atoms of the second conductivity type into the substrate to form the pair of halo regions and the threshold voltage implant region includes implanting at an angle non-normal to the top surface of the substrate.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 2 , wherein the angle is approximately in the range of 10-40 degrees off of normal to the top surface of the substrate.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the dopant impurity atoms of the second conductivity type include boron dopant impurity atoms.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
91 words
The method of claim 4 , wherein the source of the dopant impurity atoms of the second conductivity type is boron, and wherein implanting dopant impurity atoms of the second conductivity type comprises implanting at an energy approximately in the range of 5-20 keV at a dose approximately in the range of 2 ×10 12 -2×10 13 atoms/cm 2 to provide a concentration of boron impurity atoms in the pair of halo regions and the threshold voltage implant region approximately in the range of 5×10 17 -5×10 18 atoms/cm 3 .
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
92 words
The method of claim 4 , wherein the source of the dopant impurity atoms of the second conductivity type is BF 2 , and wherein implanting dopant impurity atoms of the second conductivity type comprises implanting at an energy approximately in the range of 25-100 keV at a dose approximately in the range of 2×10 12 -2×10 13 atoms/cm 2 to provide a concentration of boron impurity atoms in the pair of halo regions and the threshold voltage implant region approximately in the range of 5×10 17 -5×10 18 atoms/cm 3 .
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
90 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the dopant impurity atoms of the second conductivity type include arsenic dopant impurity atoms, and wherein implanting dopant impurity atoms of the second conductivity type comprises implanting at an energy approximately in the range of 100-160 keV at a dose approximately in the range of 2×10 12 -2×10 13 atoms/cm 2 to provide a concentration of arsenic impurity atoms in the pair of halo regions and the threshold voltage implant region approximately in the range of 5×10 17 -5×10 18 atoms/cm 3 .
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
90 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the dopant impurity atoms of the second conductivity type include phosphorous dopant impurity atoms, and wherein implanting dopant impurity atoms of the second conductivity type comprises implanting at an energy approximately in the range of 50-80 keV at a dose approximately in the range of 2×10 12 -2×10 13 atoms/cm 2 to provide a concentration of phosphorous impurity atoms in the pair of halo regions and the threshold voltage implant region approximately in the range of 5×10 17 -5×10 18 atoms/cm 3 .
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
69 words
The method of claim 1 , further comprising: implanting dopant impurity atoms of the first conductivity type into the substrate to form source and drain regions in the substrate on either side of the gate stack, wherein the gate stack blocks the implanting of dopant impurity atoms of the first conductivity type in the substrate directly below the gate stack during the formation of the source and drain regions.
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